Fossil of a juvenile ichthyosaur

Stenopterygius c.f. quadriscisus (Quenstedt, 1856)
Posidonia Shale. L : 105 cm. Frame : 120 cm x 29 cm
Lower Jurassic, c. 185 million years old

Holzmaden (Bade-Württemberg,Germany). Falchen/Lias Epsilon II,10 

A historical piece: this kind of frames was exclusively used between 1900 and 1930 by the world-famous preparation workshop of Dr. h.c. Bernhard Hauff (1856-1950), founder of the museum of paleontology of Holzmaden (Urwelt-Museum Hauff)