9.8" Lower Turonian Fossil Fish - Goulmima, Morocco

This is a uniquely preserved 9.8" long fossil fish from the Lower Turonian-aged marine deposits near the town of Goulmima, Morocco. While the locality has been known since the 1990's not much material has appeared on the market until recently. The fish are typically preserved in nodules, and the species and preservation are rather similar to the Albian-aged fish faunas of Brazil.

The fish is preserved in a fairly three dimensional manner and a lot of detail is present including many of the small ribs and vertebrae. The fish are found in concretions and prepared with a combination of mechanical tools and acid, then remounted in matrix for display. There are some repairs through the fish and some reconstruction of the tail fin.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

I'm not confident on the ID of this fish due to the lack of literature I can find, so I left it as unidentified. I've linked to the papers I can find below.

Nouveaux Teleostei du gisement du turonien inférieur de Goulmima Maroc.pdf

Fishes from Turonian of Goulmima,supposed and direct evidence of trophic relationships within the marine fish community from the Lower Turonian of Goulmima,Morocco.pdf