Fish - Fossilised animal - Whiteia woodwardi - 15.8 cm

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Whiteia woodwardi fish specimen from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar, preserved as external moulds of the left and right flanks in a calcareous concretion, natural in condition, about 15.8 cm long.

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Species: Whiteia woodwardi
Age: lower Triassic
Locality: Madagascar

Measurements: c. 15.8 cm long
Weight: 0.55 kg

Although displaying a few eye-distracting cracks, this fine coelacanth shows beautiful colours and a most complete caudal fin. As usual with fossils from the lower Triassic of northern Madagascar, the specimen consists of the external moulds of the left and right flanks of the fish, preserved in a calcareous concretion. Some of the cracks were filled.

Species: Whiteia woodwardi
Age: lower Triassic
Locality: Madagascar

Measurements: c. 15.8 cm long
Weight: 0.55 kg

Although displaying a few eye-distracting cracks, this fine coelacanth shows beautiful colours and a most complete caudal fin. As usual with fossils from the lower Triassic of northern Madagascar, the specimen consists of the external moulds of the left and right flanks of the fish, preserved in a calcareous concretion. Some of the cracks were filled.

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Specimen
Fish
Scientific name
Whiteia woodwardi
Country of Origin
Madagascar
Geological Period
Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)
Condition
Natural
Height
15.8 cm
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