This breathtaking fossil fish with pyritized ammonites is a spectacular find from the Holzmaden Shale near Stuttgart, Germany, a fossil locale renowned for its incredibly preserved specimens. This prehistoric ray-finned fish inhabited warm Jurassic seas that teemed with a variety of ammonites, ichthyosaurs, crinoids (sea lilies) and many fish species.

**It truly belongs to the upper echelon of fine fossils and would be the focal point of any home or public setting.**

Considerable time and skill was needed to reveal this specimen from the matrix - meticulous, specialized labour in a state of the art German laboratory.

* Species: _Dapedium sp._
* Formation: Posidonia Shale
* Location: Holzmaden, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
* Age: Lower Jurassic, approximately 182 million years old
* Specimen measures approximately 48 cm (18.9 inches), plate measures approximately 105 cm x 83 cm x 2 cm (41" x 32.5" x 1")
* Weighs 30 kg (66 lbs)
* Certificate of authenticity included
* No Restoration
* Preparation notes: The fish was inset into ammonite slab

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