Its a boy! This week's #fossilfriday, a #Coccosteus from #Cromarty, #Scotland
Unfortunately the head did not stay attached but there are two claspers.

#Devonian #fossil #fossilpreparation

This lovely #Coccosteus was a placoderm, or armoured fish, which lived in the seas of the Devonian (~400 million years ago). This one was found in the Caithness Flagstones at Achanarras - Scotland. #fossilfriday 106 hours of prep time.

Complete fossilized fish of a Coccosteus on original matrix or rock.

A fossilized placoderm of a Coccosteus cuspidatus from the Sandwick Fish Beds in Orkney, Scotland. This Devonian aged genus of arthrodiran armored fish was fairly small compared to its famous relatives like the Dunkleosteus. #FossilFriday

#fish #placoderm #fossil #paleontology #coccosteus