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Ctenurella
''Ctenurella'' ("Little Comb Tail") is an extinct genus of ptyctodont placoderm from the Late Devonian of Germany. The first fossils were found in the Strundevalley in the Paffrather Kalkmulde. ==Description== As with other ptyctodonts, the armor of ''Ctenurella'' was reduced to a few thin plates on the head and shoulder region. It was also relatively small for a placoderm, at just in length. It had two dorsal fins, with that at the rear of the body being relatively long and low, and large pectoral and pelvic fins. Most ptyctodonts are presumed to have fed on the ocean floor, but the well-developed fins of this genus indicate that it probably also swam in open waters. ''Ctenurella'' had a long, whip-like tail, large eyes, and robust upper and lower jaw tooth plates. Males also had hook-shaped sex organs, known as claspers. Since analogous features are also found in the unrelated living chimaeras, chimaeras and ptyctodonts are thought to be an example of convergent evolution.〔
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