Phanerosteon Temporal range: | |
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Phanerosteon phonax fossil | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | † Palaeonisciformes |
Genus: | † Phanerosteon Traquair, 1881 |
Type species | |
†Phanerosteon mirabile Traquair, 1881 | |
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Phanerosteon is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Carboniferous period. [2] The type species, P. mirabile, was recovered from the Calciferous sandstone series (Pennsylvanian), Scotland. [3] A second species, P. phonax was described from the Serpukhovian aged Bear Gulch Limestone lagerstätte in Montana, United States. [4]