Mike from North Queensland Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I started sieving, sorting and looking at some of the macro material I collected my last trip and found this little unknown. The specimen is cretaceous albian in age from a marine environment and collected from the toolebuc formation in western Queensland Australia as usual for me. The grid in the background is 1mm so the specimen is 2mm x 2mm and about 1/2 mm thick at the widest. Thanks in advance for any input. Mike D'Arcy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeschWhat Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Can't help, but very interesting find! Lori www.areallycrappystory.com/fossils www.facebook.com/fossilpoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 Nice small find. Any chance its a dermal denticle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) Looks like a worn Dasyatis sp - Whiptail Ray tooth. Check this link, Faunas- Aquia-- http://elasmo.com/ Tony Edited August 14, 2016 by ynot 1 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...
Auspex Posted August 14, 2016 Share Posted August 14, 2016 I too thought of ray tooth. "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...
Mike from North Queensland Posted August 14, 2016 Author Share Posted August 14, 2016 (edited) I knew I had a second similar specimen that had been collected a fair while back. Neither appears to have any enamel or identifiable root, so I am unsure of the tooth idea even though the general shape is there, but I will not rule it out I have now spent a fair bit of time on elasmo looking. Dermal denticle would be better as there is what I assume to be definite attachment elements visible on both specimens. Thanks for all input Mike D'Arcy Edited August 14, 2016 by Mike from North Queensland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Mike Definitely not ray teeth. Also the specimens don't look like any shark/ray dermal denticles that I've seen before. Seem more like scales, like fish scales. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike from North Queensland Posted August 16, 2016 Author Share Posted August 16, 2016 I am realy thinking now they are some type of fish scales. Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DE&i Posted August 16, 2016 Share Posted August 16, 2016 Hi Mike, Very interesting find it certainly has a fish scale appearance. But beyond that I've no knowledge of such material. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/Darren.Withers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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