Lanarkia
Appearance
Lanarkia Temporal range:
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Lanarkia horrida Illustration c.1900 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
Class: | †Thelodonti |
Order: | †Furcacaudiformes |
Family: | †Lanarkiidae |
Genus: | †Lanarkia Traquair, 1898 |
Type species | |
Lanarkia horrida Traquair, 1898
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Lanarkia is a genus of extinct thelodont agnathan which existed in what is now Scotland and Canada during the upper Silurian period.[1]
There are two species of Lanarkia, Lanarkia spinosa and Lanarkia horrida.[citation needed]
Description
[edit]Lanarkia were very small fish specifically 30-45 cm in length that would have been possible prey to eurypterids.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Lanarkia horrida at www.fossilmuseum.net.
- ^ "Lanarkia sp". www.athenapub.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.