Ichthyosaur tooth in matrix, GER
Tooth of an ichthyosaur.
With its wonderfully preserved fossils, the Holzmaden deposit is world famous. Complete ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, pterosaurs and marine crocodiles lie among vast quantities of Dactylioceras ammonites. It is assumed that weak water circulation created anoxia (= complete absence of oxygen) at the bottom, so that scavengers and decomposers could not disintegrate the bodies of deceased animals.
A label with this information is enclosed with the fossil.
Age: Lower Jurassic, Posidonia shale
Locality: Holzmaden, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Size of the tooth: 7 mm; slab: 10 x 14 x 4 cm
Colors on pictures may differ slightly from those of the original piece due to technical reasons.
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