Bony
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Fossils
of fish are fairly uncommon on Sheppey, and complete specimens are almost
unheard of. They are usually preserved as either Heads, body (vertabral)
sections or individual teeth or vertebra.
These are probably the ugliest fish fossils in the world.
The teeth are identifiable, but the vertebra are almost impossible to
identify to species level. They are not flattened like most fish fossils
but are always 3 dimensional, mostly distorted in some way. This can
make identification very difficult. The fish heads are often damaged
by wave action adding to the difficulties of identification.
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Fish
morphology |
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Ampheristus
toliapicus (Konig) |
Brychaetus
muelleri (Woodward) |
Enniskillenus
radiatus (Casier) |
Eocoelopoma
curvatum (Woodward) |
Escolops
cavifrons (Woodward) |
Halecopsis
insignis (Woodward) |
Promegalops
sheppeyensis (Casier) |
Rhynchorhinus
major (Woodward) |
Rhinocephalus
planiceps (Casier) |
Sciaerurus
bowerbanki (Aggassiz) |
Scombrinus
nuchalis (Woodward) |
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Scombramphodon
crassidens (Woodward) |
Xiphiorynchus
priscus (Aggassiz) |
Scombrinus
macropomus Duplexdens macropomus (Agassiz)2021 |
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