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- noun Plural form of
placoderm .
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During this period, lobe-finned fishes - whose descendants include the lungfish - as well as armored fish called placoderms and many other forms of fish that no longer exist today ruled the oceans.
Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local <B>By Amina Khan </B><br><I>Los Angeles Times</I> 2010
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There is also the confusing suggestion that Placoderma Blyth, 1854 should be used for some members of Laudakia (Henle 1995): confusing because placoderms are a group of ancient fossil fishes.
Harduns and toad-heads; a tale of arenicoly and over-looked convergence Darren Naish 2006
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There is also the confusing suggestion that Placoderma Blyth, 1854 should be used for some members of Laudakia (Henle 1995): confusing because placoderms are a group of ancient fossil fishes.
Archive 2006-12-01 Darren Naish 2006
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