07578 - Top Rare 6.13 Inch Lepidotes pankowskii Partial Body (Associated scales) Cretaceous KemKem Beds Gruenewaldtia Mammals during the Mesozoic era
Yard notes & kiln story
Description
Mammals during the Mesozoic era were extremely rare although they had representation within the ecosystems in which dinosaurs reigned
Late Maastrichtian (Cappetta
Beautiful specimen of a meteorite of chondritic type coming from an undetermined fall in the Sahara desert (Western Sahara)
Sister taxa: Acastidae
10-25 μm faceted prisms
07578 - Top Rare 6.13 Inch Lepidotes pankowskii Partial Body (Associated scales) Cretaceous KemKem Beds Gruenewaldtia Mammals during the Mesozoic eraAwesome specimen. Part of the body of this huge fish is preserved. All the scales are associated and anatomically articulated in a natural way. A magnificent and very rare example of this huge representative of the Cretaceous Lepisosteiformes. It has some small glued and tiny filled fractures. The abundant fish fauna which can be found in the cretaceous layers of the Kem Kem Basin is large and varied. Recently Cavin et al., (2015) made an important