Ash Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Heya guys, I read about Bandringa adults being found but can't find any pics of adults, anyone have any? Cheers. "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Zangerl, R. (1969) Bandringa rayi: A new ctenacanthoid shark from the Pennsylvanian Essex Fauna of Illinois. Fieldiana Geology, Field Museum of Natural History, 12(10):157-169 LINK Sallan, L.C., & Coates, M.I. (2014) The long-rostrumed elasmobranch Bandringa Zangerl, 1969, and taphonomy within a Carboniferous shark nursery. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 34(1):22-33 LINK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Here is a pic of one that a fossil collecting partner of mine found near the Tipple Hill of Pit 11 about 30 years ago. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 5 minutes ago, Nimravis said: Here is a pic of one that a fossil collecting partner of mine found near the Tipple Hill of Pit 11 about 30 years ago. Thats an awesome specimen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 Now That's a beautiful shark “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SailingAlongToo Posted August 17, 2017 Share Posted August 17, 2017 I want one..... Don't know much about history Don't know much biology Don't know much about science books......... Sam Cooke - (What A) Wonderful World Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 I will try to find another picture of it- I know I have a couple around the house- this is the only one that I have personally seen and cannot recall any other collector that I have been out with that has found one. But such is the case with many Mazon Creek animals. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Here are pics of both halves: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 Wow.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 3 hours ago, Nimravis said: Here are pics of both halves: What is the size of this beautiful fossil? Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 7 hours ago, ynot said: What is the size of this beautiful fossil? I forgot to mention that Tony, to concretion is about 3 1/2 - 4 " long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hauyn888 Posted August 18, 2017 Share Posted August 18, 2017 phantastic - would like to find something like this in my country..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 19, 2017 Author Share Posted August 19, 2017 That's a great specimen, but a fair bit short of the adults I'm seeking pics of. Still, I greatly appreciate seeing that one, Its beautiful! "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 Mazon creek was a breeding area for them, which accounts for the lack of adults, and there are few place quite like it where an adult would be preserved. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nimravis Posted August 19, 2017 Share Posted August 19, 2017 2 hours ago, piranha said: In 1990 I got to see Rainer Zanerl talk at that years Mazon Creek Open House at Northeastern Illinois University, he was a very nice man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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