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07 – FOSSILS FISH

FISH, ARMORED, BONY (including Lobe-finned Fish)

Fossilized coelacanth, 11.5cm long, probably an undescribed species. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone in Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Please include specimen-courtesy-of credit to Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany, along with the credit to the photographer. — GER-0052_fossil-coelacanth.jpg

Fossilized carp-like fish, Lepidotes sp., 39cm in length, from Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone in Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Please include specimen-courtesy-of credit to Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany, along with the credit to the photographer. — GER-0051_Lepidotes-fish-fossil.jpg

Superb specimen of a fossilized coelacanth, 55cm long, probably an undescribed species. From Upper Jurassic Solnhofen limestone, Solnhofen, Bavaria, Germany. Specimen courtesy of Raimund Albersdoerfer, Germany. — GER-0053_fossil-coelacanth.jpg

Fossil of a prehistoric placoderm fish, Coccosteus cuspidatus, of Mid-Devonian age, collected in Scotland. Coccosteus have been mostly found in freshwater sediments. Fossils suggest they ranged in length from 8 to 16 inches. Head to tip of tail length of this specimen is 14.5 inches. On display at Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis, Wyoming, USA. Please include "Model courtesy of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center" along with credit to the photographer. — TAW-3789_placoderm-fish-Coccosteus_flat

Acid-etched preparation of a Diplomystus dentatus fish fossil of Lower Miocene age from the Green River Formation of SW Wyoming, USA. Its length is 11.5 inches. This specimen is in the collection of the Black HIlls Institute of Geological Research, photographed with written permission for commercial educational use. Along with credit to the photographer, please include a "specimen courtesy of" credit to the Black Hills Institute of Geological Research. — TAW-3805_acid-etched-fish-fossil_flat

Model of Tiktaalik sp., a genus of extinct sarcopterygian (lobe-finned fish) from the late Devonian period, about 375 million years ago, having many features akin to those of tetrapods (four-legged animals). First fossil specimens were discovered in Nunavut, Canada. Head to tip of tail length of this model is 43 inches. Displayed at Wyoming Dinosaur Center, Thermopolis, Wyoming, USA. Please include "Model courtesy of the Wyoming Dinosaur Center" along with credit to the photographer and the artist, Charles McGrady. — TAW-3796_Tiktaalik-sarcopterygian-fish

Fossilized 8.5-inch perch-like fish, Priscacara serrata, that lived in a prehistoric subtropical, freshwater lake. Found in sedimentary limestone of the Green River Formation, Eocene Epoch, Wyoming, USA. Please include specimen-courtesy-of credit to Rick Hebdon, Thayne, Wyoming, along with the credit to the photographer. — UWY-0157_fossil-fish.jpg

Pair of fossilized fish in limestone. Diplomystus dentatus.
From the Green River Formation, Eocene epoch, Tertiary period, Cenozoic era. Southwestern Wyoming, USA.
Specimen courtesy of Rick Hebdon, Thayne, Wyoming. — UWY-0156_fossil-fish.jpg

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