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Placoderms were an extinct group of prehistoric fish that lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods, distinguished by their distinctive armor-plated heads and thoraxes covering mostly cartilaginous skeletons. They matter to our understanding of vertebrate evolution because they represent an early branch of fish that developed protective plating, a significant innovation in how ancient animals adapted to their environments.
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- DunkleosteusSannoble.JPG
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- Commons category
- Gnathostomata
- taxon common name
- Zırhlı balıklar
- taxon name
- Placodermi
- start time
- 430000000-
- end time
- 358900000-
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