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Definition of Placoderms
1. placoderm [n] - See also: placoderm
Lexicographical Neighbors of Placoderms
Literary usage of Placoderms
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"The Great Devonian placoderms of Ohio, ivith Specimens. By Professor EW CLAYPOLE,
D.Sc. (Land.) The Upper Devonian Shales of Ohio have recently afforded a ..."
2. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1896)
"THE ANCESTRY OF THE UPPER DEVONIAN placoderms OF OHIO.* By EW CLAYPOLE, Akron, Ohio.
The remarkable fish fauna which suddenly appears in the Upper Devonian ..."
3. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"... section of the placoderms, having long verte- brated tails fitting them to be
fleet scullers, commenced (according to the present state of the facts) in ..."
4. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"The placoderms are entirely characteristic of the Devonian (and Upper Silurian),
... The placoderms have no close allies among living fishes. ..."
5. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"The more important genera of placoderms are ... The placoderms were the monarchs
of the ocean. All were well protected by a massive coat of armour, ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1878)
"The placoderms were the monarchs of the ocean. All were well protected by a
massive coat of armor, ... The more important genera of placoderms are ..."
7. The Geological Story Briefly Told: An Introduction to Geology for the by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"placoderms. — Still stranger forms are those called placoderms. The body of Fig.
151 is encased in bony pieces Figs. 151, 152. placoderms. Fig. ..."
8. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"In matters relating to the phylogeny of fishes, Eastman was conservative. Thus,
following Smith Woodward, he maintained that the group of placoderms which ..."
9. Report of the Annual Meeting (1895)
"The Great Devonian placoderms of Ohio, ivith Specimens. By Professor EW CLAYPOLE,
D.Sc. (Land.) The Upper Devonian Shales of Ohio have recently afforded a ..."
10. The American Geologist: A Monthly Journal of Geology and Allied Sciences by Newton Horace Winchell (1896)
"THE ANCESTRY OF THE UPPER DEVONIAN placoderms OF OHIO.* By EW CLAYPOLE, Akron, Ohio.
The remarkable fish fauna which suddenly appears in the Upper Devonian ..."
11. Manual of Geology: Treating of the Principles of the Science with Special by James Dwight Dana (1894)
"... section of the placoderms, having long verte- brated tails fitting them to be
fleet scullers, commenced (according to the present state of the facts) in ..."
12. Elements of Geology: A Text-book for Colleges and for the General Reader by Joseph LeConte (1891)
"The placoderms are entirely characteristic of the Devonian (and Upper Silurian),
... The placoderms have no close allies among living fishes. ..."
13. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"The more important genera of placoderms are ... The placoderms were the monarchs
of the ocean. All were well protected by a massive coat of armour, ..."
14. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1878)
"The placoderms were the monarchs of the ocean. All were well protected by a
massive coat of armor, ... The more important genera of placoderms are ..."
15. The Geological Story Briefly Told: An Introduction to Geology for the by James Dwight Dana (1875)
"placoderms. — Still stranger forms are those called placoderms. The body of Fig.
151 is encased in bony pieces Figs. 151, 152. placoderms. Fig. ..."
16. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"In matters relating to the phylogeny of fishes, Eastman was conservative. Thus,
following Smith Woodward, he maintained that the group of placoderms which ..."
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