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Lanarkia

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Extinct genus of jawless fishes that lived in modern-day Scotland and Canada

Lanarkia
Temporal range: Upper Silurian PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Lanarkia horrida Illustration c.1900
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Infraphylum: Agnatha
Class: †Thelodonti
Order: †Furcacaudiformes
Family: †Lanarkiidae
Genus: †Lanarkia
Traquair, 1898
Type species
Lanarkia horrida
Traquair, 1898
Other species
  • Lanarkia lanceolata Marss & Ritchie, 1998
  • Lanarkia spinulosa Traquair, 1898
Synonyms
  • Lanarkia spinosa Traquair, 1898

Lanarkia is a genus of extinct thelodont agnathan which existed in what is now Scotland and Canada during the upper Silurian period.

There are two species of Lanarkia, Lanarkia spinosa and Lanarkia horrida.

Description

Lanarkia were very small fish specifically 30-45 cm in length that would have been possible prey to eurypterids.

References

  1. Lanarkia horrida at www.fossilmuseum.net.
  2. "Lanarkia sp". www.athenapub.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.
Thelodonti
Thelodonti
Archipelepidiformes
Furcacaudiformes
Nikoliviidae
Lanarkiidae
Apalolepididae
Furcacaudidae
Thelodontiformes
Talivaliidae
Turiniidae
Coelolepidae
Loganelliidae
Phlebolepididae
Shieliidae
Furcacauda heintzae
Taxon identifiers
Lanarkia


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