Fish
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Fish:
The first fishes appeared in the Cambrian. These were also the first vertebrates (animals with a backbone). They are the most diverse group of vertebrates, with more than 23,000 known species living today. The first fishes were still jawless, and had an amazing exoskeleton, consisting of a head shield, and, for some, hard bony plates halfway the body. These armored fishes also did not have scales yet. Fishes developed jaws and scales in the Silurian. Jaws probably evolved from the first row of gill arches. Until then, fishes had a mouth with which they could only suck in food. The development of jaws and teeth was very important for the vertebrates, because it meant they could eat more different kinds of food than jawless animals. A lot of different carnivores arose, which in turn forced their prey to improve the ability to flee. In the Devonian, some fishes left the water and evolved into amphibians. This is one of the greatest events in the history of life on earth as the amphibians in turn evolved into reptiles and these in birds and mammals.
Bibliography:
Palaeozoic fishes, J.A. Moy-Thomas, 1971 (2nd ed.), Chapman & Hall (London, UK)
Fossilien Atlas Fische, K.A. Frickhinger, 1991, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde (Melle, Germany)
The rise of fishes, J.A. Long, 1995, The John Hopkins University Press (London, UK)
Discovering fossil fishes, J.G. Maisey, 1996, Henry Holt Publ. (New York, US)
Mesozoic fishes 2, G. Arratia, 1999, Verlag Dr. Friedrich Pfeil (Munich, Germany)
Handbook of paleoichthyology, different volumes, Gustav Fischer Verlag (Stuttgart, Germany)
The Palaeozoic fishes of North America, J.S. Newberry, 1889, Government Printing Office (Washington, US)

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cf. Pygopterus spec. #FPP6425
Big predator fish!!! Very rare and Undescribed!
With additional unknown smaller specimen.
Old Collection, Altfund, Tail is slightly distorted.
Permian, Kupferschiefer. Zechstein,
285 million years old 
Bad Sachsen, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Size plate: 56 by 35 cm
Size fish: 19.2  inch / 48 cm
Price: Euro 
Priscacara serrata #PS5813
On matrix plate 37 by 29.5 cm
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 8.4 inch / 21 cm
Price: Euro 870.--
Platysomus striatus #PS5665
Rare primitive bullet fish!!! Old Collection, Altfund
Permian, Kupferschiefer. Zechstein,
285 million years old
Bad Sachsen, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany
Size plate: 29.5 by 23.5 cm
Size fish: 9.4  inch / 23.5 cm
Price: Euro 1740.--
Pterichthyodes milleri #PM5742
Exceptional rare Armored Fish (Agassiz)
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old Orkney, Scotland
Size Plate: 8 by 12 cm
Size Fish:  3.2 inch / 8 cm
Price: Euro 1700.--
Priscacara liops #PS5810
On matrix plate 18.5 by 21.5 cm
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 5 inch / 12.5 cm
Price: Euro 375.--
Diplomystus dentatus #FDM6228
Large and Nice priced!
On matrix plate (approx 35 by 20 cm)
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size Diplo: 10.8 inch / 27 cm
Price: Euro 
Allothrissops spec. #FAS6212
Classic pos/neg fish
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
On small Matrix plate
Size fish (span):  2.8 inch / 7cm
Price: Euro 30.--
Allothrissops spec. #FAS6214
Classic pos/neg fish
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
On small Matrix plate
Size fish (span):  2 inch / 5 cm
Price: Euro 30.--
Paramblypterus gelberti #FPG6145
Primitive fish Paramblypterus!!!  On 23 by 15 cm matrix plate. Old Collection, Altfund
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Jeckenbacher kalkstein, Jeckenbach, Germany
Size fish: 2.96  inch / 7.4 cm
Price: Euro 60.--
Paramblypterus gelberti #FPG6146
Primitive fish Paramblypterus!!! 
Old Collection, Altfund
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Jeckenbacher kalkstein, Jeckenbach, Germany
Size fish: 7.8  inch / 19.5 cm
Price: Euro 230.--
Paramblypterus gelberti #FPG6147
Primitive fish Paramblypterus!!! 
Old Collection, Altfund
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Jeckenbacher kalkstein, Jeckenbach, Germany
Size fish: 7.6  inch / 19 cm
Price: Euro 
Paramblypterus gelberti #FPG6127
Primitive fish Paramblypterus!!! 
Old Collection, Altfund
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Jeckenbacher kalkstein, Jeckenbach, Germany
Size fish: 9.4  inch / 23.5 cm
Price: Euro 290.--
Paramblypterus gelberti #FPG6128
Primitive fish Paramblypterus!!! 
Old Collection, Altfund
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Jeckenbacher kalkstein, Jeckenbach, Germany
Size fish: 9.6  inch / 24 cm
Price: Euro 290.--
Cavenderichthys talbragarensis #FCF6120
Old collection, Rare
Jurassic 151 million years old
Talbragar Fish Beds
New South Wales, Australia
Size fish: 1.8 Inch / 4.5 cm
Price : Euro 
Cavenderichthys talbragarensis #FCF6123
Old collection, Rare
Jurassic 151 million years old
Talbragar Fish Beds
New South Wales, Australia
Size fish: 2.2 Inch / 5.5 cm
Price : Euro 30.--


