Plourdosteus
| Plourdosteus Temporal range: 391.8–374.5 Ma | |
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| Various species of Plourdosteus, from Late Devonian of Canada, Russia and Baltic countries | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Placodermi |
| Order: | Arthrodira |
| Family: | Panxiosteidae |
| Genus: | Plourdosteus Ørvig, 1951 |
Plourdosteus is an extinct genus of placoderm, which was relatively widespread in Euramerica during the Givetian to Frasnian ages of the Devonian.[1] The name Plourdosteus commemorates the Plourde family at Miguasha.[2]
References
- ↑ S. V. Moloshnikov (2008). "The placoderm Plourdosteus livonicus (Eastman) in the early Frasnian of the Central Devonian Field and the trophic structure of the Mikhailovskii Fish Assemblage". Paleontological Journal 42 (6): 607–614. doi:10.1134/S0031030108060063.
- ↑ "Plourdosteus". Miguasha National Park. 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2010.
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