Excellent 20cm. Fossil Fish Amia Bowfin Cyclurus Kehreri Messel Germany Eocene

Description

Here is an outstanding genuine fossil fish of Cyclurus Kehleri, a Bowfin from 47 million years ago. From the world-famous fossil pits of Messel, Germany.
The fish is related to the Amia Bowfin of Fossil Lake of the Green River Formation, Wyoming (not offered here).
This is a gorgeous specimen. It measures just shy of 20 cm. in length. The plate is about 30 cm. by 19 cm. (11.5" by 7.3"), and it weighs 1 lb. 7.2 oz. The tag on it refers in German to it being a Schlamfisch or "mud fish" from the Messel Pit.
This is a beautiful specimen. It has been prepared using the transfer technique.  To learn more about that, look up:  fossil transfer technique Messel.  In a nutshell, the preparer embeds the fossil in some plastic resin, to preserve it. The Messel fossils are beautiful, but they are so dry and fragile, that using resin in this manner is the only way to keep them from falling apart.  You can shine a light through the plate, as the rest of the plate, other than the top surface, is clear.
This is how museums and the great collectors preserve wonderful specimens like this.  They display best against a dark opaque background.   Do not touch the fish itself, as too much touching can cause it to rub off from the resin.
That is why you see the interesting matrix on this and other genuine Messil fossils  (beware of replicas).
This fish is laterally preserved, showing great detail of the entire vertebral column. The skull, including both upper and lower jaws, and a couple teeth are visible under magnification. All fins are visible with their rays.
A truly wonderful genuine relic of the Eocene from a spectacular fossil pit in Germany.
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