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Description: | A fossil fish identified as Palaeoniscus elegans. The fossil is very dark brown in colour within a dark brown, fine grained limestone slab. The scales and tail have been preserved but the centre of the fish is only an impression within the matrix. The head of the specimen is curved upwards towards the original label. Very little detail is preserved. AR/CB
A fossil fish identified as Palaeoniscus elegans from Darlington, which is around 260 million years old | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ | Publisher: | Sandwell Museums | Rights holder: | Sandwell Museums | Subjects: | Geology Palaeontology | Temporal: | Permian - Upper | Source: | Black Country History | Identifier: | http://www.blackcountryhistory.org/colle... | Go to resource |
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