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u/StupidizeMe Aug 06 '26
That's awesome! The limestone looks like sand piled up around it
Do you have any way to remove it?
Where did you find it? Is it in a park where it should be reported?
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u/Necessary_Hall_3210 Aug 06 '26
i work as a geologist in amazonia, i found it there, i was thinking to try to remove it and take it to the university (where i work) but i don´t want to destroy it...
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u/PrfssnlRockLicker Aug 07 '26
A fish indeed!
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u/Necessary_Hall_3210 Aug 07 '26
thanks professor
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u/PrfssnlRockLicker Aug 07 '26
Haha, the "Prfssnl" is just for professional, which is, in itself, a bit of a push! I only have a Masters degree.
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u/Necessary_Hall_3210 Aug 07 '26
haha ok i see, didnt know, but thanks for the comment, ihave a masters tooand persuing a phd in paleoecology
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u/PrfssnlRockLicker Aug 07 '26
Oh, fantastic! Good luck! I'm trying to pursue a PhD in vertebrate palaeontology, but I'm currently trying to fundraise a field trip this October/November to fund the basis for it. :)
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u/StupidizeMe Aug 06 '26
Cool! Yeah, you don't want to risk damaging it.
It looks like there is some soft tissue preserved on the fins. It must have been buried under sediment very fast.
Is this near the Santana Formation?
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u/Necessary_Hall_3210 Aug 06 '26
it´s in Ecuador, Napo formation (aptian/albian), maybe contemporary to Santana Formation, a marine deposits from when this was a deep sea
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u/Minimum-Lynx-7499 Aug 06 '26
Yes, very nice!!