Large, Nearly Complete, Nuchal plate from Devonian Arthrodire Fish

Submitted by: Ken Dobson
Taxon: Protitanicthys rockportensis
Submit date: 2008-10-07
Location (approximate): Milan, Washtenaw, MI
Stratigraphy: Silica Formation
Age: Erian (Middle Devonian)
Submitter notes: This image is of a large plate from the head of a Devonian Fish. The Nuchal plate was at the very back of the top of the head and the notch at the top of the photo would have been the back towards the tail area. U.S. ten cent piece for scale.

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