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📐 💎 Dimensions: 74 millimeters long x 36 wide x 17 thick
⚖️ Weight: 44.7 grams
✨ Finish: natural
🔬 Treatment: None
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👉 Good to know: Loiret (45) -In the faluns of Touraine, about 1 hour away by car, we frequently find teeth and fragments of fossilized fish, attesting to marine life from several million years ago (Miocene-Cretaceous period)
📋 Mineralogical sheet:
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Details
Scientific name
Varies by species (e.g. Knightia eocaena )
Geological period
Depends on species, e.g. Eocene (~50 million years ago)
Origin / Deposits
Fossil lake or marine formations, e.g. Green River Formation (USA)
Family
Depending on the species (e.g. Clupeidae for Knightia )
Size
Generally a few cm to several tens of cm
Shape
Fusiform or adapted to lifestyle (swimming, predation, bottom)
Scales / Teeth
Well-preserved scales, teeth according to diet
Fins
Depending on species, dorsal, pelvic, anal, pectoral
Lifestyle
Gregarious, predatory, or other depending on the species
Environment
Fresh or marine water, lakes or oceans
Discovery / Fossilization
Fossils often found in fine sediments, sometimes very well preserved
Scientific significance
Study of evolution, reconstruction of ancient ecosystems
Use / Collection
Private collections, museums, education, paleontological research
Value / Conservation
Varies depending on rarity and state of preservation
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