Stringocephalus

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)

Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopod; 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.

References

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

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