Furcacaudidae
Furcacaudidae | |
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Furcacauda heintzae | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | Chordata
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Class: | Thelodonti
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Order: | |
Family: | †Furcacaudidae Wilson & Caldwell, 1998
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Type genus | |
†Furcacauda | |
Genera | |
Furcacaudidae is a family of thelodontid agnathan from the Lower Devonian. It is the type family of the order Furcacaudiformes.[1]
References[]
- ^ Wilson, M.V.H. & Caldwell, M.W., 1998: The Furcacaudiformes, a new order of jawless vertebrates with thelodont scales, based on articulated Silurian and Devonian fossils from northern Canada. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 18: 10–29
External links[]
- Data related to Furcacaudidae at Wikispecies
Categories:
- Devonian jawless fish
- Thelodonti
- Prehistoric jawless fish families
- Early Devonian first appearances
- Early Devonian extinctions
- Prehistoric jawless fish stubs