Euphaneropidae

Euphaneropidae is an extinct family of prehistoric jawless fishes in the extinct order Euphanerida. These fishes are characterised by a greatly elongated branchial apparatus which covers most of the length of the body. Fossils are known from the Lower Silurian and Middle Devonian of Scotland, and the Upper Devonian of Canada. In particular, Euphanerops is unique in that it has two anal fins.[2]

Euphaneropidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Superclass:
†Anaspidomorphi
Order:
†Euphanerida
Family:
†Euphaneropidae

Woodward 1900[1]
Type genus
†Euphanerops
Woodward, 1900
Genera
Synonyms
  • †Euphaneropsidae (sic) Woodward, 1900

Taxonomy

Phylogeny is based on Mikko's Phylogeny Archive[3]

  • Genus †Ciderius van der Brugghen 2015
  • Genus †Euphanerops Woodward 1900 [Legendrelepis Arsenault & Janvier 1991]
    • †Euphanerops longaevus Woodward 1900 [Legendrelepis parenti Arsenault & Janvier 1991]

References
  1. Woodward AS (1900). "On a new Ostracoderm (Euphanerops longaevus) from the Upper Devonian of Scaumenac Bay, Province of Quebec, Canada". Annals and Magazine of Natural History (series 7). 5 (29): 416–419.
  2. Sansom RS, Gabbott SE, Purnell MA (June 2013). "Unusual anal fin in a Devonian jawless vertebrate reveals complex origins of paired appendages". Biology Letters. 9 (3): 20130002. doi:10.1098/rsbl.2013.0002. PMC 3645028. PMID 23576777.
  3. Haaramo M (2003). "†Anaspida – anaspids". in Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved November 25, 2018.
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