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Extinct paraphyletic class of fishes
Placoderms (from Ancient Greek πλάξ [plax, plakos] 'plate' and δέρμα [derma] 'skin') are vertebrate animals of the class Placodermi, an extinct group of
Placoderm
Infraphylum of vertebrates
and cartilaginous fishes, as well as extinct prehistoric fish such as placoderms and acanthodians. Most gnathostomes have retained ancestral traits like
Gnathostomata
Genus of extinct fishes
Dunkleosteus consists of ten species, some of which are among the largest placoderms ("plate-skinned") to have ever lived: D. terrelli, D. belgicus, D. denisoni
Dunkleosteus
Diverse genus of placoderm fishes of the Devonian
lepis 'scale') was a widespread, abundant and diverse genus of antiarch placoderms that lived during the Middle to Late Devonian period of the Paleozoic
Bothriolepis
Origin and diversification of fish through geologic time
record from the Silurian by two groups of fish: the armoured fish known as placoderms, which evolved from the ostracoderms; and the Acanthodii (or spiny sharks)
Evolution_of_fish
Class of jawed cartilaginous fish
connection between the teeth and the original dermal scales. The old placoderms did not have teeth at all, but had sharp bony plates in their mouth. Thus
Chondrichthyes
Third period of the Paleozoic Era
during the Silurian was the diversification of jawed fish, which include placoderms, acanthodians (which gave rise to cartilaginous fish) and osteichthyan
Silurian
Gill-bearing non-tetrapod aquatic vertebrates
including all living cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as the extinct placoderms and acanthodians. In a break from the long tradition of grouping all fish
Fish
presented in 2024 is a list of new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described
2024_in_paleoichthyology
presented in 2023 is a list of new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described
2023_in_paleoichthyology
sarcopterygians. Jobbins et al. (2026) study the composition of the fish (placoderm and sarcopterygian) assemblage from the Devonian (Eifelian) Elm Point
2026_in_paleoichthyology
Genus of selenosteid placoderm from the Devonian
(/æliˌiːnəˈkænθəs/) (meaning "alien spine") is a genus of selenosteid placoderm from the Famennian Ostrówka Quarry in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains, Poland
Alienacanthus
Extinct genus of fishes
Microbrachius is an extinct genus of tiny, advanced antiarch placoderms closely related to the bothriolepids. Specimens range in age from the Lower Devonian
Microbrachius
Extinct genus of placoderm
Xiushanosteus is a genus of placoderm from the Huixingshao Formation of China. It contains one species, Xiushanosteus mirabilis. It is one of the earliest
Xiushanosteus
Extinct paraphyletic class of fishes
characteristics are considered homologous characteristics derived from common placoderm ancestors[clarification needed], and present also in basal cartilaginous
Acanthodii
Armored jawless fish of the Paleozoic
it has two internal nasal organs. After the appearance of jawed fish (placoderms, acanthodians, sharks, etc.) about 420 million years ago, most ostracoderm
Ostracoderm
Fourth period of the Paleozoic Era
time, leading the Devonian to be called the Age of Fishes. The armored placoderms began dominating almost every known aquatic environment. In the oceans
Devonian
Extinct genus of fishes
Qilinyu is a genus of early placoderm from the late Silurian (late Ludfordian stage, ~423 Ma) of China. It contains a single species, Qilinyu rostrata
Qilinyu
Extinct genus of fishes
'berry' and Greek: ὀστέον ostéon 'bone') is an extinct genus of arthrodire placoderm from the Devonian period. Its fossils have been found throughout Europe
Coccosteus
Placoderm fish from the late Ludlow epoch of the Silurian period
Entelognathus primordialis (“primordial complete jaw”) is an early placoderm from the late Silurian (Ludlow epoch) of Qujing, Yunnan, 419 million years
Entelognathus
Extinct genus of fishes
Materpiscis (Latin for mother fish) is a genus of ptyctodontid placoderm from the Late Devonian located at the Gogo Formation of Western Australia. Known
Materpiscis
Several new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes were described during the year 2025, which
2025_in_paleoichthyology
Extinct order of fishes
Rhenanida ("Rhine (fish)") is an order of scaly placoderms. Unlike most other placoderms, the rhenanids' armor was made up of a mosaic of unfused scales
Rhenanida
Extinct genus of fishes
Stensioella heintzi is an enigmatic placoderm of arcane affinity. It is only known from the Lower Devonian Hunsrück slate of Germany. The genus is named
Stensioella
This list of placoderms is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be members
List_of_placoderm_genera
Extinct genus of fishes
Gemuendina stuertzi (named for Gemünden from where it was discovered) is a placoderm of the order Rhenanida, of the seas of Early Devonian Germany. In life
Gemuendina
Geologic formation in Nunavut, Canada
placoderm. Asterolepis A. alticristata NV2K17 locality. Numerous specimens. A placoderm. A. cf. radiata NV2K17 locality. Multiple plates. A placoderm
Fram_Formation
research presented in 2021 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes
2021_in_paleoichthyology
Devonian fossil locality in Canada
