Fish scale
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Specimen #319
Taxon: Class Osteichthyes
Locality: Boulder, Boulder County, CO
Age: Cretaceous Period, Santonian Stage
Rock unit: Niobrara Formation, Smoky Hill Member
Collector: W. Itano
This is a large fish scale. In this formation, fish scales can
often be identified by their bluish color. (Width 3.6 cm.)
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