Can't ID fish

[Rob_P]

I'm having a hard time ID'ing this fish. There's little to no info on it either. Any help is appreciated.

 

[Rob_P]

Santana formation if I'm not mistaken.

[fossilized6s]

Trying looking up Vinctifer Comptoni

[Rob_P]

You're the man thanks!

[fossilized6s]

No problem. I would kill to have a great specimen of one of those. 

[doushantuo]

link

outtake:

[doushantuo]

reconstruction:

synonyms:Aspidorhynchus,Belonostomus

[doushantuo]

flank scale(c)(Schultze,NJbfGP,1996)

[doushantuo]

Richmondichthys only know from Australia,so far,in case anyone is wondering

[LordTrilobite]

Looks like a banana fish.

[RJB]

The preservation on that is really nice.  Too bad they had to use a hammer and chisle to prep it.    I also wish I would have bought a ton of the santana fish before it was closed down.

 

RB

[abyssunder]

[ynot]

9 hours ago, doushantuo said:

Richmondichthys only know from Australia,so far,in case anyone is wondering

 

1 hour ago, RJB said:

The preservation on that is really nice.  Too bad they had to use a hammer and chisle to prep it.    I also wish I would have bought a ton of the santana fish before it was closed down.

 

RB

 

 

I did not know that Santana was in Australia. Unless I missed something here.

[RJB]

The Santana formation is in northeastern Brazil

 

RB

[ynot]

9 minutes ago, RJB said:

The Santana formation is in northeastern Brazil

 

RB

I knew that - but the fish fossil is from Australia according to  doushantuo .

Guess I should have been more precise in My previous comment.

[RJB]

   No biggie @ynot.   Maybe the fossil got to Autralia somehow, but its from Brazil

 

RB

[abyssunder]

Santana was in Australia many times, last time this year with The Doobie Broders in tour.  link

 

BTW, here is the document related to the fossil fish fauna of the Santana and Crato formations in Brazil. 

[ynot]

5 minutes ago, abyssunder said:

Santana was in Australia many times, last time this year with The Doobie Broders in tour.  link

Who or what is the "Doobie Broders"?

[abyssunder]

The Doobie Brothers ...old boys

[doushantuo]

"I knew that - but the fish fossil is from Australia according to  doushantuo ."

 

I implied no such thing.

I just showed a species that ,but for Cretaceous paleogeography,might be considered a Vinctifer.

Actually ,I feel hard done by by that single remark.

This might give off the impression I don't know the first thing about fossil fish

I ask people who have doubts over what I'm trrying to say in a post to just ask,and not to make presumptions.

 

edit:added a "d"(see below)

 

[ynot]

On 6/24/2017 at 10:02 PM, doushantuo said:

Richmondichthys only know from Australia,so far,in case anyone is wondering

I guess that I misunderstood this comment.

 

20 minutes ago, doushantuo said:

"I knew that - but the fish fossil is from Australia according to  doushantuo ."

 

I implied no such thing.

I just showed a species that ,but for Cretaceous paleogeography,might be considered a Vinctifer.

Actually ,I feel hard one by by that single remark.

This might give off the impression I don't know the first thing about fossil fish

I ask people who have doubts over what I'm trrying to say in a post to just ask,and not to make presumptions.

 

 

 

Sorry, no offence intended.

 

I'll go away now.

[doushantuo]

Accepted,Tony.

One thing i noticed:Vinctifer's flank scales,are ,if not a dead giveaway,at least distinctive enough to help in recognition.

Underneath:

Mesozoic paleogeography and aspidorhynchid distribution(BRITO,1997)

Vinctifer =(3)

A:Aptian/Albian

B: Turonian

[Rob_P]

I appreciate the replies guys, I've learned so much about the Santana formation my heads going to explode and fingers are going to fall off from tireless googling. I guess that's the OCD  I did end up passing on this specimen but fortunately I found one in better shape and a friend for it as well! Thanks again.

[doushantuo]

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