A new holoptychiid porolepiform fish from the Upper Frasnian of Elgin, Scotland

Volume / Part: 35 / 4
Publication Date: November 1992
Page(s): 813 - 828
Authored By: Per Erik Ahlberg

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A new porolepiform, Duffichthys mirabilis gen. et sp. nov., is described from the Upper Fras locality of Scat Craig, near Elgin, Scotland. Duffichthys is a member of the Holoptychiidae, and snares derived characters with Glyptolepis, but has a unique lower-jaw morphology characterized by an extremely parasymphysial tooth plate attachment; two isolated parasymphysial tooth plates, probably belongit Duffichthys, differ from those of other known holoptychiids in carrying only a single fang. The parasymph dentition may have played a greater role in prey capture in Duffichthys than in other known porolepifc

Palaeontology - Volume 35 Part 4 Pages 813-828

Palaeontology - Volume 35 Part 4 Pages 813-828

Citations

AHLBERG, P. 1992. A new holoptychiid porolepiform fish from the Upper Frasnian of Elgin, Scotland. Palaeontology, 35, 4, 813–828.