Gyrolepidotus schmidti Paleozoic Fossil Fish from Siberia

Gyrolepidotus schmidti

Palaeonisciformes, Family Palaeoniscidae

Geological Time: Carboniferous

Size (25.4mm=1 inch): 216 mm on a 250 mm x 125 mm plate

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

Gyrolepidotus schmidtiDescription: A Palaeoniscid fossil fish. 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. The detail is very good, showing the scales, head and tail features.

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