Sphenonectris is an extinct genus of thelodont, which lived in the northwest territories of Canada during the Early Devonian period.
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Sphenonectris turnerae [1] | |
Sphenonectris were small, jawless fish, characterized by their laterally compressed pot-bellied body and forked tail. They possessed a hunched pomacanthid-like body with the only visible fin being the caudal fin.
References
edit- ^ Mark V. H. Wilson and Michael W. Caldwell, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, Vol. 18, No. 1 (Apr. 10, 1998), pp. 10-29
External links
edit- http://fossils.valdosta.edu/fossil_pages/fossils_dev/f5.html
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.1998.10011031
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