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Bothriolepis
Temporal range: Late Devonian
387–360 mya
Bothriolepis canadensis.jpg
Model of B. canadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Subphylum:
Vertebrata
Class:
Placodermi
Order:
Antiarchi
Family:
Bothriolepididae
Genus:
Bothriolepis

Bothriolepis is a genus of antiarch placoderms. It was widespread and diverse in the middle to late Devonian.

Bothriolepis lived in environments across every continent including near-shore marine and freshwater settings. Most species of Bothriolepis were small, benthic, freshwater detritivores. They got nutrients by eating decomposing plant/animal material. They were about 30 centimetres (12 in) in length. However, the largest species, B. maxima, had a carapace about 100 centimetres (39 in) in length.

Over 70 species are found across the world, but this is also typical of modern bottom dwelling species around today.

Images for kids

  • Bothriolepis canadensis Musée des Confluences 18102015 1

    Bothriolepis canadensis fossil at Musée des Confluences.

  • Bothriolepis canadensis-001

    Cast of a B. canadensis fossil

  • Bothriolepis canadensis 4343

    B. canadensis carapace

  • Origin of Vertebrates Fig 016

    Reconstruction

  • PSM V82 D434 Restoration of a bothriolepsis canadensis

    Restoration of the upper and underside of B. canadensis

  • Bothriolepis canadensis fm

    B. canadensis fossil in the Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago

  • Bothriolepis NT small

    Life restoration of B. canadensis

  • 380 Ma plate tectonic reconstruction

    Paleogeography during the Middle Devonian (380 Ma) By Stampfli & Borel, 2000

  • Scaumenacia cyrta & bothriolepis canadensis - fossili - devoniano superiore - canada

    B. canadensis preserved with Scaumenacia cyrta, a prehistoric sarcopterygian

  • Bothriolepis panderi

    B. panderi fossil from Russia

  • BothriolepisTungseni-PaleozoologicalMuseumOfChina-May23-08

    B. tungseni from China

  • Head and trunk carapace of a 6 cm long Bothriolepis aficana from the Waterloo Farm lagerstatte

    Head and trunk carapace (6 cm long) of a B. aficana from the Waterloo Farm lagerstatte.

  • Reconstruction of Bothriolepis africana by Maggie Newman

    Reconstruction of B. africana by Maggie Newman

See also

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