#placoderms — Public Fediverse posts
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Another recording from the Paleo 2026 symposium has been posted! Learn about recent research on placoderms (early armoured fishes like Dunkleosteus) with Dr. Melina Jobbins of the University of Manitoba!
#palaeontology #paleontology #fossils #fish #placoderms #alberta
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A 365-million-year-old #fish with an extreme underbite showcases #vertebrate diversity https://phys.org/news/2024-01-million-year-fish-extreme-underbite.html
Extreme lower jaw elongation in a #placoderm reflects high disparity and modularity in early vertebrate #evolution: Melina Jobbins et al. https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.231747
"Alienacanthus is a member of #placoderms, which are some of the first jawed #vertebrates. They are armored fish of various shapes and sizes and are essential to understanding the evolution of vertebrates"