Thelodont scales from the Lower Devonian of Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, Arctic Russia.

Scales of a new thelodont species, Amaltheolepis terranovi sp. nov., are described from the upper Emsian, Lower Devonian Shevchenkinskaya Formation of Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia. The new species shows strong resemblance with the Emsian “Verdalen assemblage” from Spitsbergen, supporting an Emsian a...

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Published in:Spanish Journal of Palaeontology
Main Authors: Blom, Henning, Vaškaninová, Valéria, Karatajūtė-Talimaa, Valentina, Žigaitė, Živilė
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Sociedad Española de Paleontología (SEP) 2023
Subjects:
Paleontología de vertebradoslogia
sistematica
Thelodont scales
Systematics
Correlation
Devonian
Emsian
Novaya Zemlya
Arctic
Spitsbergen
Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/sjpalaeontology/article/view/26231
https://doi.org/10.7203/sjp.26231
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Summary:Scales of a new thelodont species, Amaltheolepis terranovi sp. nov., are described from the upper Emsian, Lower Devonian Shevchenkinskaya Formation of Novaya Zemlya, Arctic Russia. The new species shows strong resemblance with the Emsian “Verdalen assemblage” from Spitsbergen, supporting an Emsian age for the upper part of the Shevchenkinskaya Formation. This conclusion in the context of the various Amaltheolepisassemblages from Spitsbergen allows for a more accurate comparison and correlation between assemblages from different regions in the Northern Hemisphere, suggesting that the type species, Amaltheolepis winsnesifrom Spitsbergen, is Eifelian in age

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