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JamesAndTheFossilPeach Regular Member

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I went to Penndixie to kill a couple hours and to my surprise laying on the ground was what is been confirmed by a few people as the left inferognathal of a placoderm. Most likely some sort of dunkleostus spc. Honestly my best find to date from that site as well as my first piece of fish from Penndixie.

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Congratulations on a stellar find.

    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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53 minutes ago, Biotalker said:

Wow! How much of it do you think you have?

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About this much but on the other side

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:dinothumb:

Best of all is:

7 hours ago, JamesAndTheFossilPeach said:

and to my surprise laying on the ground

:dinothumb::dinothumb:

Congrats!
Franz Bernhard
 

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My first reaction was like hmm not that impressive (didn’t know directly what it was). But after seeing the reconstruction I agree with all the others. Congratulations Christmas came early for you.

 

merry Christmas all.

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There's definitely a Christmas gift. Congratulations and thanks for sharing. You just raised the bar for fish finds from PD. 

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Cropped, contrasted, enlarged, and rotated:

 

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    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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Great find! FOTM worthy I think. :Wink1:

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15 hours ago, Megalodoodle said:

This is what amateur fossil hunters dream of finding… And our rock hammers.

Professionals too!

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42 minutes ago, jdp said:

Professionals too!

What? A fossil like this or the rock hammer?? :D

Franz Bernhard

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8 hours ago, FossilNerd said:

Great find! FOTM worthy I think. :Wink1:

I’ll post it there for sure once I find out more about it. Technically dunkleostus are only know to exist between 382 and 358 million years ago but Penndixie is thought to be ~385 so there’s a chance it could be something new

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27 minutes ago, JamesAndTheFossilPeach said:

I’ll post it there for sure once I find out more about it. Technically dunkleostus are only know to exist between 382 and 358 million years ago but Penndixie is thought to be ~385 so there’s a chance it could be something new

 

Exact ID is not essential to make an entry. ;)

    Tim    -  VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER

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That is spectacular! There are a whole family of Dinichthydae arthrodire placoderms that inhabited this sea that are closely related to Dunkelosteus. Every now and then I check the PennDixie website to see if any fish specimens show up! Congratulations!

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Amazing! Great eye in spotting this. Not sure I would even had any idea if I had saw it laying there.

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Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt
behind the trailer, my desert
Them red clay piles are heaven on earth
I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt

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