4.4" Pteronisculus Fossil Fish From Madagascar - Triassic

This is a Lower Triassic (247 million year old) fossil fish from preserved inside of a concretion. These wonderfully preserved fish are found by cracking open the hard concretions, and show amazing detail such as scales and fins. There are about half a dozen different fish described from this location and this one is Pteronisculus cicatrosus.

There are two repaired cracks in the concretion, which is typical for the larger fish since the concretions must be split with a hammer. But, unlike many specimens this one is essentially complete except for the very tip of the tail. This is probably the nicest specimen out of the lot I recently received.

Both halves of the concretion are included and they come with a pair of acrylic display stands.