Entelognathus - Wikipedia
Entelognathus primordialis (“primordial complete jaw”) is an early placoderm from the late Silurian (Ludlow epoch) of Qujing, Yunnan, 419 million years ago. [ 2 ] [ 1 ] A team led by Min Zhu of the Academy of Sciences' Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology in Beijing discovered the intact, articulated fossil in rock ...
This 419-Million-Year-Old Fish Has the World’s Oldest Known Face
2013年9月25日 · This admittedly homely fish fossil, the 419-million-year old Entelognathus primordialis, was recently discovered in China and described for the first time in an article published today in Nature.
A Silurian placoderm with osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones
2013年9月25日 · Entelognathus combines osteichthyan-like marginal jaw bones with a conservative placoderm-like condition of the braincase, dermal skull roof and trunk armour, whereas the palatoquadrate shows ...
Ancient fish face shows roots of modern jaw | Nature
2013年9月25日 · The fish, which lived 419 million years ago in an area that is now part of China, is the earliest known species with a modern jaw. E ntelognathus primordialis is a new addition to the placoderms...
A jaw-dropping fossil fish - Nature
2013年9月25日 · Enter Entelognathus, a placoderm with full body armour but with jaw bones similar to those of modern bony fish: this the most primitive known creature with what we would recognize as a face.
The first jaws | Science - AAAS
2016年10月21日 · The Entelognathus jaw pattern posed a conundrum for evolutionary biologists. Were the first jaws complex structures made of many external dermal bones, as in Entelognathus and osteichthyans, or were the simple blade-like jaws of most placoderms the primitive condition?
Ancient Fish With Strong Jawline Could Rewrite History Of Faces
2013年9月25日 · Entelognathus belongs to the placoderm class of armored fish that Nature says existed some 430 million to 360 million years ago.
Fish Fossil Has Oldest Known Face, May Influence Evolution
2013年9月26日 · " Entelognathus primordialis is one of the earliest, and certainly the most primitive, fossil fish that has the same jawbones as modern bony fishes and land vertebrates including ourselves,"...
Entelognathus: Paleontologists Find 419-Million-Year-Old Jawed …
2013年9月26日 · A team of paleontologists has found a fossil of ancient fish that lived in what is now China about 419 million years ago during the Late Silurian period.
Extraordinary ‘missing link’ fossil fish found in China
2013年9月25日 · A spectacular new “missing link” fossil has been unearthed in China. The 419 million year old armoured fish, called Entelognathus, meaning “complete jaw” solves an age-old debate in science.