Placodermi - Antiarcha - Bothriolepidae
All the material published by Janvier and Villarroel (2000) under the name Bothriolepis, sp. indet. Potrero Rincón 2: SGC-MGJRG.2018.V.21, an almost complete juvenile skull roof (Fig. 4A–D); SGC-MGJRG.2018.V.20, an almost complete adult skull roof (Fig. 4D–H).
Synonym: Stenacanthus Leidy 1856
Parent taxon: Bothriolepidae according to J. P. Downs et al. 2016
See also Denison 1978, Hay 1902, Johanson 1998, Lukševičs 2001, Thomson and Thomas 2001, Weems et al. 1981 and Woodward 1891
Sister taxa: Dianolepis, Hillsaspis, Wudinolepis
Subtaxa: Bothriolepis africana Bothriolepis alvesiensis Bothriolepis amankonyrica Bothriolepis antarctica Bothriolepis askinae Bothriolepis babichevi Bothriolepis barretti Bothriolepis bindareei Bothriolepis canadensis Bothriolepis cellulosa Bothriolepis ciecere Bothriolepis cristata Bothriolepis cullodenensis Bothriolepis curonica Bothriolepis dairbhrensis Bothriolepis dorakarasugensis Bothriolepis evaldi Bothriolepis extensa Bothriolepis favosa Bothriolepis fergusoni Bothriolepis gigantea Bothriolepis gippslandiensis Bothriolepis grenfellensis Bothriolepis groenlandica Bothriolepis hayi Bothriolepis heckeri Bothriolepis hicklingi Bothriolepis hydrophila Bothriolepis jani Bothriolepis jarviki Bothriolepis jazwicensis Bothriolepis jeremijevi Bothriolepis karawaka Bothriolepis kassini Bothriolepis kohni Bothriolepis kwangtungensis Bothriolepis laverocklochensis Bothriolepis leptocheira Bothriolepis lochangensis Bothriolepis lohesti Bothriolepis longi Bothriolepis macphersoni Bothriolepis macrocephala Bothriolepis maeandrina Bothriolepis major Bothriolepis markovskii Bothriolepis mawsoni Bothriolepis maxima Bothriolepis nielseni Bothriolepis nikitinae Bothriolepis nitida Bothriolepis niushoushanensis Bothriolepis obesa Bothriolepis obrutschewi Bothriolepis ornata Bothriolepis panderi Bothriolepis paradoxa Bothriolepis pavariensis Bothriolepis perija Bothriolepis portalensis Bothriolepis prima Bothriolepis rex Bothriolepis shaokuanensis Bothriolepis siberica Bothriolepis sibirica Bothriolepis sinensis Bothriolepis sosnensis Bothriolepis stevensoni Bothriolepis tastenica Bothriolepis tatongensis Bothriolepis taylori Bothriolepis traquairi Bothriolepis traudscholdi Bothriolepis tungseni Bothriolepis turanica Bothriolepis virginiensis Bothriolepis volongensis Bothriolepis vuwae Bothriolepis warreni Bothriolepis wilsoni Bothriolepis yeungae Bothriolepis yunnanensis Bothriolepis zhujiangyuanensis Stenacanthus nitida
Type: Bothriolepis ornata
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of Ireland (1 collection)
• Devonian of Antarctica (9), Australia (10), Belarus (1), Belgium (1), Canada (2: Nunavut, Quebec), China (8), Colombia (1), Greenland (3), Kazakhstan (4), Latvia (18), Lithuania (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (19), South Africa (1), the United Kingdom (13), United States (13: Arizona, Colorado, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 107 collections including 135 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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