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2016年1月10日 · Shark vertebrae of different genera/species can look very similar. It is almost impossible to id a vertebra by pictures. There are a good number of physical measurements which must be taken and at least 14 vertebra features looked at.
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2020年1月26日 · It is understandable why shark teeth are preserved as they are (like most teeth) coated in a strong enamel which allows them a good chance at preserving as fossils (more so than even shark vertebrae). Of course any individual shark has a limited number of vertebrae but a continuous supply of teeth throughout its life and so that is another good ...
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2024年3月11日 · Fossil shark vertebrae. australia; shark; vertebrae; By M3gal0don_M4n March 11 in Fossil ID. Share https ...
Shark vs. bony fish vertebrae - Fossil ID - The Fossil Forum
2024年10月21日 · I found a lot of mineralized fish vertebrae, they are mostly jet black, sound like ceramic and are denser then recent fish bones. Similar examples in a local museum where labeled as miocene, while more porous tilly bones from the same spot seem to be from the eem interglacial (120.000 years).
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2014年7月20日 · Shark vertebrae tend to be preserved as just the centrum (the hockey puck-like disk) with two openings on top and two on the bottom where the hemal and neural arches were attached. The arches were cartilaginous in life and disintegrate quickly after death. The centrum sometimes survives as a fossil because it is at least partially ossified.
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2020年12月8日 · fossil; ray roberts; shark vertebrae; By FOSSILHUNTER71 December 8, 2020 in Fossil ID. Share https://www ...
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2013年4月18日 · Here are a few images of my shark verts. The last couple are images of Squalicorax kaupi vertebrae from the Upper Cretaceous Pierre Shale of South Dakota. The third is an associated set of verts from a shark I believe to be S. falcatus. My oldest daugher found it in the Upper Cretaceous Britton Formation in north Texas a few years ago.
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2017年2月6日 · There are bits and pieces of fish vertebrae id information in a number of books, papers, articles, websites etc. but nothing that I’ve seen that I would consider to be comprehensive. The below paper is a rather obscure one but which I’ve found extremely helpful with the id of extant shark vertebrae which also helps with the fossil ones:
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2022年5月7日 · The hole is the center of shark verts is natural but may be filled by post fossilization matrix. The research paper on extant shark centra "A Guide to Identifying Shark Centra from Southeastern Archaeological Sites" Kozuch and Fitzgerald 1989. is an easy and good read on the issues in connecting fossil shark vertebra with a specific species of ...
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2015年2月6日 · Shark vertebraeUpper CretaceousWenonah FormationRamanessin BrookHolmdel, NJ. Nice vertebrae Jeffery! If you ever want to go on a hunt in NJ or NY I will go with you just send me a message.