RARE Tselfatia Cretaceous Fossil Fish

Tselfatia sp.

Order Tselfatiiformes, Family Tselfatiidae

Geological Time: Middle Cretaceous, Cenomanian Stage

Size (25.4 mm = 1 inch) Fish fossil is 30 mm tall, 60 mm in length on a 67 mm by 89 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Lebanese Lagerstatte, Haqel, Lebanon

Code: L483

Price: $995.00

TselfatiaDescription: This genus derives its name from Djebel Tselfat, Morocco, location of the first known specimen. Few are found, but recent discoveries have placed the genus in Cretaceous deposits in Texas, Yugoslavia, and most recently, Lebanon. This is a juvenile example; adult specimens possess a sail-like dorsal fin. While I have seen several adults, this is the FIRST juvenile I have come across.

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