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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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From the album: North Sulfur River - June 15th
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Found in NJ Cretaceous stream. Any suggestions? Looks like a partial vertebrae. Possibly Plesiosaur? Or even Dino?
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Had a great trip again at the spot. Couldn't believe the uniqueness of a couple finds. Had a blast and probly ruined my sleeping for next few days, lol. Can't think about anything except getting back for more!!
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Need some help with identifying this fish vertebrate, can this one be a tuna vert? The size is a little bit more than 4 cm.
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Found in NJ Cretaceous stream. Looking at some sites, it looks like a piece a plesiosaur vertebrae, but maybe it's just a rock. Any ideas?
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I found this listed as a partial Triceratops caudal vertebra. It's only a partial though. Is it Triceratops, or could it be Edmontosaurus? Only location that the seller listed is Hell Creek Formation. Here are the pictures. Thanks for any help.
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Hey everyone! I thought I'd share a few of my finds from the past couple months and get yall's opinions. Over winter break, I went back home to North Texas and did some searching around Ammonite Beach at Texoma and the NSR with my family. At Texoma I had a nice time hammering out a few ammonites, collecting teeth, and surprisingly finding lots of smaller, pyritized ammonites that I did not expect to be there. The NSR was a bit slower, but I at least got a nice Squalicorax as shown in the pics below. Since school has started, I've been down in Austin. I've been finding the usual stuff, but the pyritized disk I've attached is new to me. I'd love to hear what you guys think! Austin Finds: Pictured above is the pyritized disk and a pyritized clam found in a gravel bar next to what I believe to be an Ozan exposure. The area has a decent amount of the pyritized clams and other marine fossils that I assume are cretaceous in age given the local geology. My initial reaction was that it could be a vertebrae, but the bulging center and distorted shape throws me off. It has very apparent concentric rings on both its faces. In pics 1 and 3, you can see that underneath that outside layer there is a lot of pyrite. Parts of the edges are also pyritized while other sections have an iron concretion look to them. The face shown on pic 2 resembles and feels like petrified wood. I suppose this could be a pyrite sun, but I'm not seeing anything too similar to what I have on google images. Super interested in what you guys have to say! Texoma Tooth (left) and NSR Tooth (right) Left (Leptostyrax macrorhiza?): Pretty tooth found by my little brother at Texoma in the Duck Creek Formation. Did some quick googling and found that Leptostyrax macrorhiza was in that formation and saw some pictures that were similar to what I have. Right (Squalicorax): Had a bit of a slow day at the NSR, but managed to at least find this at the end of my cold, muddy adventure there. It's preserved very nicely. Looks like Squalicorax to me. Would love to know the species. If you guys would like any additional closeup pics feel free to let me know! I might share some of my other finds later on, but I don't want to inundate the forum with my rocks lol. Thanks for reading.
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Got back out to the Peace River, FL yesterday. I usually try and get there by 0800 AM but with the cold overnight temperatures this week I delayed my start time until closer to 0900 AM to let the sun rise and warm things up a bit. I was glad I did so as I found the sun high enough to be warming up the spot I had targeted for the day. The morning was mostly a lot of the usual small miscellaneous shark teeth. I did find one small, and I mean small, alligator tooth. A partial small shark vert also turned up. Rounding out the morning were several nice Hemis, upper and lower, a nice size partial meg and a few extinct tiger shark. A few small pieces of deer antler were found mid-morning. After taking a lunch break and warming up in the sun I moved up river a short way and got on some larger gravel. A lot of Dugong pieces were coming up and I found several bones mixed in that I will need to research for a proper ID. This spot also turned up a partial tapir tooth crown, several pieces of turtle shell, an unknown limb bone and what I believe is a scapula. At least two the bones appear they could be toe bones. Throughout the afternoon various shark teeth continued to be found with each sift. A few pieces of mammoth tooth plates turned up as the day wore on. Some photos of the days finds to this point - Left side - Mammoth tooth fragment, three pieces of deer antler, unidentified limb bone (?), unidentified scapula. Right side - Extinct Tiger, partial Meg, Tiger, Hemis, Lemon shark, small vert, tiny alligator tooth, partial Tapir tooth crown, cup of miscellaneous shark teeth Close up of the vert, Meg, Tiger, Tapir and Alligator - Two pictures of the bones yet to be identified - possible turtle shell, couple of toe bones(?), possible partial ear bone, etc. Just when I was thinking it was about time to call it a day up came the below nice sized Cetacaen(?) Vert! The blue ruler is showing MM and the pink inches. Vert measures 3.25"L X 3" W X 2.5H. or 85mm L X 80mm W X 65mm H This vert made my day, one of the better ones I have found in the Peace River. Looking forward to my next visit!
