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Description: | Specimen of a fossil fish (tooth), Rhizodus sp., collected from the Modiolaris Zone, Middle Coal Measures, Low Main Seam of Late Carboniferous, Westphalian, Duckmantian age from Newsham Colliery, Blyth, Northumberland (NE England). Collected by Thomas Atthey.
This tooth is from a primitive bony fish that grew to a length of 6 or 7 metres. It belonged to a group of fishes with lobe-shaped fins that also included the coelacanths. Rhizodus had two large fang-like teeth at the front of the jaw that grew up to 22cm in length. The strong pointed teeth were ideal for hunting prey of smaller fish and amphibians in the freshwater rivers and lakes where the fish lived.
The specimen was found in Northumberland.
It is from the Carboniferous period (362 - 290 million years ago) | Publisher: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Subjects: | Classification: Chordata Atthey Pisces Crossoptergyii Sarcopterygii Thomas Osteichthyes | Temporal: | Carboniferous period (362 - 290 million years ago) | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/geofinder/se... | Go to resource |
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