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Esconichthys apopyris BARDACK, 1974
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Taxonomy
"Blade"
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Sarcopterygii Romer 1955
Order: Ceratodontiformes Berg 1940
Family: Incertae sedis
Genus: Esconichthys
Species: Esconichthys apopyris
Author Citation BARDACK, 1974
Geological Time Scale
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Pennsylvanian
Epoch: Middle
International Age: Moscovian
Stratigraphy
Kewanee Group
Carbondale Formation
Provenance
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Dimensions
Length: 4 cm
Location
Pit 11
Mazon Creek
Illinois
United States
Comments
Described by Bardack 1974 as a juvenile lungfish. The assignment as a larval lungfish is discussed by Schultze 1977, p. 395.
References:
Bardack, D. (1974) A larval fish from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Jour. Paleontol., 48, pp. 988-993.SCHULTZE, H.-P. (1977) Megapleuron zangerli A New Dipnoan from the Pennsylvanian, Illinois. Fieldiana Geology Vol. 33, No. 21, 375-396.
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