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Greetings kind people, Hope you are having a nice day:) There was a similar thread posted around the same topic, but a lot of those websites could not meet all my requirements so I'm here to seek help I'm looking for websites which are: 1) reliable and reputable 2) very inexpensive 3) ship internationally (particularly India) with good packaging and reasonable prices 4) good quality and vast collection 5) can provide most of my requirements in a single order(since I'll be shipping it to India, it would be economical to order everything from single website to cut down on transportation costs). I'll take down the post in case of violations of the guidelines. Please do let me know. Thanks in advance:)
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Yale University. "In death of dinosaurs, it was all about the asteroid -- not volcanoes." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 16 January 2020. https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/01/200116141708.htm Meteorite or Volcano? New Clues to the Dinosaurs’ Demise Twin calamities marked the end of the Cretaceous period, and scientists are presenting new evidence of which drove one of Earth’s great extinctions. New York Times, January 16, 2020 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/16/science/dinosaurs-extinction-meteorite-volcano.html The paper is: Hull, P.M., Bornemann, A., Penman, D.E., Henehan, M.J., Norris, R.D., Wilson, P.A., Blum, P., Alegret, L., Batenburg, S.J., Bown, P.R. and Bralower, T.J., 2020. On impact and volcanism across the Cretaceous- Paleogene boundary. Science, 367(6475), pp.266-272. https://science.sciencemag.org/content/367/6475/266.abstract Yours, Paul H.
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Greetings kind people, I am a complete novice in the field of fossil collecting. Kindly bear with me. My objective for collecting fossils: I want to learn paleontology work. I want to observe the fossils under a microscope, understand their body structure, their food habits.... Basically get a *whole story of the fossil* which I own, something that paleontologists do (I also want to explore all the methods that paleontologists use to study fossil and recreate them at home). So any fossil that will enable me to learn more about itself, I'd surely buy that. And also fossils which are more closer to actuality, rather than rare or good looking fossils. So any fossil that reveals more information is favoured over rare or good-looking fossils So here are my questions: 1) I'm trying to buy a spinosaur tooth. The seller is selling one spinosaur tooth which is red in colour for a higher price compared to a spinosaur tooth which looks almost like a rock. So is the red colour tooth more authentic or more valuable etc? Or is it just the same? My objective is to study those fossils under microscope. So if the red spinosaur tooth will provide more information, I'd buy that. 2) I see some dinosaur tooth still having some enamel. How is this possible? I mean shouldn't enamel be replaced by minerals too? Or is the enamel the only thing that is intact? If it is intact does it mean I'm holding a tooth which might have bit another dinosaur moments before it died and I can see the traces of that activity when I observe under the microscope? 3) I've seen polished ammonites which were split open. They carried a lot of information within, compared to unpolished ammonite. Which among those two types would reveal more information about the ammonite itself? Or which one should I go for, in general? 4)I am also planning to buy amber fossils. Some pointers and what to look for and what to keep away from would be appreciated. 5) Lastly, trilobites. How are trilobite fossils so well preserved? I've seen reedops protruding out of the rock like it's actually alive. But I read something about cast fossils and enhancements. So if I buy a reedops trilobite, does it mean it's been remade using plaster etc, or is it just as it is? Please bear in mind that I want to own fossils which closely resembles actuality Thank you so much for bearing with my silly doubts .I just want to educate myself and be an amateur paleontologist, studying fossils from home. Have a lovely day! P.s- I can upload some pictures and website links if need be. -
Licking dinosaur fossils: how does licking rocks help us identify them as fossils?
KrishnaRao10 posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Greetings kind people, I'm so sorry if this is such a noob question. But I've searched and searched but I couldn't find answers to these on internet. (kindly correct me because I feel I maybe wrong): Smithsonian website said licking dinosaur fossil helps in identifying between a rock or a fossil... But isn't fossil a rock in itself? Fossils are made because minerals get replaced and it's not possible for bone to remain in its original state for millions of years. So, it's not the original material anymore.. so licking a fossil should equal to licking a rock? In that case, licking should not work? -
Below is the a paper that provides the details of looking for dinosaurs with a gamma scintillator. Jones, R.R. and Chure, D.J., 1998. The recapitation of a Late Jurassic theropod dinosaur. GAIA: revista de geociências, (15), p.103-110. http://www.arca.museus.ul.pt/ArcaSite/obj/gaia/MNHNL-0000774-MG-DOC-web.PDF Other publications Jones, R.D. and Burge, D., 1995, January. Radiological surveying as a method for mapping dinosaur bone sites. In Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology (Vol. 15, suppl. 3, pp. 38A-38A) Yours, Paul H.