Birkenia elegans #SK5224
Rare Primitive Fish (Agnata)
Anaspida Old collection, No restoration. 
Fishbed  Horizon
Middle Silurian, Wenlockian, 423 million years old
Hagshaw Hills ,  Scotland,
Size Fish span:  0.8 inch / 2 cm
Price: Euro 500.--
Lanarkia horrida #LH5920
Rare Very Primitive Fish (Agnata)
Thelodontida Old collection
No restoration. Fishbed Formation,
Middle Silurian, U.Wenlockian, 425 million years old
Hagshaw Hills ,  Scotland,
Size Fish span:  2.2 inch / 5.5 cm
Price: Euro 1200.--
Lasanius problematicus #LP5921
Rare Very Primitive Fish (Agnata)
Anaspida Old collection
No restoration. Fishbed Formation,
Middle Silurian, U.Wenlockian, 425 million years old
Hagshaw Hills ,  Scotland,
Size Fish span:  2.2 inch / 5.5 cm
Price: Euro 900.--

Loganellia scotica #SF5219
Rare Very Primitive Fish (Agnata)
Thelodontida Old collection
No restoration. Patrick Burn Formation,
Jamoytius Horizon

Lower Silurian, 430 million years old
Lesmahagow ,  Scotland,
Size Fish:  6.8 inch / 17 cm
Price: Euro 1250.--



Birkenia elegans 
#SF5220

Rare Primitive Fish (Agnata)
Anaspida Old collection, preserverd with its very distinctive "crown"!!  No restoration. Fishbed  Horizon
Middle Silurian, Wenlockian, 423 million years old
Hagshaw Hills ,  Scotland,
Size Fish:  2.6 inch / 6.5 cm
Price: Euro 
Osteolepis panderi #OP5923
Rare Primitive Fish (Coelacanth) Old Collection
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Thurso, Cap NezScotland
Size Fish:  3.4 inch / 8.5 cm
Price: Euro 400.--
Millerosteus minor #MM5744
VERY Rare Armored Fish 
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old Caithness, Scotland
Size Plate: 10 by 15 cm
Size Fish:  3.24 inch / 8.1 cm
Price: Euro 1900.--
Palaeospondylus gunni #DS5488
2 Primitive fish. On matrix plate (20.5 by 10 cm)
Devonian, Middle Old Red Sandstone,
375 million years old
Achanarras Quarry, Caithness, Scotland
Size span 2 fish: 0.88 and 0.72 inch / 2.2 and 1.8 cm
Price: Euro 50.--
Palaeospondylus gunni #DS5487
Primitive fish. On small matrix plate
Devonian, Middle Old Red Sandstone,
375 million years old
Achanarras Quarry, Caithness, Scotland
Size span fish: 1.2 inch / 3 cm
Price: Euro 


