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A couple of recent fish and a shark additions to the collection

Parexus recurvus LORS

Zenaspis pagei LORS

Akmoniostion z. Carboniferous, Scotland

Wow, real whoppers! Congrats!

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I thought I'd revive and contribute to an oldie'butta'goodie thread.

Rhacolepis buccalis

Santana formation, Brazil

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Elonichthys peltigerus

Mazon Creek, IL. USA

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Excellent finds and prep, Charlie. :wub:

Thanks for posting those in this thread.

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Hi there

these are my favorites of my collection :)

1. Ctenothrissa Vexillifer

2. Eurypholis

3. Nematonotus Longispinus

4. Priscacara

5. Heliobatis

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Some beautiful fish in here! :D I'd love to see this thread revived, what else do y'all have to show? 

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There are some seriously amazing pieces on here.

Charlie, this looks like you just pulled a fresh goldfish out of the bowl and plopped it on a nodule.

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This was one of my first ever fossils. It’s a fish, Probably Rhacolepis buccalis from the Santana formation, in Brazil. It’s a negative impression, I wish i had the positive impression of the guy also!

 

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6 hours ago, caldigger said:

There are some seriously amazing pieces on here.

Charlie, this looks like you just pulled a fresh goldfish out of the bowl and plopped it on a nodule.

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Yeah, i still love this piece. Such great preservation. 

 

I got a lot more fish. Hopefully i can get around to snapping pics and posting them. Got a few that need a full prep. 

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9 hours ago, caldigger said:

There are some seriously amazing pieces on here.

Charlie, this looks like you just pulled a fresh goldfish out of the bowl and plopped it on a nodule.

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That's very cool! The preservation is amazing. :) 

 

3 hours ago, LiamL said:

This was one of my first ever fossils. It’s a fish, Probably Rhacolepis buccalis from the Santana formation, in Brazil. It’s a negative impression, I wish i had the positive impression of the guy also!

 

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Nice fish! The quality of the scales is excellent.

 

Cmon people, I know there are others out there waiting to post their fish fossils. Step right up! 

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I don't have much complete fishes (only Lycoptera davidi and Dastilbe sp.), but what suprised me a bit was when I looked to the Lycoptera under the microscope. For such a tiny fish he has a lot of sharp teeth.

Lycoptera davidi, Yixian formation in Liaoning, China. Early Cretaceous.

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34 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said:

I don't have much complete fishes (only Lycoptera davidi and Dastilbe sp.), but what suprised me a bit was when I looked to the Lycoptera under the microscope. For such a tiny fish he has a lot of sharp teeth.

Lycoptera davidi, Yixian formation in Liaoning, China. Early Cretaceous.

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Wow I've never seen a lycoptera with teeth before. Would you mind sharing a picture of the whole skeleton? I'd love to see it :) 

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25 minutes ago, Bone guy said:

Wow I've never seen a lycoptera with teeth before. Would you mind sharing a picture of the whole skeleton? I'd love to see it :) 

This is the best picture I have available now, I got some close-ups that show the amazing details not visible on this one if you are interested in seeing them., but I will have to search them first.

 

 

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On 8/7/2018 at 7:36 AM, gigantoraptor said:

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This is the best picture I have available now, I got some close-ups that show the amazing details not visible on this one if you are interested in seeing them., but I will have to search them first.

Nice fishy! Feel free to show any pictures you have whenever you like :) 

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5 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said:

This is the best picture I have available now, I got some close-ups that show the amazing details not visible on this one if you are interested in seeing them., but I will have to search them first.

 

 

This looks like it was coated with something.

Is that correct? 

I've never seen one shine with flash reflection before.

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Just now, Fossildude19 said:

 

 

This looks like it was coated with something.

Is that correct? 

I've never seen one shine with flash reflection before.

O, sorry, this is an old picture and it was behind glass then. It is all natural.

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1 minute ago, gigantoraptor said:

O, sorry, this is an old picture and it was behind glass then. It is all natural.

Ah. Thanks. Thought it would be a shame to coat these in anything. :( 

Here are some of mine. :) 

 

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On 8/7/2018 at 7:48 AM, Fossildude19 said:

Ah. Thanks. Thought it would be a shame to coat these in anything. :( 

Here are some of mine. :) 

 

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Very nice ones, they make me jealous. :envy:

 

I heard they are also found in the South-Korea and Japan. Do you know if they are sometimes available on the market?

 

 

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3 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said:

Very nice ones, they make me jealous. :envy:

 

I heard they are also found in the South-Korea and Japan. Do you know if they are sometimes available on the market?

I have never seen one from either country available.  :( 

 

 

 

Some parts of Diplurus newarki, a Triassic coelacanth from the Lockatong Formation in New Jersey. 

 

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1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

I have never seen one from either country available.  :( 

Some parts of Diplurus newarki, a Triassic coelacanth from the Lockatong Formation in New Jersey. 

 

Man oh man. I used to live in New Jersey. We had a zone on our property that was blasted out in preparation for a motel but it was never built. The end result was a massive blasted out shale wall right on our property. But unfortunately I was not in to fossils back then so it never crossed my mind to go look. Kick myself every day over that. But these fish are very cool. Coelacanths are a favorite of mine! :D 

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Mallotus villosus  -Fossil fish nodule from the Lower Pleistocene of South West Greenland

 

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Gosiuteichthys parvus, Green River Formation, Wyoming.

 

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Amphiplaga brachyptera , Eocene fish,

Green River Formation, Fossil Lake , Wyoming

 

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Dastilbe crandalli,   Early Cretaceous 

Crato Formation, Araripe Basin,

Ceara, Brazil. 

 

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Eomyctophum sp.  Oligocene, Poland.

 

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Clupea sp.  Oligocene, Poland. 

 

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Sygnathus incompletus,  Oligocene, Poland. 

 

 

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Redfieldius gracilis, Early Jurassic, Shuttle Meadow Formation,

Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup, Connecticut. 

 

 

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Capros rhenanus, Oligocene, Carpathian Mountains,
Poland.

 

 

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Serranus buddensis, Oligocene, Poland

 

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Semionotus sp.  Early Jurassic, East Berlin Formation, Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup, Connecticut. 

Multiplate - 3 fish.

 

 

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Semionotus sp.  Early Jurassic, Shuttle Meadow Formation, Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup, Connecticut. 

 

 

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35 minutes ago, Bone guy said:

Man oh man. I used to live in New Jersey. We had a zone on our property that was blasted out in preparation for a motel but it was never built. The end result was a massive blasted out shale wall right on our property. But unfortunately I was not in to fossils back then so it never crossed my mind to go look. Kick myself every day over that. But these fish are very cool. Coelacanths are a favorite of mine! :D 

Ouch! Missed opportunites! :( 

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This is my all-time best.  Just another fish tale... :P

 

 

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Atractosteus simplex 47 cm (18.5") - Green River Formation, F1 18-inch layer, Kemmerer, Wyoming

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3 minutes ago, piranha said:

This is my all-time best.  Just another fish tale.

That is very nice!  :envy::envy:

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