Suborder Heterostraci (Noun)
Meaning
Extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- The suborder Heterostraci was characterized by having bony armor plating that covered their heads and bodies for protection from predators.
- Some of the suborder Heterostraci, such as Pteraspis, had extremely elaborate bony plating on their heads.
- Fossil evidence suggests that members of the suborder Heterostraci were likely bottom-dwellers, feeding on whatever they could scavenge from the seafloor.
- Classifying the suborder Heterostraci as fish or fish-like vertebrates is not entirely clear and is the subject of ongoing scientific debate.
- Members of the suborder Heterostraci flourished during the early Paleozoic Era, eventually becoming extinct at the end of the Devonian Period.