Scopeloides Oligocene fish Fossil from Carpathian Mountains

Scopeloides glarisianus (bristlemouth fish)

Class Actinopterygii, Order Clupeiformes

Geological Time: Middle Oligocene

Size (2.54 cm = 1 inch): Fish fossil is 3 1/4” in length on a small plate

Fossil Site: Menilite-Krosno Series, Caparthian basin, Carpathian Mountains, Poland

Fossil Code: PFF438

Price: $90.00

Scopeloides Oligocene fish FossilDescription: This is a very good specimen of this sardine like fish. Note the well-defined detail of the head, including a few teeth.

The Carpathians offer one of the world’s premier collecting sites for Oligocene fossil salt-water fossil fish. I have a scholarly pdf (in English)) on the paleontology and fossil fish of this area that I would be happy to email the procurer of this possible new species.

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