Zuegelepis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Infraphylum: | Agnatha |
| Class: | †Thelodonti |
| Order: | †Phlebolepidiformes |
| Family: | †Katoporodidae |
| Genus: | †Zuegelepis Turner, 1999 |
| Species: | †Z. potanus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Zuegelepis potanus Turner, 1999
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Zuegelepis is a species of prehistoric jawless fish from the Hendricks Formation of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.[1][2] It was a thelodont which lived in the early Silurian, specifically the Aeronian stage of the Llandovery Epoch. The scales of Zuegelepis likely served an anti-parasite role, similar to modern sharks which form large groups and cruise at slow to medium speeds.[3][4]
References
- ^ "†Zuegelepis potanus Turner 1999". bionames.org. Retrieved 2024-09-03.
- ^ Turner, Susan; Kuglitsch, Jeffrey J.; Clark, David L. (1999). "Llandoverian Thelodont Scales from the Burnt Bluff Group of Wisconsin and Michigan". Journal of Paleontology. 73 (4): 667–676. Bibcode:1999JPal...73..667T. doi:10.1017/S0022336000032480. ISSN 0022-3360. JSTOR 1306765.
- ^ Ferrón, Humberto G.; Botella, Héctor (2017). "Squamation and ecology of thelodonts". PLOS ONE. 12 (2) e0172781. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1272781F. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0172781. PMC 5328365. PMID 28241029.
- ^ Ferrón, Humberto G; Martínez-Pérez, Carlos; Turner, Susan; Manzanares, Esther; Botella, Héctor (2018). "Patterns of ecological diversification in thelodonts" (PDF). Palaeontology. 61 (2): 303–315. Bibcode:2018Palgy..61..303F. doi:10.1111/pala.12347. hdl:10550/85568.
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