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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
These three fish specimens are a little harder to see in the pictures but if you tilt the fossils just right you can see the outlines much better. These were only labeled "fish" so I have not researched the species of fish found thus far in Argentina. Out of context you would really have to look hard to see the fossils. Please let me know if I should shoot these a bit differently? -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
These three fish specimens are a little harder to see in the pictures but if you tilt the fossils just right you can see the outlines much better. These were only labeled "fish" so I have not researched the species of fish found thus far in Argentina. Out of context you would really have to look hard to see the fossils. Please let me know if I should shoot these a bit differently? -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
These three fish specimens are a little harder to see in the pictures but if you tilt the fossils just right you can see the outlines much better. These were only labeled "fish" so I have not researched the species of fish found thus far in Argentina. Out of context you would really have to look hard to see the fossils. Please let me know if I should shoot these a bit differently? -
Can anyone identify these structures protruding from the top and bottom of the fish?
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Hello, I hardly know anything about fossil identification but was given these fossils a while back and thought I ought to know what they actually are. They look fairly common and from research, they look most like an ammonite and a fish fossil maybe but I'm not sure. Any help would be much appreciated and pictures of both fossils are attached. Thanks, Harry
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https://www.aa.com.tr/en/turkey/fish-fossil-dating-back-16m-years-found-in-turkey/1273067
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Hi Fossil and rock hounds, I found this strange looking piece when looking through my shark teeth. Found it on Manasota Key beach, Florida. I thought it was some vertebrae bone but than I saw 2 barnacles in what might be a grouping of shells. It also has pockets of limestone and small black bones or rocks cemented in some of the pockets and has some weight to it. It is about 2x2". Posted 5 photos of different angles. Has anybody ever seen anything like this? What is it? Thanks All.
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Hi Fossil Finders, I found this on the beach at Manasota Key, Florida along with whale bones and sharks teeth. Front and back photo below. I looked in my book at it looks similar to the pufferfish or porcupine fish mouth plate. Would you agree? Thanks in advance!
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From the album: Fossildude's Purchased/Gift Fossils
Fossil fish nodule from the Lower Pleistocene Middle Holocene (Northgrippian Stage) of South West Greenland. Mallotus villosus. Thanks to @piranha for the age correction!© 2018 T. Jones
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Moroccan Fish Fossil Triplomystus?
Seguidora-de-Isis posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello. Good morning to all my friends from my favorite super forum! Yesterday I had to break my little piggy bank and from this piggy bank I was able to get my last US $29,99 to get this little gem of nature. I know TFF does not allow valuations, but only what I would like to ask is whether it is real? And whether it was a good purchase? It is a fish of the species Triplomystus sp. The seller's description: This fish is found in sublithographic limestone similar to that seen in Lebanese Lagerstatte (where the genus Triplomystus is also found. Fish from this Moroccan have become available only in recent years, and many may be new to science. The fish is known as Triplomystus, a member of the Paraclupeidae family that were described from Lebanon. Class Actinopterygii, Order Ellemmichthyformes, Family Paraclupeidae Geological Time: Late Cretaceous Size: Fish fossil is 4,7 cm Fossil Site: Ramlia Taouz, Morocco All opinions are welcome! Thank you!
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Asialepidotus Fish Fossil
Crazyhen posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This fish fossil is said to be an Asialepidotus from Liaoning, China. It is pretty well preserved. I wonder if it is a genuine one. It is 30cm in size for the fish.
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Green River Formation, Rock Springs Region, Wyoming, USA Data: Knightia is an extinct genus of clupeid clupeiform bony fish that lived in the fresh water lakes and rivers of North America and Asia during the Eocene epoch. The genus was erected by David Starr Jordan in 1907, in honor of the late University of Wyoming professor Wilbur Clinton Knight, "an indefatigable student of the paleontology of the Rocky Mountains." It is the state fossil of Wyoming,and the most commonly excavated fossil fish in the world. In Knightia fish, rows of dorsal and ventral scutes run from the back of the head to the medial fins. They had heavy scales, and small conical teeth. Their size varied by species: Knightia eocaena was the longest, growing up to 25 centimeters (10 inches), though most specimens are no larger than 15 centimeters. TIME PERIOD: Eocene Epoch - Approximately 55 Million Years Old. Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Clupeidae Family: Pellonulinae Genus: †Knightia Species: †Eoceana -
Found this at an estate sale, Can anyone help identify it and it's value?
NixFossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
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I came across this fossil at an estate cleanout. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks!
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I am taking a risk that some unprincipled Forum member will try and snatch this purchase from me. However, I thought the educational benefit of my evaluation system would outweigh that possibility. This beauty is currently available for sale via an Internet auction site. It is labeled as a "Rare Synanceia verrucosa (sic) Stone Fossil Fish Skeleton" Here are the reasons I am poised to spring for the $49.95 (free shipping) price. It's RARE. The seller says so right there in the offer. That makes the price a bargain. I know it's really rare, 'cause I've never seen anything like it. The seller provides the SCIENTIFIC NAME. That alone proves that the seller is a well informed individual, probably a scientist themselves. The seller has a 99.6% positive rating!!! The geological age is given as "unknown." This is additional proof of the items authenticity. A fraudulent seller would simply provide a fiction for age. Look at the robust preservation of the bone! Even from a photo one can see it's exquisitely preserved. No cracks or breaks are visible. Obviously there is no repair. The prep looks wonderful. The bone has been expertly freed from the surrounding matrix with no obscuring matrix left in place. You will note that the bone is preserved in 3D proving that this is no "painted on" forgery. I could go on and on with my scientific evaluative techniques. However, this should be sufficiently instructive to inform Forum members of some simple reasoning tools to assure avoidance of acquiring spurious fossil material. No need to thank me, gotta run and get that bid in.....
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please help me to know what i found is a fossil or not?
jfaezi posted a topic in Questions & Answers
First I apologist if my English grammar has problems because I'm not native. I found a fossil which looks very much like a fish fossil. I want to make sure if this is a real fossil of a fish or not. It might be a fossil that even had the meat become the fossil.
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Fish Fossils From China
Norwegian posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
On ebay there are several fossils of something the sellers call "wolf fin fish": Are these real fossils? To me it looks like totally real fish. But it looks like all or most of the bones are gone? Is this normal in some fish fossils? Could it be just the impression of real fish (bones) in something that looks like stone - some sort of sement that is man made? -
From the album: Fossildude's Early Jurassic Fish Fossils
Counterpart to Semionotus sp. Early Jurassic, Shuttle Meadow Formation. Connecticut. Found as is, on June 29, 2014.© © 2014 Tim Jones
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From the album: Fossildude's Early Jurassic Fish Fossils
Semionotus sp. (possibly S. micropterus?) Early Jurassic, Shuttle Meadow Formation. Connecticut© © 2014 Tim Jones
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On lake Michigan, we found two "fish like" rocks. Can anyone explain or id these for us, thanks!
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Is It Legal To Buy Or Own Fossil Fish Lycoptera From China?
AJ Plai posted a topic in Questions & Answers
From what I know, Chinese has banned export of fossils found in China ever since 2002. But I have heard of some people saying that Lycoptera is an exception since they find so much of it in China. Is this true? Thx
