ICHTHYOLITES OF THE OLD RED SANDSTONE


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IMAGES OF THE PLATES FROM AGASSIZ (1844 - 1845)

MONOGRAPHIE DES POISSONS FOSSILES DU VIEUX GRES ROUGES

Original artwork from one specimen on Tab 3. Reproduced with permission from Prof. A Ritchie. 

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Tab A, Figs: Pterygotus anglicus, Balruddery den

Tab B, Fig 1: Pterichthys oblongus, Fig 2-3 Coccosteus decipiens, Fig 4 Asterolepis ornata, Fig 6 Psammosteus paradoxus, Fig 7 Bothriolepis ornata

Tab C, Fig 1-6: Lamnodus hastatus,  Fig 7-9,14-19 Lamnodus biporcatus, Fig 10, 20-22 Dendrodus strigatus (infact all  Holoptychius sp.

Tab D: Restorations of Acanthodes, Cheiracanthus, Diplacanthus and Cheirolepis

Tab E: Restorations of Dipterus, Osteolepis and Diplopterus(Gyroptychius)

Tab F: Skeleton of Arapaima

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Tab 1,  Fig 1-5: Pterichthys milleri (in fact Pterichyodes milleri), Cromarty

Tab 2,  Fig 1-5: Pterichthys cornutus (in fact Pterichyodes milleri), Lethen

Tab 3,  Fig 1-2: Pterichthys oblongatus,  Fig 3-4: Pterichthys latus (in fact all Pterichyodes milleri)

Tab 4,  Fig 1-3: Pterichthys testudinarius,  (in fact  Pterichyodes milleri) Fig 4-7: Pterichthys hydrophilus (in fact Bothriolepis hydrophila)

Tab 5,  Fig 1-5: Pterichthys productus (in fact Pterichyodes milleri), Lethen

Tab 6: Restorations of  Pterichthys (Pterichyodes), Pamphractus (Bothriolepis) and Coccosteus

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Tab 7: Coccosteus decipiens (C. cuspidatus), Orkney

Tab 8: Coccosteus decipiens (C. cuspidatus), Orkney

Tab 9: Coccosteus decipiens (C. cuspidatus), Orkney

Tab 10: Coccosteus decipiens (C. cuspidatus), Cromarty

Tab 11: Coccosteus oblongus (C. cuspidatus), Lethen

Tab 12: Cheirolepis cummingiae (C. trailli), Lethen

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Tab 13, Fig 1-2: Diplacanthus crassispinus, Fig 3-4: D. striatulus,  Fig 5: D. longispinus (All prior D. crassisimus)

Tab 14, Fig 1-5: Diplacanthus striatus, Fig 6-7: D. crassispinus ( all prior D. crassisimus),  Fig 8-9: D. longispinus 

Tab 15: Cheiracanthus microlepidotus (C. murchisoni), Lethen

Tab 16: Diplopterus macrocephalus (Gyroptychius sp.), Lethen

Tab 17: Diplopterus macrocephalus (Gyroptychius sp.), Lethen

Tab 18: Diplopterus borealis (Gyroptychius agassizi.), Orkney

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Tab 19, Fig 1-3: Osteolepis major (O. macrolepidotus), Fig 4 Glyptolepis elegans (G. leptopterus)

Tab 20: Glyptolepis  leptopterus, Lethen

Tab 21: Glyptolepis  leptopterus, Lethen

Tab 21a, Fig 1 : Glyptolepis  leptopterus, Fig 2 Glyptolepis elegans, (G. leptopterus) Fig 3-7 Glyptolepis microlepidotus

Tab 22, Fig 1: Holoptychius flemingi, Fig 2 Holoptychius murchisoni Fig 3, Holoptychius andersoni (all H.nobilissimus)

Tab 23: Holoptychius nobilissimus

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Tab 24: Fig 1: Phyllolepis concentrica, Fig 2 Holoptychius nobilissimus, Fig 3-9 H. giganteus (nobilissimus), Fig10-11 Holoptychius omaliusii (Deirosteus omaliusii)

Tab 25: Platygnathus jamesoni (H.nobilissimus), Dura Den

Tab 26: Glyptopomus minor , Dura Den

Tab 27, Fig 1: Polyphractus pltycephalus (Dipterus v.), Fig 2-4 Psammosteus (Psammolepis)paradoxus, Fig 5-6 Psammosteus (placosteus) maeandrinus, Fig 7 Bothriolepis favosa (Holoptychius sp

