Description
- Palaeoniscum freieslebeni (YOU GET BOTH HALVES)
- Lower Permian Age
- Jeckenbach Formation
- Rotleigendes (Red Beds)
- Odernheim, Germany
- Each plate measures 10.5″ long and each fish measures 9.2″ long in a straight line (not along the curve)
- This is a very well preserved example of a Paleoniscoid fish known a Palaeoniscum. The paleoniscoids were the first ray-finned fish, a feature readily seen here. 26 or more families of ray-finned fish appeared during the Carboniferous and Permian Periods. The Jeckenbach Formation is a geologic formation in Germany. It preserves fossils dating back to the Permian period.
- More Fish Fossils for Sale
Paramblypterus Fish Fossils for Sale
WHAT IS A PALAEONISCUM?
Palaeoniscum is an extinct genus of ray-finned fish from the Permian period of Europe, North America, and possibly other regions.
By R. H. Traquair – Lankester
