Pezopallichthys ritchei Wilson & Caldwell, 1998
Systematics: Thelodonti Furcacaudiformes Pezopallichthyidae
Size: 4 cm long
Type Horizon and Locality: Middle Silurian, Road River Formation, Delorme Group (Wenlock), Avalanche Lake, MacKenzie Mountains, Northwestern Territories, Canada
Type Specimen : UALVP 32994, an almost complete specimen
This small Silurian jawless fish is known from several nearly complete specimens. The body has a distinctive barrel shape thus its name, Pezopallichthys, which translate into "football fish".
May 15, 2022
References:
Wilson, M. V., & Caldwell, M. W. (1998). 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.
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