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Prehistoric fish of the Devonian period, during the Paleozoic Era ... Pages in category "Devonian fish" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. ...
The Devonian (/ d ə ˈ v oʊ n i. ən, d ɛ-/ də-VOH-nee-ən, deh-) [9] [10] is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic era during the Phanerozoic eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian period at 419.62 million years ago (), to the beginning of the succeeding Carboniferous period at 358.86 Ma.
The Devonian period is traditionally known as the "Age of Fish", marking the diversification of numerous extinct and modern major fish groups. [7] Among them were the early bony fishes, who diversified and spread in freshwater and brackish environments at the beginning of the period.
Major groups of fish evolved during this period, often referred to as the age of fish. [39] See Category:Devonian fish. D e v o n i a n: Early Devonian: Early Devonian (419–393 Ma): Psarolepis: Psarolepis (speckled scale) is a genus of extinct lobe-finned fish that lived around 397 to 418 Ma.
The Devonian period (419–359 Mya), also known as the Age of Fishes, saw the development of early sharks, armoured placoderms and various lobe-finned fish, including the tetrapod transitional species. The evolution of fish began about 530 million years ago during the Cambrian explosion.
Dunkleosteus is an extinct genus of large arthrodire ("jointed-neck") fish that existed during the Late Devonian period, about 382–358 million years ago. It was a pelagic fish inhabiting open waters, and one of the first vertebrate apex predators of any ecosystem. [1]
The fossils were found in the Catskill Formation of the Red Hill Shale, dating to the upper Devonian. [1] These were the only remains known until 1993 when a renewed collecting effort discovered abundant new material. [1] Hyneria is considered the largest and most common lobe-finned fish found in the Red Hill Shale. [10]
Fossils of many types of water-dwelling animals from the Devonian period are found in deposits in the U.S. state of Michigan. Among the more commonly occurring specimens are bryozoans, corals, crinoids, and brachiopods. Also found, but not so commonly, are armored fish called placoderms, snails, sharks, stromatolites, trilobites and blastoids.