Discoserra pectinodon

Discoserra pectinodon
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Subclass: Cladistia
Order: Guildayichthyiformes
Species: Discoserra pectinodon

Lund, 2000

Discoserra pectinodon is a prehistoric fish from the Mississippian of Montana, member of the Guildayichthyiformes order, 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]

References

  1. ↑ Richard Lund, Eileen Grogan, Geodiversitas, 2006
  2. ↑ Fossil Museum,
  3. ↑ Kathryn E. Mickle, Unraveling the systematics of palaeoniscoid fish


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