indominus rex Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I was looking at fossils for sale online when I stumbled across an amazing fossils, a complete fish skull. This specimen is about 40 cm in length and is at a reasonable price. I want to know whether this fossil is real, and if it is what species it is. The seller hasn't provided me with where it was found. All feedback would be helpful. Regards, indominus rex Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Looks like Godzilla stepped on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilSniper Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Nevermind... let's pretend I said nothing...... All I can say is that the specimen looks quite real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Reminds me of a Calamopleurus skull from the Cretaceous of Brazil. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Calamopleurus_audax_skull_6.JPG Thomas Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steelhead9 Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 oilshale is correct. This is a calamopleurus skull from Brazil’s Santana Formation. Still Life Fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 Looks like there is a similar one in the Kem Kem beds of morocco, Calamopleurus africanus https://academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/article/123/2/179/2684441 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 ...or a facsimile? It kinda' looks like the pieced-up composite 'skulls' coming out of Morocco... "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 It looks correct, morphologically/anatomically. I agree, it looks a bit funky, but I think that is just the way it fossilized. 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...
Seguidora-de-Isis Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 I do not know any formation in Kem Kem that has a matrix with this coloration and typical texture that reminds me of the Santana formation in Brazil. That being said, it's definitely not a compound, because it's all right, anatomically and morphologically speaking. Possibly it is a fish Calamopleurus cylindricus, in addition, it is a relatively common fossil in the Santana Formation of Brazil! For comparison of the type of matrix, coloring and texture of the bones, as well as the morphology itself, I leave as an example this skull: Is It real, or it's not real, that's the question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Brazilian fish? Isnt there an export bann? No wonder that it has no location... Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Purty dang cool if you ask me. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 6 hours ago, FranzBernhard said: Brazilian fish? Isnt there an export bann? No wonder that it has no location... Franz Bernhard Yes, Brazil did ban fossil exports, but many fossils were exported before that took effect. 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...
FranzBernhard Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: Yes, Brazil did ban fossil exports, but many fossils were exported before that took effect. Thanks for clarification! So still "fishy": No location, no date when it was found/aquired... Franz Bernhard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seguidora-de-Isis Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 34 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: We got the picture! Ha de ha. Sorry my dear friend @tidgy'sDad But my post has been removed to a better location: Is It real, or it's not real, that's the question! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 13, 2018 Share Posted April 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Seguidora-de-Isis said: Sorry my dear friend @tidgy'sDad But my post has been removed to a better location: Yes, i see, I got really, really confused for a moment. Easily done. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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