| Bony
Fish |
| 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 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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| Ampheristus
toliapicus (Konig) | Brychaetus
muelleri (Woodward) | Enniskillenus
radiatus (Casier) | Eocoelopoma
curvatum (Woodward) | Escolops
cavifrons (Woodward) | Halecopsis
insignis (Woodward) |
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| Promegalops
sheppeyensis (Casier) | Rhynchorhinus
major (Woodward) | Rhinocephalus
planiceps (Casier) |
Sciaerurus
bowerbanki (Aggassiz) |
Scombrinus
nuchalis (Woodward) | |
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NEW
TO SCIENCE |  |  |
| Scombramphodon
crassidens (Woodward) | Xiphiorynchus
priscus (Aggassiz) | Scombrinus
macropomus (Agassiz) | |||
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