''Pipiscius zangerli'' is an extinct species of lamprey that lived about 300 million years ago, during the Middle
Pennsylvanian Epoch of the
Carboniferous Period
The Carboniferous ( ) is a Period (geology), geologic period and System (stratigraphy), system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago (Myr, Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, ...
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It has a distinctive crown-like mouth comprising a ring of radially arranged teeth.
It is known from the
Mazon Creek fossil beds located in present-day
Illinois.
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Lampreys
Carboniferous jawless fish
Pennsylvanian fish of North America
Carboniferous Illinois
Paleontology in Illinois
Moscovian life
Pennsylvanian first appearances
Pennsylvanian extinctions
Prehistoric Hyperoartia genera
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