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The Paleozoic Fish Thread- Placoderms and early fish (excluding sharks)

October 2014

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Adam Khor

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Sex life of 385 million year old placoderms, revealed.

http://thewestsidestory.net/2014/10/20/19157/385-million-years-old-fossilized-scottish-fish-sexual-intercouse-pioneers-says-palaeontologists/

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#2 October 2014

Rubecula

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Hmmmmmmm

Flinders University’s John Long says it’s not every day you discover something really big

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Dunkleosteus' giant relative Titanichthys practically confirmed as a megaplanktivore, similar to today's basking sharks:

https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.200272

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#4 October 2020

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Placoderm fish with unborn babies found in Scotland, adds to the evidence that they gave birth to live young:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-54551068

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