Still_human Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Can anyone identify this for me? I would think it was a crocodile scute, except Ive never seen that shape before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Looks fishy. Scale maybe? ~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...
Still_human Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 41 minutes ago, fossilized6s said: Looks fishy. Scale maybe? Hmm, that never would've occurred to me! Thanks, its sure shaped like a fish scale, alright! I'm no ancient fish expert, so I have no idea what, if any, had scales with that texture, though. Hopefully someone else will, if it is a scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 See this thread. 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...
Still_human Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 5 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: See this thread. Thank you, that's cool, Ive never seen fish scales like that. Sadly it can't be the same answer as those though, because these are Cretaceous:/ but at least now I know it's definitely a possible fish too. Has anyone ever seen crocodile scutes this shape? Maybe I can eliminate them and narrow it to just fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Looks like a sturgeon scute to me. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Sturgeon scutes. 2 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 12 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Sturgeon scutes. Wow, that's really close! I'll hafta check and see if those are found at khouribga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted September 10, 2018 Author Share Posted September 10, 2018 I can't find any mention. I always have trouble finding somewhere that has the information easily offered. Usually a site will just mention 1 or 2 things found somewhere. Or if I'm lucky, it'll mention 1 or 2 of multiple types of animals found there. I don't know if Ive EVER found somewhere that actually lists the animals found at a site, or even mentions them all, even if it turns out there were only half a dozen major animals, or something:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted September 10, 2018 Share Posted September 10, 2018 Lots of fish in Morocco, and it looks very fishy. They do have a few lungfish. “...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...
NCSTer Posted September 11, 2018 Share Posted September 11, 2018 Also has some resemblance to a ray scute. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Still_human Posted September 11, 2018 Author Share Posted September 11, 2018 15 hours ago, WhodamanHD said: Lots of fish in Morocco, and it looks very fishy. They do have a few lungfish. Ive done a ton of searching now, and I still can't find a match. The closest thing so far, which IS actually pretty close, is a sturgeon scale. They have totally different shapes at the base/back, which I don't think would change along the fish, but Ive seen sturgeon scales that DO have very different back/bases(different species?) just not exactly like this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Depending on the texture, might also be a turtle scute. Can you post pictures of the cross section? By the way, the most reliable source of information about fossils are papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals. Go to Google Scholar/NCBI/Sci-Hub or other similar resources and type the keywords there to find academic papers on a specific topic, such as fossil ichthyofauna from the Maastrichthian of Morocco. To be entirely sure about species level ID you should compare your specimen to holotypes - find out which paper described for the first time your species of interest. Identifications of sellers or amateur paleontologists posting on their websites are not always accurate. The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 13, 2018 Share Posted September 13, 2018 Looks to thin to be a ray or turtle piece. I agree with the fish scale ID. 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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