''Cowielepis'' is an extinct genus of jawless fish in the class

Anaspida Anaspida ("without shield") is an extinct group of primitive jawless vertebrates that lived primarily during the Silurian period, and became extinct soon after the start of the Devonian. They were classically regarded as the ancestors of lampre ...

. It is from the middle Silurian

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Harbour fish bed of Stonehaven, Scotland. Cowielepis ritchiei

Habits

It was possibly a nectonic filter, of active locomotion, due to its physiognomy.

Distribution

Lochkovian The Lochkovian is one of three faunal stages in the Early Devonian Epoch. It lasted from 419.2 ± 3.2 million years ago to 410.8 ± 2.8 million years ago. It marked the beginning of the Devonian Period, and was followed by the Pragian Stage. It is ...

of United Kingdom (

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).The paleobiology database, Lochkov unit
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References

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* Birkeniiformes genera Fossil taxa described in 2008 {{paleo-jawless-fish-stub