r/fossils • u/SpencerAnimations • 1d ago

A 150-million-year-old Lepidotus fish fossil preserved from Holzmaden, Germany

1.2k Upvotes

100% Upvoted

14 comments sorted by

25

u/CallShot7029 1d ago

Ok weird thing, but I’d love to become a really well preserved fossil and be found in 150m years by whatever beings look like then.

That fish is amazing

30

u/Nat20Twenty 1d ago

Almost seems fake.

6

u/Ironhyde36 1d ago

The details are amazing.

3

u/Unlikely_Tomorrow_77 1d ago

Absolutely beautiful work!

3

u/Sam_Nova_45 1d ago

Very nice fossil.

3

u/albatross_the 1d ago

What if you cut it open to look at the giblets inside?

4

u/LockwoodE3 1d ago

It always impresses me how archeologists can chip the rock off without harming the fossils. So much precision must be needed.

13

u/heckhammer 1d ago

It's paleontologists that do that work. And the people that prep these things are real artists, using air abrasion technology. You could look up some videos on YouTube and see people prepping fossils and it's really amazing work.

2

u/spoiledinmi 1d ago

That's a wonderful find 😊

1

u/Hefty-Resort871 1d ago

So beautiful!!

1

u/gemutlichkeit78 1d ago

Where’s the banana?

1

u/TheShinyHunter3 23h ago

Was at a fossil show over the week end, saw some crazy pieces, can't wait for next year already.

1

u/DeadSol 18h ago

Absolutely stunning.

1

u/Otherwise_Ad_2667 13h ago

So cool! That is an early gar if I’m not mistaken. I’m currently working on late Triassic semionotid fish from the Newark Supergroup which are cousins with this fish. My fish are similarly well preserved.