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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish, Palaeoniscum freieslebeni, collected from the Marl SLate of Late Permian, Zechstein (Durham Province), EZ1 age from ?, Co Durham (NE England).
This is Palaeoniscum freieselbeni, a complete fossil fish, from the Permian Marl Slate of north east England. This is a good example of a fossil fish that can be found locally. Fossils of parts of fish, such as their scales or tails are much more common than whole fish. Palaeoniscum looked a bit like a modern herring, and probably lived in large shoals (groups). It would have eaten small sea creatures.
The specimen was found in Co Durham.
It is from the Permian period (290 - 248 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Palaeonisciformes Pisces Actinopterygii Osteichthyes | Temporal: | Permian period (290 - 248 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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