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  • Coccoderma nudum REIS, 1888

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    Taxonomy

    Coelacanth

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Coelacanthimorpha
    Order: Incertae sedis
    Family: Laugiidae
    Genus: Coccoderma
    Species: Coccoderma nudum
    Author Citation REIS, 1888

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Mesozoic
    Period: Jurassic
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Late
    International Age: Tithonian

    Stratigraphy

    Weissjura Group
    Altmühltal Formation

    Biostratigraphy

    Hybonoticeras hybonotum Zone
    Lithacoceras riedense Subzone

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 32 cm

    Location

    Blumenberg
    Eichstätt
    Bavaria
    Germany

    Comments

    Around Solnhofen at least four species of coelacanth have been recorded:
    Coccoderma nudum REIS 1888, Holophagus penicillata EGERTON 1861, Libys superbus ZITTEL & REIS 1888 and Macropoma willemoesii VETTER 1881
    Coccoderma nudum is the smallest of these 4 species with barely more than 30cm.

    References:

    Reis, O. M. (1888) Die Coelacanthinen mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der im Weißen Jura Bayerns vorkommenden Gattungen. Palaeontographica 35, p 1-96. 

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    RJB

      Holy Kermoly!  Really nice!  Looks like some nice rock to work with too?

     

    RB

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    oilshale
    2 hours ago, RJB said:

      Holy Kermoly!  Really nice!  Looks like some nice rock to work with too?

     

    RB

    Hi my friend,

    That depends very much on where the slab comes from. Slabs from Eichstätt, Painten or Zandt can be very soft and are easy to prep - either with a scraper or with an air jack. I am using a HW 323 from Hardy Winkler for this purpose. 
    Slabs from Solnhofen or Langenaltheim are sometimes extremely hard and have to be ground down to just a few millimeters above the fossil before they can be prepped with an air jack. Prepping these hard slabs can be frustrating and real pain in the .....
    This slab was relatively soft and easy to prep.

    Thomas

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    derhuene

    Great find and job on the fossil !!! It's really nice

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    bcfossilcollector

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    What a magnificent specimen!  Incredible!

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    Winter Hobby

    great addition to any collection!

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