New Cretaceous fish (Candelarhynchus) from Colombia

[Halichoeres]

It was published last fall (paywall: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14772019.2017.1391884), but I only became aware of it when the Smithsonian magazine wrote it up:

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/90-million-year-old-fish-fossil-discovered-colombian-monastery-180968025/

Found by a kid touring the Candelaria monastery in Boyacá, Colombia, who saw it in a paving flagstone, took some photos, and showed them to paleontologists who recognized it was new.

[Ravonium]

Hey! I was going to post this, had I actually focused on making a judgement on whether it was worthy of a topic   


OK, but this is quite an interesting discovery with a fascinating backstory (I mean, how did anyone not notice it while walking over it?  )

[Jose S.M.]

I really like those fish fossils, where you can see all of it's skeletal anatomy. This one is pretty nicely conserved and I like it's pointy face 

I agree that is weird that people missed it for so long!

[Faelrin]

Interesting fish and find. Kind of reminds me of an ichthyosaur with its head.

[Halichoeres]

I'm sure people noticed it but assumed that since it was being used as pavement it must be unremarkable. I actually don't think that's unreasonable. It took the luck of someone snapping a photo and sharing it. Whenever you're around shale or limestone, it's worth taking a look!