aek Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Any thoughts on these small fragments? Carbondale formation, mecca shales. All are pretty small and measure 1-2mm, except the fourth pic is 2cm .Some look like wings and others look fishy to me. Any help appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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westcoast Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Fish scales I think. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted December 9, 2019 Author Share Posted December 9, 2019 44 minutes ago, westcoast said: Fish scales I think. Great. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalodus12 Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 +1 for fish scales. The first is a Paleoniscoid scale I think 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted December 9, 2019 Share Posted December 9, 2019 Could be fish scales, maybe tooth fragments as well. Hard to tell, the exposure is pretty high in the photos. Are these from the ESCONI trip in August? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, Petalodus12 said: +1 for fish scales. The first is a Paleoniscoid scale I think Cool! I'll have to read up on these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 1 hour ago, connorp said: Could be fish scales, maybe tooth fragments as well. Hard to tell, the exposure is pretty high in the photos. Are these from the ESCONI trip in August? I'll try to fix the pix...really hard to photograph. These were found yesterday in Indiana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 Maybe these pics are better.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Petalodus12 Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 54 minutes ago, aek said: Cool! I'll have to read up on these. Yeah they’re a neat group of fish. Closest living relative is the gar. They are super common in low energy depositional environments from the Carboniferous. I have tons of fossils of them most of which are scales and bones. All from the Pennsylvania Carboniferous. Just out of curiosity, are yours from lake or ocean deposits? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aek Posted December 10, 2019 Author Share Posted December 10, 2019 @Petalodus12 This was actually my first time at this locality, a tiny and seemingly random exposure, but according to the literature the area is a mixed marine/terrestrial fossilassemblage. I saw a type of unidentified plant remains (Calamites?) in the same block of shale, so it must be nearshore. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalodus12 Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 On 12/9/2019 at 10:01 PM, aek said: @Petalodus12 This was actually my first time at this locality, a tiny and seemingly random exposure, but according to the literature the area is a mixed marine/terrestrial fossilassemblage. I saw a type of unidentified plant remains (Calamites?) in the same block of shale, so it must be nearshore. Hm, interesting. It seems like it’s definitely worth coming back to considering the fossils you found 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted December 11, 2019 Share Posted December 11, 2019 I was thinking plant material John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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