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Psittacosaur9's Cabinet Renovation Fossil Identification - Mesozoic and Cenozoic Animals Thread
Psittacosaur9 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, and I hope you've all had a good day. I started to put my display cabinet together today, and after an exhausting day of work, I'm only half done and I haven't even started on the bookshelf! Yay! Sarcasm aside, I've got some more fossils I would like identified, as I am creating labels for my displays. Just as before, I would prefer the most specific identification possible - species would be preferable, but I would rather a genus or clade name over an invalid species name. Location would be helpful too. Again, if any of you want them, I can take more photos tomorrow. Specimen 1: Actinopterygii This specimen I purchased at a museum, which simply labelled it as 'fish fossil'. While I do not know the location, I suspected it was from the Green River Formation in Wyoming, as many commercially available Actinopterygii fossils come from that site. At first, I thought the specimen was Knightia, as that fish seems to be one of the more common from the Green River Formation, and the only common one of the same size and rough shape. However, after recently observing a slab of Knightia at a museum, I began to doubt my initial identification, as the Knightia in the museum looked more bloated than my specimen. Is it a Knightia, or something else? Specimen 2: Ammonite I apologise for the rather shoddy attempt at editing out the supplier's logo. As you can see, I purchased this ammonite in a small plastic case at a museum, and cannot take a photograph of it from all angles. However, the back of the box (or at least what survives of it) says that the ammonite is Jurassic of age and comes from Madagascar (thinking about it, the supplier probably had to stick the ammonite to the case in order to get it through customs). Therefore, after comparing it to other ammonites from the same location, I believe it is most likely a Phylloceras specimen, as those ammonites lived in the correct place at the correct time, and had the same shaped, relatively smooth shell. Do you all agree with this conclusion? Specimen 3: Gastropod Another specimen I purchased from a museum with no knowledge of its original location or age. Unfortunately, I know very little about Gastropods, so I do not know how to identify it. Do any of you recognise at least what group it came from, or even tell its species, time period or location? Specimen 4: Ray tooth I received this tooth as a gift in a set of various teeth from Chondrichthyes. The gift set identified the ray tooth as Jurassic in age, however gave no further information on the specimen. To add to the confusion, all of the fossil ray teeth I have found available to purchase online come from Myliobatis, a genus which only evolved in the Cenozoic. While I am pretty sure it is Myliobatis and the gift set's information was simply inaccurate, I would like confirmation that this conclusion is accurate. Also, I do know that there is only half of a tooth; it broke a while ago and I no longer have the second half. Thank you for all of your help! Next up will be a couple of Triassic plant fossils, and following that will be some fossils I am concerned are fake. Hope you all have a good night!
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From the album: Fin Lover's South Carolina Finds
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From the album: Oklahoma Permian Fossil Finds
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From the album: Oklahoma Permian Fossil Finds
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From the album: Oklahoma Permian Fossil Finds
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This looks similar to some jawless fish bone I’ve seen. Could this be some? Ordovician, Wisconsin, Dane county, Madison.
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Hello, does anybody have a clue of what type of fish these scales may belong to? The specimen is part of a fish skin cemented together with sand and pebbles, found on a beach in southern Brazil. Fossils of Pleistocene mammals and marine organisms are commonly found along the beach, but these scales are unlikely those of the largest marine fishes (Micropogonias furnieri and Pogonias cromis) that inhabit this area. Although similar in size, the scales of these species are ctenoid, whereas the fossil scales seem all cycloid, much thicker (~2-3 mm) and formed of stacked laminae.
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This fish fossil jaw from the bearpaw shale was sold to me but I'm not sure which one, I think it might be from an icthyodectid if somekind?
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Hi TFF Please can you help, I have been looking at some micro fossils from Lee Creek, Miocene Pungo River Formation. I tried to do some IDs but I am having a hard time navigating this tiny collection. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated. cheers Bobby
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Yesterday evening we went out to a spot we haven't visited in a while, it started out extremely slow, until we hit on one spot that held a possible whale tooth (link to ID thread at bottom) and from there we started pulling out a lot more teeth, here's what we found, enjoy! nice hastalis, probably 1 1/2 inches great white with some great colors fish jaw Whale tooth?
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossil Finds: Fish
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossil Finds: Fish
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From the album: Misha's Middle Devonian Fossils
Gyroptychius agassizi Frontal portion of large predatory osteolepiform sarcopterygian Eifelian Middle Devonian Sandwick Fish bed Orkney Scotland -
I just picked this up at a thrift store for my 9 year old son. Looking to see if this is real and what it is? Thank you in advance!
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Hello everyone ! I have these two fossil vertebrae from the Kem Kem formation from Morocco (no exact location) and I can't identify them. Can someone help me please? They are very different from each other. The red vertebra n.1 has an oval shape and has mirrored holes on both sides, while above it has a larger some. I initially thought it was Hybodus or Onchopristis, but I'm not sure, it could be many other shark species. The white vertebra n.2 does not have any type of hole on the edge and is almost perfectly round, I believe it is a completely different species from the first. Thank you.
