Fish fossil. Fossilised remains of a Gyrodus Hexagonus fish. Gyrodus was a genus of bony fish that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (2

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Fish fossil. Fossilised remains of a Gyrodus Hexagonus fish. Gyrodus was a genus of bony fish that lived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods (200-65 million years ago). This specimen is unusually large at nearly 80cm long.

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Photo credit: © DIRK WIERSMA/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
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