Tab 28, Fig 1-2: Dendrodus latus (Holoptychius sp), Fig 3 D. sigmoideus (Holoptychius sp), Fig 4-5 Cricodus incurvus (Holoptychius sp), Fig 6-7 Lamnodus biporatus (Holoptychius sp), Fig 8-10 Acanthodes pusillus (Mesacanthus pusillus), Fig 11-13 Platygnathus paucidens (Glyptolepis paucidens)

Tab 28a, Fig1-13 Various Dendrodus sp. (Holoptychius sp), Fig 14-18 various Lamnodus sp. (Holoptychius sp), Fig 19-20 Dendrodus, Fig 21-23 various Ctenodus (Dipterus marginalis), Fig 24 Lamnodus coprolite (Holoptychius sp), Fig 25 Asterolepis ornata, Fig A Block with numerous mixed remains

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Tab 29: Bothriolepis ornata (Fig 1-3 in fact B.gigantea)

Tab 30 Fig 1: Asterolepis asmusii (Heterosteus asmussi), Fig 2-9 Asterolepis ornata, Fig 10 Asterolepis speciosa, Fig 11 Asterolepis minor (Byssacanthus dilatatus), Fig 12 Asterlepis granulata (pycnosteus?)

Tab 30a: Dermal ornament, Fig 1 Pterichthys  (Pterichyodes), Fig 2 Coccosteus oblongus (C. cuspidatus), Fig 3 Pterichthys  (?), Fig 4 Asterolepis speciosa, Fig 5-9 Asterolepis ornata, Fig 10 Asterolepis hoeninghausi (Macropetalichthys?), Fig 11 Asterolepis asmusii (Heterosteus asmussi), Fig 12 Asterlepis granulata (pycnosteus?), Fig 13 Bothriolepis favosa (Holoptychius sp)  and Platygnathus paucidens (Glyptolepis paucidens), Fig 14-15 Bothriolepis ornata, Fig16 Asterolepis malcomsoni (Holoptychius nobilissimus), Fig 17 Coccosteus maximus (Asterolepis maxima), Fig 18 Coccosteus maximus (Asterolepis maxima), Fig 19 Coccosteus decipiens (C.cuspidatus), Fig 20-23 Placothorax paradoxus (Bothriolepis paradoxa)

Tab 31 Fig 1-3d: Pterichthys major (Bothriolepis major), Fig 4 Coccosteus cuspidatus, Fig 5 Polyphractus platycephalus (D. valenciennesi), Fig 6 Homothorax flemingi (Bothriolepis hydrophila), Fig 7-10 Psammosteus arenatus (P. paradoxa), Fig 11-12 Psammosteus undulatus (P.undulata), Fig13-14 Stagonolepis robertsoni, Fig 15-18 Actinolepis tuberculatus

Tab 31a Fig 1-7: Diplopterus macrocephalus, Fig 8-13 Osteolepis major, Fig 14-19 Chelyophorus verneuili, Fig 20-21 Chelyophorus putulatus, Fig 22-23 Platygnathus jamesoni, Fig 24 Glyptolepis leptopterus Fig 25-25a  Holoptychius flemingi, Fig 26 Holoptychius nobilissimus, Fig 27 Diplopterus affinis, Fig 28 Actinolepis tuberculatus, Fig 29-30 Asterolepis minor, Fig 31 Asterolepis apicalis, Fig 32-35  Bothriolepis favosa, Fig 36-37 Bothriolepis ornata

Tab 32: Isolated bones of Asterolepis (Heterosteus and Homosteus)

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Tab 33 Fig 1-3: Homacanthus arcuatus, Fig 4-6 Haplacanthus marginalis, Fig 7 Odontacanthus crenatus, Fig 8 Odontacanthus heterodon, Fig 9 Narcodes pustulifer, Fig 10 Naulas sulcatus, Fig 11-14 Byssacanthus crenulatus, Fig 15 Byssacanthus laevis, Fig 16-18 Onchus heterogyrus, Fig 19 -21 Onchus sublaevis, Fig 22-23 Ptychacanthus dubius, Fig 24 Ctenacanthus serrulatus, Fig 25 Climatius reticulatus, Fig 26-27 Parexus recurvus, Fig 28 Cosmacanthus malcolmsoni, Fig 29-31 Cladodus simplex, Fig 32-35 Ctenodus keyserlingi, Fig 36 Ctenodus worthi, Fig 37 Onchus semistriatus