Pterichthyodes milleri (Miller, 1841)
Systematics: Placodermi Antiarchi Pterichthyoidae
Size: 25 cm
Type Horizon and Locality: Middle Devonian, Achanarras Fish Bed, Lower Caithness Flagstone Group, Middle Old Red Sandstone (Eifelian), Caithness, Scotland, UK
Type Specimen : NMS G.1859.33.5 (Lectotype), an almost complete articulated specimen
This odd-looking armored fish from the Middle Devonian of Scotland was probably a bottom feeder. It was originally named Pterichthys milleri but the generic name was preoccupied.
March 13, 2022
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