Ferromirum
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| Ferromirum Temporal range: | |
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| Holotype and only known specimen (PIMUZ A/I 4806) | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Order: | †Symmoriiformes |
| Genus: | †Ferromirum Frey et al. 2020 |
| Type species | |
| Ferromirum oukherbouchi Frey et al. 2020 | |
Ferromirum is an extinct genus of symmoriiform cartilaginous fish known from the late Devonian (mid Famennian) Ibâouane Formation in the southeastern Anti-Atlas of Morocco, with a single species Ferromirum oukherbouchi. It is known from a single well preserved skeleton, which is of a small individual less than half a metre in length. The jaws and hyoid arch are preserved uncrushed. The skull has large orbits (eye sockets) which preserve scleral rings. The teeth are small and have a cladodont morphology. The body is slender. The first dorsal fin has a smooth fin spine, which curves posteriorly towards its tip.[1]
