''Cheirodopsis'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine
ray-finned fish that lived during the
Viséan
The Visean, Viséan or Visian is an age in the ICS geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column. It is the second stage of the Mississippian, the lower subsystem of the Carboniferous. The Visean lasted from to Ma. It follows the ...
stage of the
Mississippian
Mississippian may refer to:
* Mississippian (geology), a subperiod of the Carboniferous period in the geologic timescale, roughly 360 to 325 million years ago
*Mississippian culture, a culture of Native American mound-builders from 900 to 1500 AD ...
epoch. It contains a single species, ''C. geikiei'' from what is now
Glencartholm
Glencartholm is a location in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland, along the River Esk.
The Glencartholm Volcanic Beds contain a Palaeozoic (specifically Carboniferous) fossil fish site of international importance. Discovered in 1879, mos ...
, Scotland.
See also
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Prehistoric fish
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List of prehistoric bony fish
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College
Albert A. List College of Jewish Studies, known simply as List College, is the undergraduate school of the J ...
References
Prehistoric ray-finned fish genera
Mississippian fish
Viséan genera
Carboniferous fish of Europe
Fossils of Scotland
Fossil taxa described in 1881
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