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Bothriolepis macrocephala

Placodermi - Bothriolepidiformes - Bothriolepididae

Taxonomy
Pterichthys macrocephala was named by Egerton (1862). Its type specimen is BMNH P.606, a partial skeleton, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bothriolepis macrocephala by Woodward (1891), Denison (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. cf, B. kwantungensis, B. nitidus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Pterichthys macrocephala Egerton p. 103
1891Bothriolepis macrocephala Woodward p. 231
1978Bothriolepis macrocephala Denison

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
RankNameAuthor
classPlacodermiM'Coy 1848
—Antiarchi(Cope 1885)
orderBothriolepidiformes
familyBothriolepididaeCope 1886
genusBothriolepisEichwald 1840
speciesmacrocephala(Egerton 1862)

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Bothriolepis macrocephala Egerton 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: marinesubp
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektonicc
Diet: carnivorec
Created: 2004-08-17 14:32:58
Modified: 2004-08-17 16:32:58
Source: c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Carroll 1988

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom Bothriolepis macrocephala (238866)