4.7" Cretaceous Predatory Fish (Eurypholis) - Fish In Stomach!

Cretaceous Predatory Fish (Eurypholis) - Fish In Stomach! #173369

This is a 4.7" long example of the uncommon predatory fish, Eurypholis sp. that preserved in association with 3 shrimp of the genus Carpopenaeus sp. (including an additional partial shrimp). This fish was quarried from the famous Upper Cretaceous aged, marine lagerstätte near Hjoula, Lebanon. The teeth preservation of this fish is excellent there is a fish within the stomach of the Eurypholis fish.

It comes with an acrylic display stand.

The discovery of amazingly preserved marine fossils near Hjoula, Lebanon dates back many centuries. In fact, they were first mentioned in writing by Herodotus, over 450 years before the birth of Christ. The first scientific work on these localities began in the 1800s: these deposits have been meticulously quarried by several Lebanese families for over a century. We purchase our specimens directly from one of these families.

These deposits represent a warm, shallow sea of the Middle Cretaceous, and have yielded over 70 types of fish and numerous other genera found nowhere else in the world. The preservation on many of these specimens is truly amazing: many examples of soft bodied preservation have been found.

A photo of one of the quarries at Hjoula, Lebanon