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    • Album created by masonboro37
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  1. Chubutensis

    • Album created by Dragonmiser
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  2. Lake Texoma & Area Fossils

    • Album created by Foshunter
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  3. "Kupferschiefer", Fossils from the black permain shales

    Some upper permian sediments in Europe are called "Kupferschiefer". Black shale with copper and other minerals inside. Findings came from northern westfalia (Osnabrück), Harz and parts of eastern Germany. Very popular are findings from Richelsdorf / Harz and generally "Mansfeld Region".
    The Kupferschiefer is "full of fossils" like fishes, plants and others. But, most of them are not complete or bad preserved. As there are no quarries to dig you have to collect on ooooold heaps. Built many years ago and from mining.
     
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  4. @Max-fossils 's Zandmotor Finds

    An album containing some of my (@Max-fossils) photos from the Zandmotor (NL)!
     
    The Zandmotor is a big beach on the coast of the Netherlands. It is known for its variety of fossils: abundant fossil seashells (mostly clams and cockles); fish material; sometimes bird material; the occasional shark teeth (some from the very early Holocene, others from the Eocene); and of course mammal material (mammoth, woolly rhino, cave lion, hyena, horse, etc.)! The bone material is either from the middle Pleistocene (600'000 years ago), from the late Pleistocene (40'000 years ago) or from the very early Holocene (9'000 years ago); about 90% are from the late Pleistocene. Most of the seashells are from the middle Pleistocene, more precisely the Eemian stage (120'000 years ago); however, seashells from other ages are found too. 
     
    Other (non-fossil) finds include: modern seashells and artifacts.
     
    I hope you enjoy the photos!
     
    Have a nice stay,
     
    Max
    • Album created by Max-fossils
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    • Album created by Ken K
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  6. 'Franken-Turtle'

    Another specimen provided by Fred Nuss of Hoisington, KS.

    Unidentified turtle from the Cretaceous chalk of Western Kansas.

    The carapace had been exposed and partially eroded away. As I excavated the matrix from within the plastron/carapace I was delighted to discover nearly complete articulated limbs inside! Alas no skull or caudal verts:(

    Skull and missing limb elements were reconstructed. The poor condition of the carapace gave me the latitude to get creative so I reconstructed missing piece and added a hinge for easier observation of the innards.

    Specimen was sold to a private collector.
    • Album created by Paleo2k
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  7. 'Heimlich- the Asphyxiated Xiphactinus'

    Xiphactinus specimen discovered by Fred Nuss of Hoisington, KS. Initial plan was for a simple 3D rearticulation. The final mini-slab to come out of the field jacket was the 'Operculum Sandwich'. Inside I discovered hidden beneath perfectly preserved gill arches AND filaments! Something I'd never seen before to this degree. While removing these I was stunned to find a perfectly preserved and articulated Saurodon skull!
    • Album created by Paleo2k
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  8. 'Ptweety' the Ptiniest Pteranodon

    Discovered by Ken Jenkins of Ellis, KS, Ptweety is the tiniest pteranodon and the subject of a forthcoming paper by David Peters. The original specimen is on display at Art by God of Miami, FL.

    Castings available.
    • Album created by Paleo2k
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  9. 'Refining Nemo'

    Another Xiphactinus specimen courtesy of Fred Nuss. I've been using the water method this time although the matrix density has slowed the process. As bone is revealed I apply super thin superglue to stabilize.
    • Album created by Paleo2k
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  10. "Peace River" Fossils

    Fossils collected in or near the Peace River in Southwest Florida.

    Some may be from other Florida Locations, but similar to the Peace River.
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  11. "Red" teeth

    From NC and VA
    • Album created by eddie
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  12. "The art of extinction"

    Here are a few of my sculptures in the fossil medium
    • Album created by artofextinction
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  13. ~~~~~ CARCHARODON MEGALODON ~~~~~

    One of the LARGEST predators the world has ever seen!
    • Album created by Fossils4U
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  14. 08-09 finds

    Just some various things I have found lately.
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    • Album created by hadi
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    • Album created by Rocksoff
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    • Album created by FL fossil hunter
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    • Album created by Ordovician_Odyssey
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  19. 1/2/12

    Two megs from intercoastal waterway,Englewood Fl
    • Album created by imakeitrain
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  20. 1/3/12

    Meg I found
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  21. 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean

    Documenting the 1925 Hagemeyer Body and Trace Fossil Collection. This collection has been sealed until late August 2019 and never reviewed by the public.
    The collection consists of Vegetation Fossils, Trace Fossils, Body Fossils as well as Minerals of all kinds, 400+. The specimens came from a 1924-25 Expedition to Argentina while Mr. Hagemeyer; ( the very first “Page” for the states Capital when he was 16, a one-time Washington State’s Olympia Mayor, Olympia’s Kneeland Hotel Owner, 2 Hagemeyer News and Cigar stands owner, and a Saloon Owner and finally a US Customs Officer in 1920 to his death at 66 in 1940, along with two mysterious deaths of wives, both after 10 years of marriage. )   To say the least, Mr. Hagemeyer was not well liked in Tacoma, I gathered, because of his business dealings and “accidents” that happened in his establishments, like the “Suicide” in his Saloon. I of course knew none of this when purchasing the former estate of Mr. Hagemeyer and it wasn’t until we were introduced to a relative, that we started to research our new home and it’s “colorful” history.

