Fish
Qilinyu
Qilinyu was an armored fish whose jaws add evidence about early jawed vertebrate evolution.
Qilinyu was an armored fish whose jaws add evidence about early jawed vertebrate evolution. Its head skeleton combines features relevant to the origins of the bony jaws seen in later groups.
Three stages. One companion.
Game artwork
AI-generated, stylized game illustrations. These designs and growth stages are imaginative, not scientific reconstructions.
Qilinyu at a glance
- Diet
- Diet uncertain
- When it lived
- Late Silurian
- Group
- Placodermi
- Placodermi
Beyond the game
The real Qilinyu
Qilinyu was an armored fish whose jaws add evidence about early jawed vertebrate evolution. Its head skeleton combines features relevant to the origins of the bony jaws seen in later groups.
Its head skeleton adds evidence about the construction of early bony jaws. Comparisons with other placoderms help researchers examine the origins of later jawed-vertebrate anatomy.
Fossil discoveries
Selected fossil records · present-day map
Map references
Map: Natural Earth, public domain. Fossil records: Paleobiology Database and linked collections and publications.Sources & text credits
Explore the references behind this profile.
- A Silurian maxillate placoderm illuminates jaw evolution
- CAS primary research summary: Qilinyu
- Paleobiology Database: Qilinyu rostrata (txn:378432)
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