New material and redescription of Phymolepis

[Halichoeres]

Phymolepis cuifengshanensis from the Early Devonian of China gets some endocranial material as well as more of the armor than was previously known.

Includes a life reconstruction by Dinghua Yang:


Open access: https://peerj.com/articles/4808

[ZoPteryx]

Good to see placoderms getting some attention!  Those forward facing eyes are a bit unnerving though... I feel like it should have a muppet mouth!

[Faelrin]

I think the eyes on the reconstruction make it look like quite the friendly fellow. Pretty good discovery though.

[Halichoeres]

Good to see placoderms getting some attention!  Those forward facing eyes are a bit unnerving though... I feel like it should have a muppet mouth!

It's mouth really was a little muppet-like, to my eye!

[Ravonium]

To me, the eyes look vaguely like those of tadpole shrimp. I personally find them cute on both this creature and on the tadpole shrimp.