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Description: | A fossil fish specimen identified as Lepidotus semiserratus. This specimen is a dark grey/black head, with the eye socket and scales visible. The very well preserved scales have a glassy appearance. Pyrite is present on the nose of the specimen, as is a white mineral possibly Calcite? The mudstone matrix is fissile (flaky). AR/CB 13/04/2010
Fossil fish head called Lepidotus semiserratus from the Upper Lias, Whitby, which is approximately 170 million years old. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Rights holder: | Wolverhampton Arts and Museums Service | Subjects: | Natural history Whitby Head Fossils Jurassic Marine animals Geology Fish Palaeontology Extinct animals Dr Fraser Collection Lepidotus semiserratus | Temporal: | Jurassic - Lower | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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