Tarrasiiformes

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Tarrasiiformes
Temporal range: Carboniferous
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Paratarrasius hibbardi Lund and Melton Jr. 1982 from the Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Heath Formation of Bear Gulch, Montana
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Tarrasiiformes
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Tarasiiformes is an extinct order of prehistoric ray-finned fish. [1]

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Taxonomy

Timeline of genera

CarboniferousDevonianGzhelianKasimovianMoscovianBashkirianSerpukhovianViséanTournaisianFamennianFrasnianGivetianEifelianEmsianPragianLochkovianPalaeophichthysParatarrasiusTarrasiusCarboniferousDevonianGzhelianKasimovianMoscovianBashkirianSerpukhovianViséanTournaisianFamennianFrasnianGivetianEifelianEmsianPragianLochkovianTarrasiiformes

Tarrasius is an extinct genus of Tarasiiformes. Tarrasius problematicus (of Mississippian origin, ~ 350 Ma) featured a fully regionalized tetrapod-like spine divided into 5 distinct segments. [5] [6] It is not considered a transitional fossil though, but an extreme example of convergent evolution.

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