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Non avian dinosaurs and birds may have benefited from decreasing body size and adding thermoregulation during Jurassic times https://m.phys.org/news/2020-01-dinosaurs-evolution-endothermy-birds.html
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Oxford University Museum of Natural History (May take some time for me to upload all of the pics, so give or take 30 min) My thing is if I’m traveling to another country, I love seeing a varied collection of fossils at the museum found in that same country. This was exactly that. Stunning and one of my favorites. Positives: If you are looking for Mesozoic everything, this museum is for you - much important paleontology history here Many fossils on display from many eras Organized, convenient More actual fossils than replicas Some curve ball specimens (more impressive, less known ones on display that I did not anticipate on seeing prior) You leave telling yourself you would like to go back. Negatives: No complaints that I can think of really, just tough taking pics with the glare from the glass, but that’s always the case. My vote is 9/10 for dinosaur lovers considering quality, not quantity...anyhow there is definitely your fair share, with jaw dropping displays, literally. My favorite two were Megalosaurus bucklandii and a gigantic Pliosaur jaw that you will find in the pics. Enjoy the mini tour, tried to cover as much as I could.
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Hey everyone, I hope your 2020 is going well so far. As the title says, what's everyones first fossil of the year? And what fossils are you hoping to add to your collection for 2020? My first fossil of this year is this beauty of a Tyrannosaurus Rex tooth. I'm also hoping to get a nice allosaurus tooth for my collection. Looking forward to seeing everyones finds, purchases and wants
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A blog from the Phil Currie Dinosaur museum talking about dinosaur generas and species https://dinomuseum.ca/2019/12/17/how-many-kind-of-dinosaurs-were-there/ @fossilsonwheels
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Hi I was just at my aunts house and in her house I found a ammonite I asked her where it was from and she said she got it in Cuba which made me wonder what creatures lived in Cuba in the Mesozoic I found out In the Jurassic there where Pliesiosaurs, Ichthyosaurs and ammonites and lots of pterosaurs also there has been some dinosaurs too which surprised me because I thought Cuba was under water there’s a few remains of sauropods a Camarasaur and a Diplodocus like sauropod some more fragmented Sauropod bones and some bones of a unknown Saurischian also some unknown reptile bones have been found too I hope this helps with the Mesozoic creatures of Cuba this is my first informational post Thanks!!
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Show Us Your Rarest Or Most Incredible Partial Fossils!
Kurufossils posted a topic in Member Collections
Here is a thread to share some of your rarest partials that if whole would've been incredible specimens, but you know how it is sometimes... Yet they still amazing to own a piece of. I will start off by sharing a piece of the tail of a Probolichas Kristiae, an incredibly unique looking rare lichid trilobite from Oklahoma that would've of been incredible if whole of course yet this piece still has amazing detail and I am more that happy to own
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Hi I am wondering if you can get a positive ID out of these fossils I might be acquiring thanks!! The first is a ceratopsian vertebrae from the horseshoe canyon formation of Alberta Canada the second is a Cetiosaurus bone piece cut of a sauropod leg bone from Oxford England and last is some teeth of Gojirasasaurus from the bull canyon formation of New Mexico USA.
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hi i am wondering are there any fossil shows in Ontario that have lots of dinosaur fossils thanks
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Today we did something pretty cool. We took our dinosaurs to The Inn, an assisted living facility. The science talk got deep and they were really into it. We gave them fossils and did our thing for an hour and a half ! The seniors were so much fun and pretty enjoyable for me just a few months removed from my fathers death. We got asked back to do the shark thing Fun way to expand our programs !!!
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Hey everyone, I found this spit tooth in Montana's Judith River formation over the summer and believe it belongs to a ceratopsid as it looks similar to ones I've found in Hell Creek and Lance. This would be cool as they are significantly rarer in this formation than in HC & L , despite a wider variety of species. Let me know what you think. It's about 1.5 cm long and 1 cm wide.
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It has taken 10 and a half months but I can finally start putting together our large display of the Hell Creek Fauna. I am really quite excited to start putting it together. We have a pretty good cross section of critters and I think it will be an excellent display to show the diversity of the formation. I also think this will be a great display to use as we explain how different animals share an ecosystem which is a science standard we want to get into more with the 2nd and 3rd grade students. I delayed starting this until we had tracked won three key fossils we were missing, Leptoceratops, Pachycephalosaurus, and Denversaurus. Those three have all gotten crossed off the list in the last month or so with the final domino being Denversaurus. We are still missing a Pectinodon tooth but we can add that down the road. I think now is the time to put it together so we can use this display for our presentation in Paradise which comes shortly after the year anniversary of the Camp Fire which burned the city down. It is a special program at the newly rebuild elementary school I will add some pictures of all the fossils in their individual displays later and once it is all living in one display. I am really proud of this one and I want to give a huge thanks to @Troodon who helped us immensely with this formation. Here is the Denversaurus tooth that I just picked up. A pretty nice tooth and a decent price at that. Today has been a good day for us as this is the one we needed to finish this up right !
