Huntlyfossils Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Hello all we found a selection of fish fossil bones in marine sediments in Richmond NW Queensland . They are all of Cretaceous age we found a few Jaws,Ribs and others . Would anyone be able to ID the species of fish . More pictures in comments Cheers 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fossildude19 Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 From some quick research online, there apparently hasn't been a lot of research done on the smaller fish of the Toolebuc Formation. I did happen to find this PDF online. Here is a blow up of just the poster. Berrell_et_al_2016-Adelaide1.pdf By the way, your finds are quite cool! Thanks for posting them. 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM - APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted November 17, 2019 Share Posted November 17, 2019 Tim is correct there has been little done on the smaller more abundant fish in the toolebuc formation. Until a few complete specimens are found all you can do is compare your specimens to some of the larger fish and hope they are a juvenile example. But fragmented material such as yours is a long bet. Mike 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntlyfossils Posted November 18, 2019 Author Share Posted November 18, 2019 Thanks a lot for that it is a shame that such little research has been done on the smaller fish. Hopefully in the future more will be done. I like to try and pin down the species of fossil i have found will just have to hunt for more complete fossils. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted November 18, 2019 Share Posted November 18, 2019 The more complete fish at Richmond tend to be under the fish mash layer in the top of the darker soil like material but not that common. Mike 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrex Posted November 26, 2019 Share Posted November 26, 2019 is picture 2 a humerus from a pterosaur or bird, does not look very fishy? some interesting fish jaws.. the really skinny and long jaws should be regarded as Apateodus sp (pic 3). the last picture looks like a broken sharks tooth. The deeply triangular jaws have not been described yet. kind regards Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntlyfossils Posted February 18, 2020 Author Share Posted February 18, 2020 Thanks for the reply Rod that that is very helpful , I was quite unsure about the small bone in picture 2 as well I had assumed due it's location in the matrix that it was a fish bone. I will be happy to be wrong I can take a few more pictures of it and post them if that helps with a ID I know Mike D has done a lot research in regards to bird fossils in the area so he may also have an idea. Cheers Lloyd On 11/26/2019 at 7:01 PM, rodrex said: is picture 2 a humerus from a pterosaur or bird, does not look very fishy? some interesting fish jaws.. the really skinny and long jaws should be regarded as Apateodus sp (pic 3). the last picture looks like a broken sharks tooth. The deeply triangular jaws have not been described yet. kind regards Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodrex Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 I've been thinking that picture 2 maybe a turtle humerus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted February 1, 2021 Share Posted February 1, 2021 All the photographed material is fish. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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