Mart1980 Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 In clay from Egemkapel, Egem (Ampe, Belgium) I found a number of vertebrae? They date from the Yperian stage of the early Eocene. I would like to know if they fit bony fish or sharks? Fish... any moremore determination possible? Possibele small shark? possible small shark? No idea? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debivort Posted May 3, 2023 Share Posted May 3, 2023 I concur with your fish vs shark guesses, and would guess fish for the last specimens. Other folks have more expertise though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart1980 Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Thank you for your thought. I hope there are experts who might be able to determine it even more specifically. They are so small, which fish or shark fits with this.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Nice vertebrae. The last vertebrae in your post (No idea?) are definitely from bony fish. The bottom vertebra in the below picture is from a sawfish. Marco Sr. 1 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart1980 Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 12 minutes ago, MarcoSr said: Nice vertebrae. The last vertebrae in your post (No idea?) are definitely from bony fish. The bottom vertebra in the below picture is from a sawfish. Marco Sr. Nice @MarcoSr, Sawfish was still missing in my collection! Do you think the others are sharks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cck Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 Last picture I believe is a bony fish atlas vertebra Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted May 4, 2023 Share Posted May 4, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Mart1980 said: Nice @MarcoSr, Sawfish was still missing in my collection! Do you think the others are sharks? You have 3 vertebrae that look like shark vertebrae. The two in the picture below. and the top vertebra in the below picture. Edit: Note some ray vertebrae can look very similar to shark vertebrae. Marco Sr. Edited May 4, 2023 by MarcoSr Added note on ray vertebrae "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart1980 Posted May 4, 2023 Author Share Posted May 4, 2023 Thank you very much! Very cool so small and yet shark and sawfish. I suspected so. It's great that I can learn more and more through this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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