Bothriolepis Eichwald, 1840
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https://doi.org/ 10.4202/app.00265.2016 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11061570 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/615E8A3A-4C54-FFE3-FCDA-83EFA510F2FD |
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Felipe |
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Bothriolepis Eichwald, 1840 |
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Genus Bothriolepis Eichwald, 1840
Type species: Bothriolepis ornata Eichwald, 1840 ; Priksha River , Novgorod region, Russia; the upper Famennian Lnyanka Formation.
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.
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