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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish, Eomyrus latispinus Agassiz, collected from the 'Fish Beds' of Tertiary, Middle Eocene, Lutetian - Bartonian age from Monte Bolca, Verona, Italy. Collected by N.C. Cookson. Part and counterpart. Name means dawn sea-eel with lateral spines.
The name of this tropical fish means 'dawn sea-eel with lateral spines'. It was collected from one of Europe's earliest and most famous fossil localities, Monte Bolca near Verona in the Italian Alps. The well-preserved fossils fish found there convinced 16th century naturalists that fossils were actually the remains of living organisms. The fish are preserved in a rock deposited on a seabed where there was no oxygen, which prevented any bacterial decay and stopped other animals feeding on their bodies. This is the reason why so many beautiful fossils are found in this area.
The specimen was found in Italy.
It is from the Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Pisces Cookson N.C. | Temporal: | Tertiary period (65 - 1.8 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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