Plourdosteus

Plourdosteus; Temporal range: 391.8–374.5 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Givetian – Frasnian
	Various species of Plourdosteus, from Late Devonian of Canada, Russia and Baltic countries
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Placodermi
Order:	Arthrodira
Family:
Genus:	Plourdosteus; , 1951

Plourdosteus is an extinct genus of placoderm, which was relatively widespread in Euramerica during the Givetian to Frasnian ages of the Devonian.^[1] The name Plourdosteus commemorates the Plourde family at Miguasha.^[2]

References[]

^ S. V. Moloshnikov (2008). "The placoderm Plourdosteus livonicus (Eastman) in the early Frasnian of the Central Devonian Field and the trophic structure of the Mikhailovskii Fish Assemblage". Paleontological Journal. 42 (6): 607–614. doi:10.1134/S0031030108060063.
^ "Plourdosteus". Miguasha National Park. 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

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[1] S. V. Moloshnikov (2008). "The placoderm Plourdosteus livonicus (Eastman) in the early Frasnian of the Central Devonian Field and the trophic structure of the Mikhailovskii Fish Assemblage". Paleontological Journal. 42 (6): 607–614. doi:10.1134/S0031030108060063.

[2] "Plourdosteus". Miguasha National Park. 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2010.

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