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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish (scale), Holoptychius sp., collected from the Lower Old Red Sandstone of Early Devonian age from Earlsdon Heile Quarry, Melrose (near), Aberdeenshire (Scotland). Collected by T.P. Barkas.
This fossil shows some large scales of a fish called Holoptychius. It was a fat-bodied fish with small eyes. This fish had wide, lobed fins, and large scales covering its body, which measured up to 4 centimetres in diameter.
The specimen was found in Scotland.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Pisces Crossoptergyii T.P. Barkas 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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