Cowielepis

Cowielepis
Temporal range: Wenlock/Lochkovian
Reconstruction C. ritchiei
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Anaspida
Order:
†Birkeniiformes
Genus:
†Cowielepis

Blom, 2008
Species

†Cowielepis ritchiei[1]

Cowielepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class Anaspida. It is from the Cowie Harbour fish bed (Cowie Formation) of Stonehaven, Scotland, which age is considered as the Silurian (Wenlock to Ludlow),[2][3] or Early Devonian (Lochkovian).[4][5]

Restoration of Cowielepis ritchiei
  1. ^ Blom, Henning, 2008; "A new anaspid fish from the middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):594–600
  2. ^ Blom, Henning (2008-09-12). "A new anaspid fish from the Middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland". Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 28 (3): 594–600. doi:10.1671/0272-4634(2008)28[594:ANAFFT]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0272-4634.
  3. ^ Wellman, Charles H.; Lopes, Gilda; McKellar, Zoë; Hartley, Adrian (2023-10-24). "Age of the basal 'Lower Old Red Sandstone' Stonehaven Group of Scotland: The oldest reported air-breathing land animal is Silurian (late Wenlock) in age". Journal of the Geological Society. doi:10.1144/jgs2023-138. hdl:2164/22754. ISSN 0016-7649.
  4. ^ Suarez, Stephanie E.; Brookfield, Michael E.; Catlos, Elizabeth J.; Stöckli, Daniel F. (2017-06-28). "A U-Pb zircon age constraint on the oldest-recorded air-breathing land animal". PLOS ONE. 12 (6): e0179262. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1279262S. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0179262. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5489152. PMID 28658320.
  5. ^ Brookfield, M. E.; Catlos, E. J.; Garza, H. (2024-07-07). "The oldest 'millipede'-plant association? Age, paleoenvironments and sources of the Silurian lake sediments at Kerrera, Argyll and Bute, Scotland". Historical Biology: 1–13. doi:10.1080/08912963.2024.2367554. ISSN 0891-2963.