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Well preserved fossil

Freshwater fossil from Hindon Maar site.

Folden Maar and Hindon Maar fossils include an unusual depth of detail – as shown by the gaping mouth and large eye of this whitebait specimen.

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Rights: John Conran, Daphne Lee and Uwe Kaulfuss, CC BY-SA 4.0
Published: 8 August 2023Updated: 7 August 2023Size: 63.51 KB
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