Esox Fossil (pic)

[Chris]

Hi, thought some of you may be interested in seeing this pic of the earliest full fossil of an esox type fish on record. This fossil was found in the 70's in Alberta and is called "Esox Tiemani". It was discovered in the western portion of the province in what is known as the Paskapoo Formation from the Paleocene period (approx. 60 million yrs. ago). It is small in size at only about 13" length, but if one looks closely there is even a fossil bait fish in it's belly. Picture courtesy of Dr. Mark V.H. Wilson of the University of Alberta.

 

[ccmtcanada]

What lure would I use to catch that one???

 

Very interesting info! Thanks for sharing!

[setomonkey]

That's cool!

 

I bet the fishing pressure was a lot less back then...

 

Mike

[Sherriff]

Looks like a Rock bass to me.

 

Sherriff

[Smokey]

Interesting pic, it's amazing how something can be locked into the land like that. Thanks

[mason05]

Very interesting Chris. Thanks for sharing.

[lunkerbasshunter]

very cool pic thanks for sharing that!

 

Cheers!

[jason27fish]

nice very interesting to see stuff like that every once and a while

[highdrifter]

Wow! Thanx for sharing that.

[Sandbag]

Sherriff took the words out of my mouth

[The Urban Fisherman]

coool - thanks man

[fishindevil]

thats very interesting,to know i wonder what they looked like back then or what color they were????? cool