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Genus: | Discoserra |
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Discoserra pectinodon Lund, 2000 | |
Discoserra is a prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Mississippian of Montana, a member of the Guildayichthyiformes, with a round body and a skull possessing primitive and modern traits.[1] Discoserra is about 60 mm long.[2] In 2006, Discoserra was hypothesized to be a stem neopterygian,[3] although it has alternatively been placed in Cladistia along with other Guildayichthyiformes.[4]
References
- ↑ Richard Lund, Eileen Grogan, Geodiversitas, 2006
- ↑ Fossil Museum
- ↑ Kathryn E. Mickle, Unraveling the systematics of palaeoniscoid fish
- ↑ Mikko Haaramo. "Cladistia – bichirs and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2013-10-26.
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