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Lamprey
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Paleozoic
Period: Carboniferous
Sub Period: Mississippian
Epoch: Late
International Age: Serpukhovian
Big Snowy Group
Heath Formation
Bear Gulch Bed
Acquired by: Purchase/Trade
Length: 30 mm
Bear Gulch
Fergus County
Montana
United States
Janvier, P. & Lund, R. 1983 – Hardistiella montaniensis from the Lower Carboniferous of Montana with remarks on the affinity of the lampreys. J. Vert. Paleont. 2, 407-413.
Janvier, P. & Lund, R. 1986 – A second lamprey from the Lower Carboniferous of Bear Gulch Montana. Geobios 19, 647-652.
Robert S. Sansom, Sarah E. Gabbott, and Mark A. Purnell Decay of vertebrate characters in hagfish and lamprey (Cyclostomata) and the implications for the vertebrate fossil record Proc. R. Soc. B. 2011 278 1709 1150-1157
Janvier, P., Lund, R. & Grogan, E. Further consideration of the earliest known lamprey Hardistiella montanensis, Janvier and Lund, 1983, from the Carboniferous of the Bear Gulch, Montana, U.S.A. J. Vertebrate Paleontology 24, 742-743 (2004).
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