Lanarkia

Extinct genus of jawless fishes that lived in modern-day Scotland and Canada

Lanarkia

Temporal range: Upper Silurian

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Lanarkia horrida Illustration c.1900
Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Subphylum:  | Vertebrata
Infraphylum:  | Agnatha
Class:  | †Thelodonti
Order:  | †Furcacaudiformes
Family:  | †Lanarkiidae
Genus:  | †Lanarkia
Traquair, 1898
Type species
Lanarkia horrida

Traquair, 1898

Other species

* Lanarkia lanceolata Marss & Ritchie, 1998
* Lanarkia spinulosa Traquair, 1898

Synonyms

* Lanarkia spinosa Traquair, 1898

Lanarkia is a genus of extinct thelodont agnathan which existed in what is now Scotland and Canada during the upper Silurian period.[1]

## Description

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Lanarkia were very small fish specifically 30-45 cm in length that would have been possible prey to eurypterids.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Lanarkia horrida at www.fossilmuseum.net.
2. ^ "Lanarkia sp". www.athenapub.com. Retrieved 2024-10-05.

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Thelodonti

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Subphylum: Vertebrata

Thelodonti

* Oeselia
* Skamolepis
* Sophialepis
* Thulolepis

Archipelepidiformes|

* Archipelepis
* Boothialepis

Furcacaudiformes

* Barlowodus
* Drepanolepis
* Pezopallichthys

Nikoliviidae|

* Chattertonodus
* Nikolivia

Lanarkiidae|

* Lanarkia
* Phillipsilepis

Apalolepididae|

* Apalolepis
* Gampsolepis

Furcacaudidae|

* Canonia
* Cometicercus
* Furcacauda
* Sphenonectris

Thelodontiformes

* Helenolepis
* Longodus

Talivaliidae|

* Amaltheolepis
* Glacialepis
* Talivalia

Turiniidae|

* Arianalepis
* Australolepis
* Boreania
* Jesslepis
* Neoturinia
* Turinia

Coelolepidae|

* Parathelodus
* Thelodus

Loganelliidae|

* Angaralepis
* Illoganellia
* Larolepis
* Loganellia
* Nunavutia
* Sandivia
* Stroinolepis
* Talimaalepis
* Valyalepis

Phlebolepididae|

* Erepsilepis
* Phlebolepis

Shieliidae|

* Eestilepis
* Goniporus
* Nethertonodus
* Niurolepis
* Overia
* Paralogania
* Praetrilogania
* Shielia
* Trimerolepis
* Valiukia
* Zuegelepis

Taxon identifiers

Lanarkia|

* Wikidata: Q6482927
* Wikispecies: Lanarkia
* BioLib: 15194
* GBIF: 4815520
* IRMNG: 1336420
* Open Tree of Life: 4141370
* Paleobiology Database: 34229

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