Mike Owens Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 (This is especially for Roz. This is what didn't go through on my E Mail to you). Found on the North Sulpher River in Ladonia, Texas. This is one of two found near each other a few months apart. -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Thats cool looking Mike !!! :cool: It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomclark Posted October 17, 2007 Share Posted October 17, 2007 Gawd that is killer boom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebrocklds Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 wow, that is really a great fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted October 19, 2007 Author Share Posted October 19, 2007 This is the other side. -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 wow that is cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 What's a Pachyrhizodus.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 19, 2007 Share Posted October 19, 2007 wow that is cool That IS cool, Mike! I have a premaxilla of a Pachyrhizodus from Kansas that I find impressive. Any chance you can further prepare your skull? ---Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted October 20, 2007 Author Share Posted October 20, 2007 Harry, This is a juvenile fish. The teeth are a little larger than a neddle. The matrix is a very hard limestone & very difficult to work with. I'm sure that someone with a lot of patience & good vision could bring out some detail, but as thin as a fish scull is I am afraid you would do more harm than good. As soon as I get over the "plague" I will take some close ups & post them. I took some photos yesterday of both heads. I posted the other side of this one, but I'm not happy with it. I will post the second head today of the less than good photos for now. It has more "bone" exposed than the first one. Do you think this last photo of a section of a fish jaw could be Pachyrhizodus? I'm not sure. Mike -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted October 21, 2007 Share Posted October 21, 2007 Those are much better pix, Tom. That is a monster fish in the last pic! I don't know my Cretaceous fish very well, I fear. I suppose it could be Pachyrhizodus or Enchodus. Gerard Case in his book, A PICTORIAL GUIDE TO FOSSILS (1982), illustrates a dentary of both these fish. The gaps between the teeth on your specimen most resemble the Enchodus dentary. (Case was a fish specialist.) ---------Harry Pristis http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted October 25, 2007 Author Share Posted October 25, 2007 Harry, Thanks for your comments. I'll go with my gut feeling & your observation (& teeth I have) that it is Enchodus --- until someone can judge otherwise. The other half of fun in finding fossils is the fun of identifing them. It's like solving a puzzle. Thank you! Mike -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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