Fossil Fish Scale 8-03-2019 #2 Found at Hill Annex Mine Public Pile on August 03, 2019 by Rylan Bachman for Hill Annex Mine Paleontology Project

High Resolution Download Links These images are too big for a browser but you can download them and use an image viewer. 100x-fishscale-8032019-2.tif - 100x Magnification 100x-fishscale-8032019-2-sca.tif - 100x with scale bar -------------------- 335x-fishscale-8032019-2.tif - 335x full illumination 335x-fishscale-8032019-2-sc.tif - 335x with scale bar -------------------- 335x-fishscale-8032019-topillum.tif - 335x top illumination 335x-fishscale-8032019-topillum-sc.tif - 335x with scale bar -------------------- 700x-fishscale-8032019-2-full.tif - 700x full illumination 700x-fishscale-8032019-2-full-sc.tif - 700x with scale bar 700x-fishscale-8032019-2-topillum.tif - 700x top illumination 700x-fishscale-8032019-2-topillum-sca.tif - 700x top with scale bar -------------------- 1011x-fishscale-8032019-2-lefthalf-topillum.tif - 1011x Left half 1011x-fishscale-8032019-2-lefthalf-topillum-sc.tif - 1011x Left half scale bar 1011x-fishscale-8032019-2-righthalf-topillum.tif - 1011x Right half 1011x-fishscale-8032019-2-righthalf-topillum-sc.tif - 1011x Right half scale bar

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Scale image 50% size from 700X Magnification (Top illumination lighting)

The dot pattern looks similar to a modern barracuda scale.

Source: A scale atlas for common Mediterranean teleost fishes
December 2016 Vertebrate Zoology 66(3):275-386
Zsuzsanna Bräger Timo Moritz
https://www.senckenberg.de/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/05_vertebrate_zoology_66-3_braeger_275-386.pdf
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311717384_A_scale_atlas_for_common_Mediterranean_teleost_fishes

Sample area 1011X Magnification.

In Situ photos

3D surface views

Part of the reason I look at the 3D surface view is to see how level I got the scale under the microscope. Scale impressions are not completely flat but I try to keep the tilt to a minimum for the photos.