Pipiscus
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Pipiscus Temporal range: Moscovian (Middle) Pennsylvanian Epoch, Carboniferous Period |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Hyperoartia |
| Order: | Petromyzontiformes |
| Genus: | †Pipiscus |
| Species: | †P. zangerli |
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Pipiscus zangerli |
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Pipiscus zangerli is an extinct lamprey that lived about 300 million years ago, during the Middle Pennsylvanian Epoch of the Carboniferous Period.
It has a distinctive crown-like mouth comprising a ring of radially arranged teeth.
It is known from the Mazon Creek fossil beds located in present day Illinois.
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