Bothriolepis canadensis. Carnall calls this "kind of like a C-list fossil fish." It's "way too whelming" for his blog. Image: Victoria Turk. Courtesy of UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology
"Some of these had their heyday, but by 'heyday,' were published in a niche paleontological journal. That's about as good as it's going to get for them."
Cheirodus granulosus. A triangular-shaped fish from the Devonian period, packaged here in a cigarette box. This one's missing ahead, otherwise it'd be way too sexy. Image: Victoria Turk. Courtesy of UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology
Cladoselache, an extinct shark. This shows a bit of the fin. Image: Victoria Turk. Courtesy of UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology
Fragments from the lower jaw of armoured fish Coccosteus. Carnall's verdict: "That's perhaps too underwhelming." Image: Victoria Turk. Courtesy of UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology
This smoking tin contained something particularly underwhelming when we opened it: a bit of plastic, covered with some orange rust, and completely devoid of any actual fossil material. Image: Victoria Turk. Courtesy of UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology
The Psammodus tooth. Image: Victoria Turk. Courtesy of UCL, Grant Museum of Zoology
