ilzho Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I found this in North Carolina, I think near Greenville, NC. Greens Mill Run many moons ago. I have seen this online before, but can't remember what it is? It's part of a fish, but that's all I can gather. Thanks, David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 It's called an "Emmons fish tooth" but no one really knows what it is, only that it belongs to a fish. It comes from the Pliocene Yorktown Formation. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 8, 2017 Share Posted February 8, 2017 I'm not familiar with this particular fossil, but it reminds me of a pair of fused frontal bones from the skull of a fish. 6 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Harry, you seem to have a never-ending collection of relevant vertebrate fossils, and your photography is exemplary! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Here's what they look like when they haven't been tumbled in a creek- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilzho Posted February 9, 2017 Author Share Posted February 9, 2017 They look like.... ok I'll get my mind out of the gutter haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 9, 2017 Share Posted February 9, 2017 Thank you for the feedback, Don. Al, what are those bones from? I've never seen that form. http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 12 hours ago, Harry Pristis said: Al, what are those bones from? I've never seen that form. These were first described by Ebenezer Emmons in 1858. Here is his drawing and description along with photograph and description of one found at Lee Creek in Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine volume 3 by the Smithsonian. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted February 10, 2017 Share Posted February 10, 2017 Fig 83 is on page 189 of said monograph,for those who'd like to know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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