Actinolepidae
Actinolepidae is an extinct family of placoderm fishes which lived during the Early Devonian period. They are considered to be among the most primitive of the arthrodires, and are widely accepted to be phylogenetically basal to the group.[1]
| Actinolepidae Temporal range: Early Devonian | |
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| reconstruction of Actinolepis | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Arthrodira |
| Suborder: | †Actinolepidoidei |
| Family: | †Actinolepidae |
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Description
The bodies of Actinolepids are wide and flat, suggesting that most members of this family were benthic fish. Their jaws were comparatively underdeveloped in comparison to the more robust-jawed arthrodires that would come after them, such as Dunkleosteus and Coccosteus, indicating that it likely subsisted primarily on smaller, softer-bodied animals such as mollusks or worms instead of larger, tougher prey animals.[2]
References
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - Dupret, Vincent (7 December 2010). "Revision of the genus Kujdanowiaspis Stensiö, 1942 (Placodermi, Arthrodira, "Actinolepida") from the Lower Devonian of Podolia (Ukraine)". Geodiversitas. 32 (1): 5–63. Retrieved 7 December 2021.
External links
- "Actinolepidae". Palaeos.org. Archived from the original on 2007-02-28. Retrieved 2008-09-01.
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