Swineford1 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 I found these in Gulf Shores, Alabama. I am always on the lookout for fossils. I looked and could not find any of these on the web. Please let me know what I have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 They look like Prionotus (Sea Robin) skulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Those are very cool fossils! Congratulations and welcome to the forum.. Those are a first for me.. Had to look up the name to read about them Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Love em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 Welcome to the Forum! Very Cool Finds! The patternation on them is unique! Thanks for sharing. Regards, 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...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 To me they look like fish skulls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted November 26, 2010 Share Posted November 26, 2010 They're really cool looking! Great finds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve71 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 we find them here in south texas along the coast.i have one left.i'm not sure myself what they are but your guess was the same as mine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve71 Posted November 28, 2010 Share Posted November 28, 2010 heres one i found south texas i do believe they are millions of years old.other stuff in pic was not found where we find fossil sharkteeth ect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swineford1 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 heres one i found south texas i do believe they are millions of years old.other stuff in pic was not found where we find fossil sharkteeth ect. I found more of them the next day all in the same area, The inner beach at Gulf Shores, ALA. Thanks for the input. Here is a pic of all of them together. The odd thing is that I found a newer one along with the old. They also have four holes in each that go all the way thru to the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 I am still pretty sure these are fish skulls, perhaps gar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swineford1 Posted November 29, 2010 Author Share Posted November 29, 2010 I found more of them the next day all in the same area, The inner beach at Gulf Shores, ALA. Thanks for the input. Here is a pic of all of them together. The odd thing is that I found a newer one along with the old. They also have four holes in each that go all the way thru to the back. I was going thru some of my previous trips and came across this fossil I had put in the unknown category. WOW what a remarkable resemblance. They are different, but not by much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 See here. Zoom and move pic to upper skull area. Gar skull. http://www.sciencebuzz.org/museum/object/2006_05_gar_skull/zoom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossil lover 101 Posted November 29, 2010 Share Posted November 29, 2010 Those are sweet! Good job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony Eaton Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 A lot of gar skulls wash up along the lakes here and I don't recall seeing any like. Granted, none are that small but gar don't seem to change much in morphology (ontology) as they grow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 These are totally cool. They have a certain garness to them, but I am not convinced they are gar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 not gar or gator. was identified in the second post. sea robin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickNC Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I have a modern gar skull and I agree, they don't look anything like gar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 OK, you are saying they are not gar, so we all agree they are not baby alligators. That is what I was trying to get across. They are not fossil baby alligator skulls. Now, I have looked up this Sea Robin thing and have found zero pictures of their skulls that look anything like these items. The Sea Robin skulls I have found pics of look more like Sailcat (salt water catfish) skulls. So please, someone, send a link to pics that show these to be Sea Robin skulls. The link I used earlier to a gar skull, when you zoom in to the upper part of the skull clearly looks exactly like these items, with the strations an all. So if I am wrong, and I definitely could be cause I sure do not have either item in my collection, especially fossil ones, then show me the pictures. I am a see-it-to-believe-it type person. Del Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Link The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Thanks for the link, but it is exactly like I said... too delicate looking. More like a sailcat's skull. So why do you all think the items shown look like this fish, the Sea Robin? Does anyone else have a more detailed pic of a sea robin's skull that looks like the items in question in this thread? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 On 11/30/2010 at 1:52 PM, JohnJ said: Link On 11/30/2010 at 3:05 PM, N.AL.hunter said: Thanks for the link, but it is exactly like I said... too delicate looking. More like a sailcat's skull. So why do you all think the items shown look like this fish, the Sea Robin? Does anyone else have a more detailed pic of a sea robin's skull that looks like the items in question in this thread? Del, the "fossils" in this thread are the section on top of the skull from between the eyes to the snout. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swineford1 Posted November 30, 2010 Author Share Posted November 30, 2010 Wow this is intense. I would have to agree that they are not sea-robin or gar. I have been feverishly looking since I posted the items. I even went to the library with no avail. I appreciate all the input. It does help me out a great deal, I am by no means an expert. I am not giving up, I will find out what these are. There are to many of them to not have an answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 Wow this is intense. I would have to agree that they are not sea-robin or gar. I have been feverishly looking since I posted the items. I even went to the library with no avail. I appreciate all the input. It does help me out a great deal, I am by no means an expert. I am not giving up, I will find out what these are. There are to many of them to not have an answer. Confirmation of the prior answers The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted November 30, 2010 Share Posted November 30, 2010 I finally found a picture of a species of sea robin that shows me what I was looking for: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_wdtCRgVZ6yE/TFQXlJstF3I/AAAAAAAAJeM/179CSkmJZzM/s1600/DSC07749.JPG So now I see why you are classifying this as a sea robin. Weird fish group that I didn't even know was so common. Learned something new today!! Now I get my cookie when I get home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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