Biology:Euphaneropidae
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Short description: Extinct family of jawless fishes
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| Order: | †Euphanerida
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| Family: | †Euphaneropidae Woodward 1900[1]
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Euphaneropidae is an extinct family of prehistoric jawless fishes in the extinct order Euphanerida. These fishes are characterised by a greatly elongated branchial apparatus which covers most of the length of the body. Fossils are known from the Lower Silurian and Middle Devonian of Scotland, and the Upper Devonian of Canada. In particular, Euphanerops is unique in that it has two anal fins.[3]
References
- Super-Class Agnatha. T. Jeffery Parker and William A. Haswell, Textbook of Zoology Vertebrates pp 164–202
- ↑ "On a new Ostracoderm (Euphanerops longaevus) from the Upper Devonian of Scaumenac Bay, Province of Quebec, Canada.". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 5 (29): 416–419. 1900. doi:10.1080/00222930008678308. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/62104.
- ↑ van der Brugghen, Gambit (2015-04-29). "Ciderius cooperi gen. nov., sp. nov., the earliest known euphaneropid from the Lower Silurian of Scotland". Netherlands Journal of Geosciences - Geologie en Mijnbouw 94 (3): 279–288. doi:10.1017/njg.2015.18. ISSN 0016-7746. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/njg.2015.18.
- ↑ "Unusual anal fin in a Devonian jawless vertebrate reveals complex origins of paired appendages". Biology Letters 9 (3): 20130002. June 2013. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0002. PMID 23576777.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q21405498 entry
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