LordWampa Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Hello, I purchased this trilobites and fishes from a flea market so I have zero information about them. My guesses are that the trilobites are "elrathia kingii" and the fish that is alone is a "Dapalis Macrurus". Nut now idea of the fishes that are together. It would help me if you could look at them and confirm my suspicions or give second opinions. Thanks!! Trilobites: Fish 1: 3 Fishes: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nanotyrannus35 Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Fish 1 looks like it might be an Amphiplaga from the Green River Formation. Enthusiastic Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
connorp Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 Yes the trilobites are Elrathia kingii. Most likely from the Wheeler Shale in Millard County, Utah. 1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted May 10, 2023 Share Posted May 10, 2023 The 1st fish alone is a Dapalis macrurus 1 1 3 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordWampa Posted May 10, 2023 Author Share Posted May 10, 2023 1 hour ago, caterpillar said: The 1st fish alone is a Dapalis macrurus Yes this is what I thought. Do you have any idea of the 3 fishes? I am totally lost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Pretty first fish 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 14 hours ago, LordWampa said: Do you have any idea of the 3 fishes? I am totally lost. Maybe Leptolepis sprattiformis from Germany 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 @Fossildude19 may have an idea re the fish MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) I'll ask the help of @Pagurus and @fishguy Edited May 11, 2023 by fifbrindacier "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 Leptolepis was my first thought. Maybe @oilshale can weigh in. 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...
oilshale Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) Pretty sure Leptolepides sprattiformis (Leptolepis is an obsolete name, but still frequently used). Dapalis macrurus is from the Oligocene of Cereste, Aix-en-Provence and several other places in southern France. Edited May 11, 2023 by oilshale 2 Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 (edited) i pointed out the revisionary work of NYBELIN a long while back I think Gloria Arratia has revised the genus as well Some leptolepids have been ascribed to Wenzia by Taverne edit: Nybelin, O. 1974. A Revision of the Leptolepid fishes. Acta Regiae Societatis Scientiarum et Litterarum Gothoburgensis Zoologica, 9:1–202 Edited May 11, 2023 by doushantuo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted May 11, 2023 Share Posted May 11, 2023 I know only a paper from Gloria Arratia about a new species from Zandt (Leptolepides haertesi ARRATIA, 1997). Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordWampa Posted May 11, 2023 Author Share Posted May 11, 2023 Comparing it with the wikipedia photo really seems to be a Leptolepides sprattiformis. I thought I wouldn't be able to identify it so I am very happy. Thanks for sharing your knowledge guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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