| Stringocephalus Temporal range: | |
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| Stringocephalus burtini | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Brachiopoda |
| Class: | Rhynchonellata |
| Order: | Terebratulida |
| Family: | † Stringocephalidae |
| Subfamily: | † Stringocephalinae |
| Genus: | † Stringocephalus Defrance in De Blainville, 1825 |
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Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods; between 388.1 to 376.1 million years old [1] they are usually found as fossils in Devonian marine rocks. Several forms of the genus are known; they may be found in western North America, northern Europe (especially Poland), Asia and the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Several different types are known; they share a well-developed, curved structure shaped like a beak. Some of the largest specimens discovered to date have been found in China.
