Pipiscus
| Pipiscus zangerli Temporal range: Mazon Creek | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Agnatha |
| Genus: | †Pipiscus |
| Species: | †P. zangerli |
| Binomial name | |
| Pipiscus zangerli | |
Pipiscus is a lamprey-like fossil from the Mazon Creek of the late Carboniferous of Illinois.[1] It has a distinctive crown-like mouth comprising a ring of radially arranged teeth.[2]
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
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