Search the Community
Showing results for tags 'Nebraska'.
-
These are from Nebraska. Since it’s not oreodont, I’m lost. Do people find coprolite in this formation?
-
No idea what this is from but it is in really nice shape and completely fossilized. North central Nebraska. Miocene
-
Not sure if this is the right thread, but, here is a bunch of specimens. All are resin or plaster casts of the real deal. some appear to have been painted (poorly) none have been stored correctly and any records of them are long gone. These are part of the collection at the University I work for. I'm not a mammal guy, but I suspect I had better become one quickly. Some have various collection codes on them, but I have been unable to figure out what they mean. These are some of the ones I am clueless on: Jokingly referred to as the "bonenana"...tusk? rib?
-
I haven’t had much luck getting these larger bones identified in the past but this one is a little more complete so I am hoping for at least an ID on what part of the body this came from. Found in North Central Nebraska@Harry Pristis
-
I donated thousands of specimens that I collected from anthills on my sons’ M&M Ranch (mostly upper Eocene but also a few Oligocene small areas) in Nebraska to the Smithsonian and to the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Museum of Geology. There are currently six researchers studying the specimens with multiple papers in progress. Covid-19 slowed the progress down significantly but it looks like a few of the papers are now starting to move forward. Below is a link to one of my TFF posts that shows a few of the micro specimens that I collected and donated: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/66138-oligocene-micros-from-the-mm-ranch-in-nebraska/&tab=comments#comment-692680 Below is a link to a TFF post that shows macro specimens that are also found on the M&M ranch. The specimens shown in this post were not part of my donations. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/94904-mm-ranch-in-nebraska/& The first paper that will get published (in writing right now) describes mammals (insectivores) from the M&M Ranch. Below is a preliminary illustration of what families/genera/species were found on the ranch. I was really happy that there was a new species of Oligoryctes and a new genus of Soricidae (shrews). However, the specimens provided further scientific value as summarized in the below e-mail statements by the insectivore researcher: “The effort was definitely worth it. Even for some of the already known species, the specimens in this collection preserve parts of the animal not seen in previously described specimens and there are also quite a few range extensions (both in terms of age and geography). And this is just the “insectivores,” I am sure the other portions of the fauna will also be informative and provide many new discoveries” The numbers in parentheses represent the number of specimens. You can see that for some of the species there were a very large number of specimens like H. fugax where there were 501 specimens. When the paper is published I’ll add a link to this post. Other papers that will eventually be published will describe Squamates (snakes, lizards and legless lizards), Amphibians (frogs and salamanders), Mammals (rodents) and eggshells from the M&M Ranch. Marco Sr.
- 101 replies
-
- 17
-
- eocene/oligocene
- mammals carnivores
- (and 4 more)
-
Hoping for Pseudhipparion Simpsoni but probably just wishful thinking on my part. @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker
- 8 replies
-
- nebraska
- pseudhipparion
-
(and 1 more)
Tagged with:
-
I was told by someone familiar with the location where this was found that this is mastodon ivory. They said that it turns this blue and cream color in this area. Just wondering what the experts think. Thanks
-
This tooth looks a little different than the rest of my cow/bison teeth. I can’t seem to find anything with that slight fan shape and double stylid.
-
After getting many of my teeth ID’d by Harry, shellseeker and others I decided it was time to step up my game a little bit and start learning how to do this myself. I have been finding a lot of new teeth lately and plan on continuing to find them. I’ve been doing tons of research and built up a pretty decent database of horse teeth descriptions and information. So here’s my first try let me know what you think! @Harry Pristis @Shellseeker @fossillarry I’m going to go with Nannippus Fricki. Upper left M1 or M2
-
I just love the color on this one, like a work of art to me. Like the last bone I posted, I don’t really expect to get an exact ID but was hoping to learn which bone this was. It is more than likely mastodon or mammoth. Titanotheres were quite a bit further west from the area I hunt. This bone has not been cleaned or preserved in any way , this is how it looked when I came out of the ground. If nothing else it will make a great display piece!
-
Just curious what part of the critter this comes from. Not sure who the turtle experts are on here so I thought I would tag and obvious one. @turtlesteve Found in North Central Nebraska
-
After a lot of research and luck, I discovered that one of my finds a couple of weeks ago is an ear bone. Found in Nebraska but still not sure which critter it came from. I am tagging @Shellseeker and @Harry Pristis because I know that they were involved in some past ear bone discussions. The second photo is one that I found on the web from a site selling an ear bone that they claimed was from a woolly mammoth. Thanks
-
I am posting theses images pulled down off a Facebook fossil ID site because this has me STUMPED. It s a partial skull found in a Nebraska river. But of what?! Eyes and ears are high up and way back on the skull. I'll try to add more pics. Sorry stills from video are blurry. You can see what I believe is the ear canal close to the eye socket in the last photo.
- 4 replies
-
- 1
-
- nebraska
- pleistocene
-
(and 3 more)
Tagged with:
-
Finally getting around to working on a jigsaw puzzle I found in the White River Fm of Nebraska a couple of years ago. Pretty sure it’s a soft shelled turtle, but I’m not having luck finding anything like it online. The shell is eggshell thin and seems like it was leathery in life. There are a few bones included. Suggestions?
-
Trying to confirm id of two jaw fragments. From an old family collection. Label: Oligocene - White River, Nebraska, Sioux County, USA Both noted as Poebrotherium (tiny extinct camel) First three photos are the first fragment. Based on the large canine tooth and size of the other teeth, I'm thinking it might actually be an oreodont? Last four are the second fragment. Smaller teeth and wider jaw. Maybe labeled correctly as poebrotherium?
-
Turtle collected by My Friend Zolt. At the white River Badlands at the M&M Ranch Nebraska. This Turtle is missing the Front part and was associated with a Flattend Oreodont Skull. About a foot apart.
-
Planning another summer ramble across a wide swath of the US for siteseeing and fossil hunting. Going to hit some previous sites like Kemmerer and Big Cedar Ridge in Wyoming along with planned stops for a guided dino excursion at a private ranch in eastern Montana and a trilobite dig at Theisen quarry in Oklahoma. I will be zigzagging across much of Montana and Wyoming and would be interested in other suggested stops on the way if anyone has anything they are willing to share. Not looking for someones secret stash, just publicly known places the wife and I might be able to stop for an hour or two as we roll through. We will also be traveling through places like western Nebraska, Oklahoma, southern Alabama, etc. I am interested in any era, invertebrate, vertebrate, plant. Looking to expand my personal collection and maybe pick up a few pieces to trade or auction off here. I have the most flexibility while in the north, but I have been trying to see if I can detour to squeeze in at least a little Alabama carboniferous as I have seen many beautiful specimens posted and I love plant fossils. We shall see. I have the rockhounding guides for the northern states and have tagged several possibilities, I have also been combing through previous posts and searching other references online. I would love to identify an ammonite location along the way as I have never managed to collect one myself. Thanks in advance, Randy