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Fallacosteus Turneri
''Fallacosteus'' is an extinct monospecific genus of arthrodire Arthrodira (Greek for "jointed neck") is an Order (biology), order of extinct armored, jawed fishes of the class Placodermi that flourished in the Devonian period before their sudden extinction, surviving for about 50 million years and penetratin ... placoderm from the Early Frasnian stage of the Late Devonian period, found at the Gogo Formation of Kimberley (Western Australia), Kimberley, Western Australia. As with almost all other Camuropiscidae, camuropiscids, ''F. turneri'' had an elongated snout that may have enhanced its hydrodynamic streamlining. Etymology The generic name translates as "deceptive bone," in reference to its extreme similarity to ''Camuropiscis''. The specific name ''turneri'' honors Sue Turner. Phylogeny ''Fallacosteus'' is a member of the family (biology), family Camuropiscidae under the superfamily (biology), superfamily Incisoscutoidea, which belongs to the clade Coccosteomorphi, one of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Late Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at million years ago ( Ma), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at Ma. It is the fourth period of both the Paleozoic and the Phanerozoic. It is named after Devon, South West England, where rocks from this period were first studied. The first significant evolutionary radiation of life on land occurred during the Devonian, as free- sporing land plants (pteridophytes) began to spread across dry land, forming extensive coal forests which covered the continents. By the middle of the Devonian, several groups of vascular plants had evolved leaves and true roots, and by the end of the period the first seed-bearing plants ( pteridospermatophytes) appeared. This rapid evolution and colonization process, which had begun during the Silurian, is known as the Silurian-Devonian Terrestrial Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
