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So thrilled to see that a student's creative project from my #Ichthyology #IB177LF fish class made it to r/Fish top posts!

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Based on this 2013 paper in Science: www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1...
Go Team #placoderms!

#Placoderms (from Ancient Greek πλάξ [plax, plakos] 'plate' and δέρμα [derma] 'skin')[1] are vertebrate animals of the class Placodermi, an extinct group of prehistoric fish known from Paleozoic fossils during

#Placoderms (from Ancient Greek πλάξ [plax, plakos] 'plate' and δέρμα [derma] 'skin')[1] are vertebrate animals of the class #Placodermi, an extinct group of prehistoric fish known from #Paleozoic fossils during

#Placoderms (from Ancient Greek πλάξ [plax, plakos] 'plate' and δέρμα [derma] 'skin')[1] are vertebrate animals of the class Placodermi, an extinct group of prehistoric fish known from Paleozoic fossils during the Silurian and the #Devonianperiods.

#Placoderms (from Ancient Greek πλάξ [plax, plakos] 'plate' and δέρμα [derma] 'skin')[1] are vertebrate animals of the class Placodermi, an extinct group of prehistoric fish known from Paleozoic fossils during the Silurian and the #Devonianperiods.

#Placoderms (from Ancient Greek πλάξ [plax, plakos] 'plate' and δέρμα [derma] 'skin')[1] are vertebrate animals of the class Placodermi, an extinct group of prehistoric fish known from Paleozoic fossils during the Silurian and the #Devonianperiods.

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A model, not really an actual fossil.

WIP "Bianchengichthys micros"
#sciart #placoderms #silurian