Endeiolepis

Taxobox
name = "Endeiolepis"
fossil_range = Late Devonian

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = Artist's life restoration of Endeiolepis
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
subphylum = Vertebrata
classis = Hyperoartia or Anaspida
genus = "Endeiolepis"
species = "E. aneri"
subdivision_ranks = Binomial name
subdivision =
"Endeiolepis aneri"

"Endeiolepis" is an extinct jawless fish that lived during the Late Devonian period, similar to that of living lampreys fot its gill pouches, but "Endeiolepis" it had unusually large number of gill pouches. Also, "Endeiolepis" was described as being quite similar to "Euphanerops", the main difference being a long series of elongated scales forming a ventrolateral protuberance on each side of Endeiolepis’ body. "Endeiolepis" it had strongly heterocercal tail.

References

^ [http://www.sepaq.com/pq/mig/miguasha/mig-en/endeiolepis.html Discoveries of "Endeiolepis"]

External links

* [http://www.palaeos.com/Vertebrates/Units/020Craniata/100.html#Endeiolepis Endeiolepis at Palaeos]
* [http://palaeoblog.blogspot.com/2006/04/lamprey-like-gills-in-endeiolepis.html Lamprey-Like Gills In Endeiolepis]