A new selenosteid placoderm from the Late Devonian of the eastern Anti-Atlas (Morocco) with preserved body outline and its ecomorphology

Placoderms are an extinct group of early jawed vertebrates that play a key role in understanding the evolution of the gnathostome body plan, including the origin of novelties such as jaws, teeth, and pelvic fins. As placoderms have a poorly ossified axial skeleton, preservation of the mainly cartila...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution
Main Authors:	Melina Jobbins, Martin Rücklin, Humberto G. Ferrón, Christian Klug
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-10-01
Subjects:	Selenosteidae body outline Morocco Famennian geometric morphometrics
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fevo.2022.969158/full