Excellent Paleozoic Fish Fossil Oxypteriscus from Siberian

Oxypteriscus minimus

Class Actinopterygii, Order Palaeonisciformes, Family Palaeoniscidae

Geological Time: Carboniferous

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): Fish fossil is 50 mm on a 11 cm x 9 cm plate

Fossil Site: Kyzykchul Formation, Nazarovo City, Krasnoyarsk, Western Siberia, Russia

Fossil Code: PFF149

Price: Sold

Paleozoic Fish Fossil OxypteriscusDescription: With the species name being minimus, it is obvious these were small sized fish. The detail is very good, showing the scales, head and tail features. Now here is a rare treat from a distant and obscure locality. The paleoniscoids were the first ray-finned fish, a feature readily seen here. Some 40 or more families appeared during the Carboniferous and Permian Periods.

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