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Hello,

 

Is this fish fossil real? Listed as Pteronisculus from Madagascar, length 12cm. Any apparent reconstruction or fabrication? And how complete is it? Looks like the tip of the head may be cut off.

 

Thanks.

 

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Totally real. Nicely preserved.

Missing tip of the skull and part of the caudal fin.

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13 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Totally real. Nicely preserved.

Missing tip of the skull and part of the caudal fin.

Thanks! Unfortunate that it's not a complete specimen.

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17 minutes ago, Mochaccino said:

Thanks! Unfortunate that it's not a complete specimen.

These rarely are totally complete. This is a really nice one, from there.

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Agree with the others above. Nice specimen. 
I have a few of these Madagascar fish nodules in my collection 

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Congrats!

The preservation is well above average. To get an even better Pteronisculus could be quite difficult. I have rarely seen fish from Madagascar that have a complete caudal fin.

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Thanks for the input all. I actually didn't go for this since I'm saving my budget for other things (and the shipping cost was hefty), but congrats to @RJB if you got it!

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