Materpiscis
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| Materpiscis Fossil range: Late Devonian |
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| M. attenboroughi Long et al., 2008 |
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Materpiscis (from the Latin meaning "mother fish") is a genus of pyctodontid placoderm from the Late Devonian period about 380 million years ago. Although this primitive fish perished long ago, a fossil found of this armored placoderm shows an embryo and umbilical cord inside a mother fish's body.
