Psammolepis venyukovi Obruchev, 1965
Agnatha
Heterostraci
Psammosteiformes
Psammosteidae
Middle Devonian
Gauja Formation (Late Givetian)
Estonia
Length: 80 cm
This is a rather large freshwater jawless fish with a broad and flattened body covered with plates. About 10 species of Psammolepis have been described from Estonia, Latvia and Scotland.
August 30, 2015
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