Endeiolepis
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| Endeiolepis Temporal range: Late Devonian
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| Order: | †Endeiolepidiformes Stensiö 1939
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| Family: | †Endeiolepididae Stensiö 1939
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| Genus: | †Endeiolepis Stensiö 1939
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| Species: | †E. aneri Stensiö 1939
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| †Endeiolepis aneri Stensiö 1939
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Endeiolepis is an extinct jawless fish that lived during the Late Devonian period, similar to that of living lampreys for its gill pouches, but Endeiolepis had an unusually large number of gill pouches. Also, Endeiolepis was described as being quite similar to , the main difference being a long series of elongated scales forming a ventrolateral protuberance on each side of Endeiolepis’ body. Endeiolepis had a strongly heterocercal tail.
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