msierrah Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Hello, I found several of these at an estate sale in Southern California. They were in a rusted tin can and found them interesting. This was an estate from a mineral collector and found the tin among thousands of mineral specimens that were for sale. First I thought they were some kind of mineral, but after washing them (they were covered in rust from the can), they looked to me more like small jaws with teeth. I have been looking online for weeks and can't find anything close to them. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 18, 2016 Share Posted October 18, 2016 Looks like some species of Carp - pharyngeal teeth. Possibly Black Carp. Neat. Regards, 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 19 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: Looks like some species of Carp - pharyngeal teeth. Possibly Black Carp. Neat. Regards, Hi Tim, I agree. They have been identified as Mylocheilus robustus. There have been threads about these jaws before. Check out these threads from a few years ago: Jess 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 29 minutes ago, siteseer said: Hi Tim, I agree. They have been identified as Mylocheilus robustus. There have been threads about these jaws before. Jess Thanks for bringing those posts back to light, Jess! And for the further ID information. Why I love this site so much. Best regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Excellent, good images, also ! I'm glad to see this. I want just to complete the topic with these documents (although some of the pictures are not so good in the copies), but the description of species are relevant, covering the genera mentioned in the above threads :Fish Biostratigraphy of Late Miocene to Pleistocene Sediments of the Western Snake River Plain, Idaho - Gerald R. Smith et al. - http://geology.isu.edu/Digital_Geology_Idaho/papers/B-26ch9-1.pdfFishes from the late Miocene Chalk Hills and Poison Creek Formations, Owyhee County Idaho - Gerald Smith and John Cossel, Jr. https://lsa.umich.edu/content/dam/ummz-assets/ummz-docs/Late-Miocene-Poison-Creek-Chalk-hills2002.pdf 1 " 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...
msierrah Posted October 19, 2016 Author Share Posted October 19, 2016 Thanks a lot for all the information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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