Stegotrachelus

Stegotrachelus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian[1]
Stegotrachelus finlayi fossil[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Palaeonisciformes
Genus: †Stegotrachelus
Woodward & White, 1926
Type species
†Stegotrachelus finlayi
Woodward & White, 1926

Stegotrachelus is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish that lived during the Middle Devonian epoch in what is now Shetland, Scotland.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Beardmore, Susan R. (2021). "Shifting Continents and a Devonian Lake Full of Fish: The Extraordinary Geological History of the Shetland Geopark". Geoconservation Research. 4 (1): 158–169. doi:10.30486/GCR.2021.1912922.1052.


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