Scottish fish fossils from Turin hill.

[James_R_V]

I have been fossil at Tillywhandland quarry near Forfar and have found quite a few Acanthodian fossils, which I thought would share everyone. I could also do with some help identifying species of some of the fossils. I know the first four fossils are Mesacanthus mitchelli, but the rest I am not too sure about. 

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[Scylla]

Nice fish there

[Nimravis]

Cool finds- do you have any pictures of the area that you collected them from? I always like to see the places people collect.

[Fossildude19]

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[Archie]

Nice finds! Tillywhandland is a great little site. These all appear to be Mesacanthus mitcheli as they all seem to have a single dorsal fin, Ishnacanthus gracilis is also relatively common there but has two dorsal fins.

[Archie]

On 8/11/2019 at 8:19 AM, James_R_V said:

This is a fantastic specimen!

[James_R_V]

On 8/11/2019 at 8:23 AM, James_R_V said:

This fossil could be Ishnacanthus gracillis,.as it has two dorsal spines. There is a dorsal spine near the head and tail end of the fossil. Also it lacks the gill structures that the Mesacanthus fossils have. 

[Archie]

On 8/14/2019 at 12:12 AM, James_R_V said:

This fossil could be Ishnacanthus gracillis,.as it has two dorsal spines. There is a dorsal spine near the head and tail end of the fossil. Also it lacks the gill structures that the Mesacanthus fossils have. 

Definitely Ishnacanthus, nice!