Birkeniidae

Birkeniidae is an extinct family of jawless fish belonging to the order Birkeniiformes.

Birkeniidae
Fossil and model of Birkenia elegans
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Anaspida
Order:
†Birkeniiformes
Family:
†Birkeniidae

Traquair, 1899[1]
Genera
Synonyms
  • Anaspididae non Thompson 1893
  • Procephalaspididae Stensiö 1958

References
  1. Traquair, R.H. 1899. Report on fossil fishes collected by the Geological Survey of Scotland in the Silurian rocks of the south of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society Edinburgh, 39: 827-864.


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