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Found this while splitting some chalk (80 myo) from Molecap Hill Quarry in Gingin. The whole section of “scales” is about 2 cm long. Not sure what these “scales” are but my imagination goes to fish scales. Any ideas?
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Fish Scales Cogan House, PA (Route 15) Catskill Group Late Devonian-
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From the album: Fossil Collection: DC Area and Beyond
Fish Scales Cogan House, PA (Route 15) Catskill Group Late Devonian -
From the album: Permian
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Hello! Thank you all for taking the time to read this and (hopefully!) help me identify a very interesting find from Saskatoon! I was on a fossil hunting trip to a local exposure of Pleistocene glacial lake sediments in Saskatoon, and I took home a few samples of it to review later. While looking through one piece (the material is silt but breaks like a rock and is somewhat laminated), I saw this very strange shape. Attached are a few images, some simply in situ, others through a microscope. My apologies if the image quality is not ideal, I do not currently have any better equipment. There are a few images with my fingernail in frame to give you a sense of scale; this thing is very small. It is a kind of dome shape adorned with concentric rings of linked “nodes.” When looking at it, I knew it couldn’t be a pebble or partially buried rock. The thing it reminded me the most of was a Ptychodus tooth or other fish tooth plate, but the “dome” the nodes sit upon is penetrated open in one spot and is hollow. While I suppose this doesn’t rule tooth out, it does make me doubt that possibility. In addition, the nodes appear to resemble fish scales, especially ganoid scales, as some are rhomboidal in shape and all have the glassy coating those scales tend to have. There is also what appears to be a bone fragment near the dome. This is where my own suggestions end, I have no other ideas as to what this weird thing might be! Simple confirmation of the nodes as fish scales would probably satisfy me, but identification of them as ganoid would be even better. Please let me know if I can provide any extra clarification! Thank you!
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From the album: Fossildude's Upper Devonian Fish Fossils
Upper Devonian Catskill Formation Upper Steam Valley Route 15 Road cut. Pennsylvania© 2022 T. Jones
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From the album: Hell Creek / Lance Formations
Lepisosteidae (scales) Hell Creek Fm., Powder River Co., MT, USA Cretaceous gar fish scales - though I may be wrong about the big one.- 1 comment
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From the album: Permian
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I found this odd piece in a grey shale layer in a place with devonian age matrix and fossils from new york with various layers from flakier layers compact with fossils to harder layers like this gray shale layer that this one thats not as compact with fossils as the other ones. I am unaware of devonian fish remains from new york and I usually do not notice odd minerals in the grey shale layer so this this piece baffles me, these small shiny "scales" sort of reminds me of how the devonian fish fossils of the old red sandstone of the uk kinda preserve but other than that I have no idea what else to compare this to. Any thoughts on this piece will be greatly appreciated as I've never come across anything like it at the site.
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Fossil forum, I have just finished uncovering a gnathasome fish scale. It is from the Leighton Fm, Maine. I believe it to be in the genus Gomphoncus, maybe even Gomphoncus sandelenis, which was described as being in the Eastport Formation (https://www.erudit.org/fr/revues/ageo/2018-v54-ageo04224/1055415ar.pdf). I am unsure of this id though, mainly because of the pit in the largest end of the scale. It is approximately 200 microns long by 250 microns wide by 200 microns deep. Any help on the id of the genus, or maybe even the species, would be greatly appreciated. Here are some pictures of it:
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I just found these fossils this week. Can someone help me to identify? The fossil with the quartz band looks spongy and almost like it has bone marrow. The second one almost looks like fossilized skin? Perhaps a headless fish? Found on the ground in dry riverbed after rain this week. Thank you! Ellen
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Hi all, I have been going through some of the coprolites in my collection in order to catalog them. I have two different specimens that have fish spine and scale inclusions. They are from Waurika, Oklahoma (Permian). 1. I want to verify that this is a fish spine. If so, could it be from a Xenacanthus?. Does anyone know if Xenacanthus had scales? The coprolite contains numerous scales. Of those that are visible, this is the best preserved. 2. This coprolite has a different type of fish spine. Any idea what type of fish it is from? That may be a tooth poking out above the spine. Based on the size of the coprolites, I'm assuming the coprolite producers were feeding on fry. As always, thanks for you help!
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Apologize for the poor quality pics but I struggled photographing these to show any detail I suspect they are fish scales but that is basically just a guess If anyone wants to take a shot at IDing them go for it The first two pictures are of the same fossil and the third picture is a different one-the second specimen was very difficult to photo cuz its basically a round disk with a raised hump in the middle Lastly if anyone could tell me what type of tooth this is that would be awesome so far its my most complete 'big' (meaning bigger than a fingernail lol) tooth
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I've just visited this hill directly north of the Trump National Golf Course (yes, the president owned a golf course in my city ) which I was told by a museum docent had fossil fish scales. Here's what I found which could possibly be fish scale fossils, but I need a full confirmation on this. Some notes -All three rocks are associated- they were all part of a giant piece of shale rock which was broken into pieces when I found it. -The "fish scales" are a more darker or orange brown. -I think I was unable to capture the best possible detail due to the absence of natural lighting which made details more camouflaged. -Each "fish scale" lie on only one layer, throwing off the possibility of it being a crystal. -The black stuff are dendrites or a similar type. -Found in the Palos Verdes Hills, directly north of the Trump National Golf Course. Rock 1 Rock 2 Rock 3 Is this my first ever fossil find or another bust?
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Scanning a small coprolite from Lyme Regis, UK, I noticed this little button-shaped inclusion. I was just wondering if anyone recognized what this might be. My only guess would be an otolith. Any ideas? I'm tempted to try to remove it to get a good look at the other side. Thanks for looking!
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These were found yesterday in New Bloomfield Pa. Devonian. Someone suggested that they are fish scales. They look nothing like scales to me, lol. Can anyone confirm or dispute this?
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Hi, The following finds were all found on Bracklesham beach and have I hope been correctly identified, please let me know if not or how else will I learn I have noted the fossil bed where the designation is known however still trying to obtain a map/diagram of the assigned numbers. * Location: Bracklesham Bay, UK (SSSI designation) * Formation: Earnley * Period: Eocene 1. Scaphopoda (possibly Dentalium Constrictum) Feeding Tube * Bed: E3 - Cardita Bed * Size: 18mm in length 2.Coral Turbinola Phatra * Bed: E3 * Size: 7.5mm in length 3. Flint Urchin * Foreshore edge find * Size: 6cm 4. Goniopora Websteri coral * Bed: unknown designation (if there is one) but found in a rock filled gully during Spring Low Tide * Size: 4cm 5. Lepidotes Mantelli fish scales - this was another one of my 'hunch' finds and lived in my odds and sods tub til I got my magnifying lamp and confirmed it wasn't a man made enamel but Ganoin. * Bed E5 * Size: approx 11mm I will upload separately my Turtle, Sea Snake and Shark tooth finds
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Not sure if the second image is a scale?
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I wanted to share a few of my finds from this year, but cannot create an album yet. These are from several different trips out to the Peace River. The lighting was not ideal, but I tried to get the photos to where you can see the finer details. If you have more info on the specific species these may belong to, please let me know. Fish Scales Fish Mouth Plates Turtle Spur Glyptodon Scutes A few teeth front and back - The one on the left may be a fish tooth, the others may be incisors but of what animal I am not sure. They all have a polished, glossy feel to them.
