Mayomyzon pieckoensis

Mayomyzon pieckoensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Petromyzontiformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Agnatha Superclassis: Cyclostomi Classis: Petromyzonti Ordo: Petromyzontiformes

Familia: †Mayomyzontidae
Genus: †Mayomyzon
Species: †Mayomyzon pieckoensis

Name

†Mayomyzon pieckoensis Bardack & Zangerl, 1968: 1265

• Holotype: FMNH PF5687, a presumed adult specimen.
• Type locality: “Pit 11, Peabody Coal Co., Will County, Illinois”.
• Horizon and age: Francis Creek Shale, Carbondale Formation (Essex concretion fauna), Westphalian, Pennsylvanian.

References

Primary references

• Bardack, D. & Zangerl, R. 1968. First fossil lamprey: a record from the Pennsylvanian of Illinois. Science 162(3859): 1265–1267. DOI: 10.1126/science.162.3859.1265 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Bardack, D. & Zangerl, R. 1971. Lampreys in the fossil record. pp. 67–84 in Hardisty, M.W. & Potter, I.C. (eds.). The Biology of Lampreys. Volume 1. Academic Press: London and New York. xiv + 423 p. ISBN 978-0123248015 Reference page. 
• Gabbott, S.E., Donoghue, P.C.J., Sansom, R.S., Vinther, J., Dolocan, A. & Purnell, M.A. 2016. Pigmented anatomy in Carboniferous cyclostomes and the evolution of the vertebrate eye. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 283(1836): 20161151. DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2016.1151 Reference page.