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Palaeomylus
Palaeomylus upper and lower tooth plates from two similarly sized individuals from Wisconsin and Ohio.
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Placodermi
Order: Ptyctodontida
Family: Ptyctodontidae
Genus: Palaeomylus
Woodward, 1891[1]
Type species
Palaeomylus frangens

(Newberry, 1878)

Palaeomylus (meaning 'ancient grinder') is an extinct Devonian ptychodontid placoderm fish.

There are seven species accepted in this genus:[1][2]

Etymology

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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]

Discovery

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P. greenei, P. crassus, and the type species P. frangens were originally classified as a species of Rhynchodus, before being moved to a new genus, Palaeomylus, in 1891. The first was found in Wisconsin, while the latter two species were found in Ohio. P. predator was found near Gerolstein, Germany.[4]

References

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  1. ^ 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. (May 2005). "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.
  • ^ Eastman, C. R. (1898). "Dentition of Devonian Ptyctodontidae (Continued)". The American Naturalist. 32 (380): 545–560. doi:10.1086/276968. ISSN 0003-0147. JSTOR 2454480.

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