Vopros Posted January 26, 2023 Share Posted January 26, 2023 (edited) The seller did not realize what it was and split it in 4 pieces. What a pity! Here it is Edited January 26, 2023 by Vopros 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vopros Posted February 5, 2023 Author Share Posted February 5, 2023 A few days ago I posted on this forum the same fossil but back then I thought it was a bone. Now I know it is a lungfish tooth plate. It was broken into four pieces by a miner. Here are two images of the front and back of the specimen ( hat I tried to reassemble) and two more show how it looks under a microscope. A paleontologist told me it is incomplete. However, except the broken sides I do not see any other edges that appear to be broken. It appears to be a complete specimen. What do you think? If it is incomplete on what sides you believe the parts are missing? Thanks! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Fantastic, it's a partial plate. Attached find a paper on these tooth plates that shows you what complete ones look like from different species. Authored by Kemp, University of Queensland Lungfish.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 5, 2023 Share Posted February 5, 2023 Comments about the same fossil are generally kept in one topic. (Topics have been merged.) 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vopros Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 8 hours ago, Troodon said: Fantastic, it's a partial plate. Attached find a paper on these tooth plates that shows you what complete ones look like from different species. Authored by Kemp, University of Queensland Lungfish.pdf 1.83 MB · 5 downloads Thank you! However as I said there are no broken edges and it appears the specimen is complete. So I wonder, if it is possible that the fish had some deformity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mahnmut Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 What a beautiful fossil! The round side, pointing down in your first pic, looks like a smoothed break to me. Is that video made by you? Moving the opal in relation to the camera will show the colours much better than moving the lightsource, when you move the light the same colours go on and off, when moving the opal, they can change. Still a marvel to look at! Try to learn something about everything and everything about something Thomas Henry Huxley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 6, 2023 Share Posted February 6, 2023 That's a broken edge that is water worn, looks smooth and supports what was said by a paleontologist. It's still a super fossil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vopros Posted February 6, 2023 Author Share Posted February 6, 2023 Thank you, everybody! I filmed the edges here All broken edges have a match with other edges. They also have the bars. All other edges appear to be smooth. They have no bars. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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