Heterostracan
[het-uh-ros-truh-kuh n] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒs trə kən/
noun, Paleontology.
1.
any of several ostracoderms of the order Heterostraci, from the Silurian and Devonian Periods, having the anterior part of the body enclosed in bony plates.
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