Paleonet: Help with identification of mystery fossils

[Graciela Piñeiro]

Hi Erik,
That you have there is an isolated scale of an actinopterygian fish,
probable related to Elonichthys, a paleoniscoid taxon of Carboniferous or
Early Permian age. I have some good preserved, very similar isolated
scales, and they from deposits of probable late Carboniferous or Early
Permian age. If you want, I could send you some images.
Best wishes,
Graciela Piñeiro

2012/10/3 Erik <orbulina at gmail.com>

>
> The photos of the fossils I mentioned are currently awaiting approval in
> the administrator's inbox. In the meantime please see this link:
> http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/25724479_8JtrLm#!i=2126781032&k=NsX8rcm
>
> Thanks!
> Erik
>
>
> On Wed, Oct 3, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Erik <orbulina at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Paleofriends,
>>
>> I wonder if any of you have an idea of what these fossils are? They were
>> found in a thin mudrock interval interpreted as an interdune environment
>> within a well-documented desert sandstone of the Weber Formation
>> (Colorado,USA) of Late Carboniferous (Pennsylvanian) to Permian age.
>>
>> I received the following guesses: desert shrub bark, insect wings.
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated!
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> *Erik Anthonissen* l Earth Scientist (Biostratigrapher)
>> CHEVRON Energy Technology Company
>>
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