Pipefish

[Bone guy]

Howdy. I found this fossil pipefish but I'd love to double check with you guys to make sure it's real. Also, is this kind of thing rare or common? Seller says it's from the Santa ynez valley.

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 hours ago, Bone guy said:

Howdy. I found this fossil pipefish but I'd love to double check with you guys to make sure it's real. Also, is this kind of thing rare or common? Seller says it's from the Santa ynez valley.

Lovely specimen! 

Really pretty. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, Seguidora-de-Isis said:

 

Yes, it's 100% real! For comparison, here is a my specimen that is deposited in my private collection:

 

Syngnathus incompletus Cosmovici
Oligocene Period, 35 million years.
Carpathian Basin, Bircza, Poland.

 

By the way, when he lived, it should look something like this:

Wow! 

And I love the drawing, too. 

[Ludwigia]

It's real alright. Very nice specimen!

[Bobby Rico]

@Bone guy picture is not great  when zoomed in but saying that it does look very nice to me . 

 

@Seguidora-de-Isis very nice fishes too and I like the cool illustration. 

[oilshale]

But of course not Syngnathus incompletus - this fish is from the Oligocene of the Carpathians

Yours is a Hipposyngnathus imporcitor Fritsche, 1980 from the Miocene of Buellton (Monterey Formation)

[piranha]

35 minutes ago, oilshale said:

Yours is a Hipposyngnathus imporcitor Fritsche, 1980 from the Miocene of Buellton (Monterey Formation)

 

 

It appears to match better with Syngnathus, according to Fritzsche 1980

 

[Seguidora-de-Isis]

10 minutes ago, piranha said:

 

 

It appears to match better with Syngnathus, according to Fritzsche 1980

 

 

Thank you my friend @piranha! I also had this impression, although that anyway, the exact species is not the same.

[Bone guy]

Wow guys thanks for all the info! Happy hunting!

[RyanDye]

On 2/22/2018 at 7:12 PM, Bone guy said:

Wow guys thanks for all the info! Happy hunting!

Show us when you get it! 

[Fossildude19]

On 2/22/2018 at 5:14 PM, Seguidora-de-Isis said:

 

Yes, it's 100% real! For comparison, here is a my specimen that is deposited in my private collection:

 

Syngnathus incompletus Cosmovici
Oligocene Period, 35 million years.
Carpathian Basin, Bircza, Poland.

 

Ah! You got that one!   

I ended up with this one.  

 

[Seguidora-de-Isis]

2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

 

Ah! You got that one!   

I ended up with this one.  

 

 

Oh, lovely specimen!  Congratulations!

[oldtimer]

Very nice specimen in your question.

The others posted in private collections are very nice too.

[Bone guy]

Argh I got outbid at last second and missed out on this guy. That's disapointing.