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More beautiful finds from Kentucky . Any ideas?
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Very Complete North American Dromeosaurid Defines Differences With Asian Cousins
Scylla posted a topic in Fossil News
New skeleton helps define differences between North American and Asian Dromeosaurids. https://m.phys.org/news/2019-10-paleontologists-saurornitholestes-langstoni-specimen.html-
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This is part of my collection I have acquired over the past year new to TFF just wanted to say hello to everyone. Many of other fossils packed away as I build more cases
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The dinosaur graveyards of the Eastern Cape Province. Karoo Supergroup, South Africa
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Exploring the dinosaur graveyards of the Eastern Cape A chance discovery by a local shepherd has lead to a major scientific research program involving palaeontologists from South Africa, the UK and the US in the Karoo Basin. The area is proving to be one of the richest localities for vertebrate fossils in South Africa. by David Paul Ford, Oct 03, 2019 https://natureecoevocommunity.nature.com/users/317374-david-paul-ford/posts/54340-exploring-the-dinosaur-graveyards-of-the-eastern-cape Yours, Paul H.-
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so i went to Orlando Science Center today for the Dino Digs exhibition but in Jurassic Ridge dig pit area i know that there is a Camptosaurus, Camarasaurus, Ceratosaurus and a Stegosaurus, but there is some species and genus of dinosaurs and other animals that i dont know what there like take for example the turtle shell, the alligator crocodile like animal fossil, the ankylosaur like fossil and that bone that i dont know what species does it belong to and that nest that i don't know which dinosaur does it belong to.
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Emerging cooperation between the richest collectors and academics. Oh, and drool worthy fossils too. https://www.nationalgeographic.com/culture/2019/09/dinosaur-fossils-collector-feature/
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Here is great article about the rocks and sequence of events that happened at ground zero causing the great Cretaceous extinction: https://news.utexas.edu/2019/09/09/rocks-at-asteroid-impact-site-record-first-day-of-dinosaur-extinction/ https://www.foxnews.com/science/scientists-uncover-new-evidence-of-the-asteroid-that-killed-off-the-dinosaurs
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It's been a while since I've posted on the re-creation thread and I'm proud to present my pachycephalosaurus which I started last spring and have now finished. Started with just a pencil, color was added tonight.
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Taking off the collector hat and putting on the educator hat
fossilsonwheels posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
After spending the summer being more of a collector than an educator, it is time to get into educator mode. We had a good run in the spring and surpassed our own expectations. Carter and I set a big goal for this year. We want to triple the 700+ students we provided fossil education for last year. 2100 students is the goal for this year. It is going to take a lot of work but we are up to the challenge. We are already booking programs in Chico and we are starting to get some interest from schools in Fresno, Sacramento and Redding. We may end up traveling quite a bit more than anticipated this year. All of the programs we have on the schedule right now are from schools we did not get to last year too which seems a good omen. We are going to do 5th and possibly 6th grade programs this year in addition to the 2nd-4th programs. We added an Intro to Fossils program for the 2nd graders and the 5th grade program will feature some Miocene marine mammal material which I am super excited about. I think the bulk of the programs will be Dinosaurs but I am going to really push sharks this year too. We got our new displays done and added some really cool fossils to show the kids. I think the science is stronger this year as I really studied pretty hard. I even did some work on the Facebook page which I totally neglected last year lol I can not say we will give away fossils to all of the kids this year but we did restart the fossil give away program this year too. Right now we have about 200 shark teeth to give away so we know the first few programs will be covered. I should be able to pick up 100 or so more shark teeth in early October. We will do our best to get fossils to as many kids as we can and I hope surpass the 700 mark again this year however we made sure to tell teachers it is a first come first serve part of the program. The best part of the season will be working with my son all the time. He is out of high school and ready to work. The art is coming along and we will be razor sharp with the presentation material. I will not be around on TFF much so no more bad shark identifications lol but I will get updating our progress throughout the year including pictures ( we will have release forms !). I will not be adding more fossils except for give away stuff until December at the earliest so the collector in me is going to be sitting on the sidelines. That is okay because it is time to work We want to once again thank all of our friends on the forum who have contributed to Fossils on Wheels. You have all made this a much better organization and we would not be doing this again without the support we have gotten.- 8 replies
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