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Frank Menser

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Hey Gang, you all have some real museum treasures. Awesome! That monster on the wall is unbelievable. Cool primitive fish too! thanks for sharing. Here's my small bait fish collection....If you see anything misidentified please let me know....Best Regards, Chris

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Sorry I can't resist lol heres a pic of Mr. Smiley a Pygocentrus nattereri from South America post-2185-12541898990916_thumb.jpg I will look through my fossils and find all my fish fossils will post soon

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A few more...

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I was given a really nice Syngnathus plate from the same area (but just one fish on a squared-off slab) like yours several years ago. The age given to me was Early Miocene and the rock unit was said to be the Vaqueros Formation. Do you have an idea how solid the Eocene age is for your plate? Has anyone else questioned it? The reason I ask is that I am not aware of Eocene fish body fossils from that part of the state. There are a few Miocene sites, however.

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I was given a really nice Syngnathus plate from the same area (but just one fish on a squared-off slab) like yours several years ago. The age given to me was Early Miocene and the rock unit was said to be the Vaqueros Formation. Do you have an idea how solid the Eocene age is for your plate? Has anyone else questioned it? The reason I ask is that I am not aware of Eocene fish body fossils from that part of the state. There are a few Miocene sites, however.

I purchsed this recently off an Ebay dealer who had several for sale (that I recall) he collected. So the locality and age are his data.

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Awesome everyone.

In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory.

Alfred North Whithead

'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!'

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Wow, you all have wonderful fishes! My collection is really just a beginner's level fish collection. Here are some I have: 2967963810103662668S600x600Q85.jpg

This is a Leptolepides I think, from Solnhofen. He's beautifully preserved but there's no contrast between the fossil and the matrix.

Here is the counterpart I think:

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This one is fairly decent I think.

And this is Anaethaelion I think. Beautiful preservation.

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Finally, here are my Knightias, the start of what will hopefully be a huge school of Green River fish one day.

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Be well, and be blessed!

Gerard

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Paleozoicfish the stripes on that Pseudoberyx is amazing!

2 Devonian Fish jaws from Sylvania OH, looking at the Silica book I assume they are Protitanichthys rockportensis

Devonian fish jaw from the Genshaw Formation of Alpena, MI. Species unknown to me...

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Paleozoicfish the stripes on that Pseudoberyx is amazing!

2 Devonian Fish jaws from Sylvania OH, looking at the Silica book I assume they are Protitanichthys rockportensis

Devonian fish jaw from the Genshaw Formation of Alpena, MI. Species unknown to me...

Fun fun!

-PzF

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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.

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Joe : Very nice armour scales from Arkona. PL

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Dave, I just love the fruits of your labors "down" there; your finds are so different than most of what we get to see here. Simply fantastic!

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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i think so thats why i want to share .it amazes me what i might find next.

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This one is on it's way to me. It is an 8" Dipterus-a Devonian Lungfish from Scotland.

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