Biology:Mylacanthus
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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes
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| Mylacanthus (10) and other Triassic marine predators[2] | |
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| Genus: | †Mylacanthus Stensiö, 1921
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| †Mylacanthus lobatus Stensiö, 1921
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†Mylacanthus spinosus Stensiö, 1921 | |
Mylacanthus is an extinct genus of prehistoric coelacanth lobe-finned fish that lived during the Smithian (early Olenekian) age of the Early Triassic epoch in what is now Svalbard.[3][4][1]
Two species are known, the type species Mylacanthus lobatus and a second species, M. spinosus. The fossils of both of these species were collected from the Lusitaniadalen Member of the Vikinghøgda Formation. Mylacanthus had an estimated body length of 60 cm (24 in) to 80 cm (31 in).[1][5]
See also
- Sarcopterygii
- List of sarcopterygians
- List of prehistoric bony fish
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Romano, Carlo; Koot, Martha B.; Kogan, Ilja; Brayard, Arnaud; Minikh, Alla V.; Brinkmann, Winand; Bucher, Hugo; Kriwet, Jürgen (2016). "Permian-Triassic Osteichthyes (bony fishes): diversity dynamics and body size evolution". Biological Reviews 91 (1): 106–147. doi:10.1111/brv.12161. PMID 25431138.
- ↑ Scheyer, Torsten M.; Romano, Carlo; Jenks, Jim; Bucher, Hugo (2014). "Early Triassic Marine Biotic Recovery: The Predators' Perspective". PLoS ONE 9 (3): e88987. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0088987.
- ↑ "Fossilworks: Mylacanthus". http://www.fossilworks.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?a=taxonInfo&taxon_no=34940.
- ↑ Forey, Peter (1997-11-30) (in en). History of the Coelacanth Fishes. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9780412784804. https://books.google.com/books?id=wHZ6WwqbrmkC&q=Mylacanthus&pg=PA356.
- ↑ Stensiö, Erik (1921). Triassic fishes from Spitzbergen. Vienna: Adolf Holzhausen. pp. xxviii + 307. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.159141.
Wikidata ☰ Q6947614 entry
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