- Nerepisacanthus
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Nerepisacanthus
Temporal range: Telychian–LudlowScientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: †Acanthodii Order: †Ischnacanthiformes Family: 2011 Species: †N. denisoni Binomial name Nerepisacanthus denisoni
Carole J. Burrow, 2011Nerepisacanthus is an extinct genus of acanthodian, probably acritolepid, from Middle Silurian (?late Llandovery (Telychian) to Ludlow stages) deposits of New Brunswick, Canada. Nerepisacanthus is known from many incomplete but articulated specimens. It was collected from the Cunningham Creek Formation, near Nerepis, southern New Brunswick. It was first named by Carole J. Burrow in 2011 and the type species is Nerepisacanthus denisoni.[1]
References
- ^ Carole J. Burrow (2011). "A partial articulated acanthodian from the Silurian of New Brunswick, Canada". Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 48 (9): 1329-1341. doi:10.1139/e11-023. http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/abs/10.1139/e11-023.
Categories:- Prehistoric fish stubs
- Acanthodii
- Fossil taxa described in 2011
- Prehistoric fish of North America
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