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Scale from Al Ain


MrBones

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Hello, 

I found this in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates after breaking open a soft limestone rock. I assume it's eocene in age. The orange color immediately grabbed my attention. I took some photos of it using my microscope and spotted a second, similar object opposite the first. I scraped a bit of the matrix off to reveal more of the second one.

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Solitary scales are very difficult to ID.

Outcrop age and fish fossils found in the area would be the first data points needed.

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1 minute ago, Fossildude19 said:

Solitary scales are difficult to ID. Outcrop age and fish fossils found in the area would be the first data points needed.

I haven't found any other fish material in the area. The rock was found where there had been a lot of water runoff, so I am also unclear on the age and origin. I would be happy just knowing that it is, in fact, a fish scale. Then I would try to prep it out more.

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I can't say for sure one way or the other.

It just isn't well preserved enough to say it's a fish scale.

It could just as easily be a piece of plant matter.

 

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