Name: Essentially complete and fine 14.5cm X 8cm dorsal headshield of Titanichthys termeri; Arthrodire Placoderm from Late Devonian of Morocco.
SKU: 00167
Price: 599.5 GBP
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Essentially complete and fine 14.5cm X 8cm dorsal headshield of Titanichthys termeri; Arthrodire Placoderm from Late Devonian of Morocco.

SKU 00167

£599.50

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Offered is a very rare item from the Upper Devonian, early Famennian of Jebel El Mrakib, Maeder Region, Morocco; an essentially complete 14.5cm X 8cm dorsal shield of the aberrent armoured Placoderm Titanichthys termeri Lehman, 1954.

Both eye sockets and internal orbits are evident and the right orbit is perfect. The specimen has retained much of its original convexity and high relief . Preparation is local and of a good standard, but could be improved with modern air tools............

This shallow water species lacks the sharp cutting edges to the oral opening that typify other species from this locality, and it probably existed as a filter feeder rather than a predator. Headshields have been found suggesting that this species grew to a length exceeding two meters.

Matrix approx. 17cm X 8cm X 8m

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