FOSSIL FISH - 395 million years old - Caithness, Scotland
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395 million years old
Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
During the Devonian period Britain lay just south of the equator and the climate was hot and arid. A freshwater lake existed where Orkney now lies which contained large numbers of fish that have been preserved in beautiful detail.
This fossil is from the Caithness Flagsone – part of the Old Red Sandstone. The scales have been scattered as the carcass lay on the sea bed all those millions of years ago.
395 million years old
Thurso, Caithness, Scotland
During the Devonian period Britain lay just south of the equator and the climate was hot and arid. A freshwater lake existed where Orkney now lies which contained large numbers of fish that have been preserved in beautiful detail.
This fossil is from the Caithness Flagsone – part of the Old Red Sandstone. The scales have been scattered as the carcass lay on the sea bed all those millions of years ago.
Size: 9 x 7 x 1 centimetres
Weight: 219 grams
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