Project 715: Burrow, C. J., and S. Turner. 2010. Reassessment of “Protodus” scoticus from the Early Devonian of Scotland. Morphology, Phylogeny and Paleobiogeography of Fossil Fishes. (ISBN 978-3-89937-122-2):123-144.
Abstract
Onychodus scoticus Newton, a taxon based originally on isolated tooth whorls from the Lower Devonian (Loch- kovian) of ‘Turin Hill’, Forfar, Scotland was reassigned to the genus Protodus by Traquair in the late 1800s following discovery at the type locality of an articulated specimen comprising a head with the same kind of tooth whorls, and because of some similarity between these teeth and those of Protodus jexi Woodward. New material including tooth whorls, scales and fin spines of “Protodus” scoticus, and a re-examination of the earlier described specimens of this taxon show that “Protodus” scoticus has scales and fin spines of the Nostolepis s.s. histological and morphological type, and all should therefore be reassigned to Nostolepis scotica comb. nov. This is the first Nostolepis species known from articulated material.Read the article »
| This project contains | Matrices |
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| Total scored cells: 1401 Total media associated with cells: 0 Total labels associated with cell media: 0 |
| Characters | |
| Total characters: 68 Total characters with associated media: 0 Total characters with media with labels: 0 Total character states: 172 Total character states with associated media: 0 Total character states with media with labels:0 |
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- Creation Date:
17 April 2012 - Publication Date:
20 April 2012 - Project views: 2745

- Project downloads: 41

Members
| member name | taxa |
specimens |
media | chars | character
| cell scorings (scored, NPA, "-") | cell
| rules | ||||||
| Natalie Milbrodt Project Administrator Last logged in 04/20/12 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 68 | 0 | 0 | 1401 (1401, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Maureen Admin Full membership Last logged in 04/20/12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Carole Burrow Full membership Last logged in Never | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Sue Turner Full membership Last logged in Never | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (0, 0, 0) | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Taxonomic Overview for Matrix 'M1633' (23 Taxa)
| taxon | unscored cells |
scored cells |
cell support |
NPA cells |
"-" cells | cell images | labels on cell images |
member access |
| [1] †Obtusacanthus corroconis Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 9 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [2] †Acritolepis ushakovi Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [3] †Brachyacanthus scutiger Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [4] †Brochoadmones milesi Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [5] †Cassidiceps vermiculatus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [6] †Cheiracanthus latus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [7] †Climatius reticulatus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [8] †Culmacanthus stewarti Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 8 | 60 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [9] †Diplacanthus horridus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [10] †Euthacanthus macnicoli Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [11] †Gladiobranchus probaton Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [12] †Gyracanthides murrayi Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 7 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [13] †Homalacanthus concinnus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [14] †Ischnacanthus gracilis Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 1 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [15] †Lodeacanthus gaujicus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 13 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [16] †Lupopsyrus pygmaeus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [17] †Mesacanthus mitchelli Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 5 | 63 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [18] †Milesacanthus antarctica Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 3 | 65 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [19] †Nostolepis scotica Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 20 | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [20] †Paucicanthus vanelsti Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 15 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [21] †Tetanopsyrus breviacanthus Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 2 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [22] †Triazeugacanthus affinis Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 12 | 56 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| [23] †Zemlyacanthus menneri Last Modified in 04/20/12 | 4 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Project views 
| type | number of views | Individual items viewed (where applicable) |
| Total project views | 2745 | |
| Project overview | 335 | |
| Matrix views | 148 | Matrix landing page (139 views); Matrix (9 views); |
| Media views | 543 | Media search (467 views); M107356 (76 views); |
| Specimen list | 303 | |
| Taxon list | 1125 | |
| Bibliography | 144 | |
| Documents list | 147 |
Project downloads 
| type | number of downloads | Individual items downloaded (where applicable) |
| Total downloads from project | 41 | |
| Media downloads | 17 | M107356 (17 downloads); |
| Document downloads | 2 | Copyright information for exemplar media (2 downloads); |
| Project downloads | 22 |

