ID HELP

[Sharon Kasper]

Hi guys,

I have this marine fossil for a while now but I don't know what it is or it's origin.

I would appreciate you thoughts on this.

 

Thanks,

Kasper

[DPS Ammonite]

Welcome to the Forum. Gorgeous fish fossil.

 

It reminds me of some of the 3D fossil fish from Brazil. Search Google images for "Brazilian fish fossil".

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=brazilian+fish+fossil&espv=2&biw=1152&bih=654&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIssj3n_jQAhVhlFQKHdRrAtkQ_AUIBygC&dpr=1.25

 

Here's a possibility (photo from Wikimedia Commons): Rhacolepis from the Santana Formation in Brazil 

 

 

 

[Pemphix]

Welcome to the forum !

Yes, as said by DPS Ammonite, this is a more or less common fish named Rhacolepis buccalis AGASSIZ 1841 from the cretaceous of Brazil (Santana Formation).

Seems to be an original as far as can be said by photos...

 

Best regards,

Chris

 

[oilshale]

Most probably Rhacolepis buccalis. But there is another possibility: Notelops brama Agassiz, 1841.
 

Quoted from: Brito & Yabumoto (2011) An updated review of the fish faunas from the Crato and Santana formations in Brazil, a close relationship to the Tethys fauna. Bull. Kitakyushu Mus. Nat. Hist. Hum. Hist., Ser. A, 9: 107–136, March 31, 2011.
 

An updated review of the fish faunas from the Crato and Santana formations in Brazil a close relationship to the Tethys fauna.pdf

"Notelops and Rhacolepis are very similar fishes, and may occasionally be confused. Both taxa have a fusiform body with a pointed snout. The principal differences between these taxa are the presence of three prominent bones forming the posterior border of the eye in Notelops (dermosphenotic plus two infraorbital plates), versus four in Rhacolepis (dermosphenotic plus three infraorbital plates)."

 

 

Notelops brama

 

Rhacolepis buccalis

 

[fifbrindacier]

Is the tail of yours is clearly visible, and if so, could you take it in photo with another angle, as they are shown on the photos the other members have just posted ? With that, i think it would be easier to identify it.

Welcome from France here 

[Sharon Kasper]

On 12/16/2016 at 2:59 PM, fifbrindacier said:

Is the tail of yours is clearly visible, and if so, could you take it in photo with another angle, as they are shown on the photos the other members have just posted ? With that, i think it would be easier to identify it.

Welcome from France here 

Hi, no visible tail i'm afraid.

[Sharon Kasper]

On 12/16/2016 at 10:09 AM, DPS Ammonite said:

Welcome to the Forum. Gorgeous fish fossil.

 

It reminds me of some of the 3D fossil fish from Brazil. Search Google images for "Brazilian fish fossil".

 

https://www.google.com/search?q=brazilian+fish+fossil&espv=2&biw=1152&bih=654&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjIssj3n_jQAhVhlFQKHdRrAtkQ_AUIBygC&dpr=1.25

 

Here's a possibility (photo from Wikimedia Commons): Rhacolepis from the Santana Formation in Brazil 

 

 

 

Hi there, thanks a lot for the information. It looks the same as the picture you've attached. Thanks!

[abyssunder]

I think, your fish is posed in a view from the lower part in his life position, preserved in the nodule.