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Fish Heads - Yum!
Fossil Type:
Inclusions:
Fish skull (Lasalichthys sp)
Fish scales
Composition:
Location:
Quay County
, NM
United States
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New Mexico US
Formation:
Period:
This coprolite has fish scales and rather beautiful skull fragment inclusions visible on its surface. The pattern on the skull fragments is similar to Lasalichthys sp.
Source: A new species of Lasalichthys (Actinopterygii, Redfieldiiformes) from the Upper Triassic Dockum Group of Howard County, Texas, with revisions to the genera Lasalichthys and Synorichthys by Gibson, Sarah. (2018). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 38. 1-17. 10.1080/02724634.2018.1513009.
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