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Fossil Fish from the Late Cretaceous of Alberta

Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology via YouTube

Overview

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This lecture explains how isolated fossil fish bones from Alberta’s Late Cretaceous deposits can be identified and used to study teleost diversity, distribution, and evolutionary relationships. It discusses micro-CT scanning, comparisons with articulated specimens, and implications for ancient freshwater communities.

Syllabus

Introduction
Context
Environment
Microfossil localities
Bulk sampling
Identification
Diversity
Vertebrae
Goldi
Notea Gnaeus
Diplomestace
PriscaKara
DiplomInstace
Pisces Point
Wilson Ichthus
Early Pike
Phylogenetic Relationships
Fossil Identification
Common Freshwater Fish
Were Burying Apparatus
Results
Distribution
Working Together
The Future
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Royal Tyrrell Museum of Palaeontology

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