(2): 81–96. ISSN 0001-5709. Johanson, Zerina; Smith, Moya M. (2003). "Placoderm fishes, pharyngeal denticles, and the vertebrate dentition". Journal of
MOTH_locality
Extinct order of fishes
groups of placoderms. Arthrodire placoderms are notable for the movable joint between armor surrounding their heads and bodies. Like all placoderms, they
Arthrodira
Opposable articulated structure at the entrance of the mouth
probably originally evolved in the Silurian period and appeared in the Placoderm fish which further diversified in the Devonian. The two most anterior
Jaw
Extinct species of bony fish
conodonts as index fossils. The Xiaoxiang fauna also includes galeaspids, placoderms and acanthodians. Guiyu was described by Chinese palaeontologist Zhu Min
Guiyu_oneiros
Geological formation in Germany
fishes have been described from the Hunsruck slate. Several genera of placoderm armoured fish have been recorded, including some preserved in three dimensions
Hunsrück_Slate
Set of bones which connects the arm to the axial skeleton on each side
clavicle. This muscle acts to elevate the clavicle. A specimen of the placoderm Kolymaspis demonstrates that the shoulder girdle evolved from gill arches
Shoulder_girdle
Extinct genus of fishes
of placoderm arthrodire which was relatively widespread in Euramerica during the Givetian to Frasnian ages of the Devonian. It was a small placoderm, with
Plourdosteus
presented in 2022 is a list of new fossil taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes that were described
2022_in_paleoichthyology
Extinct genus of fishes
Pinguosteus thulborni is a species of arthrodire placoderm from the Gogo Reef Formation, of Late Devonian Australia. The proportions of its armor, coupled
Pinguosteus
Early Devonian genus of placoderm fish
Romundina is a small, heavily armored extinct genus of acanthothoracid placoderms which lived in shallow marine environments in the early Devonian (Lochkovian)
Romundina
Extinct genus of fishes
Asterolepis is an extinct genus of antiarch placoderms from the Devonian of North and South America and Europe. They were heavily armored flat-headed benthic
Asterolepis_(fish)
Extinct genus of fishes
Actinolepis is an extinct genus of actinolepid placoderm from the Early Devonian. Four species are known: A. magna from Estonia, A. spinosa from Latvia
Actinolepis_(placoderm)
fish genera List of acanthodian genera List of conodont genera List of placoderm genera List of chitinozoan genera List of eurypterid genera List of mosasaur
Lists_of_prehistoric_animals
Genus of fishes
Brindabellaspis stensioi ("Erik Stensiö's Brindabella Ranges Shield") is a placoderm with a flat, platypus-like snout from the Early Devonian of the Taemas-Wee
Brindabellaspis
Extinct order of fishes
The ptyctodontids ("folded-teeth") are placoderms of the order Ptyctodontida, containing the family Ptyctodontidae. With their big heads, big eyes, reduced
Ptyctodontida
Genus of extinct fishes
Melanomontanosteus is an extinct genus of selenosteid placoderm that lived during the Late Devonian. It contains one valid species, M. occitanus, known
Melanosteus
Pseudopetalichthyida is an order of lightly armored placoderms known only from rare fossils in Lower Devonian strata in Hunsrück, Germany. Like Stensioella
Pseudopetalichthyida
Extinct genus of placoderm fish
Lunaspis is an extinct genus of armor-plated petalichthyid placoderm fish that lived in shallow marine environments of the Early Devonian period, from
Lunaspis
Extinct order of fishes
(spine chests) is an extinct group of chimaera-like placoderms closely related to the rhenanid placoderms. Superficially, the acanthoracids resembled scaly
Acanthothoraci
Extinct genus of fish
Kimbryanodus is a genus of extinct ptyctodontid placoderm fish from the Frasnian of Australia.These placoderms can be told apart from others due to the large
Kimbryanodus
Obsolete group of jawed vertebrates
class Placodermi. Recent studies indicate that Osteichthyes evolved from placoderms like Entelognathus, while acanthodians are more closely related to modern
Teleostomi
Extinct genus of armored fish
single species, Amazichthys trinajsticae. It is one of a few example of placoderm known from whole body shape, including cartilaginous axial and fin elements
Amazichthys
Extinct genus of fishes
Dicksonosteus is an extinct genus of basal arthrodire placoderm fish which lived during the Early Devonian period of Spitsbergen, Norway. Within Arthrodira
Dicksonosteus
Extinct genus of placoderm
(meaning "titanic fish") is an extinct genus of giant, aberrant marine placoderm from shallow seas of the Late Devonian of Morocco, Eastern North America
Titanichthys
prehistoric fishes include: List of prehistoric jawless fish List of placoderms List of acanthodians List of prehistoric cartilaginous fish List of prehistoric
Lists_of_prehistoric_fish
System that relates geologic strata to time
the shallows, eliminating trilobites, rugose and tabulate corals, and placoderms. Brachiopods, ammonoids, sharks, bony fish, and crinoids see major reductions
Geologic_time_scale
fish described in 2018 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fish, bony fish, and other fish of
2018_in_paleoichthyology
Extinct genus of placoderm fish
ichthys 'fish') is an extinct monospecific genus of large marine arthrodire placoderm from the Late Devonian (Famennian stage) measuring around 3 metres (9
