Ferromirum
Ferromirum Temporal range: Famennian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
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Holotype and only known specimen (PIMUZ A/I 4806) | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Chondrichthyes |
Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
Genus: | †Ferromirum Frey et al. 2020 |
Type species | |
Ferromirum oukherbouchi Frey et al. 2020 |
Ferromirum is an extinct genus of symmoriiform cartilaginous fish known from the late Devonian (mid Famennian) Ibâouane Formation in the southeastern Anti-Atlas of Morocco, with a single species Ferromirum oukherbouchi. It is known from a single well preserved skeleton, which is of a small individual less than half a metre in length. The jaws and hyoid arch are preserved uncrushed. The skull has large orbits (eye sockets) which have sclerotic rings. The teeth are small and have a cladodont morphology. The body is slender. The first dorsal fin has a smooth fin spine, which curves posteriorly towards its tip.[1]
References
- ^ Frey, Linda; Coates, Michael I.; Tietjen, Kristen; Rücklin, Martin; Klug, Christian (2020-11-17). "A symmoriiform from the Late Devonian of Morocco demonstrates a derived jaw function in ancient chondrichthyans". Communications Biology. 3 (1): 681. doi:10.1038/s42003-020-01394-2. ISSN 2399-3642. PMC 7672094. PMID 33203942.
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