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I unfortunately have no information on where this fossil came from as I bought it at an auction. Would like to know if anyone can identify what kind of fish it is and what era?
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I inherited what I believe are Miocene fossils and am trying to identify as many as I can. I hope I'm not being a pain. The fish fin has a label which says Punga River Scute and that's all I have to go on. Most other fossils provided only common names such as with the fish fin. Any thoughts?
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This is my best find to date and I would love your input and observations... I found this specimen in McKinney Texas (suburb north of Dallas) in late 2020. While my wife my was antique shopping, I went to a local housing development to look for fossils. To my surprise I found this beautiful tail fin in the Austin Chalk formation. It was in about a 300 lb boulder, but it was well worth the effort to salvage it. I have returned to the area to search for more sections, but after hours of searching I haven't found anything new. In the original boulder, I also found a suspected scale and a single vertebrae. I also have only a small part of the matching side. I have now cut down to pieces and would like to present them to you for your insights. I tried to picture them in different lights/contrasts for you. (the measuring stick is in inches, the only measure I had in the house)
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I decided to take a break in picking through the matrix from my last trip and actually get out and hunt this morning. I drove over to Hill County, and tried out a new creek. I really didn't find anything worth mentioning there, left and stopped on the way home at the creek where I'd found so much mud three weeks ago. It was much drier this time, and I had a lot easier time navigating it. But I still didn't find many fossils. Just like last time though, it produced one that made the trip really worthwhile. Does anyone know what this fish tail belonged to? A Xiphactinus, maybe?
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Hi, I went to the Tamazunchale area for Christmas break, and I bought this fossil from a local collector. He told me it was from some sort of aquatic animal. The sediments from the area are from the Pimienta, Santiago, and Taman formations. They represent Late Jurassic marine environments. Could this be a caudal fish fin (fish tail), or something else. I though it resembled part of a feather, but since they are marine sediments I doubt it.
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