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Placoderms (from Greek πλάξ (plax, plakos) 'plate' and δέρμα (derma) 'skin') [1] are vertebrate animals of the class Placodermi, an extinct group of ...
Pterichthyodes is a genus of antiarch placoderm fishes from the Devonian period. Its fossils have been discovered in Scotland. [1] They were one of the first species recognized for what they were, as their fossils are common in the Old Red Sandstone formation studied by geologists in the early 19th century.
Dunkleosteus terrelli is one of the largest known placoderms, with its maximum size being variably estimated as anywhere from 4.1–10 metres (13–33 ft) by different researchers. [ 32 ] [ 33 ] [ 11 ] [ 34 ] [ 2 ] However, most cited length estimates are speculative and lack quantitative or statistical backing, and lengths of 5 m (16 ft) or ...
Arthrodira (Greek for "jointed neck") is an order of extinct armored, jawed fishes of the class Placodermi that flourished in the Devonian period before their sudden extinction, surviving for about 50 million years and penetrating most marine ecological niches. Arthrodires were the largest and most diverse of all groups of placoderms. [1]
After the appearance of jawed fish (placoderms, acanthodians, sharks, etc.) about 420 million years ago, most ostracoderm species underwent a decline, and the last ostracoderms became extinct at the end of the Devonian period. More recent research indicates that fish with jaws had far less to do with the extinction of the ostracoderms than ...
Placoderms — prehistoric fish of the Class Placodermi, during the Silurian and Devonian periods of the Paleozoic Era Subcategories. This category has the following ...
This list of fossil fish research presented in 2023 is a list of new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described during the year, as well as other significant discoveries and events related to paleoichthyology that occurred in 2023.
Coccosteidae is a family of arthrodire placoderms from the Early to Late Devonian. Fossils appear in various strata in Europe, North America and China. Fossils appear in various strata in Europe, North America and China.