Bothriolepis sibirica Obruchev 1941 (armour-plated fish)

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Bothriolepididae

Belongs to Bothriolepis according to S. V. Moloshnikov 2009

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 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 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 specimen: PIN, no. 179/1 (imprint of an anterior medio-dorsale). Its type locality is Khakassia, Lake Shira, Kyzyl-Kaya, which is in a Frasnian marine horizon in the Oidanov Formation of the Russian Federation.

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of the Russian Federation (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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