CreekCrawler Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Not a fossil here ,but an interesting skull! Found on the shores of a Texas lake. I'm 98% shure what it is. The scientific name for this critter has the two letters.....Ps....... Guess what I was???????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 don't know what it is, but know what it should have been. a "psleaverite thericus" looks like a catfish or sumpin to my unpscientific psothesis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 I think you are close. A little clue ....there are no teeth whatsoever in the lower jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 It looks sort of like what I would expect a Paddlefish skull to look like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 It looks sort of like what I would expect a Paddlefish skull to look like. Bingo....give that man a cigar!!! Or did you get a clue from the Tx connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
makoken Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 What's a paddle fish? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted April 4, 2009 Author Share Posted April 4, 2009 What's a paddle fish? Hello Ken, I tried to post a link but can't.Just type Paddlefish into your browser. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Bingo....give that man a cigar!!! Or did you get a clue from the Tx connection? I saw a live one many years ago. Once you see one it's hard to forget. I have also heard them called spoonbills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 A paddlefish skull! That is too cool. Here's the wikipedia link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_paddlefish "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 You may want to make a call, as it's threatened, so just be smart with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 In some states they are threatened and illegal to catch but in other states it is legal to fish for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy 55 Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 What's a paddle fish? They live in freshwater and this is what they look like and thats all I know. It's my bone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Glad you turned out to be right on that one snakekeeper. Cool find, Ill have to keep my eyes open more often when Im out and about. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 Hi, what's up? Did Trav survive the wind??? Catch any fish...........??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 No,no fish! And we all loaded up and left around 5:00, the wind was a brute. Travis is recouping in a hotel tonight. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted April 5, 2009 Author Share Posted April 5, 2009 No,no fish! And we all loaded up and left around 5:00, the wind was a brute. Travis is recouping in a hotel tonight. Wow,I bet a warm shower is gonna be like a hotdog on a campout to ole Trav!!!!! That was sure a nice channel cat that you caught!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traviscounty Posted April 5, 2009 Share Posted April 5, 2009 Ugh. I'm not sure if the the sunburn or windburn hurts more. I guess archers get up early, because the whole hotel is awake and stirrin' before 6am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MOROPUS Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Chondostrians have hard bones, or are they just cartilaginous ones? My question is, that if its bones are cartilaginous, how can this skeleton manage to preserve? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Now that is something that few ever see around here much, if ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 They live in freshwater and this is what they look like and thats all I know. wow do they really keep their mouth open like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 Chondostrians have hard bones, or are they just cartilaginous ones? My question is, that if its bones are cartilaginous, how can this skeleton manage to preserve? It's modern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefootgirl Posted April 6, 2009 Share Posted April 6, 2009 wow do they really keep their mouth open like that? Yes, they do. They are caught by dragging a hook through the water. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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