Lot 1459
280 Million Year Old Amphibian and Two Fish. On the same 16 x 12 inch matrix is a 280 million year old remarkably well preserved early amphibian, Sclerocephalus hauseri as well as two primitive fish. The important early amphibian is over 11 inches long and nearly complete with a well detailed 1.75 inch wide arrow shaped skull with a lower jaw filled with tiny sharp teeth and detailed light and dark brown patterned skin impressions along the entire body. Only one of the four feet and a few small leg bones and digits are missing. The two primitive fish Paramblypterus sp. are 6 inches and 3.5 inches long and preserved with their skin and shark-like heterocercal fins. Skin impressions are rare and even the texture of the skin is detectable in these impressive fossils. Multiple species preserved together is extremely rare and scientifically important. These museum quality fossils come from the Odernheim Pfatz in Germany from a quarry that has been closed since 1984.
Estimated Value $2,000 - 2,500.
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