Cowielepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class Anaspida. It is from the Cowie Harbour fish bed (Cowie Formation) of Stonehaven, Scotland, which age is considered as the Silurian (Wenlock to Ludlow),[2][3] or Early Devonian (Lochkovian).[4][5]
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†Cowielepis ritchiei[1] | |
Habits
editIt was possibly a nectonic filter, of active locomotion, due to its physiognomy.
Distribution
editLochkovian of United Kingdom (Scotland).[6]
References
edit- ^ Blom, Henning, 2008; "A new anaspid fish from the middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):594–600
- ^ Blom, Henning (2008-09-12). "A new anaspid fish from the Middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 594–600. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[594:ANAFFT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ^ Wellman, Charles H.; Lopes, Gilda; McKellar, Zoë; Hartley, Adrian (2023-10-24). "Age of the basal 'Lower Old Red Sandstone' Stonehaven Group of Scotland: The oldest reported air-breathing land animal is Silurian (late Wenlock) in age". Journal of the Geological Society. doi:10.1144/jgs2023-138. hdl:2164/22754. ISSN 0016-7649.
- ^ Suarez, Stephanie E.; Brookfield, Michael E.; Catlos, Elizabeth J.; Stöckli, Daniel F. (2017-06-28). "A U-Pb zircon age constraint on the oldest-recorded air-breathing land animal". PLOS ONE. 12 (6): e0179262. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1279262S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179262. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5489152. PMID 28658320.
- ^ Brookfield, M. E.; Catlos, E. J.; Garza, H. (2024-07-07). "The oldest 'millipede'-plant association? Age, paleoenvironments and sources of the Silurian lake sediments at Kerrera, Argyll and Bute, Scotland". Historical Biology: 1–13. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2367554. ISSN 0891-2963.
- ^ The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit
External links
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