Dinichthys
Biological interaction
of the first fish to have jaws were the armoured and mainly predatory placoderms of the Silurian to Devonian periods, one of which, the 6 m (20 ft) Dunkleosteus
Predation
Clade of vertebrates
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Rhipidistia
Paleontology or palaeontology is the study of prehistoric life forms on Earth through the examination of plant and animal fossils. This includes the study
2000_in_paleontology
Extinct genus of fishes
Pterichthyodes is a genus of antiarch placoderm fishes from the Devonian period. Its fossils have been discovered in Scotland. They were one of the first
Pterichthyodes
Bone in the lower jaw of reptiles, amphibians and birds
and angular. The earliest known taxon with infradentary bones is the placoderm Entelognathus, while they were absent in the earlier-diverging Qilinyu
Splenial
Class of echinoderms
crinoid stems with bite marks matching the toothplates of coccosteid placoderms have been found in Late Devonian Poland. The calyxes of several Devonian
Crinoid
Devonian period (~420 Mya) which is marked by the discovery of fragmentary placoderm (a Devonian fish) fossils in northeast Hong Kong. While the youngest rocks
Geology_of_Hong_Kong
Extinct genus of chordates
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Zhongxiniscus
fishes described in 2020 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes
2020_in_paleoichthyology
Extinct agnathan chordates resembling eels
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Conodont
Extinct genus of fishes
Dickosteus is an extinct genus of coccosteid arthrodire placoderm from the Late Eifelian to Early Givetian stages of the Middle Devonian period. Fossils
Dickosteus
Class of ray-finned bony fishes
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Actinopterygii
brachiopods. Also found, but not so commonly, are armored fish called placoderms, snails, sharks, stromatolites, trilobites and blastoids. Bryozoans (moss
Animals_of_Devonian_Michigan
Extinct giant shark species
largest confirmed great white shark, and 7,495 newtons (1,685 lbf) for the placoderm fish Dunkleosteus. In addition, Wroe and colleagues pointed out that sharks
Megalodon
Nessariostoma granulosum is a lightly armored pseudopetalichthyid placoderm from the Hunsrückschiefer Lagerstätte of Early Devonian Germany. The type
Nessariostoma
Extinct group of elasmobranchs
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Phoebodontiformes
fishes described in 2019 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes, and other fishes
2019_in_paleoichthyology
fish taxa have contributed to this record, including lobe-finned fish, placoderms, and sharks. Occasionally eggs are preserved still within the mother's
Fish_egg_fossil
Genus of fishes (fossil)
Gorgonichthys is extinct monospecific genus of large arthrodire placoderm. Fossils are found in the Upper Famennian Cleveland Shales of Late Devonian
Gorgonichthys
Cambrian fossil chordate
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Yunnanozoon
Fourth and current eon of the geological timescale
conodonts and ostracoderms, as well as jawed fish such as the armored placoderms (e.g. Dunkleosteus), the spiny acanthodians and early bony fish. The Devonian
Phanerozoic
Extinct suborder of placoderm fishes
Bothriolepidoidei is a suborder of antiarch placoderm fishes. The group is considered paraphyletic. The cladogram is taken from Bothriolepid antiarchs
Bothriolepidoidei
Subclass of fishes
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Elasmobranchii
Extinct order of cartilaginous fishes
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Petalodontiformes
Clade of lobe-finned fish
cartilages like the skeletons of acanthodians, chondrichthyians and most placoderms. There are otherwise vast differences in fin, respiratory and circulatory
Sarcopterygii
Extinct order of cartilaginous fishes
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Ctenacanthiformes
fishes described in 2015 is a list of new taxa of jawless vertebrates, placoderms, acanthodians, fossil cartilaginous fishes, bony fishes and other fishes
2015_in_paleoichthyology
graptolites, conodonts, arthrodire placoderms, ptyctodont placoderms, rhenaniform placoderms, petalichthyiform placoderms, chondrichthyans, acanthodians,
Milwaukee_Formation
Part of the epithalamus
vertebrate eye. Many of the oldest fossil vertebrates, including ostracoderms, placoderms, crossopterygians, and early tetrapods, have in their skulls sockets that
Parietal_eye
Extinct genus of maxillate placoderm fish
Bianchengichthys is a genus of maxillate placoderm fish from the late Silurian Period. Its fossils have been recovered from Yunnan Province, China, and
Bianchengichthys
Element of fish anatomy
the gills of jawless fish. The earliest jaws appeared in now extinct placoderms and spiny sharks during the Silurian, about 430 million years ago. The
Fish_jaw
Geologic formation in Arizona, United States
stratigraphic unit in Arizona. The remains of both antiarch and arthrodire placoderms are known from the formation. "Lake Meade National Recreation Area and
Mountain_Springs_Formation
Clade of the first four-limbed vertebrates and their descendants
Devonian fishes, including an early shark Cladoselache, Eusthenopteron and other lobe-finned fishes, and the placoderm Bothriolepis (Joseph Smit, 1905).
