Leptolepides sprattiformis from Solnhofen Quarry

Description

Leptolepides sprattiformis from Solnhofen Quarry as a contrast to the nearby Langenaltheim Quarry Obere Hardt (1 km). The Obere Hardt Quarry offers like before the Apfelthal Quarry wonderful preserved Leptolepides fossils.

Leptolepides sprattiformis is a small fossil Fish of the order Clupeiformis. The species is the most found fossil Fish in all the quarries of the Solnhofen and Eichstett area. Mass apearences in one layer occur in Langenaltheim/ Obere Hardt and in the long ago closed nearby quarry in Apfelthal. Miners called it the “Fishli Flinz”.

The specimen here is about 2.3 inches or 6.5 cm long.

Leptolepides sprattiformis is a affordable Fish fossil from the Solnhofen Limestones and a good start or addition in a fossil collection.

For more information about the Solnhofen Fish Leptolepides sprattiformis from Solnhofen Quarry and other fossils from Solnhofen you can go to or click here :  https://www.solnhofen-fossilienatlas.de and write the German name for fishes = “Fische” under Suche. If you want a english translation it would be better to google Solnhofen Fossilienatls and choose “translate this page” in Google already.

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