Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hello all! This summer I took my yearly trip to Wyoming, and with my luck I again came back with several extremely incredible fossils! I found many less fish this time around, but I did find several more rare ones! I probably only found around 50 fish in the 3 days I was there. I found 8 Phareodus, including 2 juveniles! I found only 1 Mioplosus this year, the fish seems to be avoiding me sadly... I found 3 Priscacara, including a very large Priscacara serrata! I found an interesting Hypsiprisca preserved beautifully on an algea layer, also found several more Amia scales, but one of my favorite finds was a giant Amia tooth! (Though I suspect it to be gar) they said it was the largest one they had ever seen, and it is an excellent place holder for a future complete Amia! I also found dozens of shells! The shells especially the snail shells are considered to be one of the rarest components of the fauna, so it was very odd finding over a dozen! Including 4 mass mortality plates which each have dozens of shells on them! I also ended up finding an incrediblely incrediblely rare piece of bamboo, they told me that bamboo is rarer than a dozen stingrays! Speaking of stingrays, I FOUND MY FIRST ONE! A large Heliobatis that I split out almost perfectly! Speaking of rare finds, my absolute favorite find of this trip came as a surprise! Early in the day I found a very strange algea layer with several gastropod beaks, and I was excited as I thought I had found a Crossopholis. After having my heart broken I sulked over to a new pile of rocks and one my first split I found something very strange, a plate of small serrated scales! I did it! I found myself a paddlefish it's disarcticulated, but it still has a fin beautifully preserved! It's hard to describe the feeling of finding a Paddlefish and a Stingray the same day! I will be posting pictures soon! I will also be submitting my stingray whenever the prep work is finished! 7 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Here is my Hypsiprisca! 8 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 I don't want to waste anyone's time, so here is my stingray! 9 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Here is my favorite of the Boimphalaria I found! Compared here to a modern species! 9 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Here is my favorite shell find of all! It's an extremely large Goniobasis, compared here to a similar species 8 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 This is my favorite Diplomystus I've prepped from my finds so far! 7 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Here is the "Amia" tooth, I love the feeding wear on it! The tooth is alittle warped, but still complete! 7 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Oh I almost forgot about this little guy! A baby Mioplosus! 6 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Here is my cooler Boimphalaria Mass Mortality Plate! I love looking at all the individual shells! 7 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.C. Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Love these! Definitely a hopeful future vacation for me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Here's my Crossopholis as is, currently getting prepped by my buddy! 4 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 Another Boimphalaria 3 "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Is this Hypsipriscra genus something new? I have never heard of it. Or am I sadly behind the times? A stingray AND a paddlefish in one day... that is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Tremendous finds! Love the fishys! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Nice collection of uncommon/rare species! I googled Hypsipriscra and all that came up are links to your posts on various web sites. Something is wrong. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 5 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Nice collection of uncommon/rare species! I googled Hypsipriscra and all that came up are links to your posts on various web sites. Something is wrong. Don 29 minutes ago, jpc said: Is this Hypsipriscra genus something new? I have never heard of it. Or am I sadly behind the times? A stingray AND a paddlefish in one day... that is amazing. Hypsiprisca hypsacantha is the name of the fish, it was recently described. "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 I'll find Lance Grande's publication of it. "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 14 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Nice collection of uncommon/rare species! I googled Hypsipriscra and all that came up are links to your posts on various web sites. Something is wrong. Don 39 minutes ago, jpc said: Is this Hypsipriscra genus something new? I have never heard of it. Or am I sadly behind the times? A stingray AND a paddlefish in one day... that is amazing. "Hypsiprisca hypsacantha was originally described by Cope as Priscacara hypsacantha. lt is much rarer than either Priscacara serrata or Cockerellites liops. The holotype is AMNH 2453 (fig. 94, top). This species has a maximum known size of 61 millimeters (2.5 inches). There are very few known specimens of this species and only one at the Field Museum (fig. 94, bottom). The second species that remains undescribed (fig. 95) differs from H. hypsacantha in being more slender-bodied and having a more convex posterior tail fin margin (H. hypsacantha has a very slightly forked tail margin). It has a maximum known size of 90 millimeters (3.5 inches), is known mostly from the nearshore quarries, and its formal description will appear in a later publication." "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 Hypsiprisca: Grande, L. 2013. The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots From Deep Time. University of Chicago Press, 425 pp. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 18 minutes ago, piranha said: Hypsiprisca: Grande, L. 2013. The Lost World of Fossil Lake: Snapshots From Deep Time. University of Chicago Press, 425 pp. So mine would appear to be the undescribed species correct? "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, Mioplosus_Lover24 said: So mine would appear to be the undescribed species correct? I agree! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 2 minutes ago, piranha said: I agree! Sweet! I thought I didn't have a complete one in my collection, sometimes it's good being wrong! "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 22 minutes ago, Mioplosus_Lover24 said: So mine would appear to be the undescribed species correct? Also a new genus. Unless, of course, you misspelled it, which would make it impossible to google. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mioplosus_Lover24 Posted September 10, 2020 Author Share Posted September 10, 2020 4 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: Also a new genus. Unless, of course, you misspelled it, which would make it impossible to google. I did misspell it. Hypsiprisca "Life is too complex for me to wrap my mind around, that's why I have fossils and not pets!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiHunter Posted September 10, 2020 Share Posted September 10, 2020 I love the fish fossils! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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