Capros Fish Fossil Mortality Plate - 5.5x3.5"

This is a 5.5x3.5" mortality plate of small fish fossils (Capros radobojanus) from the Carpathian Basin of Poland. They are Oligocene in age and the largest fish on the plate is about 1.7" long.

The genus Capros is commonly referred to as a "Boar Fish" and the genus is still alive today. They are small, predatory marine fishes which first appeared during the Eocene period. Today the inhabit the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans at depths more than about 50 meters.