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LEBANON
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| Stock Number FFL34 |
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Name:
Eurypholis sp. (Viperfish)
Age: Middle Cretaceous
Formation: Cenomanian Layers
Location: Hakel, Lebanon
Size: Viperfish is 5.6 inches long
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This is a very rare fossil fish specimen. It is a large Eurypholis sp. from the Cretaceous layers of Lebanon. Fossils from this region have become increasingly difficult to obtain due to political unrest. This sleek specimen is a Viperfish, one of the most predatory fish in the fossil record. The fish is complete down to the individual rays of the fins and tail. It is nicely centered on the rectangular plate of limestone. But the real rarity of this specimen is that there is another entire fish preserved in its stomach! This fish was swallowed upside-down head-first, and is easily seen in the belly of the Viperfish. It is extremely rare in the fossil record to have this unique occurrence of predation captured in such detail. This is is a textbook specimen of a ferocious fossil fish fossilized with its last meal still in its tummy.
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