Fake Giant Seahorse Fossil

[Oxytropidoceras]

Is This a Giant Seahorse Fossil?

Alex Kasp, Snopes, September 15, 2017

http://www.snopes.com/giant-fossil-seahorse/

http://www.snopes.com/category/facts/photos/

 

Also, it seems implausible that a person would

find such a fossils on a corestone.

 

A paper about real fossil seahorse can found in:

 

Teske, P.R. and Beheregaray, L.B., 2009. Evolution

of seahorses' upright posture was linked to

Oligocene expansion of seagrass habitats. Biology

letters, p.rsbl20090152. (Open Access)

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2781918/

 

Yours,

Paul H.

[Macrophyseter]

Alas, photoshop contest entries often get victimized by idiots trying to create attention by deeming them as valid evidence of ridiculous claims. There are hundreds of examples of them.