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Fossil
- Description
- Small, irregularly shaped slate-like piece of rock with a small fish, resembling a minnow, fossilized on one face. A fair amount of detail can be seen, including internal rib cages, tale structure, eye socket, and dorsal fin.Rock is brown in colour. Fossil is dark brown.According to an informal ana…
- Title
- Larval Fish Fossil
- Category
- NATURAL HISTORY
- Sub-Category
- FOSSIL, FISH
- Description
- Small, irregularly shaped slate-like piece of rock with a small fish, resembling a minnow, fossilized on one face. A fair amount of detail can be seen, including internal rib cages, tale structure, eye socket, and dorsal fin.Rock is brown in colour. Fossil is dark brown.According to an informal analysis performed by Dr. Mark V. H. Wilson, professor emeritus of the University of Alberta, this is likely of the Amyzon species, catostomidae family - a relative of the sucker fish.
- History Of Use
- Ken Shannon was an avid amateur fossil collector.
- Length
- 5.25
- Depth
- 0.2
- Units Of Measurement
- Centimeters
- Dimension Notes
- Measured the whole rock, not the fish itself. The fish itself measures
- Accession No.
- 2012.84.7
- Type of Record
- Museum Artifact
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