    The above information I feel is vital for one important detail for this collection, I am not a paleontologist by any stretch, but find the topic and specimens fascinating, especially today, when science is being forced to look at other radical ideas when the status quo is being challenged. Living in Washington State has shown me that across the country different views and opinions are expressed widely across the board as to how fossils came to be. My research into this collection has proven to be a little confusing, because of the fact that these specimens, disregarding the Meteorite, span from about 66 Ma to (I assume) the youngest item’s, a small Iron scrapping tool made from the meteorite and a stone Shaman’s Pendant, which history tells us can’t be older than 3.3 Ma (Stone Pendent) and that’s stretching it, because I believe the first known smelting is done much later. I do not have the resources to be able to date these past 50,000 years per DirectAMS in Bothell WA.

    I will be adding the entire collection other than the Minerals and Rocks, unless the Rocks or Minerals were used in the life of the specimens, ie. Coprolites (Dinosaur feces) & Gastroliths. (Side note on Gastroliths (stomach stones), although in 1906 Gastroliths were described by George Reber Weiland, it wasn’t until about 1942 that it was widely accepted by paleontologists.) So who knows how many early digs disposed or even over-looked precious trace fossils such as stomach stones, etc.)
    There are also many specimens that are not easily identifiable because of the lack of information but bundled with bone or other fossils that are more easily identifiable. There are several minerals that appear to be dig site samples. I will ask the admins if these would be appropriate to add to the album(s) even though they are minerals and not necessarily trace fossils, per say, but informative and will stay with the specimens found to hopefully tell a more direct story?
     
    My research of Mr Hagemeyer has proven to me that a lot of trading between his Governmental, Freemasonry, and his many Committee ties, tells me that there is at the very least, a question as to the validity of the location that each specimen may have come from. For example, the fossilized tree collection consists of 29 different samples. And I may be wrong, but I am not finding the information to support 29 species (stone and amber) of tree spanning from 66 Ma to present in Argentina? I have attached his will to show what Mines he had shares in, as well as ties to Cripple Creek, Colorado in 1902 and 28 days later he is quite wealthy and able to acquire several News and Cigar Stands and 8 years later he owns the largest Hotel in Olympia, WA and his wife of ten years dies of arsenic poisoning. This story goes on and on, sadly, but hope that with this information some of the missing pieces of the puzzle may be put together as to the relevance of this beautiful, one of a kind Fossil collection. I hope you enjoy reviewing each of the specimens and hope to hear comments and being educated by those in the field especially in the area of the country that had land dinosaurs. In Washington State only one dinosaur has been found and that was only a piece of a femur bone of a Theropod in 2012. I do not believe my dinosaur body fossils would fall under the found in the State when reportedly from Argentina J
     
    If the reader sees a specimen that is mislabeled, please let me know. The Albums are going to be set up as follows:
    ·          Ocean
    ·          Vegetation
    ·          Body & Trace
    ·          Unknown
     
     

    • Album created by Rcotton1
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  22. 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Vegitation

    Documenting the 1925 Hagemeyer Body and Trace Fossil Collection. This collection has been sealed until late August 2019 and never reviewed by the public.
    The collection consists of Vegetation Fossils, Trace Fossils, Body Fossils as well as Minerals of all kinds, 400+. The specimens came from a 1924-25 Expedition to Argentina. A more informative account is written in the "Ocean" Album barring the same name.
     
    What has been remarkable to study about these berry specimens are that they still bare the fruit and in most cases the skin still intact. a few have been split open and you can see the shape of the fruit inside. A few specimens have the seed, fruit, skin or shell open to view. The ground cherries, which are the majority of the berries portion have a orange color to the fossil, while having a darker ring on the inside and finally the heart of the berry being a redder brown. Below are what the ground cherries would have looked like 52 Ma ago to the present. A few of the berries have a build up of minerals that would have been the attached paper thin husks.
     
    A walnut half shell with husk and meat still inside, and a few berries with larger seeds visible. As well as what looks to be a Fossilized Pteridosperm seed known as Trigonocarpus.
     
    The Tree/Wood Fossil portion has larger specimens that have turned to amber while the smaller specimens are stone
    • Album created by Rcotton1
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  23. 1st head

    found a funky looking head or at least it looks like one thats been chewed on
    • Album created by Dirt Digger
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  24. 2009 Crinoids

    The Culmination of my years finds :D
    • Album created by Crinoid Queen
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