Jan 23
Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus), family Lepisosteidae, order Lepisosteiformes, Florida, USA
photograph by Phil's1stPix
seen from Canada
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Spotted Gar (Lepisosteus oculatus), family Lepisosteidae, order Lepisosteiformes, Florida, USA
photograph by Phil's1stPix
Hell Creek Floodplain Forest
okay so i was browsing through old files and realised i never posted this cube diorama of a floodplain forest in Hell Creek done for one of #Paleostream's older art challenges in 2022
this is literally 3 years old. i fell off apparently...???
Longnose Gar (Lepisosteus osseus) - (c) SaritaWolf - please do not repost
A few highlights from 2020 - 2021, sketchy portraits of animals from the Black Creek Group. Largely outdated, but some may still see use.
A longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus) surfaces the Thames in Ontario, Canada
by G. Sito
A Large Green River Gar Fossil Lepisosteus Early Eocene (approx. 50 million years ago) Green River Formation, Wyoming, United States
27½ inches (70 cm) in length: 40 by 21 by 1¾ inches (101 x 53 x 4.5 cm) in matrix. 56 pounds (25.4 kg). Mounted in a deep brown, tropical wenge wood frame.
This microscopically prepared fossil plaque displays the top and left (dorsal & lateral) sides of the skull and body of this extinct gar species. There is outstanding preservation of fins, armored (ganoid) scales, snout, and individual teeth.
Gars are an ancient type of American ray-finned fish, tracing their ancestry all the way to the late Jurassic, a time when dinosaurs dominated the planet. Their elongated snouts are filled with needle-like teeth, and their bodies are heavily armored with serrated scales.
Today there are seven extant species of the order Lepisosteus, inhabiting fresh, brackish, and even marine waters of North and Central America. 50 million years ago, however, gars like the one offered here lived in a series of interconnected freshwater lakes, now known as the Green River Formation. These "fossil lakes" boast some of the best-preserved freshwater fish fossils anywhere in the world, as is exemplified by this beautiful Lepisosteus specimen.
Longnose Gar (via USFWS Mountain-Prairie)
Photographed at Gavins Point National Fish Hatchery in Yankton, SD.
Photo: Sam Stukel- USFWS
Florida Gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus), family Lepisosteidae, order Lepisosteiformes, Florida, USA.
photograph by Lindsie Nicole1