Ray Teeth And Material From Egem

[sixgill pete]

Well, after another exhausting indoor hunting trip from material I received from another forum member, I think it is time to show of some of my cool finds. I decided to start with just the ray teeth. I found a large number of different species. These are all from Egem, Belgium. Early Eocene, Ypresian, Tielt Formation.

Hovering the cursor over the picture will give you its ID and size, I learned this from Marco, Thanks Marco. If anyone has another idea on any of my ID's feel free to pass it along. I am still learning to ID many of these ray teeth, but I think I have it right.

.. this pic says Mykiobatis ... meant Myliobatis, have fixed my copy.

Edited December 2, 2013 by sixgill pete

[sixgill pete]

[sixgill pete]

[sixgill pete]

I still have a couple more that I need to photo and ID. I will add them soon.

Thanks for Looking ..... Don

[John Hamilton]

Nice finds Don!

[Hieronymus]

Be aware of the fact that the Egem locality yields one of the richest Ypresian fauna's in Western Europe. Much of it remains undescribed. In the end, you might be able to narrow your identification efforts down to the generic level, but it will be very difficult to get them down to species level (there are probably some number of new genera and species present at this locality that remain undescribed until now).

[MarcoSr]

Don

Really nice specimens! The ids look good except that the Rhynchobatus maybe Rhinobatos. The Rhynchobatus that I have from Egem do not have lateral uvula like your tooth. Some of the European Forum members should be able to help with this id.

Marco Sr.

[erik m]

thy look very nice

[sixgill pete]

Don

Really nice specimens! The ids look good except that the Rhynchobatus maybe Rhinobatos. The Rhynchobatus that I have from Egem do not have lateral uvula like your tooth. Some of the European Forum members should be able to help with this id.

Marco Sr.

Marco, I think you may be correct after re-examining this tooth.

thy look very nice

Thanks Erik

[jcbshark]

Very nice pics.Are all ray verts shaped like the one you have here?I find some in the material the I sift in the creek.None of them are large but some do share the general shape of the one you have here.

[sixgill pete]

Very nice pics.Are all ray verts shaped like the one you have here?I find some in the material the I sift in the creek.None of them are large but some do share the general shape of the one you have here.

Thanks Jeff. I believe all ray verts are, but I am not 100% sure.

[jcbshark]

Thank you Don.