Drepanolepis | |
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Reconstruction of Drepanolepis maerssae | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | † Thelodonti |
Order: | † Furcacaudiformes |
Genus: | † Drepanolepis |
Species | |
Drepanolepis maerssae |
Drepanolepis is an extinct genus of furcacaudiform thelodont which lived in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the Early Devonian period. It hails from the MOTH locality in the Mackenzie Mountains. [1]
Drepanolepis possessed a tall, angelfish-like body, with a ventral mouth and a hypocercal tail. The gill atrium is large for this order, and the nasal runs down to the oral cavity from the orbit. The oral cavity is jawless, with no premaxilla or maxilla present. [2] [1]