Biology:Cometicercus
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Cometicercus is an extinct genus of furcacaudiform thelodont which lived in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the Early Devonian period. It hails from the MOTH locality in the Mackenzie Mountains. It is only known from its caudal fin and parts of its dorsal surface, including its dorsal fin.[1] The scales of Cometicercus likely served an anti-parasite role, similar to modern sharks which form large groups and cruise at slow to medium speeds.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Wilson, Mark V. H.; Caldwell, Michael W. (1998-04-10). "The Furcacaudiformes: a new order of jawless vertebrates with thelodont scales, based on articulated Silurian and Devonian fossils from northern Canada". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 18 (1): 10–29. doi:10.1080/02724634.1998.10011031. ISSN 0272-4634.
- ↑ Ferrón, Humberto G.; Botella, Héctor (2017). "Squamation and ecology of thelodonts". PLOS ONE 12 (2). doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172781. PMID 28241029. Bibcode: 2017PLoSO..1272781F.
- ↑ Ferrón, Humberto G; Martínez-Pérez, Carlos; Turner, Susan; Manzanares, Esther; Botella, Héctor (2018). "Patterns of ecological diversification in thelodonts". Palaeontology 61 (2): 303–315. doi:10.1111/pala.12347.
External links
Data related to Cometicercus at Wikispecies
Template:Thelodonti Wikidata ☰ Q5151643 entry
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