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  • Cladocyclus gardneri Agassiz 1841

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    Taxonomy

    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Chordata
    Class: Actinopteri Cope 1871
    Order: Ichthyodectiformes Bardack & Sprinkle, 1969
    Family: Cladocyclidae Maisey 1991
    Genus: Cladocyclus
    Species: Cladocyclus gardneri
    Author Citation Agassiz 1841

    Geological Time Scale

    Eon: Phanerozoic
    Era: Cenozoic
    Period: Cretaceous
    Sub Period: None
    Epoch: Early
    International Age: Aptian

    Stratigraphy

    Santana Group
    Crato Formation

    Provenance

    Acquired by: Purchase/Trade

    Dimensions

    Length: 20 cm

    Location

    Nova Olinda
    Ceará
    Brazil

    Comments

    References:

    A. S. Woodward (1901) Catalogue of Fossil Fishes in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV 1-636.

    D. Martill & G. Bechly (2007) Introduction to the Crato Formation DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511535512.002

    Maria Eduarda de Castro Leal & Paulo M. Brito (2004) The ichthyodectiform Cladocyclus gardneri (Actinopterygii: Teleostei) from the Crato and Santana Formations, Lower Cretaceous of Araripe Basin, North-Eastern Brazil. Annales de Paléontologie Volume 90, Issue 2, Pages 103-113.

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    Mioplosus_Lover24

    Mioplosus_Lover24

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    Absolutely gorgeous fish... I  am really desiring a fish from there! The colors and preservation are just insane!

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    On 5.9.2020 at 2:37 PM, RJB said:

    Really nice fish! 

     

    RB

     

    On 4.9.2020 at 7:38 PM, Mioplosus_Lover24 said:

    Absolutely gorgeous fish... I  am really desiring a fish from there! The colors and preservation are just insane!

     

    Thanks my friends, I prefer fossils of the Crato Formation to those of the Santana Formation. Both formations show many similarities, e.g. Cladocyclus gardneri occurs in both the Santana and the Crato Formation. In the Crato Formation mainly juvenile C. gardneri specimens below 30cm are found whereas in the Santana Formation only adult specimens of about 1m and larger are found.

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    Mioplosus_Lover24

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    On 9/6/2020 at 1:51 PM, oilshale said:

     

     

    Thanks my friends, I prefer fossils of the Crato Formation to those of the Santana Formation. Both formations show many similarities, e.g. Cladocyclus gardneri occurs in both the Santana and the Crato Formation. In the Crato Formation mainly juvenile C. gardneri specimens below 30cm are found whereas in the Santana Formation only adult specimens of about 1m and larger are found.

    Yeah! I've seen those, and it seems the prices are similar! Very interesting an makes you consider size over quality!

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    3 hours ago, Mioplosus_Lover24 said:

    Yeah! I've seen those, and it seems the prices are similar! Very interesting an makes you consider size over quality!

    Well, I also have a big Cladocyclus fossil-concretion (kind of sausage shape) of over one meter. Not beautiful, just big.

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    Mioplosus_Lover24

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    18 hours ago, oilshale said:

    Well, I also have a big Cladocyclus fossil-concretion (kind of sausage shape) of over one meter. Not beautiful, just big.

    Beautiful in it's own unique sausage way!

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