Osteichthyes, fish positive and negative plate, Solnhofen, Jura, approx. 200 million years old, find from Solnhofen/Bavaria, which is known to paleontologists for the presence of a very fine-grained limestone formation from the Jurassic period and the one represents an exceptionally well-preserved deposit with fossil remains; Dimensions fish 10.5x16 cm 263 g, museum

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