Above detail of preserved skin
Cheirolepis trailli #CT0227
Very rare Primitive Fish (Agassiz)
One of the rarest and first "modern" fish from the
Sandwick Fish beds!
With a smaller Cheiracanthus spec. as companian
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Orkney, Scotland
Size Plate:  17.2 by 12 inch / 43 by 30 cm
Size Fish:  11.4 inch / 28.5 cm
Price: Euro 1500.--

Above detail of the Cheiracanthus fish
Osteolepis macrolepidotus #OM5185
Rare Primitive Fish (Coelacanth) 
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Scotland, Old Collection
Size Plate: 15.5 by 14 cm
Size Fish:  4.2 inch / 10.5 cm
Price: Euro 140.--
Gyroptychius agassiz #GQ0234
Very rare Primitive Osteolepididae (Coelacanth)
POS/NEG Fishplate
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Orkney, Scotland
Size biggest Plate:  21.2 by 9.6 inch / 53 by 24 cm
Size Fish:  15.2 inch / 38 cm (Curved length)
Price: Euro 1800.--

Coccosteus cuspidatus #CC0232
2 Very rare Armored Fish in Matrix
No restoration. 
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Orkney, Scotland
Size Plate:  24 by 14 inch / 60 by 35 cm
Size biggest:  12 inch / 30 cm 
Price: Euro 
Dipnoan Dipterus valenciennesi #GM5202
Very rare Primitive Osteolepididae (Coelacanth)
Skull upper view, on small matrix plate,
No restoration.
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Westerdale, Scotland
Size Fossil:  5.2 inch / 13 cm 
Price: Euro 220.--
Dipnoan Dipterus valenciennesi #GM5203
Very rare Primitive Osteolepididae (Coelacanth)
Lower jaw, on small matrix plate
No restoration.
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Westerdale, Scotland
Size fossil:  1.4 inch / 3.5 cm 
Price: Euro 80.--
Dipnoan Dipterus valenciennesi#GM5205
Very rare Primitive Osteolepididae (Coelacanth)
Skull plate, on small matrix plate
No restoration.
No restoration. Old Red Sandstone
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Westerdale, Scotland
Size Fossil:  1.2 inch / 3 cm 
Price: Euro 160.--

Coccosteus cuspidatus skull

Very rare Armored Fish skull in Matrix
No restoration.
Middle Devonian, 380 million years old
Edderton Fishbed, Scotland
Size plate: 6.4 by 4.8 inch / 16 by 12 cm
Size skull:  3.6 by 2.6 inch / 9 by 6.5 cm
Price: Euro 290.--

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Gyroptychius agassizi #404
Primitive fish, juvenile
Devonian, Middle Old Red Sandstone,
375 million years old
Orkney Islands, Scotland
Size plate: 5.4 by 5 inch / 13.5 by 12.5 cm
Size fish: 3.08 inch / 7.7 cm
Price: Euro 75.--

Paramblypterus gelberti #919
Primitive fish Paramblypterus!!! 
Old Collection, Altfund
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Odernheim, Germany
Size plate: 8.4 by 10 inch / 21 by 25 cm
Size fish: 3.8  inch / 9.5 cm
Price: Euro 50.--

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Palaeoniscus spec. #604
Primitive fish
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Semily, Czech Republic
Size plate: 6.8 by 3.6 inch / 17 by 9 cm
Size fossil: 4.2 inch / 10.5 cm
Price: Euro 50.--

Palaeoniscus spec. #605
Primitive fish
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Semily, Czech Republic
Size plate: 8 by 4.8 inch / 20 by 12 cm
Size fossil: 5.6 inch / 14 cm
Price: Euro 65.--

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Palaeoniscus spec. #603
Primitive fish, Pos/neg 
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Semily, Czech Republic
Size plate: 7.6 by 3.4 inch / 19 by 8.5 cm
Size fossil: 3 inch / 7.5 cm
Price: Euro 70.--

