Up for sale is a lovely specimen of a Lycoptera davidi Fossil Fish.
Lycoptera davidi Fossil Fish is an extinct genus of prehistoric bony fish that lived during the Induan stage of the Lower Cretaceous epoch around 120 million years ago.
Lycoptera species were small freshwater fish. Most species fed on plankton, and had numerous tiny teeth. A few species like L. gansuensis, L. muroii, and L. sinensis had larger teeth and probably fed on small insects and their larvae.
Many specimens preserve minute details and impressions of soft tissues. Lycoptera was covered in tiny oval scales about 1.2 millimeters across, and, in life, would have had a superficial resemblance to the Common minnow.
This piece measures: 6.3 x 4.1" x 0.2” (160 mm x 105mm x 4mm)
Weight: 81 grams
This piece was found in Yixian, Liaoning,20-0017
