jikohr Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 Hi Everyone! I need help identifying a fish concretion from the Cretaceous of Brazil. I think it's a species of Rhacolepis but I don't know for certain. The thing is, I was given this by an elderly friend of my dad's over 10 years ago after this fellow heard I like fossils. He told me he got this at a flea market several decades ago and that it was from the Brazilian Cretaceous but he didn't remember what species it was. Then he moved away and passed a couple months later. Definitely one of the stranger ways I've acquired a specimen, but it's the best fish I have (it came with both halves and is pretty three dimensional) and I'd love to know what exactly it is. Hopefully the pictures are decent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jikohr Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 Also here are close ups of the head and tail, the close up above is the scales. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I would agree that this is a Rhacolepis buccalis, from the Early Cretaceous Santana Formation of Brazil. Nice specimen. 2 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...
jikohr Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 Thanks fossildude19! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abyssunder Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I think, Tim has a good ID. " We are not separate and independent entities, but like links in a chain, and we could not by any means be what we are without those who went before us and showed us the way. " Thomas Mann My Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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