''Cowielepis'' is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class
Anaspida
Anaspida ("shieldless ones") is an extinct group of jawless fish that existed from the early Silurian period to the late Devonian period. They were classically regarded as the ancestors of lampreys, but it is denied in recent phylogenetic anal ...
. It is from the
Cowie Cowie may refer to:
People
*Cowie (surname)
Places
*Cowie, Aberdeenshire, an historic fishing village located at the north side of Stonehaven, Scotland
**Cowie Castle, a ruined castle in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
**Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathal ...
Harbour fish bed (
Cowie Formation
The Cowie Formation is Formation (geology), geological formation located on the Highland Boundary Fault between the fishing village of Cowie, Aberdeenshire, Cowie and Ruthery Head, in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. Age of this formation is controversi ...
) of Stonehaven, Scotland, which age is considered as the
Silurian
The Silurian ( ) is a geologic period and system spanning 23.5 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya. The Silurian is the third and shortest period of t ...
(
Wenlock Wenlock may refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Little Wenlock, a village in Shropshire
* Much Wenlock, a town in Shropshire
** (Much) Wenlock (UK Parliament constituency)
** Wenlock Priory, a 7th/12th-century monastery
* Wenlock Basin, a canal basi ...
to
Ludlow
Ludlow ( ) is a market town and civil parish in Shropshire (district), Shropshire, England. It is located south of Shrewsbury and north of Hereford, on the A49 road (Great Britain), A49 road which bypasses the town. The town is near the conf ...
), or Early
Devonian
The Devonian ( ) is a period (geology), geologic period and system (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic era (geology), era during the Phanerozoic eon (geology), eon, spanning 60.3 million years from the end of the preceding Silurian per ...
(
Lochkovian
The Lochkovian is one of three faunal stages in the Early Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 419.2 ± 3.2 million years ago to 410.8 ± 2.8 million years ago. It marked the beginning of the Devonian Period, and was followed by the Pragian Stage. It is ...
).
Habits
It was possibly a nectonic filter, of active locomotion, due to its physiognomy.
Distribution
Lochkovian
The Lochkovian is one of three faunal stages in the Early Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 419.2 ± 3.2 million years ago to 410.8 ± 2.8 million years ago. It marked the beginning of the Devonian Period, and was followed by the Pragian Stage. It is ...
of United Kingdom (
Scotland
Scotland is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. It contains nearly one-third of the United Kingdom's land area, consisting of the northern part of the island of Great Britain and more than 790 adjac ...
).
The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit
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References
External links
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Birkeniiformes
Silurian Scotland
Fossil taxa described in 2008
Birkeniiformes genera
Monotypic prehistoric fish genera
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