Bone guy Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I just bought this fossil fish. I wanted to know if the "wide open" areas just under the dorsal fin and in the ribs are signs of breakage, or are they just under the matrix? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Well I can't seem to be able to upload the picture, so I guess I may never know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 35 minutes ago, Bone guy said: Well I can't seem to be able to upload the picture, so I guess I may never know. Welcome to TFF! There was a software update a week ago that is messing with picture upload size. If You reduce the size of Your pictures You should be able to upload them. (Administrators are working on the problem.) Looking forward to seeing Your fish. Tony 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...
RJB Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 I would love to see it also. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted February 1, 2018 Share Posted February 1, 2018 Blame the empty areas on the dinocat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted February 1, 2018 Author Share Posted February 1, 2018 Ok here it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 Looks well exposed to Me. There is some of the head missing, but I do not think You will find any buried on this one. Nice fish, by the way. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 This is a nice Diplomystus dentatus from the Green River Formation. The blank spots could be caused by a few things - decomposition/wave action before burial, ... scavenging, ... and the way the fossil was preserved in the rock. The other half of this split fossil might show more of what's missing. Compression fossils are prone to this, as well as just poor carbonization of the bones. Hope that helps. Regards, 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 This fish could have been damaged before preservation. The thoracic damage may have been what killed it. Or the head damage. Or it may have happened after death, during preservation and the head may have been damaged in the splitting of the rock. But it's a jolly nice fish. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted February 2, 2018 Author Share Posted February 2, 2018 Thanks for your help guys! Is there a certain spot in the forum for questions like this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 2, 2018 Share Posted February 2, 2018 7 minutes ago, Bone guy said: Thanks for your help guys! Is there a certain spot in the forum for questions like this? Q and A would be fine I think, the Mods would move it if it were in the wrong place. Nice fish by the way! “...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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