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Id: 26694621
CatNo: 05-05126
Antiques and collector objects
Auction at 25.05.24
Begin: 11:00 AM
Preview: 14.05.24
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Two pairs of Lycoptera on positive and negative plates, Liaoning (Rehe Province),
China, 20 million years old, extinct fish genus that lived in today's China,
Korea, Mongolia and Siberia, a pair L. 7 cm, the second split brown one approx. 6
cm, both plates 350g, 17x12 cm, museum; Lycoptera is anextinct genus of fish that
lived from the LateJurassic to the Cretaceous Period in what is now China, Korea,
Mongolia and Siberia. It is known from a wealth of fossils representing sixteen species
and serves as an important fossil clue used to date geological formationsin China.
Along with the genus Peipiaosteus, Lycoptera are considered a defining member of
the Jehol Biota, a prehistoric ecosystem famous for its early birds and dinosaurs
that thrived for 20 million years during the early Cretaceous period, the Jiufotang
Formation here containing a rich one Lycoptera ichthyofauna. They are the oldest
fossil members of the osteoglossamorpha that are still alive today
Limit 150,- €
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