Biology:Symmorium
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| Fossil specimen (FMNH PF 2202) of S. reniforme, Field Museum of Natural History | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Family: | †Symmoriidae |
| Genus: | †Symmorium Cope, 1893 |
| Species: | †S. reniforme
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| Binomial name | |
| †Symmorium reniforme Cope, 1893
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Symmorium is a dubious genus of extinct stethacanthid holocephalian from the Devonian and Carboniferous of the United States (Illinois)[1][2] and Russia .[3] The type species, Symmorium reniforme, was named by Edward Drinker Cope in 1893[4] and several other species were originally classed under this genus, but they have since been classified into other genera such as Petalodus. Symmorium bears close similarity in size and appearance to Stethacanthus[5] but the former is missing the "spine and brush" on its back.[6] Some paleontologists think that the two forms are simply the males and females of related species, while other scientists think they were distinct genera.[6][7]
Preserved S. reniforme specimen
Tooth from an unnamed Symmorium species
References
- ↑ E. D. Cope. 1894. New and little known Paleozoic and Mesozoic fishes. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences Philadelphia (Series 2) 9:427-448
- ↑ M. E. Williams. 1985. The "Cladodont level" sharks of the Pennsylvanian black shales of central North America. Palaeontographica Abteilung A 190:83-158
- ↑ A. Ivanov. 1999. Late Devonian - Early Permian chondrichthyans of the Russian Arctic. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 49(3):267-285
- ↑ E. D. Cope. 1893. On Symmorium, and the position of cladodont sharks. American Naturalist 27:999-1001
- ↑ "Hierarchical Taxonomy of the Class Chondrichthyes". http://comenius.susqu.edu/biol/202/Animals/DEUTEROSTOMES/CRANIATA/CHONDRICHTHYES.htm.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 M. Ginter, O. Hampe, and C. J. Duffin. 2010. Chondrichthyes, Paleozoic Elasmobranchii: Teeth. In H.P. Schultze (ed.), Handbook of Paleoichthyology 3D:1-168
- ↑ Coates, Michael I.; Gess, Robert W.; Finarelli, John A.; Criswell, Katharine E.; Tietjen, Kristen (2017). "A symmoriiform chondrichthyan braincase and the origin of chimaeroid fishes" (in en). Nature 541 (7636): 208–211. doi:10.1038/nature20806. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 28052054. Bibcode: 2017Natur.541..208C. http://www.nature.com/articles/nature20806.
Wikidata ☰ Q7661350 entry
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