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Lanarkia

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Lanarkia
Temporal range: Upper Silurian
Lanarkia horrida Illustration c.1900
Scientific classification Edit this 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
Other species
  • Lanarkia lanceolata Marss & Ritchie, 1998
  • Lanarkia spinulosa Traquair, 1898
Synonyms
  • Lanarkia spinosa Traquair, 1898

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

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Lanarkia were very small fish specifically 30-45 cm in length that would have been possible prey to eurypterids.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Lanarkia horrida at www.fossilmuseum.net.
  2. ^ "Lanarkia sp". www.athenapub.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.