Jose Montemayor Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Hello everyone, I saw this specimen for sale as a new species from the Vallecillo quarries. I haven’t seen something like this from this formation. Does anyone have any idea of what species might this be? The size of fossil is approximately 40 cms long. The size of the matrix is 63 cms * 43 cms. The pictures were not taken by me. Thanks everyone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oilshale Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 (edited) Looks like an Araripichthyidae. Araripichthyidae is found in the Cretaceous of Brazil (Araripichthys castilhoi), Mexico [A. weberi in: Alvarado-Ortega, Jesus & Brito, Paulo. (2011). A New Species of Araripichthys (Teleostei, Elopocephala) from the Tlayúa Formation (Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31. 1376-1381. 10.1080/02724634.2011.602779.], Venezuela (A. axelrodi) and Morocco (undescribed new species?). Araripichthys castilhoi: Edited September 14, 2020 by oilshale 3 Be not ashamed of mistakes and thus make them crimes (Confucius, 551 BC - 479 BC). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 Nice fish! Would love to attack something like this one day. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 14, 2020 Share Posted September 14, 2020 From this PDF. 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...
Jose Montemayor Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 8 hours ago, oilshale said: Looks like an Araripichthyidae. Araripichthyidae is found in the Cretaceous of Brazil (Araripichthys castilhoi), Mexico [A. weberi in: Alvarado-Ortega, Jesus & Brito, Paulo. (2011). A New Species of Araripichthys (Teleostei, Elopocephala) from the Tlayúa Formation (Cretaceous, Albian), Mexico. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology. 31. 1376-1381. 10.1080/02724634.2011.602779.], Venezuela (A. axelrodi) and Morocco (undescribed new species?). Araripichthys castilhoi: Thanks a lot. Definitely an Araripichthyidae. This is the first I’ve seen in all the years I’ve been going to this quarries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Montemayor Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said: From this PDF. Certainly looks like it. Thanks a lot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jose Montemayor Posted September 14, 2020 Author Share Posted September 14, 2020 2 hours ago, RJB said: Nice fish! Would love to attack something like this one day. RB The quarries are waiting for you. You can visit whenever you want! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 I cant tell you how many times ive come back to look at this georgous fish!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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