Sunday, June 29, 2008

Triassic fish from Madagascar


Localities in northwest Madagascar have yielded abundant fish fossils from the Triassic period. The fish occur in abundance with ammonites indicating that these fish were marine. The fossils are found in nodules. The above two fossils are from my collection. The top most picture is Australosomus, probably one of the most common fish from these deposits, whilst the lower picture is Perledus.