#rhenanida

Gemuendina

Gemuendina — це плакодерма з ряду Rhenanida, що мешкала в морях Німеччини раннього девону. За життя Gemuendina нагадувала ската з задертою головою або зіркогляда (Uranoscopus). Типовий вид – Gemuendina stuertzi.

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Gemuendina stuertzi

...is a species of rhenanid placoderm (armored fish) that lived in the seas of Early Devonian Germany. In life G.stuertzi lived a similar lifestyle to a modern stargazer, as it lived on the bottom and had upward facing mouth and eyes which allowed it to suction prey that swam over head. Unlike other placoderms G.stuertzi's armor was made up of a mosaic of unfused bony plates and scales. It also lacked the characteristic tooth plates of other placoderms, instead it had star-shaped tubercle scales which it allowed it to seize other animals.

Phylogeny

Animalia-Chordata-Placodermi-Rhenanida-Asterosteidae-Gemuendina-G.stuertzi