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Is this 25 inch long fish fossil an Actinopterygian?


JeffTX

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I believe this positive/negative fish fossil specimen to be an Actinopterygian. The fossils are in a limestone nodule and I have no collection information from the estate sale company. These specimens vividly display scales and some bones with the dorsal and anal fins, as well as the caudal fins. Please let me know your thoughts! Thanks for your time and expertise!

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Cladocyclus gardneri from the Cretaceous of Brazil. Yours is not from the Crato Formation but from the Romualdo Formation (Ceara state, northeastern part of Brazil).

Cladocyclus gardneri Agassiz 1841 - Fishes - The Fossil Forum

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Thank you for the detailed fossil identification, as well as identifying where it is from.

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