Cowielepis

Cowielepis; Temporal range: 419.2–410.8 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Lochkovian
	Reconstruction of the Late Silurian anaspid agnathan Cowielepis ritchiei, of Cowie Bay, Scotland.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Anaspida
Order:	†Birkeniiformes
Genus:	†Cowielepis; Blom, 2008
Species
	†Cowielepis ritchiei

Cowielepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class Anaspida. It is from the middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland.

Restoration of Cowielepis ritchiei

Habits[]

It was possibly a nectonic filter, of active locomotion, due to its physiognomy.

Distribution[]

Lochkovian of United Kingdom (Scotland).^[2]

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
^ The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit

External links[]

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[1] 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

[2] The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit

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