150-million-year-old fossilised fish species found in Nakhon Ratchasima

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150-million-year-old fossilised fish species found in Nakhon Ratchasima

By The Nation

 

 

A new fossilised fish species, dating back 150 million years, has been found in Nakhon Ratchasima.

 

Researchers at the Nakhon Ratchasima Rajabhat University's Northeastern Research Institute of Petrified Wood and Mineral Resources confirmed the find yesterday.

 

The Khoratichthus gibbus fossil, which is 36cm long, 12cm wide and 8cm thick, dates back to the late Jurassic and early Cretaceous period and has an outstanding characteristic of a large protuberance above its neck. 

 

Institute director Prathueng Jintasakul said the cracked stone carrying the fossil was first seen by local resident Viroj Pinpok near a waterfall in Ban None Sao-ae in Tambon Wang Mee of Wang Nam Khieo district in 1997. 

 

It was left without study until Prathueng, Thai researcher Uthumporn Deesri and Switzerland fossil ichthyologist Lionel Cavin examined it in 2014 and published its discovery in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology late last year.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/news/breakingnews/30314355

 

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[rkidlad]

That's gotta be going in some som tam pla ra. Aroy mak!

[klauskunkel]

that inactive post, it was just too long

[Airbagwill]

I expect someone will try and put it in the Som Tam.

[cyberfarang]

Question is, is this species now extinct or are there still similar fish around today?

 

Edited May 6, 2017 by cyberfarang

[sanukjim]

On the island of Hainan China you can find these types of fossils in the curio shops for about 150 baht.These types fossils are found in almost every continent.The only thing that you will ever find of a fossilised shark are the teeth..

[ThaiWai]

4 hours ago, cyberfarang said:

Question is, is this species now extinct or are there still similar fish around today?

 

 

Extinct.  If by similar you mean descendants?  Probably.

 

https://themysteriousworld.com/top-10-oldest-animal-species-on-earth/

[Bill Miller]

6 hours ago, sanukjim said:

On the island of Hainan China you can find these types of fossils in the curio shops for about 150 baht.These types fossils are found in almost every continent.The only thing that you will ever find of a fossilised shark are the teeth..

Oh. Really? Did you know that a coprolite is fossilized poop? How about fossilized trees? 
It is a common misconception that because they have a cartilaginous  skeleton sharks do not fossilize, but many softer materials, under the right conditions, can become fossils... even shark skin has been found as a fossil. 

[metisdead]

Nonsense posts have been removed.

 

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[Cloggie]

Time to open another museum!

[madusa]

This fish looks amazingly familiar because I always have it deep fried and on the side a little chille paste with onion & a slice of lime(manou)

It is probably a common ancestor of this fish I ate. By the way it is possible to make a fake one, say, you air dried the fish till very dried and then cast it in some hard paster then later transfered to the rock. (remove as much plaster before you encase it on to the rocks with some special glue for ceramic. Enclose it in glass case so they cannot be further examine.

I have seen lots of small one done with insects and tiny fish they look like real one you dig out of some rocks, but they are fakes and they make good money. People buy them and use them as paper weight or put them on bookshelves. These are enclosed in glass cover so you cannot examine them further. Smart moves by con men.

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[madusa]

On 2017/5/5 at 9:06 PM, sanukjim said:

On the island of Hainan China you can find these types of fossils in the curio shops for about 150 baht.These types fossils are found in almost every continent.The only thing that you will ever find of a fossilised shark are the teeth..

In China they do many fake stuffs and they are very good at doing it. I wouldn't be surprised if they have a backyard factory producing them. What sells well they will try to make a copy for you, since you like it so much and willing to pay.

On island of Hainan you might hear a lady telling the sons, "hey, you boys don't break those fish bones, eat the flesh and leave those bones intact ok?, we need them to make some money"

It does nobody any harm unlike the "gutter oil"- heard of it? They actually collect the disposed cooking oil from the gutter and sell to factory to be re-cycled, google and you find the pictures. They were caught and sentenced to prison. Have you been eating in China ? You eating sweet sour pork cooked in gutter oil? It has a special taste of its own of course.

Edited May 6, 2017 by madusa
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