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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

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

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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