Discoserra

Discoserra
Temporal range:
Fossil specimen in the Natural History Museum, Vienna
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: †Guildayichthyiformes
Family: †Guildayichthyidae
Genus: †Discoserra
Lund, 2000
Species:
†D. pectinodon
Binomial name
†Discoserra pectinodon
Lund, 2000

Discoserra ("serrated disc") is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Mississippian of the Bear Gulch Limestone in Montana. It is a member of the Guildayichthyiformes with a round body and a skull possessing primitive and modern traits. Discoserra is about 60 mm long. In 2006, Discoserra was hypothesized to be a stem neopterygian, although it has alternatively been placed in Cladistia along with other Guildayichthyiformes.

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