fossilcrazy Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Today turned out to be a good day to go through Linton Cannel Coal. I haven't searched the fossil coal in a while. Just for fun, I was looking through some blocks when I spotted a shark spine buried in a thin layer of spore cannel. Usually when I split the coal, I use a knife, but this piece was so thin and fragile I decided to blow of the layer with an air nozzle. When I did this, not only did I see a spine, but nearly a complete Shark was there. Typically the size of the coal block limits the fossil size. Today's fossil Orthacanthus compressus was missing the head and the tip of the tail. Sigh. This shark is from a coal mine in SE Ohio. The coal is Upper Pennsylvanian in age (300 myo). I have included a sketch of what an Orthacanthus may have looked like. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peat Burns Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 WOW. NICE FIND Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Awesome find, John! Thanks for posting it. I hope you don't mind, I took the liberty of brightening the first two pictures. 3 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...
fossilcrazy Posted August 14, 2018 Author Share Posted August 14, 2018 Here are some detail pictures of the same shark. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That is awesome ........VFOTM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Wow. That's definitely my VFOTM. Nice Find! On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalodus12 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 That is amazing! I’ve found teeth and spines, but to find a complete one is unreal! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Too bad the rest of it isn't there. Still, that is one amazing find! Congratulations John. Definitely a FOTM candidate. Good luck! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 holeeeee...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Whoah, how cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Awesome one!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Great find - Congrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Wonderful find! Congratulations. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old bones Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Fantastic find! All the wonderful detail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Innocentx Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Well wow! Special in the best sort of way and what a reward!! "Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Awesome find! “...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...
jdp Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 That's one of the best (if not the best) Linton xenacanth I've seen. Might consider donating this to a museum. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 18 minutes ago, jdp said: That's one of the best (if not the best) Linton xenacanth I've seen. Might consider donating this to a museum. What a great find, and a nice tool to help all of us to learn something about shark fossils. Even if you decide not to donate it I'm sure Dr. Maisey at the AMNH would love to have a look and maybe take some measurements. These are his specialty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Congratulations on the wonderful find! And thanks for sharing. 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...
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Ludwigia Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 One of a kind find! Did you make that sketch yourself? @fossilcrazy Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Wow, absolutely beautiful specimen!!!!!!! Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shellseeker Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 Wow. Fantastic find. Learned something new today and that from someone who has found 10s of 1000s of shark teeth. Thanks very much for sharing and Kudos to @fossildude for the enhancements. The White Queen ".... in her youth she could believe "six impossible things before breakfast" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted August 15, 2018 Share Posted August 15, 2018 13 hours ago, BobWill said: What a great find, and a nice tool to help all of us to learn something about shark fossils. Even if you decide not to donate it I'm sure Dr. Maisey at the AMNH would love to have a look and maybe take some measurements. These are his specialty. Personally I would recommend the Carnegie Museum in Pittsburgh as they currently maintain the biggest Linton collection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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