Fossilised animal - Piveteauia madagascariensis - 16.4 cm
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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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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