evannorton Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Hi FFs- I am sure one of these is a fish scale - the other I believe is.... Any thoughts appreciated? This one I am confident on: This one I'd appreciated confirmation: Thanks, Evan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 The second could be a bract. Maybe. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dshamilla Posted May 3, 2015 Share Posted May 3, 2015 Nice finds. Your first specimen shown a scale from a lungfish (Dipnoi). More than likely of the genus Conchopoma and possibly assignable to the species edesi. The second, I would call plant material and could be a portion of the "wing" section of a lycopod fructification, maybe Lepidocarpum (For an example see: http://library.isgs.uiuc.edu/Pubs/pdfs/circulars/c028.pdf). 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted May 4, 2015 Share Posted May 4, 2015 Very nice fish scale, Evan. The second looks to be plant material, as the others have stated. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evannorton Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 As I suspected, the second didn't have enough of the characteristics. Thanks everyone for the comments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evannorton Posted May 4, 2015 Author Share Posted May 4, 2015 Maybe next time the whole coelacanth (a juvenile) will be in the nodule instead of a scale - but it is the first scale I have found from an Essex fauna. I found a tiny scale at Pit 2 a few years ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Sweet scale. I love seeing unusual items pop out of these nodules. Thanks for sharing. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted May 5, 2015 Share Posted May 5, 2015 Nice scale! I would agree with others that the second specimen is most likely plant material. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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