Bothriolepis Eichwald, 1840

Lukševičs, Erwin, 2001, Bothriolepid antiarchs (Vertebrata, Placodermi) from the Devonian of the north-western part of the East European Platform, Geodiversitas 23 (4), pp. 489-609 : 505

Genus Bothriolepis Eichwald, 1840

TYPE SPECIES. — Bothriolepis ornata Eichwald, 1840 , subsequently designated by Woodward (1891).

DIAGNOSIS. — Bothriolepididae in which the AMD plate is broadest across its lateral corners, and normally overlaps the ADL and is overlapped by the MxL plate. The MxL plate is broadest through its dorsal corner, with its lateral lamina of similar extent to the lateral lamina of the ADL plate, and not forming extensive contact with the AVL plate.