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OSTRACODERME [3 records]

Record 1 1992-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Zoology
DEF

A suborder of Plectoprathi comprising the box fishes. (Webster).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Zoologie

Spanish

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Record 2 1977-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
  • Marine Biology
  • Animal Biology
DEF

Extinct scaly fish-like vertebrates of Silurian and Devonian times without jaws and having a large dorsal shield covering the head ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
  • Biologie marine
  • Biologie animale
CONT

[Groupe d’Ostracoderme dont le] nom vient de la présence d’un bouclier ossifié protégeant la tête et la partie antérieure du tronc. Le reste du corps est couvert d’écailles dont la disposition et la forme sont variables selon les genres [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 1977-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
OBS

(...) group of (...) primitive (...) agnathous [vertebrates] forming the most ancient of known vertebrates (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
OBS

(...) un groupe [d’Agnathes] entièrement fossile (...)

Spanish

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