Biology:Strepheoschema

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Short description: Extinct genus of fishes


Strepheoschema
Temporal range: Tournaisian–Visean
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Class:
Order:
Family:
Strepheoschemidae

Gardiner, 1985
Genus:
Strepheoschema

White, 1927
Binomial name
Strepheoschema fouldenensis
White, 1927

Strepheoschema is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the early Mississippian (Tournaisian–Visean) in what is now Berwickshire, Scotland, and Northumberland, England.[2] Fossils were recovered from the Ballagan Formation (Cementstone Group).[2]

See also

  • Prehistoric fish
  • List of prehistoric bony fish

References

  1. "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. http://paleodb.org/bridge.pl?a=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=35057&is_real_user=1. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Gardiner, Brian G. (1985). "Actinopterygian fish from the Dinantian of Foulden, Berwickshire, Scotland". Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences 76: 61-67. doi:10.1017/S0263593300010312. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q7623281 entry