Description

Species: Parasemionotus sp.
Age: lower Triassic
Locality: Madagascar

Measurements: c. 10.8 cm long
Weight: 0.23 kg

A beautiful fish with fine preservation of scales, fins and head details. As usual with fossils from the lower Triassic of northern Madagascar, the specimen consists of the external moulds of the left and right flanks of the fish, preserved in a calcareous concretion. Some of the cracks were filled.