arthrodire

arthrodire
Any member of the order Arthrodira, armored jawed fishes that flourished in the Devonian period.

The basicranial circulation of Ptomacanthus resembles that in arthrodire placoderms.


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  • arthrodire — ● arthrodire nom masculin (du grec deirê, cou) Poisson cuirassé de l ère primaire, aux pectorales réduites, tel que coccosteus. (Les arthrodires forment une sous classe probablement à l origine des requins actuels.) …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • arthrodire — arthrodiran /ahr threuh duy reuhn/, arthrodirous, adj. /ahr threuh duyeur /, n. any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body covered by a shield of… …   Universalium

  • Arthrodire — Arthrodires …   Wikipédia en Français

  • arthrodire — ar·thro·dire …   English syllables

  • arthrodire — noun see arthrodira * * * arthrodiran /ahr threuh duy reuhn/, arthrodirous, adj. /ahr threuh duyeur /, n. any of numerous fishes of the extinct order Arthrodira, widely distributed during the Devonian Period, having the anterior part of the body… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Arthrodira — Arthrodire Arthrodires …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Arthrodires — Arthrodire Arthrodires …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Placodermi — Taxobox name = Placodermi fossil range = fossil range|430|360Early/Mid Silurian – Late Devonian image width = 200px image caption = Dunkleosteus attacking Gorgonichthys regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata subphylum = Vertebrata infraphylum =… …   Wikipedia

  • Dunkleosteus — Temporal range: Late Devonian, 380–360 Ma …   Wikipedia

  • Onychodus — Temporal range: Eifelian–Famennian …   Wikipedia

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