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Palaeoniscus spec. #608
Primitive fish
Permian, Rotliegend, 285 million years old
Semily, Czech Republic
Size plate: 5.6 by 3.2 inch / 14 by 8 cm
Size fossil: 4.4 inch / 11 cm
Price: Euro 50.--
Belonostomus muensteri #BM0853
Rare nice fish with long beak
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
Size fossil span: 4 inch / 10 cm
Size plate:  18.5 by 17 cm
Price: Euro 660.--

Caturus furcatus #CF831
Big Speed robbing Fish
Upper Jurassic, Kimmeridigian
152 Million years old
Painten by Regensburg, Germany
Size plate: 19 by 9.4 inch / 47.5 by 23.5cm
Size fossil: 14.4 inch / 36 cm
Price: Euro 850.-- 
Aspidorhynchus acutirostris #AA0840
Very Rare large speed robbing fish
Upper Jurassic, 148 Million years old
Eichstatt, Germany
Size fossil curved length: 23.6 inch / 59 cm
Size plate:  60 by 43 cm
Price: Euro
Diplomystus dentatus #DD5812
On matrix plate 31 by 32 cm with 1 Knigthia eocaena
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 8 inch / 20 cm
Price: Euro 330.--

Idrissia cf. jubae #MF5325
Fish from new locality, on small matrix plate
L. Cretaceous 110 million years old
Tselfat, Morocco

Size fossil: 1.6 Inch / 4 cm
Price : Euro 20.--

Idrissia cf. jubae #MF5327
Fish from new locality, on matrix plate
L. Cretaceous 110 million years old
Tselfat, Morocco

Size fossil: 1.72 Inch / 4.3 cm
Price : Euro
30.--
Tharrhias arrripis #TA0962
POS/NEG fish Old collection (Jordan 1908)
Santana
Formation (Albian)
Cretaceous 110 million years old
Ceara, Araripe
plateau, Brasil
Size fish: 9 Inch / 22.5 cm
Price : Euro 90.--
Priscacara liops #PS5809
On matrix plate 26.5 by 27 cm
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 4 inch / 10 cm
Price: Euro 260.--
Priscacara serrata #PS5814
On matrix plate 28 by 14 cm
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 7.2 inch / 18 cm
Price: Euro 620.--
Diplomystus dentatus #DD5815
On matrix plate 53 by 25 cm with 9 Knigthia eocaena
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 5.2 inch / 13 cm
Price: Euro 420.--
Priscacara liops #PS5599
On small matrix plate 
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 4.4 inch / 11 cm
Price: Euro 50.--
Phareodus testis #PT5473
On small matrix plate
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 3.6 inch / 9 cm
Price: Euro 45.--
Diplomystus dentatus #DD5470
and 3 Knightia eocaena
On matrix plate (31 by 35 cm)
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size Diplo: 5.4 inch / 13.5 cm
Price: Euro 150.--
Knightia eocaena #KE5486
More than 25 specimen on matrix plate (41 by 27 cm)
Green River Formation Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size average fish: 1.2 inch / 3 cm
Price: Euro 290.--
Diplomystus dentatus #DD5483
Big specimen on matrix plate (30 by 35 cm)
Eocene 50 Million years old
Wyoming, U.S.A.
Size : 10.4 inch / 26 cm
Price: Euro 450.--

Amphiperca multiformis #AM5196
FOSSIL PERCH from famous MESSEL QUARRY
"Old Collection", classic preparation
Eocene,  48 million years old
Messel,  Germany
Size fish: 5 inch / 12.5 cm
Size plate:  16 by 9 cm
Price : Euro 28
0.--
Blinia uraschista #BU5447
FOSSIL PERCH "Old Collection" Rare
M. Oligocene,  28 million years old
Bilina,  Kuclin, Czech Rep.
Size fish: 6.8 inch / 17 cm 
Price : Euro 9
0.--