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het·eros·traci
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Heterostraci, suborder Heterostracinoun
extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear
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Heterostraci
Heterostraci (Ancient Greek, ἕτερος+ὄστρακον "those [with] a different shell" [-i is pl. of -us]) is an extinct subclass of pteraspidomorph jawless vertebrate that lived primarily in marine and estuary environments. Heterostraci existed from the mid-Ordovician to the conclusion of the Devonian.
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heterostraci
Heterostraci is a class of extinct, prehistoric jawless fishes, predominantly known from the Silurian and Devonian Periods. They possess an armored head shield, also known as cephalothorax, and a scale-covered, unstreamlined body. Heterostraci is considered to be one of the earliest groups in the evolution of fishes.
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Heterostraci
Heterostraci is an extinct class of jawless vertebrate that lived primarily in marine and estuary environments. They arose during the Ordovician, and all, save for the Psammosteids, became extinct during the late Devonian. This last group of heterostracans died out in the extinction event at the end of the Devonian.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of heterostraci in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of heterostraci in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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