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| Genus: | †Phanerosteon Traquair, 1881 |
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| †Phanerosteon mirabile Traquair, 1881 | |
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Phanerosteon is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish from the Carboniferous period.[3] The type species, P. mirabile, was recovered from the Calciferous sandstone series (Pennsylvanian), Scotland.[4] A second species, P. phonax was described from the Serpukhovian aged Bear Gulch Limestone lagerstätte in Montana, United States.[5]
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References[edit]
- ^ "Palaeonisciformes". Paleobiology Database. Retrieved 19 Nov 2012.
- ^ 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. S2CID 129150300.
- ^ Sepkoski, Jack (2002). "A compendium of fossil marine animal genera". Bulletins of American Paleontology. 364: 560. Retrieved 2009-02-27.
- ^ Traquair, Ramsay H. (1881). "III.—Report on Fossil Fishes collected by the Geological Survey of Scotland in Eskdale and Liddesdale. Part I.—Ganoidei". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 30 (1): 15–71. doi:10.1017/S0080456800028970. S2CID 129109130.
- ^ Lowney, Karen Anne (1980). Certain Bear Gulch (Namurian A, Montana) Actinopterygii (Osteichthyes) and a reevaluation of the evolution of the Paleozoic actinopterygians. Dissertation, New York University, New York, United States.
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