Who / What / Where Game Part 2 - Page 149

Catfish · 01-15-23, 12:37 PM

^ I had not heard this name before but it seems to belong to them

Jimbuna · 01-15-23, 12:47 PM

Ghost Shark?

Catfish · 01-15-23, 12:54 PM

^ This is a living relative

Aktungbby · 01-15-23, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

Remember what i said about only the hard parts have been fossilised.

So did it live to age 71?

Catfish · 01-15-23, 01:14 PM

i have no idea .. but sharks can get quite old, and they even mate at very old age.
But .. being cartilageous or chondral i doubt they got real bone..s

Jimbuna · 01-15-23, 01:14 PM

Stethacanthus?

Catfish · 01-15-23, 01:16 PM

^ not Stethacanthus
Look at the fossilised remains and what it is.. yes it is a strange beast indeed.
I know the problem makes you gnaw your underlip ..

Jimbuna · 01-15-23, 01:21 PM

Helicoprion?

Catfish · 01-15-23, 01:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Helicoprion?

Hah! Yes it is Helicoprion!
with its "spiral saw"-like jaw:

Some fossil showing the spiral of teeth, a predecessor of today's sharks which developed regrowing teeth instead:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helicoprion

Well done Jim! Over to you

Jimbuna · 01-15-23, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

I know the problem makes you gnaw your underlip ..

That was the clue for me

Back soon.

Eichhörnchen · 01-15-23, 02:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Catfish

. .. being cartilageous or chondral i doubt they got real bone..s

Dear old Sailor Steve would have busted you for that - he did me when I said [that] word once

I looked at pictures of this creature more than once today but never added it up

Aktungbby · 01-15-23, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Aktungbby

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

only the hard parts have been fossilised.

So did it live to age 71?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Catfish

i have no idea .. but sharks can get quite old, and they even mate at very old age.
But .. being cartilageous or chondral i doubt they got real bone..s

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Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

Dear old Sailor Steve would have busted you for that - he did me when I said [that] word once

A bolt of lightning just flashed over my house from the skies above...

Eichhörnchen · 01-15-23, 02:40 PM

^

Jimbuna · 01-15-23, 02:44 PM

What is this?

Eichhörnchen · 01-15-23, 02:58 PM

The neck area of a human statue or carving?

01-15-23, 12:37 PM	#2221
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,947 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ I had not heard this name before but it seems to belong to them __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-15-23, 12:47 PM	#2222
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 184,161 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Ghost Shark? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-15-23, 12:54 PM	#2223
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,947 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ This is a living relative __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-15-23, 01:14 PM	#2225
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,947 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	i have no idea .. but sharks can get quite old, and they even mate at very old age. But .. being cartilageous or chondral i doubt they got real bone..s __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-15-23, 01:14 PM	#2226
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 184,161 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Stethacanthus? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-15-23, 01:16 PM	#2227
Catfish Dipped Squirrel Operative Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: ..where the ocean meets the sky Posts: 16,947 Downloads: 38 Uploads: 0	^ not Stethacanthus Look at the fossilised remains and what it is.. yes it is a strange beast indeed. I know the problem makes you gnaw your underlip .. __________________ >^..^<*)))>{ All generalizations are wrong.

01-15-23, 01:21 PM	#2228
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 184,161 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Helicoprion? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-15-23, 02:40 PM	#2233
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,901 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	^ __________________

01-15-23, 02:44 PM	#2234
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 184,161 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	What is this? __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!! GWX3.0 Download Page - Donation/instant access to GWX (Help SubSim)

01-15-23, 02:58 PM	#2235
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,901 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	The neck area of a human statue or carving? __________________