Discoserra

Discoserra pectinodon; Temporal range: Mississippian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Fossil specimen in the Natural History Museum, Vienna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Subclass:	Cladistia
Order:	Guildayichthyiformes
Family:	Guildayichthyidae
Genus:	Discoserra
Binomial name
	Discoserra pectinodon; Lund, 2000

Discoserra is a prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Mississippian of Montana, a member of the Guildayichthyiformes, with a round body and a skull possessing primitive and modern traits.^[1] Discoserra is about 60 mm long.^[2] In 2006, Discoserra was hypothesized to be a stem neopterygian,^[3] although it has alternatively been placed in Cladistia along with other Guildayichthyiformes.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Richard Lund, Eileen Grogan, Geodiversitas, 2006
^ Fossil Museum
^ Kathryn E. Mickle, Unraveling the systematics of palaeoniscoid fish
^ Mikko Haaramo. "Cladistia – bichirs and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2013-10-26.

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[1] Richard Lund, Eileen Grogan, Geodiversitas, 2006

[2] Fossil Museum

[3] Kathryn E. Mickle, Unraveling the systematics of palaeoniscoid fish

[4] Mikko Haaramo. "Cladistia – bichirs and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2013-10-26.

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