Biology:Pipiscus

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Pipiscus
Temporal range: Moscovian (Middle) Pennsylvanian Epoch,
Carboniferous Period
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Template:Taxonomy/PipiscusPipiscus zangerli

Pipiscus zangerli is an extinct species of lamprey that lived about 300 million years ago, during the Middle Pennsylvanian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period.[1]

It has a distinctive crown-like mouth comprising a ring of radially arranged teeth.[2]

It is known from the Mazon Creek fossil beds located in present-day Illinois.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Bardack, David.; Richardson, Eugene Stanley (1977). New agnathous fishes from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois / David Bardack -- and Eugene S. Richardson, Jr. --. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5167. 
  2. Shu, D.; Morris, S. Conway; Zhang, X-L.; Chen, L.; Li, Y.; Han, J. (1999). "A pipiscid-like fossil from the Lower Cambrian of south China". Nature 400 (6746): 746. doi:10.1038/23445. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q25095546 entry