SPECIES: Perleidus madagascariensis
LOCATION: Anaborana, Madagascar
FORMATION: Karoo Formation
This is a Lower Triassic (247 million year old) fossil fish from preserved inside of a concretion. These wonderfully preserved fish are found by cracking open the hard concretions, and show amazing detail such as scales and fins. There are about half a dozen different fish described from this location and this one is Perleidus madagascariensis.
