Stringocephalus

Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods; between 388.1 to 376.1 million years old[1] they are usually found as fossils in Devonian marine rocks. Several forms of the genus are known; they may be found in western North America, northern Europe (especially Poland), Asia and the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Several different types are known; they share a well-developed, curved structure shaped like a beak. Some of the largest specimens discovered to date have been found in China.

Stringocephalus
Temporal range: Middle Devonian
Stringocephalus burtini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Brachiopoda
Class:
Rhynchonellata
Order:
Terebratulida
Suborder:
Terebratulidina
Superfamily:
Stringocephaloidea
Family:
Stringocephalidae
Genus:
Stringocephalus
species
  • S. burtini (Defrance 182)
  • S. nevadensis (Frost and Langenheim Jr. 1966)

References
  1. Paleobiology Database (ed.). "†Stringocephalus (lamp shell)". Retrieved 2015-07-17.,


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