Bothriolepis

Bothriolepis Temporal range: Late Devonian ~387–360 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Bothriolepis canadensis cast
Life restoration of Bothriolepis canadensis after Béchard et al. (2014)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	†Placodermi
Order:	†Antiarchi
Family:	†Bothriolepididae
Genus:	†Bothriolepis Eichwald, 1840
Species
Holotype: B. ornata Eichwald, 1840 B. africana Long et al., 1997 B. alexi Young, 1988 B. alvesiensis Stensio, 1948 B. amankonyrica Malinovskaja, 1988 B. antarctica Woodward, 1921 B. askinae Young, 1988 B. babichevi Malinovskaja, 1992 B. barretti Young, 1988 B. bindareii Long, 1983 B. canadensis Whiteaves, 1880 B. cellulosa Pander, 1846 B. ciecere Lyarskaja, 1974 B. coloradensis Eastman, 1904 B. cristata Traquair, 1895 B. cullodenensis Long, 1983 B. dairbhrensis Dupret et al., 2023 B. darbiensis Denison, 1951 B. dorakarasugensis Moloshnikov, 2009 B. evaldi Lyarskaja, 1986 B. favosa Agassiz, 1844 B. fergusoni Long, 1983 B. gigantea Traquair, 1888 B. gippslandiensis Hills, 1929 B. grenfellensis Johanson, 1996 B. groenlandica Heintz, 1930 B. hayi Miles, 1968 B. heckeri Luksevics, 2001 B. hicklingi Miles, 1968 B. hydrophila Agassiz, 1844 B. jani Luksevics, 1986 B. jarviki Stensio, 1948 B. jazwicensis Szrek, 2004 B. jeremijevi B. karawaka Young, 1988 B. kassini Malinovskaja, 1988 B. kohni Young, 1988 B. kwangtungensis Pan, 1964 B. laverocklochensis Miles, 1968 B. leptocheira Traquair, 1893 B. lochangensis Pan, 1964 B. lohesti Leriche, 1931 B. macphersoni Young, 1988 B. macrocephala Egerton, 1862 B. maeandrina B. markovskii Moloshnikov, 2010 B. mawsoni Young, 1988 B. maxima Gross, 1933 B. meandrina Horrmann, 1911 B. minor Newberry, 1889 B. nielseni Stensio, 1948 B. nikitinae Malinovskaja, 1988 B. nitida Leidy, 1856 B. niushoushanensis Pan & Wang, 1980 B. obesa Traquair, 1888 B. obrutschewi Gross, 1934 B. ornata Andrews, 1982 B. panderi Lahusen, 1880 B. paradoxa Agassiz, 1845 B. pavariensis Lyarskaja, 1974 B. perija Young & Moody, 2002 B. portalensis Young, 1988 B. prima Gross, 1934 B. rex Downs et al., 2016 B. sanzarensis Moloshnikov, 2010 B. shaokuanensis Liu, 1963 B. sibrica Obruchev, 1941 B. sinensis Chi, 1940 B. sosnensis Moloshnikov, 2003 B. stevensoni Miles, 1968 B. tastenica Malinovskaja, 1988 B. tatongensis Long & Werdelin, 1985 B. taylori Miles, 1968 B. traquairi Bryant, 1924 B. trautscholdi Jaekel, 1927 B. tungseni Chang, 1965 B. turanica Obruchev, 1939 B. verrucosa Young & Gorter, 1981 B. virginiensis Weems et al., 1981 B. volongensis Lyarskaja & Luksevics, 1998 B. vuwae Young, 1988 B. warreni Long, 1983 B. wilsoni Miles, 1968 B. yeungae Johanson, 1998 B. yunnanensis Liu, 1962 B. zadonica Obrucheva, 1983

Bothriolepis (from Greek: βόθρος bóthros, 'trench' and Greek: λεπίς lepis 'scale') was a widespread, abundant and diverse genus of antiarch placoderms that lived during the Middle to Late Devonian period of the Paleozoic Era. Historically, Bothriolepis resided in an array of paleo-environments spread across every paleocontinent, including near shore marine and freshwater settings.^[1] Most species of Bothriolepis were characterized as relatively small, benthic, freshwater detritivores (organisms that obtain nutrients by consuming decomposing plant/animal material), averaging around 30 centimetres (12 in) in length.^[2] However, the largest species, B. rex, had an estimated bodylength of 170 centimetres (67 in). Although expansive with over 60 species found worldwide,^[3] comparatively Bothriolepis is not unusually more diverse than most modern bottom dwelling species around today.^[4]