Burlington Formation Fish Teeth

[historianmichael]

Late last year @minnbuckeye was kind enough to send me a test tube full of fragments of teeth he collected from an exposure of the Mississippian Burlington Formation in Iowa. As part of the deal, he asked that I post photos of my better finds from the tube. These are the first Mississippian fish teeth in my collection. I am really happy with what Mike was willing to share with me and I cannot thank him enough. I also owe a big thank you to @Elasmohunter for helping me identify the finds.

 

If you haven't seen it already, check out Mike's trip report from his hunt of the Iowa Burlington Formation... His finds are really cool!

 

 

My best and favorite find is probably this Orodus cf. varicostatus

 

Orodus cf. ramosus

 

 

Deltodus sp.

 

Antliodus sp.

 

 

Venustodus sp.

 

 

Cladodus sp.

 

 

And by far the most abundant of the teeth fragments was Chomatodus sp.

 

 

 

[minnbuckeye]

I have just returned from a trip to Ohio and saw your post. It looks like some keepers were hiding in there!!!! This shows I should continue to collect the smaller items that fall out of the matrix as I prep. Thanks for showing these. 

 

Mike