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Fossil gar fish from Messel - Atractosteus strausi

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FOSSIL GAR FISH, FLORIDA, APPROX 7.5" X 2" X 2": FOSSIL GAR FISH, FLORIDA, APPROX 7.5" X 2" X 2"

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Plaque murale fossile à ligne orange présentant des poissons Fossil Fish Mural with Ae...: Plaque murale fossile à ligne orange présentant des poissons Fossil Fish Mural with Aesthetic Orange Line Knightia eocaena, Diplomystus dentatus, and Priscacara sp. Eocene Green River Format

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Giant Museum-display fossil fish - Ichthyodectiform: Title: Giant Museum-display fossil fish - Ichthyodectiform Origin: Asfla, Morocco Date/Period: Cretaceous, lower Turonian Size/Dimensions: 100 cm Description: Species: Ichthyodectiform indet. Age: Cre

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Fossil Fish (Coelacanth): Madagascar, ca. Lower Triassic (247 MYO). Extra large and fine specimen. MEASUREMENTS 12.5" long x 5" tall x 1" thick (31.8 x 12.7 x 2.5 cm) SHIPPING $35 flat-rate shipping in the continental U.S. (in

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Fossil Fish (Halec): Lebanon, ca. Upper Cretaceous (98 MYO). Remarkably preserved, rare Lebanese fish. MEASUREMENTS Plate: 13.5" x 6" x .5" (34.3 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm). Fish: 10.5" long (26.7 cm). SHIPPING $30 flat-rate shippi

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Natural History - Fossil Fish and Lobster in Matrix: Cretaceous Period, 145-65 million years B.P. Possibly Pseudostacus hakeliensis, together with a fossil fish, possibly Rhinobatos sp., both showing some good detail. 4.5 kg, 41 cm (16 1/8 in.). From Le

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Fossil Fish ca. Upper Cretaceous: Rhacolepsis. Santana Formation, Araripe Basin, Brazil, ca. Upper cretaceous (120 myo). A finely preserved specimen of rhacolepis complete in original matrix. No compositing or breaks in the nodule. Hu

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LARGE SLAB WITH A MYRIAD OF FOSSIL FISH: Large fossil slab with numerous small fish of the same species. Dimensions: 33 x 17.

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Fossil Fish ca. Upper Cretaceous: Nematonotus Longispinus. Lebanon, ca. Upper Cretaceous (100 myo). MEASUREMENTS Matrix: 4 x 7 inches / Specimen: 6 1/2 inches SHIPPING $30 flat-rate shipping in the continental U.S. (insurance addition

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Outstanding Fossil fish ( 19 cm !!) - Museum quality -: Outstanding Fossil fish ( 19 cm !!) - Museum quality - - Large - Raised bones - Prepared by Lithologia under magnification - Awesome details - Natural fins - Diplomystus dentatus - 28.5×20×1.5 cm Re

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SLAB OF FOSSIL FISH: Fossil plate with some small fish of the same species. 26 x 20 cm.

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Fossil gar fish from Messel - Atractosteus strausi

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Item: Fossil gar fish from Messel - Atractosteus strausi

Age: Eocene

Location (the place the fossil has been found): Messel

Size of the Slab: 40 x 16 cm

Size of the fossil: 28.5 cm

Weight: 500 gr

Here we have a complete fossil gar fish from the worldwide famous Messel quarry in Germany. This fossil has been transfered onto a resin slab, as usual for the fossils found in the Messel quarry.The fish has a size of 28.5 cm, and the slab is 40 x 16 cm. Please note the perfect preservation of the skull, the nice scales and the availability of the tail.This is a rare oportunity to acquire an outstanding fossil from a "classic" closed locality. It comes from the estate of a collector who was lucky enough to dig there before the site has been closed for private collectors (fossil dug in the 1970s). This is the best specimen he found in all the years digging at the Messel shale quarry.

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