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PRICE ON REQUEST | Lepidotus elvensis | Holzmaden, Germany
PRICE ON REQUEST | Lepidotus elvensis | Holzmaden, Germany
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- Price on request: info@urweltsteinbruch.de or +49 (0) 7023 2991
- Origin: Holzmaden, Germany
- Size: H50cm W85cm D6cm | H19.7in W33.5in D2.3in
- Length of the fossil: 48cm | 18.9in
- Age: Jurassic, Lias Epsilon, about 180 million years
- Description: A specimen of Lepidotes elvensis from the Lower Jurassic period (Lias Epsilon, about 180 million years ago). Also known as the "melt scaler". The uniqueness of this fossil lies in the wonderfully preserved ganoids and the 3D-preserved pelvic fins, highlighted by the excellent preparation. Museum quality. No restoration. The fossil is embedded in the original matrix.
- Additional information: L. elvensis is the type species of Lepidotes. It was described by Ducrotay de Blainville in 1818. It is known from an almost complete specimen kept in the Paris Museum of Natural History. The specimen is up to 75 centimeters long. The specimen comes from the Upper Lias in Bavaria. The outer bones of this species are smooth, but some have sparse, coarse tubercles (projections). The frontal bone in the specimens is more than twice as long as the parietal bone. It also has a comparatively narrow marginal symphysis (joint).
