Placodermi - Antiarcha - Bothriolepidae
Synonyms: Bothriolepis coloradensis Eastman 1904, Bothriolepis darbiensis Denison 1951, Bothriolepis minor Newberry 1889
Belongs to Bothriolepis according to K. S. Thomson and B. Thomas 2001
See also Denison 1978 and Hay 1902
Sister taxa: 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 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 specimens:
- Bothriolepis nitida: ANSP 9908, a set of limb elements
- Bothriolepis coloradensis:
- Bothriolepis darbiensis:
- Bothriolepis minor:
Ecology: nektonic carnivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (6: Colorado, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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