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Reptile fossil???


DatFossilBoy

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Hi everyone.

Saw this fossil online being labelled as fish or reptile fossil.

Very cool and interesting piece but I can’t really see what It could be... I don’t think it is a fish fossil.

It is 22cm and weighs just over 1kg.

I have no location... sorry.

On the 4th picture there is some kind of bone or scale material, don’t really know...

What to you think? Anything helps.

Thanks!

kind regards

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Looks interesting, but it's hard for me to tell exactly what it is. Looks also like someone started botching the prep before he stopped. I wouldn't touch it until I know exactly what it is. But that's just my humble opinion.

 

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It's a fish. 

The long rectangular scales put me in mind of Vinctifer comptoni, from Brazil, ... but this is very different preservation than you usually see on these.  :unsure: 

 

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It makes sense that the fossil has no location ID.

It is from Brazil. Hmm.

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