Tetrapod
Swedish paleontologist
"lower" vertebrates. His studies of placoderms showed them to be related to modern sharks (though, now, placoderms are considered to be the sister group
Erik_Stensiö
Geologic formation in Belgium
Clément, Gaël; Daeschler, Edward B.; Dupret, Vincent (23 August 2016). "Placoderm Assemblage from the Tetrapod-Bearing Locality of Strud (Belgium, Upper
Evieux_Formation
Extinct family of fishes
Bothriolepididae is a family of antiarch placoderms, known from the Emsian, to Famennian. The cladogram is from "Bothriolepid antiarchs (Vertebrata, Placodermi)
Bothriolepididae
Extinct family of fishes
Dunkleosteidae is an extinct family of arthrodire placoderms that lived during the Devonian period. The gigantic apex predator Dunkleosteus terrelli is
Dunkleosteidae
Geologic formation in Svalbard, Norway
poorly represented at the formation compared to other animal groups. Placoderms are a group of armored fish that lived during the Late Silurian and Devonian
Wood_Bay_Formation
Extinct species of placoderm
Murmur is a genus of placoderm. The type species is Murmur arctatum. It was described from a fossil found within the Beartooth Butte Formation of Wyoming
Murmur_arctatum
Study of the form or morphology of fishes
probably originally evolved in the Silurian period and appeared in the Placoderm fish which further diversified in the Devonian. Jaws are thought to derive
Fish_anatomy
Topics referred to by the same term
non-cryptographic hash function mürmur, a New York City podcast Murmur (placoderm), a genus of placoderms Murmuration, a swarming behavior of starlings Mur Murs, documentary
Murmur
Division or infraclass of fishes
†Cephalaspidomorphi †Galeaspida †Pituriaspida †Osteostraci Jawed fish †Placoderms †Antiarchi †Arthrodira †Brindabellaspida †Petalichthyida †Phyllolepida
Teleost
Flexible rod-shaped structure in all chordates
either with attached bony elements or without, most notably the conodonts, placoderms, and ostracoderms. Even after the evolution of the vertebral column in
Notochord
Extinct genus of tetrapodomorphs
of its body, which is not common in other fish (Tarrasius, Mandageria, placoderms and extant seahorses being some exceptions; see also Lepidogalaxias and
Tiktaalik
PLACODERM
PLACODERM
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Girl/Female
Indian, Kannada
Name of a Flower
Girl/Female
Indian
Sweet Beautiful
Girl/Female
African, Australian
Have Waited
Girl/Female
Greek Latin
Manly. Brave. Feminine form of Andrew.
Boy/Male
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi
Gem
Girl/Female
Hindu
Name of a Goddess, Beautiful eyed
Boy/Male
Australian
Cheerful
Girl/Female
English American Latin
Feminine of Michael, meaning gift from God.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Liksitha | லீகà¯à®¸à¯€à®¤à®¾
Female
Egyptian
, a sister of Sekherta.
PLACODERM
PLACODERM
PLACODERM
PLACODERM
PLACODERM
n.
One of the Placodermi.
a.
Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.
n. pl.
Same as Placodermi.
n. pl.
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.
n.
A genus of Devonian fossil fishes with winglike appendages. The head and most of the body were covered with large bony plates. See Placodermi.