Lasanius is a genus of basal agnathan (jawless) anapsid fish from the Early Silurian. Its fossils are around 10 mm to 150 mm in length.

Fossils have been found in Early Silurian-aged strata in Ayrshire, Muirkirk, Scotland and Seggholm.

Lasanius

A comprehensive redescription published in 2023 found that it was a stem-group cyclostome, related to hagfish and lampreys.

Lasanius

References

R.H. Traquair M.D. LL.D. F.R.S. (1898) IX.—Notes on Palœozoic fishes.—No. II, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 2:7, 67–70, DOI: 10.1080/00222939808678013

Lasanius

Traquair, R. (1899). XXXII.—Report on Fossil Fishes collected by the Geological Survey of Scotland in the Silurian Rocks of the South of Scotland. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 39(3), 827–864. doi:10.1017/S0080456800035237

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Underwhelming Fossil Fish of the Month: February 2016

Lasanius fossils

Silurian jawless fish

Extinct animals of Europe

Fossil taxa described in 1898

Birkeniiformes genera