Ramo Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 In Kansas, it isn't real uncommon to find fish tails in the chalk. I guess there isn't much nutrition in a tails, so they must have made it to the bottom a lot more often. With the unusualy warm weather and lack of snow, my wife and I found ourselves hunting a small chalk exposure shortly after dropping the kids off at school. We found the usual bits and pieces, and our first Apsopelix anglicus. These small fish are usually found with scales, and fortunately we found what turned out to be the front half! (Please excuse the horribly yellow pictures. It's dark outside, and for some reason this camera makes everything look yellow with low light.) Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vertman Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Very nice fossil! I always thought that many of the predators of the day must have liked to take their prey from the front, sort of like a snake eats. I thought with one swift bite the tail was separated from the rest of the body where it floated to the bottom to become fossilized for us to find millions of years later... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neptune Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Wow! Great fossil! Any idea what time period it's from? Or what formation you found it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oh-Man Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Looks like the remnants of the fishhead soup in my mother in law's crock pot! Just kidding - cool find Ramo! What is geology? "Rocks for Jocks!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grokfish Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 very nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Thats a neat fish! I would love to hunt the Cretaceous chalk of Kansas, you are soooo lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Wow! Great fossil! Any idea what time period it's from? Or what formation you found it from? Niobrara Chalk, Cretaceous. btw and welcome to the forum from a fellow Tennessean! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Very very cool, Nice prep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scipio Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 In Kansas, it isn't real uncommon to find fish tails in the chalk. I guess there isn't much nutrition in a tails, so they must have made it to the bottom a lot more often. With the unusualy warm weather and lack of snow, my wife and I found ourselves hunting a small chalk exposure shortly after dropping the kids off at school. We found the usual bits and pieces, and our first Apsopelix anglicus. These small fish are usually found with scales, and fortunately we found what turned out to be the front half! (Please excuse the horribly yellow pictures. It's dark outside, and for some reason this camera makes everything look yellow with low light.) Ramo Beautiful find Ramo and superb prep. I'm envious since I have never found one of those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Excellent find! Congratulations. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted January 7, 2012 Share Posted January 7, 2012 Way to go Ramo!!! Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 (edited) Congratulations, Ramo! That's a really nice fish! You have the same problem I have - hard to find the complete fish! Regards, Edited January 8, 2012 by Fossildude19 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...
scmense Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Awesome Ramo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 cool fish! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taxman56 Posted January 8, 2012 Share Posted January 8, 2012 Try playing with the White Balance on your camera. It may not be set for automatic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
st41lion Posted January 13, 2012 Share Posted January 13, 2012 Wow very nice ! Cant wait till I can get out that way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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