Cheiracanthus murchisoni - Fossil spiny shark

Description

Fossil, Cheiracanthus murchisoni, from the Devonian of Middle Old Red Sandstone, Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland

Museum reference

G.1953.4.2

Collection

Fossils

Scientific name(s)

species: Cheiracanthus murchisoni - Fossil spiny shark

Specimen details

Specimen form: Fossil

Collection place(s)

Cromarty, Ross and Cromarty, Scotland, Northern Europe

References

Miller, H. 1841. The Old Red Sandstone or new walks in an old field. John Johnstone, Edinburgh. pl. 7, figs 1, 2.

Paton, R.L. 1976. A catalogue of fossil vertebrates in the Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh, Part 5, Acanthodii. RSM. p. 18.