Stringocephalus

Stringocephalus Temporal range:
Stringocephalus burtini
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Brachiopoda
Class:	Rhynchonellata
Order:	Terebratulida
Suborder:	Terebratulidina
Superfamily:	Stringocephaloidea
Family:	Stringocephalidae
Genus:	Stringocephalus
species
S. burtini (Defrance 182) S. nevadensis (Frost and Langenheim Jr. 1966)

Stringocephalus is an extinct genus of large brachiopods; between 388.1 to 376.1 million years old they are usually found as fossils in Devonian marine rocks. Several forms of the genus are known; they may be found in western North America, northern Europe (especially Poland), Asia and the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Several different types are known; they share a well-developed, curved structure shaped like a beak. Some of the largest specimens discovered to date have been found in China.

External links

• Playford, P. E. and Lowry, D. C. 1966. Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Geological Survey Bulletin 118.
• Paleobiology Database
• Encyclopædia Britannica
• Fossils for sale