Coelolepidae
| Coelolepidae | |
|---|---|
| Comparison of Thelodus (large dark thelodonts) and Loganellia (small yellow thelodont) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Thelodontiformes |
| Family: | †Coelolepidae Pander, 1856 |
| Type genus | |
| †Coelolepis | |
| Genera | |
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Coelolepidae is an extinct family of thelodont vertebrate agnathans that lived during the Silurian.[1] Some authors prefer to call this family Thelodontidae.[2]
References
- ^ Pander, C. H., 1856. Monographie der fossilen Fische des silurischen Systems der russisch-baltischen Gouvernments. Buchdruckerei der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, St. Petersburg, 91 pp.
- ^ Burrow, Carole J.; Turner, Susan; Nowlan, Godfrey S.; Denison, Robert H. (2013). "Vertebrate microremains from the late Silurian of Arisaig, Nova Scotia, Canada". Journal of Paleontology. 87 (6): 1041–1059. doi:10.1666/12-154. ISSN 0022-3360.
External links
- Data related to Coelolepidae at Wikispecies