Discoserra

Discoserra is a prehistoric ray-finned fish from the Mississippian of Montana, a member of the Guildayichthyiformes, with a round body and a skull possessing primitive and modern traits.[1] Discoserra is about 60 mm long.[2] In 2006, Discoserra was hypothesized to be a stem neopterygian,[3] although it has alternatively been placed in Cladistia along with other Guildayichthyiformes.[4]

Discoserra pectinodon
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Fossil specimen in the Natural History Museum, Vienna
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Discoserra
Binomial name
Discoserra pectinodon
Lund, 2000

References

  1. Richard Lund, Eileen Grogan, Geodiversitas, 2006
  2. Fossil Museum
  3. Kathryn E. Mickle, Unraveling the systematics of palaeoniscoid fish
  4. Mikko Haaramo. "Cladistia – bichirs and relatives". Mikko's Phylogeny Archive. Retrieved 2013-10-26.


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