Cowielepis
Cowielepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class Anaspida. It is from the Early Devonian[2] Cowie Harbour fish bed (Cowie Formation) of Stonehaven, Scotland.
Restoration of Cowielepis ritchiei
| Cowielepis Temporal range: Lochkovian | |
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| Reconstruction C. ritchiei | |
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| Genus: | †Cowielepis Blom, 2008 |
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†Cowielepis ritchiei[1] | |
Habits
It was possibly a nectonic filter, of active locomotion, due to its physiognomy.
Distribution
Lochkovian of United Kingdom (Scotland).[3]
References
- 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
- 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.
- The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit
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