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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish, Palaeospondylus gunni Traquair, collected from the Caithness Flagstone Group of Middle Devonian age from Achanarras Quarry, Caithness, Scotland. Collected by Major P.W. Murray-Threipland between 1931 and 1949.
Palaeospondylus gunni is a small fish, which usually measures less than 5cm long. The skull and spine are well-preserved. The fossil is black because these parts have been replaced by carbon. Some experts believe that Palaeospondylus is the juvenile (young) form of a lung fish, but no one knows for sure.
The specimen was found in Scotland.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Murray-Threipland Classification: Chordata P.W. Pisces Major Sarcopterygii Osteichthyes | Temporal: | Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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