Cowielepis

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Cowielepis
Temporal range: Wenlock/Lochkovian
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Reconstruction C. ritchiei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Anaspida
Order:
†Birkeniiformes
Genus:
†Cowielepis

Blom, 2008
Species

†Cowielepis ritchiei [1]

Cowielepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class Anaspida. It is from the Cowie Harbour fish bed (Cowie Formation) of Stonehaven, Scotland, which age is considered as the Silurian (Wenlock to Ludlow), [2] [3] or Early Devonian (Lochkovian). [4] [5]

Contents

Restoration of Cowielepis ritchiei Cowielepis ritchiei.jpg
Restoration of Cowielepis ritchiei

Habits

It was possibly a nectonic filter, of active locomotion, due to its physiognomy.

Distribution

Lochkovian of United Kingdom (Scotland). [6]

References

  1. ↑ Blom, Henning, 2008; "A new anaspid fish from the middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):594–600
  2. ↑ Blom, Henning (2008-09-12). "A new anaspid fish from the Middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland" . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 594–600. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[594:ANAFFT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN   0272-4634.
  3. ↑ Wellman, Charles H.; Lopes, Gilda; McKellar, Zoë; Hartley, Adrian (2023-10-24). "Age of the basal 'Lower Old Red Sandstone' Stonehaven Group of Scotland: The oldest reported air-breathing land animal is Silurian (late Wenlock) in age". Journal of the Geological Society. doi: 10.1144/jgs2023-138 . hdl: 2164/22754 . ISSN   0016-7649.
  4. ↑ Suarez, Stephanie E.; Brookfield, Michael E.; Catlos, Elizabeth J.; Stöckli, Daniel F. (2017-06-28). "A U-Pb zircon age constraint on the oldest-recorded air-breathing land animal". PLOS ONE. 12 (6): e0179262. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1279262S. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0179262 . ISSN   1932-6203. PMC   5489152 . PMID   28658320.
  5. ↑ Brookfield, M. E.; Catlos, E. J.; Garza, H. (2024-07-07). "The oldest 'millipede'-plant association? Age, paleoenvironments and sources of the Silurian lake sediments at Kerrera, Argyll and Bute, Scotland" . Historical Biology: 1–13. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2367554. ISSN   0891-2963.
  6. ↑ The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit


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