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Two more paleozoic fish.

Rare Complete Xenacanth shark from Ohio - Orthacanthus compressus (only known complete one) - male: note claspers

Platysomid from Upper Carboniferous of Hushpuckney Shale, Kansas City, Missouri

-PzF

Wow!

Thomas

Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC).

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This is the earliest fish that i have collected to date. Americaspis americana. It is from the Silurian of Central Pennsylvannia

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This is a large Devonian aged lobe-fin from Central Pennsylvannia. Holoptychius sp along with several antiarch placoderms Bothriolepis nitida.

I have been told that this is the most complete Holoptychius ever found in this formation

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Of course, i have lots of Pennsylvannian aged Mazon creek fish which you can see by looking through my gallery.

Here are a few of the showier examples.

Elonichthys peltigeras and Parahaplolpis cf. tuberculata

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My Permian entry is not completely prepped. It is a large xenacanth shark from Germany. If complete, this guy would measure around six feet in length. I will post more pictures after the prep is done.

Orthacanthus

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I'll second PL's 'wow factor' comments. Dang guys--really nice material. I continue to be awestruck by what the fossil record has captured even though its so infinitessimally small. Frank, an oh my, for that Dipterus that I missed earlier in the year. Nice specimens folks. Sweet stuff! Regards, Chris

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My Permian entry is not completely prepped. It is a large xenacanth shark from Germany. If complete, this guy would measure around six feet in length. I will post more pictures after the prep is done.

Orthacanthus

I look forward to that!

Interesting preservational view of the skull.

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Hi Frank

I think your Brannerian is a fish you acquired from me.

Here are a few of the Santana fish I have in my collection.

Clemsonskulls

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Hi Frank

I think your Brannerian is a fish you acquired from me.

Here are a few of the Santana fish I have in my collection.

Clemsonskulls

Hey,

Nice, i love the aspiration. Good fish!

-PzF

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The only "cool" fishy I have is my knightia counterpart from the Green River Formation:

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...I also have lots of shark teeth. I dont have any cool fish yet.

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The only "cool" fishy I have is my knightia counterpart from the Green River Formation:

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...I also have lots of shark teeth. I dont have any cool fish yet.

That's a good start! Every great fish collection has to start with that first fish. So just keep collecting!

cheers,

PzF

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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

Love those, though I would call it an 'anti-Fossil' fish as there's not much left to fossilise when they get done... ;)

Be true to the reality you create.

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Well I don't think I have anything like the spectacular specimens you all have posted (nothing complete but a few Green Riv Knightias), but I have a few B.C. Eocene lake fish I'm kinda proud of:

#1 and #2 from McAbee, BC. The more complete one has a bonus insect (fly) on the back!

#3 from Princeton, BC, I didn't find this one initially but I found the one on the right when I broke open the one on the left just to trim it so it would fit in a shallow drawer! It's also a bonus.

I don't know the names of any of these, maybe some of you have an idea. The age of McAbee I understand is about 51 million. The length of the more complete McAbee fish is 64mm (visible portion) and the other specimen would have been a similar sized fish.

Length of the Princeton fish (individual on left) is exactly 7cm along the spine.

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The McAbee fish are Eohiodon rosei. The Princeton fish looks like an Amyzon, but I'm not certain so I'll have to dig out my copy of Mark Wilson's paper to check. Nice fishies!

Don

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Hey Eric,

the first two specimens from McAbee are definitely Eohiodon rosei as identified by Don. The Princeton fish may be Amyzon but then again it may be another Eohiodon. When you get chance I would love to see that insect on the back of your McAbee piece.

Dan

Here's a little fish that is also found in the Princeton area: middle Eocene Allenby Formation.

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Hey Eric,

the first two specimens from McAbee are definitely Eohiodon rosei as identified by Don. The Princeton fish may be Amyzon but then again it may be another Eohiodon. When you get chance I would love to see that insect on the back of your McAbee piece.

Dan

Here's a little fish that is also found in the Princeton area: middle Eocene Allenby Formation.

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Thanks both of you.

Nice one, that looks like it died only a couple weeks ago!

I'll see if I can get any decent pics of my insects, I have more than the one, but I have a feeling they will be difficult to photograph. Maybe scanning will work ok like I did with these. I wonder if I should post them elsewhere, too?

Eric

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I have got a very interesting Enneles eating a Vinctifer. I am not completely pleased with the photos, but I think they show the specimen clear enough.

Clemsonskulls

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I have got a very interesting Enneles eating a Vinctifer. I am not completely pleased with the photos, but I think they show the specimen clear enough.

Clemsonskulls

The photos look excellent - that is a great fossil. B)

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I have got a very interesting Enneles eating a Vinctifer. I am not completely pleased with the photos, but I think they show the specimen clear enough.

Clemsonskulls

Awesome fossil!! (That's how I felt after eating turkey yesterday.....) :unsure:

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  • 2 weeks later...

Just found this specimen packed away in storage for who knows how long. It's not the most spectacular thing but it's kind of neat.

post-2629-011334000 1291938168_thumb.jpg Mallotus villosus. From the Pleistocene Champlain Sea deposited at Green Creek, Orleans, Ontario.

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Just found this specimen packed away in storage for who knows how long. It's not the most spectacular thing but it's kind of neat.

post-2629-011334000 1291938168_thumb.jpg Mallotus villosus. From the Pleistocene Champlain Sea deposited at Green Creek, Orleans, Ontario.

I like it; it has fossiltude!

Even a casual observer can tell it's a fish, and it's old and in a rock, so it must be a fossil fish; the sense of wonder has been kindled!

"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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Just found this specimen packed away in storage for who knows how long. It's not the most spectacular thing but it's kind of neat.

post-2629-011334000 1291938168_thumb.jpg Mallotus villosus. From the Pleistocene Champlain Sea deposited at Green Creek, Orleans, Ontario.

Very nice Dan. Other examples of fish from Ontario can be found on the links:

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/topic/11986-fish-fossils-from-ontario/

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