Skip to main content

This auction has ended. View lot details

You may also be interested in

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

Lot 1015

Armored Fish

27 May 2010, 13:00 EDT
New York

US$2,500 - US$3,500

Own a similar item?

Submit your item online for a free auction estimate.

How to sell

Looking for a similar item?

Our Natural History specialists can help you find a similar item at an auction or via a private sale.

Find your local specialist

Armored Fish

Botherolepis canadensis
Late Devonian
Escuminac Formation, Miguasha Bay, Quebec, Canada

This bottom dwelling armored fish species, a Placoderm, displayed a small head with eyes on top. Botherolepis would have hugged the ocean floor like a stingray and may have used its long armored arms for locomotion. There are several orders of Placoderms; Botherolepis canadensis belongs to the Antiarcha, Family Bothriolepidae. The present specimen, prepared within the nodule in which it was discovered, displays intricately preserved ornamentation of its armor and nice preservation of the arms. Measures 5.75 x 6.75in;

Additional information

Bid now on these items