Fish bone?

[Max-fossils]

Hi all,

 

Found this (I think) fish bone at Wassenaar, Netherlands. From the late Pleistocene, some 40’000 years old. 

 

Is it indeed a fossil fish bone? If so, what kind of fish? And what part of the animal would it be?

 

Looking forward to your suggestions!

 

Max

 

[Max-fossils]

[Max-fossils]

[Peat Burns]

I would definitely say fish bone from skull  (operculum? Cleithrum?).  Possibly catfish

 

Catfish skull

[abyssunder]

Try to compare it with the one below.

 

Pacific Cod (Angular (Left) - Left)
Courtesy of the University of Victoria

pictures from here

 

Pacific Cod (Angular (Left) - Right)
Courtesy of the University of Victoria

 

 

 

Edited February 8, 2018 by abyssunder

[Max-fossils]

@Peat Burns @abyssunder thanks both for the help!

 

I have to agree that the cod one looks really similar. So because it's from the North Sea, it's gonna be the Atlantic cod. Does anyone know if this species appears in the Pleistocene fossil record? 

[abyssunder]

I'm glad you found the proper variant for your location (Atlantic cod ).

 I don't know if it appears in the fossil record of your area, but if it was found in Pleistocene sediments, it could be of that age.

[Max-fossils]

18 minutes ago, abyssunder said:

I'm glad you found the proper variant for your location (Atlantic cod ).

 I don't know if it appears in the fossil record of your area, but if it was found in Pleistocene sediments, it could be of that age.

Okay