Cowielepis
Temporal range:
Reconstruction C. ritchiei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Anaspida
Order:
†Birkeniiformes
Genus:
†Cowielepis

Blom, 2008
Species

†Cowielepis ritchiei[1]

Cowielepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class Anaspida. It is from the Cowie Harbour fish bed (Cowie Formation) of Stonehaven, Scotland, which age was originally considered as the Silurian (Wenlock to Ludlow), one study reassigned to Early Devonian (Lochkovian),[2] and 2023 study suggested Wenlock age again.[3]

Restoration of Cowielepis ritchiei

Habits

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

Distribution

Lochkovian of United Kingdom (Scotland).[4]

References

  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. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Wellman, Charles H.; Lopes, Gilda; McKellar, Zoë; Hartley, Adrian (2023-10-24). "Age of the basal 'Lower Old Red Sandstone' Stonehaven Group of Scotland: The oldest reported air-breathing land animal is Silurian (late Wenlock) in age". Journal of the Geological Society. doi:10.1144/jgs2023-138. ISSN 0016-7649.
  4. ↑ The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit


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