cf. Araripelepidotes temnurus - South America - (9419)

Name:

• cf. Araripelepidotes temnurus

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Common name:

• gars

Family / Genus / Species / Binom / Author:

• Lepisosteidae → Araripelepidotes → temnurus → Araripelepidotes temnurus → Agassiz, 1841

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Location:

• Ceará, Brazil / South America

Geological Age:

• Cretaceous [kr], Lower Cretaceous [kru], Albian [krl] / approx. 105 million years

Size of the item:

• Width: 6,3 cm

• Thickness: 2,5 cm

• Length: 16 cm

Size of the fossil:

• Object Length: 15,8 cm

Weight:

• 355 Gram

fossilized fish from the famous Lower Cretaceous Santana Formation, approximately 110 million years old. Here in the federal state of Ceará in north-eastern Brazil, the deposits of a shallow inland lake made of fresh and brackish water extend over a huge area. The site, which has been known since 1819, has provided a large number of different fossils over the past two centuries. The fish fossils in particular are found in limestone geodes, from which they have to be uncovered by splitting and subsequent preparation. Some of the fish are preserved in their entirety, which is extremely rare due to the fragility of these animals.

Some of the geodes were reassembled before preparation or provided with small additions. Please note the pictures.

A few years ago, Brazil imposed a general export ban on fossils, so that there have been no new finds on the market since then. The specimens we offer come from an export/import a few decades ago, when exporting was legal.