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Propterus elongatus

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Propterus elongatus  Wagner, 1863

    Upper Jurassic

    Tithonian (Malm zeta)

    Eichstätt

    Germany

    Length 21 cm / 8 inch

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  • Taken with CASIO QV-8000SX
  • Focal Length 7 mm
  • Exposure Time 10000/1067235
  • f Aperture f/3.2
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Acryzona

That is beautiful! Almost makes me want to forsake my micros and start collecting fish! :P

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fossildan

superb specimen, fantastic detail. do you have the negative too ? :rolleyes:

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oilshale

superb specimen, fantastic detail. do you have the negative too ? :rolleyes:

Unfortunately no, most of the slabs from Solnhofen are very hard and split easily. This sort of slab is very soft and doesn't split. The workers there call them "Fäule" (hard to translate - decay, rot...) and normally throw them away. Fossils in these slabs are very well conserved, but since the slabs don't split easily, you have to prep the fossils from above.

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