Leptolepides sprattiformis from Solnhofen Limestone

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Nice slab with 4 and a half Jurassic Solnhofen Fossil Fish Leptolepides sprattiformis for sale. The fossil fish are about 6 to 8 cm or 2.5 to 3 inches long. The limestone slab measures 28×37 cm or 11×14.5 inches. It is an older fossil. Leptolepides sprattiformis is a very common fossil in the Solnhofen area. But these layers, where there is so many of them on the surface, are not quarried anymore. They where called the “Fischli Flinz”. It was just the one layer that contained these mass mortality assemblages and showed up in different locations in the closed by area. Often the fish is shown in pairs. Some believe that the fish died during mating. Experiments showed also that dead fish can assemble in pairs due to water turbolence. Perhaps it might be both since many fish species die after mating and wash up together in large quantities.

The small fish are aout 7.5 to 8 cm or 3 to3.2″ long. The slab is 16 cm or 6.25″ long and 9.5cm or 3.75″ wide. A nice small slab with well preserved fossil fish. Leptolepides sprattiformis.

For more information 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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