Debeeriidae
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| Debeeriidae Temporal range: Mississippian
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| Life reconstruction of Debeerius, the type genus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Chondrichthyes |
| Subclass: | Holocephali |
| Order: | †Debeeriiformes Grogan & Lund, 2000 |
| Family: | †Debeeriidae Grogan & Lund, 2000 |
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| Debeerius Grogan & Lund, 2000
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Debeeriidae (alternatively spelled Debeeridae) is a family of holocephalan fishes from the Mississippian subperiod of the Carboniferous. It is the only family of the order Debeeriiformes.[1] It is named after the type genus, Debeerius, which itself is named in honor of Gavin de Beer. [2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Debeeriidae". mindat.org. Retrieved 26 October 2024.
- ^ Grogan, Eileen D.; Lund, Richard (2000). "Debeerius ellefseni (Fam. Nov., Gen. Nov., Spec. Nov.), an autodiastylic chondrichthyan from the Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone of Montana (USA), the relationships of the chondrichthyes, and comments on gnathostome evolution". Journal of Morphology. 243 (3): 219–245. doi:10.1002/(SICI)1097-4687(200003)243:3<219::AID-JMOR1>3.0.CO;2-1. ISSN 0362-2525.
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