MikeD Posted September 8, 2009 Share Posted September 8, 2009 Here are some of my best. 1. Special thanks to members on here who advised me to go back and pick this fish plate up after photographing it an leaving it behind. 2. My wife's find, and my attempt at a reconstruction. (Honestly I did not want the reconstructed parts to exactly match the original bone, so people could see what was original. 3. My sword fish collection 4. A bunch of verts, a tail, and some skull parts found together and put together instead of just leaving in a jumble. Nice displays, Ramo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Here are several shots of my 17' Xiphactinus (if everyone isn't sick of seeing it...) the skull the tail dorsal fin pelvic fins anal fin squalicorax tooth between ribs another tooth in the verts 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Here are some of the drawers from my fish cabinet: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 and a couple of other fishes... Cimolichthys skull Cimolichthys skull found by my son when he was 10 2 1/2 foot long protosphyreana fin Enchodus skull rebuilt from a bunch of fragments (there are some problems with this reconstruction.) pelvic bones found by my 14 year old son this spring 2 fossils showing the fish pelvic assembly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Here are several shots of my 17' Xiphactinus (if everyone isn't sick of seeing it...) the skull the tail dorsal fin pelvic fins anal fin squalicorax tooth between ribs another tooth in the verts You can post that big one at least once a week! It gives us all something to aspire to. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoPutz Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 and a couple of other fishes... Cimolichthys skull Cimolichthys skull found by my son when he was 10 2 1/2 foot long protosphyreana fin Enchodus skull rebuilt from a bunch of fragments (there are some problems with this reconstruction.) pelvic bones found by my 14 year old son this spring 2 fossils showing the fish pelvic assembly I'm feeling a little light-headed... I think I would have a very serious heart attack if I found just one of those fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Auspex, got any more popcorn? I didn't know this was going to be a multiple feature.... The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ron E. Posted September 9, 2009 Share Posted September 9, 2009 Absolutely stunning, X-man. That big fish would be at home in the Smithsonian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 Nice ..... Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Here are some of the fishes I have. We start off with some primitive fish. The first two are only plates and are from the Widder Formation of Arkona, Ontario. Protitanichthys sp. These are from Quebec. Bothriolepis canadensis This is a Pliestocene fish from Ottawa, Ontario. Mallotus villosus This one is from the Solnhofen Formation of Germany. Caturus sp. These are from Mazon Creek. I pulled these off my web page so you may have seen them before. 1. Gilpichthys greenei 2. Rhabdoderma exiquum (with yolk sac attached) 3. Acanthodes marshi 4. Escontchthys apopyris While I am mostly interested in shark teeth and mammals, I have examples of other groups. Here is the oldest fish body fossil I have: Unidentified fish Late Triassic Chinle Fm. Quay County, New Mexico The head is not well-preserved (a decent outline mostly) and the tail fin is missing but the body is mostly there with scales and the second dorsal fin showing. The maximum dimensions of the matrix are 3.3 x 2.2cm or 1 1/4 x 7/8 inches. Edited September 11, 2009 by siteseer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Ok...We all know there are a ton of shark lovers out there. However, there are other fish in the sea and I'd really love to see what y'all have. So anything from Agnathians to rayfins..etc Lets see em! Here is a piece I had to have when I saw it at a Tucson show years ago. I had seen a number of the dragonfly nymphs for sale from the site, even multiples, but this was the first one I saw with a fish (wondered if it was a fake: Libellula doris (dragonfly nymph) with Pachylebias (cyprinodontid fish) Early Miocene (approx. 20 million years old) San Vittoria D'Alba, Italy. Matrix is 8 x 5cm or 3 1/16 x 2 inches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 sweet fish everyone! great stuff! Here's some of my fish material, no articulated fish in matrix (except one super green river fish prepped by the great RJB!)... these fossils are some of my favourite! Lacrymal..bmp I do have more, just no pictures...lots of gar scales and verts from florida. Keep the pictures coming! 1 "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 sweet fish everyone! great stuff! Here's some of my fish material, no articulated fish in matrix (except one super green river fish prepped by the great RJB!)