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Hello! A fossil of what I believe to be Platysomus has come into my possession and I was wondering if any others here have the necessary knowledge to identify the exact species (or if it's even identifiable at all)! If my photos aren't sharp enough, I can take more and hopefully I'll be allowed to edit my post.... post-posting! I've attached images of both halves and shots of the head- If I remember correctly, those are important for ID!

...Unfortunately, location and age are unknown. If I find out where this one's from I'll leave a comment or update my post- whichever one's more possible than the other.

The fish itself is exactly 7cm long- body depth is 5.2cm. 

Thank you in advance! I appreciate all the help that I recieve here.
(.....Especially that "egg" that I posted before- turned out be very un-egglike in hindsight! Thank you again!)
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I agree with caterpillar, this looks like a Bobasatrania mahavavica White, 1932

The crooked diamond body shape suggests this.

See this topic:

 

 

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Agreed, Bobasatrania.

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