ynot Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 Hey all, Here are a couple of the fish (?) vertebrate fossils that I found at Sharktooth Hill. Is it possible to tell which fish they came from? Scale in photos is in centimeters-- Thanks Folks, Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 IMO,they are not fish vertebrae. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichW9090 Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 The top one surely is, and I think the bottom one is as well. The top one is a bony fish, the bottom may not be. The plural of "anecdote" is not "evidence". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 2, 2015 Share Posted July 2, 2015 I am very curious about the bottom one... "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...
ynot Posted July 2, 2015 Author Share Posted July 2, 2015 IMO,they are not fish vertebrae. What does IMO mean ? The top one surely is, and I think the bottom one is as well. The top one is a bony fish, the bottom may not be. Thanks, what would the second one be if not a bony fish? I am very curious about the bottom one... I am curious about it also, (PS I was just joking about the bird bone and shattered dreams. ) Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Is there nobody with another opinion on these? Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 What does IMO mean In My Opinion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Both are from bony fish, beyond that I can't identify them. There is not much reference material available for identifying isolated fish bones. Most fish workers like to work with fully articulated specimens and they rarely will show detailed photographs of isolated bones. This makes the identification of isolated bones very difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 In My Opinion Thank You, I do not know much about texting lingo and it can be frustrating trying to understand. Both are from bony fish, beyond that I can't identify them. There is not much reference material available for identifying isolated fish bones. Most fish workers like to work with fully articulated specimens and they rarely will show detailed photographs of isolated bones. This makes the identification of isolated bones very difficult. Thank You , I am hoping to get a shark vertebrate into My collection and thought that the second one might have been one, but was unsure about it. Maybe next time. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Like others have said it's a fish vertebra. Curious about the side bone on the lower one. Can you take a picture where the bone is attached to the side of the centrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Like others have said it's a fish vertebra. Curious about the side bone on the lower one. Can you take a picture where the bone is attached to the side of the centrum Thank You for the comments. Here are the photos that You asked for... The extra bone is a fragment that is concreted to the vertebrate, just a neat oddity. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted July 4, 2015 Share Posted July 4, 2015 Both are indeed fish, and I can do better than that: the top one is Paralichthys (halibut) and the second one is a scombrid (mackerel), and is probably also identifiable to the genus level. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 4, 2015 Author Share Posted July 4, 2015 Both are indeed fish, and I can do better than that: the top one is Paralichthys (halibut) and the second one is a scombrid (mackerel), and is probably also identifiable to the genus level. Thank You for the identification. It is much appreciated!! Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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