Scloudacia
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Scope acia curta , lower right the placoderme Bothriolepis canadensis |
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| Famennium ( Upper Devonian ) | ||||||||||||
| 374.5 to 359.2 million years | ||||||||||||
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| Scientific name | ||||||||||||
| Scloudacia | ||||||||||||
| Traquair , 1893 | ||||||||||||
Scronomacia ( Syn .: Canadipterus ) is an extinct genus of lungfish (Dipnoi) from the upper Devonian of Canada .
features
Scloudacia reached a length of 25 to 35 centimeters. The body was covered with large, rounded scales. His figure was moderately elongated, somewhat high back and flattened on the sides. The head was narrow, the eyes small, the snout pointed. The first dorsal fin was very low, seam-like and began at the highest point of the body. The second dorsal fin was far back and was wide and high. The caudal fin was heterocerk . The anal, pelvic, and pectoral fins were narrow, long and pointed. The anal fin sat behind directly in front of the caudal fin.
Scronomacia lived in fresh water and was carnivorous ( carnivorous ).
literature
- Karl Albert Frickhinger: Fossils Atlas Fishes. Mergus-Verlag, Melle 1999, ISBN 3-88244-018-X .
