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From the album: Texas Finds
Scientific Name: Baculite Found: North Central Texas Shoreline Date Found: 2013 Formation: Alluvium / Eagle Ford Size: Various -
Today I was cleaning the baculites found on the last fossil trip, and found one VERY cool one. This segment looks to have clear and deep tooth holes in it. It is believed that mosasaurs fed on baculites, and the hole sizes would certainly agree with that.
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It has been some time since I posted anything of note. I'm still adjusting to my new surroundings here in Colorado but I did at least join a local Paleontological Society (WIPS) Western Interior Paleontological Society. My first field trip with the group was out to Baculite Mesa in Pueblo, CO. A location that is famous with a storied history, that is still giving up its ancient treasures. The weather here in Colorado can be touch and go at best, and our trip was almost delayed/cancelled by a late winter storm. This was our neighborhood in Denver the day before the trip. But temperatures
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From the album: Cretaceous Fossils of North America
Baculites scotti. Found near Wasta, South Dakota, USA. In the Pierre Shale Formation. Upper Cretaceous - Middle Campanian. Approximately 45 mm. -
I got this baculite in a fossil show. From the Pierre shale of South Dakota. He gave me a handwritten label that I can't tell what it says 100% Regards - Adriano
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From the album: Cretaceous of Delaware and New Jersey
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Didymoceras cheyennense?
Mochaccino posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, Does this association of Didymoceras cheyennense and Baculites compressus seem legitimate? Any restoration/reconstruction going on, or composite of multiple individuals, especially on the Didymoceras? Dimensions are 22cm x 14cm x 14cm, and listed as of Lower Cretaceous age and from the Pierre Shale of South Dakota. Also, if you had to pick one heteromorph ammonite specimen, would you personally purchase this for your collection (i.e. is it a good example of Didymoceras cheyennense)? I realize this is just a part of the inner whorls. Complete Didymoceras in gene -
Hi, Is it possible to say more than Baculites on this specimen? It is 12mm in diameter. Campanian, Mishash foration, Israel (Central Negev area). Many thanks, Oz
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Fossil Friday once again! This is the last of the South Dakota exploration trip, hunting the Pierre shale for cephalopods and hopefully a mosasaur. Although the first half of the Pierre shale exploration went pretty slow, it wasnt without a few nice finds. The second part, we were extremely fortunate in that we got to meet Neal Larson and hear a short talk about the local Pierre shale formation, and then he took us out to his personal hunting site.
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From the album: North Sulphur River
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North Carolina Ammonites, Mosasaurs, Sharks, and More!
fossil_lover_2277 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I recently went on two fossil hunting trips to Cretaceous sediments of Eastern North Carolina, the second of which was earlier today. Today’s trip to the Bladen formation yielded baculites ammonites, some worn mosasaur teeth, the nicest goblin shark teeth I’ve personally collected, some fish mouth plates, turtle shell fragments, and some other goodies. My first trip a couple weeks ago was to Tar Heel formation sediments and I collected several small mosasaur teeth, a mosasaur vertebra, a piece of petrified lignite, lots of goblin and crow shark teeth, lots of turtle shell, a very wor- 23 replies
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I would like to share some of finds of the last six months. I live and fossil hunt in the foothills in western colorado springs. The is a 375 acre tract that lies between me and "Red Rocks Canyon Open Space State Park. They have sold off the tract to build 170 town homes. It is heart wrenching to say the least, as they began excavating yesterday . I'd like to share some my finds from the last six months in hope of identifying as many as possible. I'm new to this but I finally realize the importance of "cented graph paper"
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Hi Everyone. I was fortunate to be able to take a weeklong vacation trip the week of Labor Day, my fourth since I began collecting fossils. I wanted to visit friends and family and do some collecting. I was able to do all of that. It was busy, but there was also some quality relaxation time. It proved to be a good break. I flew into the Denver airport, rented a car and drove to Colorado Springs where I was invited to stay with my second cousin and her family. Next morning I was on my way to Florissant Fossil Quarry. I've known about Florissant for over 50 years and over 40 years ag
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Day 2 of our exploration trip, this time we were exploring a ranch in the Pierre shale. This was a massive ranch which Walter had done a small amount of exploration years ago. The 3 teams split up again, and my group went to the farthest north of the ranch to begin. This required miles of off-road driving. Its incredible how much area some of these ranches contain! Even though we spent about an hour searching, we didnt find any fossils, although my son and I found 2 arrowheads. I was happy with those, as they were the first ones I have ever found. We moved on to another area
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Day 4 was a special treat! Neal Larson came to the field station to give a brief talk on Ammonites, Baculites, and the Pierre shale formation. Then we loaded up and went to hunt Neal's own site, and OMG what a site it is! The only description that came to mind was "an embarrassment of riches". From the instant we stepped out of our cars, we were walking on baculites! The ground was covered with them. It wasnt about being able to find, it was just a search for quality. Neal had a goal for this hunt, and that was to find a Baculites with the jaws still in the chamber. For all his hunting
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A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to look for fossils among additional Pierre Shale outcrops in the Sheyenne River Valley. I didn't post anything about that trip as it came up a bit short and read like my last Pierre Shale trip with more partial specimens. Today I went back to the area to look again, and also made it to an outcrop of the Gregory Member. Low water levels made for a great collection from the Gregory. The DeGrey was rather typical. The side of one of the so-called "Indian Mounds" of the DeGrey member and a frog which was hanging out on the mound. This p
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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From the album: Texas Cretaceous Fossils: Ammonites and Nautiloids
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
A Gryphea vomer bivalve made itself at home atop the internal mold of a tiny Baculites ovatus cephalopod. The whole thing is about 3 cm tall. Found in the Cretaceous spoils sands of the C&D Canal, Delaware -
Went fishing this spring and picked up a few pieces along the river. They are from the Bearpaw formation in Alberta. Finally got around to cleaning them up a bit. After finding these I think I spent more time watching for fossils than fishing.
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A few baculites pieces from the shale bank of the Little Smoky last week before we made it to the Kakut River. Still have 3 baculite pieces in matrix to work on. Lots of crazy glue needed with these guys.
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Looking to have growths id present on late cretaceous wood. The growths are the scales present on the wood. They appear to have been growing between wood layers. Wood is partly carbonized and not fully mineralized. Wood was drift wood mixed in with baculites and scaphites. Fossil taken in situ from upper part of Kevin mb of Marias Fm in Montana.
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From the album: North Sulphur River
Baculites are abundant at NSR. These are typical specimens; some are nice with good suture lines, others are really eaten up.-
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I finally got some time off and had a nice day to hike the North Sulphur River Texas. I hit the fossil park which is the most hunted location but I still managed to find some good stuff. The big piece of coprolite is loaded with shells in it. I really like the well preserved Glyptoxoceras heteromorph ammonite and the big Tylosaur vert.
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From the album: Mancos Shale - Grand Junction, CO
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