Cheirodopsis, the Glossary
Cheirodopsis is an extinct genus of prehistoric marine ray-finned fish that lived during the Viséan stage of the Mississippian epoch.[1]
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7 relations: Actinopterygii, Glencartholm, List of prehistoric bony fish genera, Lists of prehistoric fish, Mississippian (geology), Ramsay Traquair, Viséan.
- Carboniferous fish of Europe
- Fossil taxa described in 1881
- Mississippian fish
- Viséan genera
Actinopterygii
Actinopterygii, members of which are known as ray-finned fish or actinopterygians, is a class of bony fish that comprise over 50% of living vertebrate species.
See Cheirodopsis and Actinopterygii
Glencartholm
Glencartholm is a location in Dumfries and Galloway, southern Scotland, along the River Esk.
See Cheirodopsis and Glencartholm
List of prehistoric bony fish genera
This list of prehistoric bony fish is an attempt to create a comprehensive listing of all genera from the fossil record that have ever been considered to be bony fish (class Osteichthyes), excluding purely vernacular terms.
See Cheirodopsis and List of prehistoric bony fish genera
Lists of prehistoric fish
Prehistoric fish are early fish that are known only from fossil records.
See Cheirodopsis and Lists of prehistoric fish
Mississippian (geology)
The Mississippian (also known as Lower Carboniferous or Early Carboniferous) is a subperiod in the geologic timescale or a subsystem of the geologic record.
See Cheirodopsis and Mississippian (geology)
Ramsay Traquair
Ramsay Heatley Traquair FRSE FRS (30 July 1840 – 22 November 1912) was a Scottish naturalist and palaeontologist who became a leading expert on fossil fish.
See Cheirodopsis and Ramsay Traquair
Viséan
The Visean, Viséan or Visian is an age in the ICS geologic timescale or a stage in the stratigraphic column.
See also
Carboniferous fish of Europe
- Acanthorhachis
- Aeduella
- Aetheretmon
- Akmonistion
- Amblypterus
- Benedenius
- Bourbonnella
- Canobius
- Cheirodopsis
- Cladodus
- Coelacanthopsis
- Cooleyella
- Cornuboniscus
- Cosmoptychius
- Cycloptychius
- Deltoptychius
- Dumfregia
- Edestus
- Elonichthys
- Glikmanius
- Goodrichthys
- Gyracanthus
- Megalichthys
- Paramesolepis
- Protochimaera
- Rhabdoderma
- Saivodus
- Sandalodus
- Sphenacanthus
- Tristychius
- Venustodus
Fossil taxa described in 1881
- Achistrum
- Adriosaurus
- Aelurosaurus
- Amphicynodon
- Bathyopsis
- Canobius
- Cheirodopsis
- Cretornis
- Dermodactylus
- Dissacus
- Docodon
- Dolichoderus kutschlinicus
- Doratodon
- Eusthenopteron
- Fordilla
- Hallopus
- Kekenodon
- Laopteryx
- Mochlodon
- Pantylus
- Periptychus
- Ptilodus
- Remiornis
- Rhadinosaurus
- Scelidodon
- Sus strozzi
- Triisodon
Mississippian fish
- Aetheretmon
- Benedenius
- Canobius
- Cheirodopsis
- Cosmoptychius
- Debeerius
- Drydenius
- Elonichthys
- Gonatodus
- Mesolepis
- Nematoptychius
- Paradrydenius
- Paragonatodus
- Paramesolepis
- Protamblyptera
- Styracopterus
- Wardichthys
- Watsonichthys
- Whiteichthys
Viséan genera
- Aetheretmon
- Benedenius
- Canobius
- Cheirodopsis
- Coelacanthopsis
- Cosmoptychius
- Cycloptychius
- Eucritta
- Rhizodus
- Silvanerpeton