Fossil skeleton - barasaurus sp. - 2 cm - 10 cm
No. 84297977
Fish - Fossilised animal - Whiteia uyenoteruyai - 31.3 cm
No. 84297977
Fish - Fossilised animal - Whiteia uyenoteruyai - 31.3 cm
Species: Whiteia uyenoteruyai
Age: lower Triassic
Locality: Madagascar
Measurements: c. 31.3 cm long
Weight: 2.33 kg
An exquisite coelacanth fish with superb preservation of fins and scales. 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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