... these fossils are some of my favourite! Lacrymal..bmp I do have more, just no pictures...lots of gar scales and verts from florida. Keep the pictures coming! Among the specimens identified as guitarfish teeth, the ones in the top row are actually dermal denticles. Where were those and the teeth below them collected (the same Oregon locality)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manta Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 A Lycoptera, Knighta and Jiamgha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The Hypolophodon sylvestris (guitarfish) teeth, look like typical Abbey Wood, London, teeth and denticles. KOF, Bill. Welcome to the forum, all new members www.ukfossils check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kauffy Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Among the specimens identified as guitarfish teeth, the ones in the top row are actually dermal denticles. Where were those and the teeth below them collected (the same Oregon locality)? Yes ideed they are dermal denticles, I think i did that photo along with a few others rather quickly...just a basic ID thing i put together. They are Hypolophodon sylvestris teeth and denticles from Abbey Wood, London, as Bill mentioned above. "Turn the fear of the unknown into the excitment of possibility!"We dont stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 Fresh Fish.. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 11, 2009 Author Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Xiphactinus, Any chance you can post different angles on this? I have been collecting Enchodus parts at the pond with a thought towards doing a similar reconstruction and it would certainly help in recognising the bits and pieces I find. Edited September 11, 2009 by Frank Menser Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) Ok...We all know there are a ton of shark lovers out there. However, there are other fish in the sea and I'd really love to see what y'all have. So anything from Agnathians to rayfins..etc Lets see em! Dapalis macrurus Oligocene Cereste, France The photo was taken to get closer to the fish but the leaf is actually complete on a rectangular piece of matrix (7 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches or 12 x 19cm). The fish is 3 1/8" or 8cm long. I couldn't resist buying this one. Edited September 11, 2009 by siteseer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 (edited) unidentified fish (someone thought it was a viperfish) Late Miocene? Monterey Formation (unknown member) Orange County, CA matrix (largest dimensions): 5 3/8 x 3 1/2 inches (13.5 x 9cm). Fish: 3 1/2 inches (9cm) long. This is a fish I collected in Orange County, California. A friend took me out there because people had been finding fossils in pieces of diatomite at and near the base of a cliff near North Star Beach. At the time I did not know the geology of the area but am now pretty sure it's the Monterey Formation. I saw some pieces that had plant fossils (looked like seaweed) in it but then found this fish and a fragment of another one. I need to repair it and better preserve it. It's been in a box for at least 15 years and I haven't been been back to the site. Edited September 11, 2009 by siteseer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 unidentified fish Late Miocene Monterey Formation Grefco Quarry, Lompoc, CA This fish was given to me. It comes from a quarry that used to let fossil clubs dig but I don't think they allow it anymore. matrix: 1 3/4 x 1 3/8 inches (4.5cm x 3.5cm). fish: 1 1/4" (3cm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 This was an early addition to my fossil collection. I bought it at a time when you'd see these fish off and on at California mineral shows (haven't seen one in a while). It comes from a diatomite mine not far from Reno. The mine used to let clubs and schools dig there. A friend once went there with the NV School of Mines or the local university and he saw someone collect a fossil frog (I think he said someone found a snake too). I liked this piece because it has two fish on it. Gasterosteus loryssus (stickleback fish) Miocene formation not given near Fernley, Nevada matrix: 3 1/8 x 2 1/4 inches (8 x 5.8cm). Largest fish: 1 15/16 inches (4.9cm) long Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 Xiphactinus, Any chance you can post different angles on this? I have been collecting Enchodus parts at the pond with a thought towards doing a similar reconstruction and it would certainly help in recognising the bits and pieces I find. Frank - will do, but going camping with the Boy Scouts right after work...won't be until Sun night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 Excellent thread and fossils.... Crinus..... Thanks for posting the mazon creek fish..... its nice to see this material.... Xiphactinus.... What a find and I think you mouted this fossil yourself?.....words cant describe what I feel when i see it.... Thanks for showing it..... Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 (edited) Here is a 6" Fish Skull I picked up a while back out of China that never got IDed. Edited September 13, 2009 by Frank Menser Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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