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I am just doing a rare Coccosteus from Egerton fish beds, Tain, Scotland Normally not worth for a story, but this is a fossil I stored now for nearly 40 years... Got it from a friend in parts, never started the prep because I expected it will be bad Last weeks I started to finish it, glued and filled the cracks and started working Only with air pen (HW70 and 10). Wow, the skull and the complete armour are preserved and perhaps the body. Never expected this.... Have not done a pic when I started, but today I thought it iw worthy The site is closed due to vandalism in the 80th, so its nearly impossible to get material from there Fishes are preserved more 3-dimensional, not flat, always in nodules Lenght of the nodule is approx 30 cm I will update when its ready, think in April the second pics shows the situation when I started, only the inner parts could be seen and mainly covered with matrix
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The two most common fish in Achanarras are Coccosteus cuspidatus and Dipterus valenciennesi References: A Guide to Achanarras Fossils Volume 16: Fossil Fishes of Great Britain Chapter 6: Mid-Devonian fossil fishes sites of Scotland. Site: ACHANARRAS QUARRY (GCR ID: 351)
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Hi, This Coccostius cuspidata is of interest. Not too expensive. Thoughts.? @Fossildude19
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