almach Posted February 23, 2019 Share Posted February 23, 2019 I found these bony fish ear bones on various trip to Brownies Beach, this one with four are I believe Sciaenops sp. The one with three are Micromesistius cognatus, and the last one with six are Pogonias sp. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Very cool! I'll bet many people don't recognize these cool little fossils for what they actually are! Thanks for posting them! Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Hi, Nice. Have a look on my signature for recent otoliths ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Really nice. As already said most collectors wouldn't recognize these as fish otoliths. What are you using to id these? Elasmo.com has a good number of Miocene/Pliocene otoliths shown in its Lee Creek Teleosts section. Coco also has a good number of extant fish otoliths identified with great pictures and a French paper reference in her TFF post as stated above. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebu Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 Very interesting. I must admit, I would not have recognized them as fossils. Nice to learn new things. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 1 hour ago, MarcoSr said: What are you using to id these? One of the better publications I’ve seen for identifying East Coast fossil otoliths is Muller’s 1999 publication Ichthyofaunen aus dem Atlantischen Tertiar der USA. It has very nice drawings of many otoliths and shark teeth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 24, 2019 Share Posted February 24, 2019 I am now realizing how many of these I have likely seen and then passed over. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almach Posted February 24, 2019 Author Share Posted February 24, 2019 Hi everyone, Thank you for your kind comments. The source I use to identify the otoliths is a new book entitled The Geology and Vertebrate Paleontology of Calvert Cliffs, Maryland, USA edited by Stephen J. Godfrey published in 2018. Printed by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press. Since it was printed using tax paper's money it cannot be sold anywhere. However, if you go to this link you should be able to download a copy of the book. https://opensi.si.edu/index.php/smithsonian/catalog/book/107 or just search by the title on the internet. For the otoliths, scroll down to page 205 they show actual pictures of 16 different otoliths. Other than the three I posted I have a few more that I haven't been able to id. I was able to obtain a hard copy of the book. I also have otoliths from the site in Aquasco, Md, same formation as the Cliffs (Calvert Frm). Will post some pictures of them soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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