Cowielepis

Cowielepis is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class Anaspida. It is from the middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland.

Restoration of Cowielepis ritchiei

Cowielepis
Temporal range: Silurian
Reconstruction of the Late Silurian anaspid agnathan Cowielepis ritchiei, of Cowie Bay, Scotland
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
†Anaspida
Order:
†Birkeniiformes
Genus:
†Cowielepis

Blom, 2008
Species

†Cowielepis ritchiei[1]

References
  1. Blom, Henning, 2008; "A new anaspid fish from the middle Silurian Cowie Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland" Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 28(3):594–600


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