FIRST RECORD OF ARTHRODIRE (PLACODERMI, V ERTEBRATA) FROM THE DEVONIAN OF SOUTH-AMERICA

Authors
DIAZMARTINEZ E SUAREZRIGLOS M LELIEVRE H JANVIER P
Citation
E. Diazmartinez et al., FIRST RECORD OF ARTHRODIRE (PLACODERMI, V ERTEBRATA) FROM THE DEVONIAN OF SOUTH-AMERICA, Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes, 323(4), 1996, pp. 349-356
Citations number
22
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Comptes rendus de l'Academie des sciences. Serie II. Sciences de la terre et des planetes → ACNP
ISSN journal
12518050
Volume
323
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
349 - 356
Database
ISI
SICI code
1251-8050(1996)323:4<349:FROA(V>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Dermal plates of a large eubrachythoracid arthrodire (Placodermi, Vert ebrata), provisionally referred to a dunkleosteid, are recorded from t he detrital facies of the Famennian Colpacucho Formation, in the Cuman a Peninsula (Lake Titicaca, Bolivia). This is the first occurrence of arthrodires in the Devonian of South America. These arthrodire plates are found in association with a large chondrichthyan spine which recal ls some of the Famennian and Early Carboniferous species of ''Ctenacan thus''.