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This fossil is present on a block containing what seem to be Elonichthys scales.  I found it in the coal measures of Fife (Scotland).  Am I correct to think this is a fish jaw?

Thanks,

Daniel

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Looks like fish material to me but I can’t make out the fine details. Is it possible for you to post a closer up image?

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That looks a bit reminiscent of some lungfish tooth plates in the Fife coal field like Ctenodus cristatus, brilliant find if it is they're not common!

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My biased eyes are reminding me of the sponge Coelocladia:

 

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Have sponges been found in the deposit?

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The bumps don't appear to be in rows like they should be on a lungfish tooth plate, I've never come across any mention of sponges in the literature on the Fife Coal field or found any myself but that's not to say they're not there.

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