placodermian

English

Etymology

Placodermi +‎ -an

Adjective

placodermian (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Of, or relating to, prehistoric armoured fishes in the class Placodermi.
   • 1984, Nikita Alekseevich Bogdanov, Palaeontology: proceedings of the 27th International Geological Congress, Moscow 4-14 August 1984:

     Furtheron the ancient agnathian and the placodermian fishes disappeared.

   • 2008, Tom McCann, The Geology of Central Europe: Precambrian and palaeozoic:

     Many organisms were affected including conodonts, ammonoids, echinoderms, trilobites, ancient agnatian and placodermian fishes, continental plant communities, ostracodes, […]

   • 2014, A. Gąsiewicz, M. Słowakiewicz, Palaeozoic Climate Cycles: Their Evolutionary and Sedimentological Impact:

     It mainly affected pelagic and hemipelagic organisms (e.g. conodonts, ammonoids, echinoderms, trilobites, ancient agnathan and placodermian fishes), […]

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