Logania (fish)

Logania is a genus of jawless fish which lived during the Silurian and Early Devonian period.

For the butterfly genus, see Logania (butterfly).
For the plant genus, see Logania.

Logania
Temporal range: Late Silurian
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Thelodonti
Order:
Loganelliformes
Family:
Loganellidae
Genus:
โ€ Logania

Gross, 1962

Like other thelodonts, the body was covered in denticles, which in Logania were interlocking and stud-like.[1]

References
  1. Moy-Thomas, James Allan (2012). Palaeozoic Fishes: 2nd ed;. Springer. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-4684-6465-8.


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