A NEW SPECIES OF THE DEVONIAN ACTINOPTERYGIAN FISH MOYTHOMASIA FROM BELARUS
A new species of early actinopterygian fishes, Moythomasia lebedevi sp.nov., is described based on numerous isolated scales occurring in Middle Devonian (Givetian, Polotskian Regional Swimwear Stage) marine deposits (Goryn, Stolin and Moroch Beds) of Belarus.These scales characterize different ontogenetic stages (adult and subadult) of the fish.Few