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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Fossils
Fossils from the Canberra Region (near Wee Jasper)
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<blockquote data-quote="Sarn" data-source="post: 34231" data-attributes="member: 1545"><p>Well I have had three responses to the thread so far. The first one from an administrator that I posted above, the second person posted the following:</p><p></p><p>"I can't say for sure what that first thing is but it doesn't scream 'fish' to me... I do see a brachiopod right next to the big crescent-shaped thing (on the freshly spit side).</p><p></p><p>I see similar things to both your specimens here in my local Cretaceous shale (in concretions) but I have never known what to make of them except that they generally don't have a regular pattern that I would recognize as fossil. Maybe more septarian-related."</p><p></p><p>So it might not be a fossil at all. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> but even if it's not it's still pretty cool looking. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>The third response was guessing it might be a stingray based on the shape in the first photo (of the rock with the two halves together)</p><p></p><p>It's a US forum unfortunately, couldn't find a big one in aus, although I am sure they exist, but hoping to see more responses when i Wake up tomorrow and more of the forum members have had a chance to look at it.</p><p></p><p>The thread is here: <a href="http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/41552-fish-from-an-ancient-seabed-near-canberra-australia/" target="_blank">http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/41552-fish-from-an-ancient-seabed-near-canberra-australia/</a></p><p></p><p>If posting the above is against the rule I apologise and will remove the link</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sarn, post: 34231, member: 1545"] Well I have had three responses to the thread so far. The first one from an administrator that I posted above, the second person posted the following: "I can't say for sure what that first thing is but it doesn't scream 'fish' to me... I do see a brachiopod right next to the big crescent-shaped thing (on the freshly spit side). I see similar things to both your specimens here in my local Cretaceous shale (in concretions) but I have never known what to make of them except that they generally don't have a regular pattern that I would recognize as fossil. Maybe more septarian-related." So it might not be a fossil at all. :( but even if it's not it's still pretty cool looking. :) The third response was guessing it might be a stingray based on the shape in the first photo (of the rock with the two halves together) It's a US forum unfortunately, couldn't find a big one in aus, although I am sure they exist, but hoping to see more responses when i Wake up tomorrow and more of the forum members have had a chance to look at it. The thread is here: [url]http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/41552-fish-from-an-ancient-seabed-near-canberra-australia/[/url] If posting the above is against the rule I apologise and will remove the link [/QUOTE]
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Gemstones, Minerals & Fossils
Fossils
Fossils from the Canberra Region (near Wee Jasper)
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