...Michael J. Newman; Elga Mark-Kurik; Jan L. Den Blaauwen; Ivars Zupiņš Abstract A number of Estonian Devonian fishes are shown to be junior synonyms of Scottish species. The Estonian sarcopterygian osteolepid Gyroptychius pauli was originally thought to be closely related to the Scottish species...

... of fishes such as Coccosteus and Gyroptychius has not been defined. It is likely that several species can be synonymized, particularly in the osteolepids where there is frequently considerable intraspecific variation in specimens from a single locality. For example, Gyroptychius pauli Vorobyeva 1977...