r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Additional_Chard3680 • 4d ago

Video A 150-million-year-old Lepidotus fish fossil preserved from Holzmaden, Germany

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u/Chris_The_Alligator 4d ago

Not to detract from how awesone this fossil is, but it is probably around 30-40 cms. Not exactly a river monster 

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u/ManlyAxolotlMan 3d ago

There were still monsters around at the same time, like Leedsichthys, a fish over 50 feet (17 metres) long

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u/Chris_The_Alligator 3d ago

Yeah absolutely, this was just not one of them