Stringocephalus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of brachiopods}} {{Automatic taxobox | fossil_range = {{fossil range|388.1 | 376.1|Middle Devonian}} | image = Haan Heinhauser Weg (Geologischer Lehrpfad) 01 20.JPG | image_caption = ''Stringocephalus burtini'' | taxon = Stringocephalus | authority = Defrance in De Blainville, 1825 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = {{Species list |Stringocephalus burtini|Defrance, 1825 |Stringocephalus nevadensis|Frost and Langenheim Jr., 1966 }} }}

'''''Stringocephalus''''' is an extinct genus of large brachiopods; between 388.1 to 376.1 million years old<ref>{{cite web|url=https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133114 | editor=Paleobiology Database| title= †''Stringocephalus'' (lamp shell)|access-date=17 December 2021}},</ref> they are usually found as fossils in Devonian marine rocks. Several forms of the genus are known; they may be found in western North America, northern Europe (especially Poland), Asia and the Canning Basin of Western Australia. Several different types are known; they share a well-developed, curved structure shaped like a beak. Some of the largest specimens discovered to date have been found in China.

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==External links== *Playford, P. E. and Lowry, D. C. 1966. Devonian reef complexes of the Canning Basin, Western Australia. Geological Survey Bulletin 118. *[https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=133114 Paleobiology Database] *[http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9069975/Stringocephalus Encyclopædia Britannica] *[http://www.greatwallct.com/stringoc.htm Fossils for sale]

Category:Prehistoric brachiopod genera Category:Terebratulida Category:Paleozoic life of Manitoba Category:Paleozoic life of the Northwest Territories