It’s never been a secret that I’ve been a science fiction fan for nearly 50 years now. I wasn’t terrifically impressed with the Stargate movie, but SG-1 ranks high in the pantheon. This is only relevant because it starts to explain that while I was touring the Solnhofen fossils at the HMNS exhibit, my first reaction to this guy was “Holy Crap! It’s a fossilized Goa’uld!! What the HELL?”
Obviously, it’s not. My best guess at this point is that it’s some form of banjofish; I’ll confirm when I get back to the exhibit later this week.
(It wasn’t. It’s a very old fish that got itself fossilized in a very odd configuration; we’re looking at it from the top. The expanded head is because its gill covers are splayed out.)