Placodermi
Translingual
Etymology
New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of πλάξ (pláx, “something broad or flat”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).
Proper noun
†Placodermi
- A taxonomic class within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – placoderms, extinct armored fish that lived from the Silurian to the Devonian periods.
Usage notes
- A paraphyletic group, likely to remain useful for fossils.
Hypernyms
- (class): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Deuterostomia - infrakingdom; Chordata - phylum; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum
Hyponyms
- (class): †Antiarchi, †Arthrodira, †Brindabellaspida, †Petalichthyida, †Phyllolepida, †Ptyctodontida, †Rhenanida, †Acanthothoraci, †Pseudopetalichthyida, †Stensioellida - orders
References
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- Placodermi at Fossilworks
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