Pipiscius
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: Hyperoartia
Order: Petromyzontiformes
Genus: Pipiscius
Bardack & Richardson, 1977
Species:
P. zangerli
Binomial name
Pipiscius zangerli
Bardack & Richardson, 1977

Pipiscius zangerli is an extinct species of lamprey that lived about 300 million years ago, during the Middle Pennsylvanian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period.[1]

It has a distinctive crown-like mouth comprising a ring of radially arranged teeth.[2]

It is known from the Mazon Creek fossil beds located in present-day Illinois.[1]

See also

  • Paleozoic jawless fish
  • Prehistoric jawless fish genera

References

  1. 1 2 Bardack, David.; Richardson, Eugene Stanley (1977). "New agnathous fishes from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois / David Bardack -- and Eugene S. Richardson, Jr. --". doi:10.5962/bhl.title.5167. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  2. Shu, D.; Morris, S. Conway; Zhang, X-L.; Chen, L.; Li, Y.; Han, J. (1999). "A pipiscid-like fossil from the Lower Cambrian of south China". Nature. 400 (6746): 746. Bibcode:1999Natur.400..746S. doi:10.1038/23445. S2CID 204995356.


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