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I have this fossil fish, no location attached (other than green river which I think is wrong) but I am fairly confident it is from a Cretaceous formation of Brazil. Any idea on species? Any info much appreciated.

5 inches long, about an inch and a fourth wide at widest.

 

gonna take a second to get the pictures in

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Happy hunting,

Mason

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Top of head

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Mason

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Rest of body

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Mason

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Mason

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Mason

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That’s all the pictures, thanks!

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Looks like a Rhacolepis buccalis from the Santana Formation.

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I agree, ...  It is a Rhacolepis buccalis from the Cretaceous Santana Formation. 

Yours looks like it is prepped in a ventral position. 

Not bad, Mason.  :) 

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7 minutes ago, Kane said:

Looks like a Rhacolepis buccalis from the Santana Formation.

That’s a match! Thanks!

 

5 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

I agree, ...  It is a Rhacolepis buccalis from the Cretaceous Santana Formation. 

Yours looks like it is prepped in a ventral position. 

Not bad, Mason.  :) 

Thanks!

“...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

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Mason

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Nice pickup Brazilian material is always a super addition to a collection

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1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Nice fish! :)

Thanks!

 

1 hour ago, Troodon said:

Nice pickup Brazilian material is always a super addition to a collection

Thanks! I have had this a while, went super cheap, probably because the seller thought it was from the green river. I told him before I bought it that it was from Brazil and he offered an even lower price!

“...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

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Mason

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