Lot 779
Needle Fish Fossil. Rhynchodercetis was an extinct Needle Fish that had a long "beak" like a swordfish. Its upper and lower jaws were extended forming a rostrum. This quite large 11 inch slender brown fish is 80 million years old from Kem Kem, Morocco. The fish is virtually complete with a large 2.5 inch long skull, small dorsal and ventral fins, vertebrae or impressions of vertebrae, missing only part of one of the tail fins. There are interesting small manganese dendrites extending from the slender jaw that give the appearance of being small teeth which they are not as Rhynchodercetis had no teeth. As usually found, the limestone matrix has been expertly repaired in two places but no parts of the fossil fish are missing.
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Estimated Value $475 - 675.
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| Realized $288 |
