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A redescription of the endemic antiarch placoderm Asterolepis thule from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Shetland and its biostratigraphical horizon
Journal: Scottish Journal of Geology
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 15 May 2018
Scottish Journal of Geology (2018) 54 (2): 69–75.
...Michael J. Newman; Jan L. Den Blaauwen Abstract The Givetian (Middle Devonian) antiarch Asterolepis thule was first described in 1932 and its stratigraphical horizon was poorly understood as were all the Devonian deposits in the SE of Shetland (South East Shetland Group). Since that time a greater...
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Dorsal head-shields of Asterolepis thule from Sumburgh Head, SE Shetland:...
in A redescription of the endemic antiarch placoderm Asterolepis thule from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Shetland and its biostratigraphical horizon
> Scottish Journal of Geology
Published: 15 May 2018
Fig. 2. Dorsal head-shields of Asterolepis thule from Sumburgh Head, SE Shetland: ( a , b ) GSE 12826; ( c , d ) GSE 12724. d.end, external opening of canal for endolymphatic duct; ifc, infraorbital sensory line; L, lateral plate; mp, middle pit-line groove; Nu, nuchal plate; PNu, paranuchal
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GSE 12827 Asterolepis thule from Sumburgh Head, counterpart of the lectot...
in A redescription of the endemic antiarch placoderm Asterolepis thule from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Shetland and its biostratigraphical horizon
> Scottish Journal of Geology
Published: 15 May 2018
Fig. 3. GSE 12827 Asterolepis thule from Sumburgh Head, counterpart of the lectotype.
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Reconstructions of Asterolepis thule : ( a ) Watson's (1932 ) reconstruct...
in A redescription of the endemic antiarch placoderm Asterolepis thule from the Middle Devonian (Givetian) of Shetland and its biostratigraphical horizon
> Scottish Journal of Geology
Published: 15 May 2018
Fig. 5. Reconstructions of Asterolepis thule : ( a ) Watson's (1932 ) reconstruction; ( b ) new reconstruction incorporating new information. cpm, anterior postmarginal angle of the lateral plate; d.end, external opening of canal for endolymphatic duct; ifc, infraorbital sensory line; L
Book: The Geology of Scotland
Series: Geological Society, London, Geology of Series
Publisher: Geological Society of London
Published: 20 August 2024
DOI: 10.1144/GOS5-2022-43
EISBN: 9781786206893
.... These lakes contain a moderately diverse fish fauna that is somewhat different from that known in Orkney but includes the characteristic Eday Flags fauna ( Microbrachius dicki and Tristichopterus alatus ), as well as recently identified endemic forms such as Asterolepis thule ( Newman and Den Blaauwen...
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