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THBJurassic Caturus Fish Fossil on Large Limestone Plate
Lot 145
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Oct 11, 2018
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2018-10-11 10:00:00
2018-10-11 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of classical antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art from cultures encompassing the globe. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Caturus furcatus; found in Solnhofen Plattenkalk - Eichstatt, Germany; Jurassic, 160 million years ago. From this famous formation, we offer a large example of the extinct Jurassic fish, Caturus furcatus. This is a perfect interior design piece as it is a sizable fish on a very large quasi-rectangular plate, oriented at an angle in the middle. The plate of limestone has been reinforced on the back and includes metal hangers to hang this beautiful piece on a wall. This is a sizable fossil of this species and features multi-layer fossil preservation of the body and internal skeleton of the fish. This can be seen in close-up examination of the body. Delicate fin and tail detail is preserved, as well. Size: 25.5" W x 22" H (64.8 cm x 55.9 cm); fish measures 12.5" L (31.8 cm)
The large lithographic limestone plate the fossil was found in features many dendrite-lined fissures running across the front in black and brown colors. Typical limestone plate repair, expected on a piece this size. An ideal specimen for interior design due to its size and attractive, natural features as well as soft colors.
Caturus was a primitive species of fish that thrived during the Jurassic Period but went extinct by the Lower Cretaceous Period. This was a mid-size streamlined fish similar to modern salmon. Caturus was a fast swimming predator and had powerful, toothy jaws. It possessed ganoid scales but as a member of the holosteans, was a more developed fish compared to the ganoid-scaled but cartilaginous chondrosteans. The holosteans had a bony skeleton compared to the unossified vertebral column of earlier chondrostean fish. Caturus is unique in that its vertebral column is only partially ossified which is why it is usually without much detail as it was more compressible during the burial and subsequent fossilization process.
Provenance: private Florida, USA collection, acquired in 2007 from a private German collection
All items legal to buy/sell under U.S. Statute covering cultural patrimony Code 2600, CHAPTER 14, and are guaranteed to be as described or your money back.
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#139968Plate repair only. No fabrication of the fish fossil. 100% authentic positive fossil - not a colored negative impression.Condition
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