Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Caridosuctor populosum Coelacanth Fossil


This image is of a Caridosuctor populosum (Lund & Lund, 1984) coelacanth fossil. The animal existed in the Serpukhovian Stage Carboniferous Period (326-318 million years ago). Fossil was discovered in Bear Gulch, Montana, USA. Fossil was on display at the Natural History Museum Vienna (Naturhistorisches Museum Wien) on August 2024.