Endeiolepis
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| Endeiolepis Temporal range: Late Devonian | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Class: | Hyperoartia or Anaspida |
| Genus: | Endeiolepis |
| Species: | E. aneri |
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Endeiolepis is an extinct jawless fish that lived during the Late Devonian period, similar to that of living lampreys fot its gill pouches, but Endeiolepis it had unusually large number of gill pouches. Also, Endeiolepis was described as being quite similar to Euphanerops, the main difference being a long series of elongated scales forming a ventrolateral protuberance on each side of Endeiolepis’ body. Endeiolepis it had strongly heterocercal tail.
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