Fossilised animal - Piveteauia madagascariensis - 16.4 cm

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Scientific name Piveteauia madagascariensis; external moulds of the left and right flanks of a coelacanth from the Lower Triassic of Madagascar; cracks filled during treatment; condition Enhanced; width 16.4 cm.

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Species: Piveteauia madagascariensis
Age: lower Triassic
Locality: Madagascar

Measurements: c. 16.4 cm long
Weight: 0.7 kg

A superb coelacanth fish with beautiful 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: Piveteauia madagascariensis
Age: lower Triassic
Locality: Madagascar

Measurements: c. 16.4 cm long
Weight: 0.7 kg

A superb coelacanth fish with beautiful 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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Scientific name
Piveteauia madagascariensis
Geological Period
Triassic, Lower (251.9 - 247.2 million years)
Condition
Enhanced
Width
16.4 cm
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