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Fish scale

Yobake cliff

Shimo-Ogano, Ogano city, Chichibu county, Saitama pref., Japan

Middle Miocene, Neogene, Cenozoic (15 Ma)

Carcinoplax antiqua, RISTORI

Width: 20 mm. Fossil of fish scale recovered from sandstone of the Middle Miocene (16 Ma) Nagura Formation in the Chichibumachi Group formed under the marine environment such as submarine fans.

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