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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish, Coccosteus sp., collected from the Middle Old Red Sandstone of Devonian age from Inverness, Inverness-shire (Scotland). In nodule.
Coccosteus was an armoured fish, meaning that its head and parts of its body were covered with bony plates. You can see the bones of its back and tail, which did not have a covering of bony plates. This was a hunting fish. It had sharp serrated edges (a bit like steak knives) on its jaws, which it used to bite into its prey.
The specimen was found in Highland.
It is from the Devonian period (418 - 362 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Brachthyoraci Pisces Coccosteidae Coccosteidea Placodermi Arthrodira | 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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