Palaeomylus
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| Palaeomylus upper and lower tooth plates from two similarly sized individuals from Wisconsin and Ohio. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | †Placodermi |
| Order: | †Ptyctodontida |
| Family: | †Ptyctodontidae |
| Genus: | †Palaeomylus Woodward, 1891[1] |
Palaeomylus (meaning 'ancient grinder') is an extinct Devonian ptychodontid placoderm fish.
There are seven species accepted in this genus:[1][2]
- Palaeomylus hussakofi Bryant, 1935
- Palaeomylus lunaeformis Hussakof & Bryant, 1919
- Palaeomylus minor Bryant, 1935
- Palaeomylus predator Eastman, 1898
- Palaeomylus crassus (Newberry, 1873)
- Palaeomylus frangens (Newberry, 1878)
- Palaeomylus greenei (Newberry, 1889)
Etymology
The generic name is derived from Greek (Palaeo, meaning "ancient") and (mylos, meaning "grinder").
Not to be confused with the junior homonym Palaeomylus (Meng, Wyss, Hu, Wang, Bowen & Koch, 2005), which is an early diverging member of the mammal group Glires.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Palaeomylus Woodward, 1891". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ "Palaeomylus Woodward, 1891". The Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Meng, Jin; Wyss, André R.; Hu, Yaoming; Wang, Yuanqing; Bowen, Gabriel J.; Koch, Paul L. (2005-05). "Glires (Mammalia) from the Late Paleocene Bayan Ulan Locality of Inner Mongolia". American Museum Novitates. 3473: 1–25. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)473[0001:GMFTLP]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0003-0082.
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