Identification request Solnhofen

[Paolo997]

Hi,

i'd like to request an id of this speciment that i collected in a quarry in Solnhofen. At the beginning it looked like a fish part (only 3x3mm was exposed), but during the preparation it started looking more like a shell. Then a strange striped black "horn" popped off during preparation so i stopped my work to know better what it is before doing some damage while cleaning. Do you have any suggest about it? The total length is 17mm. I don't know if the black part is something related to this animal or an extra object to remove...

Sorry, I'm a complete beginner

 

Thanks a lot

Paolo

[Mahnmut]

Hi Paolo,

my first thought was fish scale also, but really not sure. Whatever the black part is, to me it looks at least as interesting as the scale/shell part. Curious to see what others say.

Best Regards

J

[Paolo997]

Hi,

this is the finished piece. Does anyone know what it is, because it is like a fish scale but, what is the black part? On another angle, you can see like if this part is coming out of the main one, like bending the edge. I don't know if this is due to the fossilization process pressure or the 2 parts are related somehow

 

Thanks a lot

Paolo