Description
Fossil Perciform Fishes - on original matrix - 3 x Dapalis macrurus - to 8cm - 13×10×0.2 cm
PALEOGENE-Oligocene, Rupelian (27.82–33.9 million years) - France
Name: 3x Dapalis macrurus (Agassiz)
Age: Oligocene - Stampien
Origin: Forcalquier, Alpes de Haute Provence, France
Dapalis macrurus is a freshwater bass that lived in the south of France about 35 million years ago. The site has been closed for many years.
3 fish of the genus Dapalis
1 Dapalis 8 cm on plate 12 x 9 cm, very good condition
1 Dapalis 7.2 cm on plate 14 x 7 cm, good condition
1 Dapalis 6.5 cm on plate 13 x 10 cm, not perfectly preserved
No colours or other distorting materials have been used during preparation. Back stabilisation by a coating of resin.
Insured shipping with DHL in a box.
Supplied without stand / mount.
Lot details
- Specimen
- Fossil Perciform Fishes
- Object
- on original matrix
- Scientific name
- 3 x Dapalis macrurus - to 8cm
- Origin
- France
- Geological Period
- PALEOGENE-Oligocene, Rupelian (27.82–33.9 million years)
- Condition
- Preserved
- Dimensions
- 13×10×0.2 cm
- Weight
- 150 g