An ichthyolith (from Greek, ἰχθύς “fish“ and λίθος ”stone”, “rock“, literally "fish-rock") is any disarticulated remains of a fish found in the fossil record, most often a scale, denticle or tooth.
ichthyolith, this, article, does, cite, sources, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 2021, learn, when, remove, t. This article does not cite any sources Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Ichthyolith news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2021 Learn how and when to remove this message An ichthyolith from Greek ἰx8ys fish and li8os stone rock literally fish rock is any disarticulated remains of a fish found in the fossil record most often a scale denticle or tooth Fossil found in Wyoming The term was coined by Doyle Kennedy and Riedel 1974 to denote fish skeletal debris The term stratignathy proposed in the same paper for the time relationships of ichthyoliths did not gain currency References editPortals nbsp Fish nbsp Animals nbsp History nbsp Science nbsp This article about a prehistoric fish is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ichthyolith amp oldid 1051436371, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
