The "Wonderblock"

  • Delorme Group (Lower Devonian)
  • MOTH, N.W.T.
  • block containing 8 fish in Thelodonti (Drepanaspis and Furcacauda), Osteostraci, Acanthodii (Ischnacanthidae - one specimen, Lupopsyrus - one specimen, and Brochoadmones - two specimens), and Chondrichthyes (Obtusacanthus)
  • 30 cm
  • $500 plaster, painted

 

Close-up views of selected specimens from the Wonder Block:

UALVP 41491 & 41492 upper left
Ischnacanthid (41491) and osteostracan (41492)

UALVP 41493 & 41494 mid-left
Lupopsyrus (41493) and Brochoadmones (41494)

UALVP 41495 & 41496 mid-right
Brochoadmones (41495) and small fork-tailed thelodont Drepanolepis maerssae (41496)

UALVP 41496 mid-righose-up of small fork-tailed thelodont Drepanolepis maerssae (41496)

UALVP 41488 upper right
Primitive chondrichthyan Obtusacanthus corroconis (41488)