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8.9" Discosauriscus (Permian Reptiliomorph) - Franchesse, France
This is an incredible 8.9" long amphibian (Discosauriscus austriacus) fossil from the Lower Permian beds near Franchesse, France. The teeth, bones, skin, and soft parts are naturally and exceptionally well preserved on a 13.5 x 10.8" slab of shale. It is accompanied by an acrylic-metal display stand.
There are repairs through the rock and fossil. Portions of the specimen flaked off during collection and have been glued back to the shale and stabilized. A small amount of gap fill restoration can be found along one of the cracks running through the posterior half of the amphibian. The back side of the rock has been coated in fiberglass for stabilization purposes.
A link to the paper on the Discosauriscus from this new Lagerstätte can be found below.
A new vertebrate Lagerstätte from the Lower Permian of France (Franchesse, Massif Central): palaeoenvironmental implications for the Bourbon-l’Archambault basin
There are repairs through the rock and fossil. Portions of the specimen flaked off during collection and have been glued back to the shale and stabilized. A small amount of gap fill restoration can be found along one of the cracks running through the posterior half of the amphibian. The back side of the rock has been coated in fiberglass for stabilization purposes.
A link to the paper on the Discosauriscus from this new Lagerstätte can be found below.
A new vertebrate Lagerstätte from the Lower Permian of France (Franchesse, Massif Central): palaeoenvironmental implications for the Bourbon-l’Archambault basin
Discosauriscus was a small seymouriamorph that lived in Central Europe during the Lower Permian Period. Many seymouriamorphs were terrestrial or semi-aquatic. However, aquatic larvae bearing external gills and grooves from the lateral line system have been found, making them unquestionably amphibians. The adults were terrestrial. Some of the best fossils of Discosauriscus species have been found in Boskovice basin in the Czech Republic.
Because the skeletons of Discosauriscus were lightly sclerotized, they are rarely as well preserved as the intact specimen found on this plate. This fossil clearly defines the wide jaws, short limbs, and relatively long tail of this species. A well-preserved, lateral-line system has been described by researchers, which suggests that Discosauriscus may have had electroreceptive organs.
Because the skeletons of Discosauriscus were lightly sclerotized, they are rarely as well preserved as the intact specimen found on this plate. This fossil clearly defines the wide jaws, short limbs, and relatively long tail of this species. A well-preserved, lateral-line system has been described by researchers, which suggests that Discosauriscus may have had electroreceptive organs.
$2,350
SPECIES
Discosauriscus austriacus
AGE
LOCATION
Franchesse, France
SIZE
Amphibian: 8.9" long, Rock: 13.5 x 10.8"
CATEGORY
ITEM
#293084
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