Lanarkia
Extinct genus of jawless fishes that lived in modern-day Scotland and Canada
Lanarkia Temporal range: Upper Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Lanarkia horrida Illustration c.1900 | |
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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]
References
- ^ Lanarkia horrida at www.fossilmuseum.net.
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- Kingdom: Animalia
- Phylum: Chordata
- Subphylum: Vertebrata
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