And, here's an upper skull section, and toothed rostrum, from a billfish called Protosphyraena sp. (a pectoral fin of this species is in an earler post). This piece hails from the Niobrara chalk beds of Kansas. It's age is 100 million years.
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Found a few more pieces today. All 3 of these reef specimens are from the Upper Cretaceous (95 million years) of Hakel, Lebanon.
First is Aipichthys minor:
First is Aipichthys minor:
Folks!!! Oddballer has opened a thread to comment/critique this presentation. I'd like to leave this thread closed. I intend on adding to this thread and think members will enjoy it more if they don't have to scroll past posts without pics. I hope you understand. If not, let me know in Oddballer's thread.
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We're still up to our necks in the relocation and construction of the new hatchery. But, my wife found a box of fossil fish that I haven't opened in over a decade.
Let's start with a tooth from an ancestor of the modern aussie lungfish. Here's a dental plate from Ceratodus sp. of Africa.
Let's start with a tooth from an ancestor of the modern aussie lungfish. Here's a dental plate from Ceratodus sp. of Africa.
