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Are These Otoliths?


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I found these two specimens in Sacha's Merritt Island matrix. Are they fish otoliths? I found very few teleost fossils in this matrix, so I am puzzled to find two of what look like otoliths in it. Most of the finds in this Pleistocene shelly matrix are those of terrestrial mammals and reptiles. (Do lizards have otoliths?)

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They are.

Thanks, Eric. I have been hunting for some of these for a long time. :) They look like they are from the same kind of fish...I am going to see if I can ID them.

 
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Hi,

Oh yes, they are ! ;)

Coco

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OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici

Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici
Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici
Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici
Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici
Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici
Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici

Un Greg...

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