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Got back to the Peace River Fl yesterday. When I set off in the kayak at 0820 am it was breezy and a chilly 53* F. The wetsuit was definitely needed if I was going to stand in the river all day. The water was crystal clear and with the sun out it made for a beautiful day. I took some photos after the sun had risen enough to clear the overhanging trees and light up the water. I got back to the gravel bed I have been working on my last few visits and found it undisturbed. Its not off the beaten path and with the water so clear I had feared others might have noticed the gravel and started digging through it. It wasn't long before I came up with what was enough to make my day - a nice dolphin tooth! As usual I was getting many small shark teeth in every screen and this always keeps me encouraged as I dig for the next nice find. On this day that turned out to be a nice Armadillo Osteoderm. I was satisfied that if I found nothing more than small shark teeth for the rest of the day it was a great day on the river. But, alas, it was not to be. A little later a horse molar came up, then a dolphin periotic, followed by a camelid tooth. After a lunch break and a chance to warm up in the sun I got back to digging and came up with a tapir tooth crown, another horse molar, several turtle and tortoise leg spurs, four large chunks of giant tortoise shell, a small armadillo osteoderm, a large chunk of a limb bone, a cetacean vert, what may be a piece of tusk or horn, a possible astragalus and a couple of unknowns I will be trying to ID. Some photos of the overall finds: And some close ups: Camelid tooth Dolphin periotic- Tapir tooth crown: Cetacean Vert: The possible astragalus - if anyone thinks otherwise or can offer an ID as to species please chime in. The ruler is showing mm. A good and satisfying days work that left me tired, sore and happy I have the chance to do this as often as I like!
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Whilst walking on sheppey yesterday I found a good size crocodile vert in a phosphatic nodule. I'd love for it to be prepped professionally, I don't think me trying with hand tools and limited know how will end well. It is one of my first larger finds so I'd love for it to look as nice as possible. Are there any preparators or prep services you would recommend for sheppey fossils that may work with this? I understand this will not be the most aesthetic or easy prep job, as is often the case for sheppey finds, but it means alot to me. The nodule is a bit worn, but soft enough to scrape matrix with a finger nail in some areas, and hard in others.
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Anyone familiar enough with the Crocodylomorphs from the Hell Creek Formation to be able to help in determining a probable genus or species? I purchased this specimen and have been unable to find images or research papers with similar examples.
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I'd gotten an Edmontosaurus caudal vertebra from @Troodon and had decided to prepare it a bit. I had used water to soften the matrix and a metal pick. Here are the before and after pictures. Before And after Also, does anyone have any tips on how to prepare hell creek fm fossils because I just wet the matrix and basically scooped it out.
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Some more Moroccan unknowns
Earendil posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi again! If you saw my thread from yesterday, you'll know I bought some Moroccan fossils for dirt cheap that turned out to be pretty nice. I went to the same dealer today and bought three more for the same price. I suppose I will start with the worst (most suspicious) first: I saw this vertebra and liked how it looked, so I bought it. I'm totally fine with spending $20 for a vert recreation, too, so no big deal if it's fake. What makes me suspicious is the place where it's chipped, it looked like there was paint flaking off. I guess I'm asking, how much of it is real and what is it supposed to be an imitation of? Okay, next is a Globidens tooth and root in matrix. A little beat up, but still cool: Lastly, a weird jaw that I have no clue about. Like I said, I'm not a vertebrate guy. One of the teeth is banged up and looks repaired, but I thought it was cool anyway: Well guys, thanks for looking, I hope you'll find them as interesting as I did! And I said I'd tag @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon, maybe you can help.
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Hello everyone, i have a question concerning Rebbachisaurus vert. I saw a huge Kem Kem vert in the Troodon’s collection that he refered to a dorsal Rebbachisaurus vert, the problem is about this identification. I can’t find any other vert like this in rebbachisaurid papers, particularly about Rebbachisaurus who show great difference about the morphology of the neural process and the centrum. I don’t see any pleurocoel on the centrum of the troodon’s vert and the neural spine is laterally flat with a strange « granular plate » on the anterior surface. I think about two possibilities : maybe this vert is on another position, or pertain to an another specie. I need help from persons who better know sauropods than me, It’s possible that i miss informations or a paper.
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Got some ice age fossils, from North sea.. have you any idea what these are?
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