Wlacoderm

Wlacoderm (Placoderm but with a W for worm) is one of the Basal clades of Hume III, and is contains two classes of wish, Wlacodermi (common name, Fully Armored Wish), and †Meplakia (common name, Helmeted Wish), like Placodermi on earth, Wlacodermi was the dominant wish class back in its day but nowadays there are only a few species left, unlike on Earth where the Placodermi are all extinct. Early clades of placoderms on Earth had rays on the ends of their fins but most later clades lost them. But for Wlacoderms, it's the exact opposite, only the clades that filled up a similar ecological niche as sharks (which all of those clades are extinct) evolve the rayless shark-like fins. One clade would evolve to be partially terrestrial and evolve a species known as (Armored Sea Robin), which would eventually would evolve a Tiktaalik-like species called (Armored Land Robin), which would eventually evolve into a terrestrial megaclass known as Blinadospinapoda, and would fill up the role of Tetrapods on Quartoterra, and completely takeover the continent. Originally on Earth, we thought that Placoderms, Bony Fish, and Cartilaginous Fish all were sister clades to each other, and all evolved from a boneless fish ancestor. But new fossil evidence shows that Bony Fish and Cartilaginous Fish both evolved from Placoderms. When colonist and scientists got to Hume III they thought that Bony Wish and Cartilaginous Wish both evolved from Wlacoderms, but new fossil evidence shows that they all evolved from a boneless wish ancestor and that they are all sister clades to each other.

They evolved around 450mya, and their exact point of origin is unknown. The first species under this clade was Sklirokapelo epithymia, it was a species of boneless wish of the family Petasumepithymidae, which only has one species left alive today, Petasumepithymia petasumepithymia. Wlacoderms evolved armor first then evolved a skeleton after. It was believed that †Meplakia (common name, Helmeted Wish) evolved first, then Wlacodermi (common name, Fully Armored Wish) evolved from a Meplakia that evolved full body armor. But now due to fossil evidence, we now know that Wlacodermi (common name, Fully Armored Wish), and †Meplakia (common name, Helmeted Wish) evolved independently of each other and are probably sister classes, Wlacodermi evolved from a ancestor that evolved full armor before evolving a full skeleton then when it evolves a full skeleton the first Wlacodermi was born, while †Meplakia evolve from an ancestor that evolved a full skeleton first. Which one evolved first is still up to debate.

They were the dominant class of Wish in the oceans of Hume III from 440mya to 390mya, their dominance came to an end because of being outcompeted by their two sister taxa, Chondrkiepithymia, and **Ostikiepithymia.** Over the next few million years their diversify began to decrease, until there was only five orders of Wlacodermi left, and two orders of †Meplakia left. After The End Of Times Mess Extinction Event 333,333,333 years ago, only two orders of Wlacodermi survived, and no orders of †Meplakia. Under those two orders there was three families each, under those six families there was four genera each, under those 24 genera there was five species each, in total, 120 species survived the extinction. Today there's only 50 species left under three orders, a new order called Deniformes evolved after the extinction, but there's only one family with five species left. The 120 species that survived the extinction all mix breeded into one perfect species of their genus, so that 120 species turned into 24 species, and all modern Wlacoderms descend from one of those 24.

## The Survivors

Below are listed the surviving taxa of the clade Wlacoderm, those being 2 orders, 6 families, 24 genera, 120 species, and 24 "perfect species", one for each genus.

Order Wlacodermiformes

* Family Wlacodermidae
	+ Genus *Wlacodermus*
		- Species *Wlacodermus polykairos*

* Family Wlacodermiformeidae
* Family Woccosteidae

Order Blinadoscorpaeniformes

* Family Blinadoscorpaenidae
* Family: Blinadotriglidae
* Family: Terrablinadotriglidae