Biology:Lasanius
Lasanius is a genus of basal anaspid from the Early Silurian, around 443.8 million years ago, known from fossils found near Lesmahagow, Scotland. Specimens range from 13.3 to 74.5 mm in length.[1]
Lasanius has a pair of eyes, and a notochord, and while it has rows of bony scutes running along its back, it lacks the armour typical of other Paleozoic jawless fish like ostracoderms. There are also structures close to the front of the animal dubbed "chains" and "rods", of unclear function. At the end of the body a hypocercal tail fin was present in the form of a caudal lobe.[1] Historically, it has often been allied with the anaspids, though other studies found it to be unrelated. A comprehensive redescription published in 2023 found that it was an anaspid and a stem-group cyclostome, more closely related to hagfish and lampreys than to jawed fish.[1]
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Reeves, Jane C.; Wogelius, Roy A.; Keating, Joseph N.; Sansom, Robert S. (March 2023). Cavin, Lionel. ed. "Lasanius, an exceptionally preserved Silurian jawless fish from Scotland" (in en). Palaeontology 66 (2). doi:10.1111/pala.12643. ISSN 0031-0239. Bibcode: 2023Palgy..6612643R.
Further reading
- R.H. Traquair M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. (1898) IX.—Notes on Palœozoic fishes.—No. II, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2:7, 67–70, DOI: 10.1080/00222939808678013
- Traquair, R. (1899). XXXII.—Report on Fossil Fishes collected by the Geological Survey of Scotland in the Silurian Rocks of the South of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 39(3), 827–864. doi:10.1017/S0080456800035237
External links
Template:Anaspida Wikidata ☰ Q6492791 entry
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