Please Help With U. Cretaceous - Eagle Ford Group Fish Id

[vertman]

I found this fish yesterday in the Arcadia Park member of the Eagle Ford Group from the Upper Cretaceous of Dallas County Texas. I have not seen one of these before. I am hoping someone else has. The preservation on this one is very cool. I like the way it is laid out on the slab sort of like all those fish from Wyoming.

Does anyone know what genus/species this fish might belong to? Your help is greatly appreciated!

[siteseer]

Vertman,

You might need to take a sharper shot of the fish so that the scales are easier to see. What size is it? The shape of the scales might help someone ID it to some level. You might try tracking down Bruce Welton who is famous for his knowledge of sharks and rays but has also studied bony fishes in his time. You could also try finding Gary Takeuchi (still at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, I think). Either of them would likely be able to point you in a direction or tell you why the fish may be difficult for anyone to name to a family.

Jess

I found this fish yesterday in the Arcadia Park member of the Eagle Ford Group from the Upper Cretaceous of Dallas County Texas. I have not seen one of these before. I am hoping someone else has. The preservation on this one is very cool. I like the way it is laid out on the slab sort of like all those fish from Wyoming.

Does anyone know what genus/species this fish might belong to? Your help is greatly appreciated!

[vertman]

Vertman,

You might need to take a sharper shot of the fish so that the scales are easier to see. What size is it? The shape of the scales might help someone ID it to some level. You might try tracking down Bruce Welton who is famous for his knowledge of sharks and rays but has also studied bony fishes in his time. You could also try finding Gary Takeuchi (still at the Los Angeles County Natural History Museum, I think). Either of them would likely be able to point you in a direction or tell you why the fish may be difficult for anyone to name to a family.

Jess

Thank you Jess!

[claire01]

Apsopelix? Just a guess Very nice, by the way!

Here is some info:

http://www.archive.org/stream/morphologyrelati411tell/morphologyrelati411tell_djvu.txt

Edited July 7, 2013 by claire01