Definition of Placodermi. Meaning of Placodermi. Synonyms of Placodermi

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Definition of Placodermi

Placodermi
Placodermi Plac`o*der"mi, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ?, ?, a tablet + ? skin.] (Paleon.) An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.

Meaning of Placodermi from wikipedia

- (plax, plakos) 'plate' and δέρμα (derma) 'skin') are members of the class Placodermi of armoured prehistoric fish, known from fossils, which lived from the...
- Dunkleosteus terrelli ('Placodermi')". Palaeontologia Electronica. 22.2.20A: 1–13. doi:10.26879/872. S2CID 162173408. "Dunkleosteus Placodermi Devonian Armored...
- (hagfish and lampreys) Gnathostomata or jawed vertebrates, which include: †Placodermi †Acanthodii Chondrichthyes or cartilaginous fish, (sharks, rays and ratfish)...
- and rays) Subclass Holocephali (chimaeras and extinct relatives) class Placodermi (armoured fish) † class Acanthodii ("spiny sharks", sometimes classified...
- paraphyletic. The cladogram is taken from Bothriolepid antiarchs (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Devonian of the north-western part of the East European Platform...
- "jointed neck") is an order of extinct armored, jawed fishes of the class Placodermi that flourished in the Devonian period before their sudden extinction...
- †Cephalaspidomorphi Infraphylum Gnathostomata (jawed vertebrates) classPlacodermi (Paleozoic armoured forms; paraphyletic in relation to all other gnathostomes)...
- Elliot, David; Wittke, James (2000). "A new actinolepid arthrodire (class Placodermi) from the lower Devonian Sevy Dolomite, East-Centrai Nevada". Zoological...
- fossil record that have ever been considered to be members of the class Placodermi. This list excludes purely vernacular terms. It includes all commonly...
- spiny shark ancestors. Subphylum Vertebrata └─Infraphylum Gnathostomata ├─Placodermiextinct (armored gnathostomes) └Eugnathostomata (true jawed vertebrates)...