Phanerosteon

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Phanerosteon
Temporal range: Serpukhovian-Gzhelian
Phanerosteon phonax fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Order:
Genus:
Phanerosteon

Traquair, 1881
Type species
Phanerosteon mirabile
Traquair, 1881
Other species
  • P. phonax Lowney, 1980
  • P. ovensi (White, 1927)
Synonyms

Carboveles White, 1927[2]

Phanerosteon is an

period.[3] The type species, P. mirabile, was recovered from the Calciferous sandstone series (Pennsylvanian), Scotland.[4] A second species, P. phonax was described from the Serpukhovian aged Bear Gulch Limestone lagerstätte in Montana, United States.[5]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
  2. S2CID 129150300
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  3. ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
  4. S2CID 129109130
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  5. ^ Lowney, Karen Anne (1980). Certain Bear Gulch (Namurian A, Montana) Actinopterygii (Osteichthyes) and a reevaluation of the evolution of the Paleozoic actinopterygians. Dissertation, New York University, New York, United States.