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Rhabdoderma Scale ID


Northernfellsfossils

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I have a fish scale from the Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation from North Cumbria (Cumberland Coalfield), UK.

Found in the local stream, where there have only ever been 4 fish found, I have found all of them- Rhabdoderma, Rhizodopsis, Megalichthys & Platysomus. 

Attached is a photo of a scale; that I think is from Rhabdoderma.

(The width of the scale is around 5mm [width as in from across from bottom left to top right of scale] 

 

Does anyone have any idea about taking this identification further- perhaps down to a species level?

Thanks,

Tom

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Welcome to the forum, @Northernfellsfossils. Sounds like you are a fish finder and good spotting for that scale.

I hope someone here will help with ID, as I cannot. Good luck.

"Journey through a universe ablaze with changes" Phil Ochs

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@Innocentx Thankyou! I'm a geology student living on the Coal Measures, and have started to get into fish fossils- I have a rather large collection of scales and plates as well as a few nice teeth. Hoping to learn some more via the forum!
 

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If you click again on this FF picture posted, you should see your Rhabdoderma scale "fingerprint" pattern. This one is from the Linton Cannel Coal, USA.IMG_1182.JPG

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Hi nice rhabdoderma scale I have some like it . I would say possibly Rhabdoderna elegans

I have attached a paper you may find useful page 12 of paper shows scales

vol24_part1_pp203-229.pdf

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My pleasure Tom good luck in your future fossil hunting trips 

"A man who stares at a rock must have a lot on his mind... or nothing at all'

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