Ramon Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Hello, found this last Saturday at a beach in Galveston Island, Texas. Other fossils I’ve found there, are from the late Pleistocene (only around 20,000 years old). They come from the Beaumont Formation. I know this piece of bone is almost certainly from a fish. Does anyone recognize what bone this is, and from what species? It has a very weird shape, and something tells me that this is probably from a skull, possibly something similar to a sea robin skull plate. Measures around 4.75 cm (1.87 inches long) 1 "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jared C Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Reminds me of a fish skull roof. Afraid I can’t say anything more specific 4 “Not only is the universe stranger than we think, it is stranger than we can think” -Werner Heisenberg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 likely a fish neurocranium as @Jared C mentioned. I'll look through some references to see if anything fits 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 It does indeed look like the top of a fish's skull. The rough patterning kind of reminds me of sturgeon. May be @Fossildude19 has ideas on this... 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Sea robin skull bit, I think. Link to images. Image from HERE. 1 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 I second sturgeon. I have found many sea robin skull plates, and I would not consider this to be one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Possibly gar, but I doubt sturgeon. I'm still in the Sea robin camp, though. Atlantic Sturgeon skull LINK to Original Tropical Gar LINK to original 2 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilus Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 Another fish to consider would be hardhead catfish, very commonly found in Galveston. 7 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramon Posted April 20, 2022 Author Share Posted April 20, 2022 18 hours ago, fossilus said: Another fish to consider would be hardhead catfish, very commonly found in Galveston. I think you hit the nail right on the head! It looks exactly like the bone in that photograph! So I guess I should label this as being a Hardhead Catfish neurocranium fragment. 1 1 2 "Without fossils, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the earth" - Georges Cuvier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 20, 2022 Share Posted April 20, 2022 5 hours ago, fossilus said: Another fish to consider would be hardhead catfish, very commonly found in Galveston. Nice ID! Always helps to have the local knowledge weigh in. Thanks for posting this! 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted April 21, 2022 Share Posted April 21, 2022 18 hours ago, fossilus said: Another fish to consider would be hardhead catfish, very commonly found in Galveston. Good call! 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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