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| EXTINCTIONS CHOICE - Viperfish with Teeth |
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| Stock Number FFL26 |
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Name:
Eurypholis sp. (Viperfish)
Age: Cretaceous
Formation: Cenomanian Layers
Location: Hajoula, Lebanon
Size: Viperfish is 6.3 inches long
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This is a beautiful, yet deadly, fossil fish. 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 ferocious specimen is a viperfish, one of the most predatory fish in the fossil record. Eurypholis terrorized the Cretaceous seas, and had a voracious appetite. This specimen is complete down to the individual rays of the fins and tail. The entire mouthful of large teeth are intact and FULLY UNRESTORED (see close-up photo #2). The fish is almost perfectly centered on the large, semi-rectangular plate of sub-lithographic limestone. This is a textbook example of this mean-spirited fossil fish - easily one the most sought-after fossil fish from Lebanon.
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