Phanerosteon

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Phanerosteon
Temporal range: Serpukhovian-Gzhelian
Phanerosteon phonax fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Palaeonisciformes
Genus: Phanerosteon
Traquair, 1881
Type species
Phanerosteon mirabile
Traquair, 1881
Other species
  • P. phonax Lowney, 1980
  • P. ovensi (White, 1927)
Synonyms

Phanerosteon is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Carboniferous period.[2] The type species, P. mirabile, was recovered from the Calciferous sandstone series (Pennsylvanian), Scotland.[3] A second species, P. phonax was described from the Serpukhovian aged Bear Gulch Limestone lagerstätte in Montana, United States.[4]

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