RJB Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Thank you for the information @sseth. I cant belive Ive been digging for fish for 20 years and never heard of a mooneye. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 29, 2017 Share Posted July 29, 2017 Great pictorial trip report. I found it nessessary to dump a bag of flour over my body so I could really feel like I was there. Most fossil digs I do leave me feeling like I stood outside unprotected in a sand storm. Looks like you guys got some nice specimens. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted July 31, 2017 Share Posted July 31, 2017 On 7/29/2017 at 7:41 AM, RJB said: Thank you for the information @sseth. I cant belive Ive been digging for fish for 20 years and never heard of a mooneye. RB @RJB We had better get you out and find one. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 Hey @sseth, by chance do you have a picture of one of those mooneye's? Would love to see one. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 @RJB here you go. Not a great head on this one but you get the idea. Easy to see why sometimes they are mistaken for Knightia alta. If their teeth are not visible then no one would suspect them. They are almost like a cross between a Phareodus and a Knightia. They are assumed to have lived in the streams feeding the lake and that accounts for their scarcity. 2 _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted August 1, 2017 Share Posted August 1, 2017 @sseth. Ok, I see. Yeah, at first glance it looks like a fat Knightia. 2nd glance and you can see that something is quite different. Cool fish. Thanks for showing me. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 2, 2017 Share Posted August 2, 2017 On 7/26/2017 at 8:29 PM, Peat Burns said: P.S. I think it is positioned up-side-down in your photo Fixed it! 2 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...
abctriplets Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 On 7/25/2017 at 6:32 PM, abctriplets said: Finally labeling one of my kids' fossil displays from our trip (and soon to post the Part 4 of our series....). Quick ID help? (bottom left exploded fish in the above photo - much bigger than the Knightias, and probably the same as the larger one in the top left of the above photo). Here's a better view: Did this once used to be a Phareodos? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 @FossilDudeCO 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...
FossilDudeCO Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 Thanks Tim! Full disclaimer, I'm on my phone, so the pictures aren't perfect. I'm not seeing phareodus scales there. They are quite distinctive, very large and almost perfect round! They are very thick and preserve quite well so it would be very out of the ordinary to not see Any! I would guess this is a large Priscacara. I will look closer when I get home to my computer though 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pagurus Posted October 8, 2017 Share Posted October 8, 2017 What a great report, with great pictures, of a great trip! I'm glad you brought it up again, I missed it the first time. Now I really want to get there! I love the photos of the kids making their own amazing finds. You did good. Start the day with a smile and get it over with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sseth Posted October 9, 2017 Share Posted October 9, 2017 I think it actually may have been a large Diplo. Looks like diplo ribs and skull sections rather than Pharo or Priscy. _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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