Deep Water Kotlarczykia Fossil Fish from Carpathian Mountains

Kotlarczykia sp

Class Actinopterygii, Infraclass Teleostei, Family Gempylidae

Geologic Time: Middle Oligocene

Size: Fossil fish is 1 7/8” in length on a small plate

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

Code: PFF454

Price: $70.00

Kotlarczykia Fossil Fish from Carpathian MountainsDescription: This specimen is fully adult sized, with good contrast and well articulated. The skull exhibits wonderful detail as well as the fins, and body structure. Gonostomatidae is a family of deep-water marine fish, commonly named bristlemouths, lightfishes or anglemouths. It is a relatively small family, containing only eight known genera and 32 species. The Carpathians offer one of the world’s premier collecting sites for Oligocene fossil salt water fossil fish.

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