Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Fossil Fish |
Other Name |
Bothriolepis canadensis |
Catalog Number |
E 2829 |
Collection |
Division of Geology |
Description |
Slab of shale with a nearly complete genus of placoderm on the surface. Fish is very well preserved with segments outlined in red. |
Preservation methods |
Fossilization |
Collector |
Bryant, William |
Period |
Devonian |
Locality |
Scaumenac Bay, Quebec |
Formation |
Devonian Shale |
Kingdom |
Animalia (Animals) |
Phylum |
Chordata |
Class |
Placodermi |
Order |
Antiarchi |
Family |
Bothriolepididae |
Genus |
Bothriolepis |
Species |
B. canadensis |
People |
Bryant, W. L. |