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Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany
Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany

Fossil Fish (Leptolepis) from Solnhofen, Germany

$380.00 USD

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This aesthetic fossil fish comes from the famous Solnhofen lithographic limestone, in Eichstatt, Germany. This region is home to some of the world's most important fossil discoveries, including Archaeopteryx, the feathered dinosaur.

TAXONOMY 

  • Kingdom: Animalia
  • Phylum: Chordata
  • Class: Actinopterygii
  • Order: Leptolepiformes
  • Family: Leptolepidae
  • Genus: Leptolepis

GEOLOGICAL CONTEXT

  • Location: Solnhofen formation, Bavaria, Germany
  • Age: Late Jurassic, 148 million years old.

PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 

  • Dimensions: The plate measures 32.5 x 29.3 x 0.7 cm (12.8 x 11.5 x 0.25 inches) 
  • Weight: 1401 grams

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