Important Natural History Auction 2017-07-30
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 7/29/2017
FOSSIL MOONFISH
Gyrodus hexagonus
Jurassic, Tithonian stage
Solnhofen Formation, Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany
A 150-year-old relative of today's parrotfish, this lovely little Gyrodus is from one of the most renowned collecting localities in the world, the lithographic limestone of Solnhofen, with typically excellent detail, 13 3/4 inches high in warm dark brown on an irregular 19 inch long matrix dramatically edged with dense forests of fern-like dendrite deposits.
$9,000 - 12,000\n