Archipelepis bifurcata Märss et al. 2002 (vertebrate)

Thelodonti - Thelodontiformes - Archipelepididae

Full reference: T. Märss, R. Thorsteinsson, and M. V. Wilson. 2002. New thelodont (Agnatha) and possible chondrichthyan (Gnathostomata) taxa established in the Silurian and Lower Devonian of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences, Geology 51(2):88-120

Belongs to Archipelepis according to T. Märss et al. 2002

Sister taxon: Archipelepis turbinata

Ecology: planktonic suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Thorstenstein Quarry, Cape Phillips Section (Silurian of Nunavut)

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