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Plaigarism? It seems that the text of this article is plaigarized off John Long's book 'The Rise of Fishes'. It should be paraphrased and expanded; Placoderms are too important to overlook. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.112.48.72 ( talk) 20:19, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
Pretty much the whole first paragraph; fix up the references. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.112.48.72 ( talk) 20:28, 30 June 2009 (UTC)
It probably did, but I just wanted to be sure. I'm thinking about digging some up, but I don't have a permit, so I don't want to get thrown in jail... —Preceding unsigned comment added by Paleo Kid ( talk • contribs) 20:24, 20 July 2010 (UTC)
Yeah, and I just look at the classifications and it was in Chordata. My mistake. Paleo Kid ( talk) 02:35, 25 July 2010 (UTC)
This whole article is in urgent need of a complete rewrite, so if there are no objections I'll try to get it into shape. Bothriolepis is important genus with regards to placoderm biology and biostratigraphy so it needs an up-to-date wikipage. Incorrect info includes the stated maximum size (B. maxima is like 1.2m long!), restriction to freshwater habitats (marine Bothrios in Gogo, China and Lativia), temporal range (range well into the early Devonian in China) and even the life reconstruction (Stensio's imaginary first dorsal fin...) Ozraptor4 ( talk) 09:25, 2 November 2010 (UTC)
Bothriolepis Temporal range: Late
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Genus: | Bothriolepis
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As is probably evident from the article, Bothriolepis has a huge number of species. However, for the purposes of being encyclopedic, perhaps a link could be made in the taxobox to a new page with a list of all species? Or the full list could be put in the taxobox? I'm compiling a list here for reference. Lythronaxargestes ( talk) 01:39, 15 October 2016 (UTC)
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