UP FOR BID, 3 SECTIONS OF A FOSSIL PLACODERM BOTHRIOLEPIS CANADENSIS. RARE!!!! FOUND NEAR PORT MATILDA,PA. IN THE UPPER DEVONIAN OF THE CATSKILL FORMATION. IT IS THE MOST RECOGNIZED OF THE ANCIENT ARMOURED FISH. ITS BOXLIKE BODY WAS ENCLOSED IN ARMOR PLATES AS PROTECTION FROM PREDATORS.
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