Name: Hippocampus ramulosus (Fossil Seahorse)
Geological Time: Lower Pliocene
Size: mm (25.4mm=1 inch) 108 mm in length on 130 mm by 114 mm matrix
Location: Marecchia River Formation, Poggio Berni, Rimimini Province, Italy
 Description:
This is a fine example of an extinct seahorse. The tubular mouth shows
that these members of the Syngnathiformes fed on small Crustaceans
and such, much as their modern-day relatives Seahorses and Pipefishes.
The genus is still extant today, living in subtropical and tropical
waters in various parts of the world. This is a fine example of this
rarely-offered taxon. |