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I am once again asking for your expertise! This is one of the nicest fossils I’ve found, considering fish jaws and teeth are not that rare - but finding a jaw with teeth inside doesn’t happen that often at this beach. It was found at the Zandmotor beach in the Netherlands. This beach is known for Pleistocene mammal fossils. Fish vertebrae and teeth are also common, which may be way older than Pleistocene. I posted this fossil on Reddit some time ago too, but wasn’t able to get a conclusive answer. Someone suggested it might be amiid, but I don’t think amiid are found here. Could it be esox lucius (pike)? The total length is just short of 4cm. Unfortunately I had to apply paraloid before desalination, because the fossil was already starting to fall apart.
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From the album: Misha's Carboniferous
Gyrolepidotus schmidti Early actinopterygian Kyzykchul Formation Tournaisian Early Mississippian Carboniferous Krasnoyarskiy krai Russia- 3 comments
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Found this relatively big fish vert at the Zandmotor beach near The Hague, the Netherlands. Usual finds are from the Pleistocene, but fish fossils may be older. Would anyone know what species this vert is from?
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Gorgeous day. Sunshine through 1 pm, then Thunderstorms developed with rumbles and winds that cooled me kayaking back to my truck. Not a drop. This is my favorite location, MioPliocene with lots of variety: GWs, Clams and corals, mammal and fish jaws without teeth, No time to discuss it all, but enough to get photos and ask for help on three. 1st up a tiny (because it is the smallest I have found) Petrosal. I am thinking river dolphin based on size, but It is different that those I thought were river dolphin.. Any time I seek an ID , I always search the Internet for a matching image.. On my 1st page of images, this one pops up... Take a look at A1 and compare it to my find today... REALLY close .. Only issue is that mine is half the size of these that come from Globicephaline Whales from the Mio-Pliocene Purisima Formation of Central California, USA. For the uninitiated , Globicephaline is another name for Pilot Whale. How can mine be so small and come from a whale? @Boesse Next is a small section of a Fish Jaw.... Two rows... One large, one tiny running parrallel. Is Aligator Gar the ONLY Florida fossil fish that has this characteristic ? Finally, the Fish or Shark Vert.... This seems similar to the Tiger shark Vert I found back in 2018....but not sure.. Very rare find for me...
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Every year at the Denver fossil show it seems like I pick up some unidentified Kem Kem material. This is because for one it’s cheap, but also because it’s kinda fun to investigate this material. Here are eight pieces I picked up as a bulk set. I have some idea about identification on each of these but would love to hear other’s input. In the following pictures I have the top row being archosaur fossils and the bottom row being fish fossils. My guesses: 1. Caudal(?) vertebra centrum. Croc or theropod, but probably croc. 2. Croc dorsal vertebra 3. Croc centrum 4. Theropod pedal phalanx. Specifically, the distal-most phalanx of toe 1 (the “dew claw”). Narrowest ID I think I could guess we would be Ceratosauria indet., should probably be labeled as Theropoda indet. 5. Two fused fish vertebrae. Are these identifiable any more than this? 6. Gar or gar-like vertebra 7. Chondrichthyan fish vertebra. Maybe Onchoptistis numida? Can that determination even be made? 8. A gigantic ganoid scale. Any guesses just based on size? I’m unfamiliar with all the monster fish in this rock unit. Thanks :)
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I forgot I bought these---three small teeth from Wealden. Seller says could be Plesiosaur, and that the one in the larger matrix is most likely a Plesiosaur. If someone could take a look that'd be great. They are all from the Wealden Clay of Hastings. All very small, just under 1 cm. So if plesiosaur, they would be juvenile. The one loose from the matrix has striations. cheers
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H Forum, these 2 speciments come from the eichstatt quarry (DE, next to the most famous Solnhofen quarries) the first one should be well preserved enough to try an accurate specie ID the second one, i'm not sure it is a fish, but the curved body and the strong orange color should indicate a bad preserved little fish Thanks a lot Paolo
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Howdy everyone! I came across a neat partial armored fish fossil and was wondering if y’all could help me ID it. It is said to be from the village of Nyrkiv in the Ternopil region of Ukrain. I really appreciate y’all and I hope you’re all staying cool in this crazy heat! (Or staying warm if you live in the southern hemisphere)
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I just don't know what this thing is. It's from the Glenshaw Formation of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Some is below the matrix, but what is showing is about 1 cm top to bottom and 1.5 cm across. I believe it is Brush Creek Limestone and it looks like part of a fish spine to me. As always all help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Hello! I think I've just about tapped out most of my local hunting spots. Yet a week ago I found a couple fossils that look like teeth. Please let me know what you think. They are 1.5 cm wide by 1 cm long, Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous), Glenshaw Formation and from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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