- placoderms, the
phyllolepids were bottom-dwelling
predators that
ambushed prey.
Unlike other flattened placoderms, the
phyllolepids were inhabitants...
- were
extremely small,
suggesting the eyes were
vestigial and that the
phyllolepids may have been blind.
Ptyctodontida ("folded teeth") were
lightly armoured...
-
freshwater environments,
possibly rivers and streams. As with all
other known phyllolepids,
Phyllolepis were
presumed to have been blind, bottom-dwelling predators...
- Wales.
Unlike all
other known phyllolepids, Yurammia's
plates had no
external grooves. Young,
Gavin C. (2005). "New
phyllolepids (placoderm fishes) from the...
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confirm that
phyllolepids were
suctorial predators analogous to
goosefish or flatheads. This
Frasnian genus is the most
widespread phyllolepid, with fossils...
-
Cobandrahlepis is an
extinct genus of
phyllolepid placoderm found in New
South Wales, Australia. Young,
Gavin C. (2005). "New
phyllolepids (placoderm fishes) from the...
-
Cowralepis is an
extinct genus of
phyllolepid placoderm of
Givetian Cowra, New
South Wales, and
several juveniles of
various stages of
growth have also...
- ISBNÂ 978-1-4051-6986-8,
retrieved 2025-01-20 Young,
Gavin C.; Long, John A. (2005). "
Phyllolepid placoderm fish
remains from the
Devonian Aztec Siltstone,
southern Victoria...
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Austrophyllolepis is an
extinct genus of
phyllolepid arthrodire placoderm from
Middle to Late
Devonian freshwater strata of Australia. The type species...
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Gavinaspis is a
phyllolepid placoderm which lived during the
Early Devonian period (Late
Lochkovian epoch), of Qujing,
Yunnan province,
south China. The...
