Posted on 03/29/2019 10:25:37 PM PDT by LibWhacker
I read the New Yorker article after I made that post. Pretty cool field detective work!
The image in the article is described as a 'preserved' specimen. The second image right source - is described as an ancient fish fossil
There doesn't seem to be any difference, does there? All 'fossilized' fish have been preserved by the same catastrophic events/causes.
The beds of fossil fish described in Earth in Upheaval would be nice to see, but those are two very nice pics you’ve posted!
Diplomystus: This fossil fish was not found in a mass-mortality layer (beds that contain hundreds of fish on one surface), which suggests that it did not die in a catastrophe. It most likely died from starvation or suffocation because it could not spit out the Knightia. (Diplomystus is approximately 17 cm long.)
Mioplosus labracoides: The mouth of Mioplosus, an extinct perch-like fish, was lined with numerous tiny sharp teeth. This aided in grasping prey, but also prevented them from expelling fish too big to ingest.
School of Cockerellites liops: Mass mortalities suggest that Cockerellites liops (formerly Priscacara liops) was a schooling fish.
Almost as weird as the folks who see the whole world as darkened against them -- because they always look through the outer millimeter of their own skin...
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