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From the album: Fossildude's Purchased/Gift Fossils
An inexpensive auction site find! Dastilbe crandalli Early Cretaceous Crato Formation, Araripe Basin, Ceara, Brazil.© 2017 Tim Jones
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Found this at an estate sale, Can anyone help identify it and it's value?
NixFossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
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Hi all, Came across this, and thought it might interest a few of you: http://interestingengineering.com/these-impressive-tunnels-were-dug-by-ancient-giant-sloths/ Those ground sloths are really my favorite, they're gigantic but still have a cute/gentle look. And they're architectural masters too. Max
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https://www.livescience.com/60013-cretaceous-mantis-fossil.html Scientists described an exceptionally well-preserved praying mantis fossil embedded in a rock slab excavated from a site in northeastern Brazil, dating the mantis to about 110 million years ago and identifying it as Santanmantis axelrodi, according to a new study. Here is a link to the open access paper: https://peerj.com/articles/3605/
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FYI.....Amazing.... Abstract: A new fossil mushroom is described and illustrated from the Lower Cretaceous Crato Formation of northeast Brazil. Gondwanagaricites magnificus gen. et sp. nov. is remarkable for its exceptional preservation as a mineralized replacement in laminated limestone, as all other fossil mushrooms are known from amber inclusions. Gondwanagaricites represents the oldest fossil mushroom to date and the first fossil mushroom from Gondwana. Heads SW, Miller AN, Crane JL, Thomas MJ, Ruffatto DM, Methven AS, et al. (2017) The oldest fossil mushroom. PLoS ONE 12(6): e0178327. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0178327 http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0178327
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Hello Fossil Fans, I found this fossil at a flea market in Paris this week. The seller said he'd gotten it from a collector who told him it was from Brazil and between 270 and 300 million years old. To me, it looks like the fish is curled up in a ball, or folded. What do you see? Any info would be great! Thanks.
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From the album: WhodamanHD's Fossil collection.
Dastilbes from Brazil, bought at store. Most organs preserved. It was labeled fossil fish. A few plant traces visible as well. -
Hi all, I bought this fossil fish online and the seller said it was from Santana Fm. in Ceara, Brazil but did not know the genus. Just wondering if anyone here could tell me the genus if not the species? Let me know if more photos are needed. All suggestions are appreciated! Jojo
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Hello I've got these for some time now and was wondering if it's possible to get close to any ID on them. They came from São Paulo state countryside, Brazil, from a calcareous mine at a Permian geological formation know as "Passa Dois". The 1 and 2 images display two separate fossils The 3 and 4 (detail of 3) two fossils at a same rock. The 5 is the same rock sample from 3 and 4 but on the opposite side of it. the rock is about 10cm thick bu I don't know if this image is from a upper layer or a lower layer in relation to pics 3 and 4. It seem to be a vegetal shape of sort? The ruler is in cm. I enhanced the color to male them more visible. anyway, thank you in advance for any considerations. Julio Campos
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Picked this fish up at a sale this morning, because I recognized what it was. Unfortunately, half of it is gone. I have 0 experience with Brazilian fish. What species is this? Thanks.
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Can you help me identify fossil found in Florianópolis, Brazil?
Mico posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hi folks! I've just joined the forum and need some help to identify this fossil bone. Thank you!
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You should read these papers. They are very interesting: Carvalho, I.; Novas, F.E.; Agnolín, F.L.; Isasi, M.P.; Freitas, F.I.; Andrade, J.A.. (2015). "A new genus and species of enantiornithine bird from the Early Cretaceous of Brazil". Brazilian Journal of Geology 45 (2): 161–171. DOI:10.1590/23174889201500020001. Carvalho, I.; Novas, F.E.; Agnolín, F.L.; Isasi, M.P.; Freitas, F.I.; Andrade, J.A.. (2015). "A Mesozoic bird from Gondwana preserving feathers". Nature Communications 6. DOI:10.1038/ncomms8141. The discovery of Cratoavis in Brazil is remarkable because nearly all Early to Middle Cretaceous birds have been found in Laurasia (Nanantius is the only other pre-Santonian bird found in Gondwana). It'd be interesting to see if there might be any Early and Middle Cretaceous birds from North Africa and the rest of South America because we now know that the multitude of Early Cretaceous bird fossils in China was due to a Mesozoic version of Pompeii.
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Dear Fossilforum members, My name is Erik Schreuders from the Netherlands. I have always had a passion for anything old and with a story. This is how I have been raised. Now I am trying to give my daughter the same values by telling her stories with everything we find. We both share a passion for fossils and this weekend we bought 2 great pieces. Can anybody tell mw what kind of fish this would have been? Thanks for taking the time. All my best, Erik
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/11032567/New-species-of-flying-dinosaur-discovered-in-Brazil.html Scientists have uncovered evidence of a colony of pterosaurs that lived around a desert lake in southern Brazil around 100 million years ago.Evidence of a colony of flying dinosaurs that lived around a desert lake in southern Brazil around 100 million years ago has been uncovered by scientists.Fossil remains of at least 47 of the previously unknown flying reptiles, with wingspans ranging from two to eight feet (0.65 - 2.35 metres), were discovered at Cruzeiro do Oeste in the southern state of Parana.Named Caiuajara dobruskii, the pterosaurs are the first to be found so far south in the country, said the study in PLOS ONE.The huge number of bones could represent hundreds of young and adult individuals, scientists believe.
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Here are two fossilized insect specimens from the Santana Formation in Brazil during the early Cretaceous period. Do let me know in your opinion, what type of insects do you think they were and if possible, their genera or species names will be much appreciated. Thanks.
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Pedro L. Godoy, Felipe C. Montefeltro, Mark A. Norell & Max C. Langer (2014)An Additional Baurusuchid from the Cretaceous of Brazil with Evidenceof Interspecific Predation among Crocodyliformes.PLoS ONE 9(5): e97138.doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0097138 Free PDF paper http://www.plosone.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0097138 Abstract A new Baurusuchidae (Crocodyliformes, Mesoeucrocodylia), Aplestosuchussordidus, is described based on a nearly complete skeleton collectedin deposits of the Adamantina Formation (Bauru Group, Late Cretaceous)of Brazil. The nesting of the new taxon within Baurusuchidae can beensured based on several exclusive skull features of this clade, suchas the quadrate depression, medial approximation of the prefrontals,rostral extension of palatines (not reaching the level of the rostralmargin of suborbital fenestrae), cylindrical dorsal portion ofpalatine bar, ridge on the ectopterygoid-jugal articulation, andsupraoccipital with restricted thin transversal exposure in thecaudalmost part of the skull roof. A newly proposed phylogeny ofBaurusuchidae encompasses A. sordidus and recently described forms,suggesting its sixter-taxon relationship to Baurusuchus albertoi,within Baurusuchinae. Additionally, the remains of a sphagesauridcrocodyliform were preserved in the abdominal cavity of the newbaurusuchid. Direct fossil evidence of behavioral interaction amongfossil crocodyliforms is rare and mostly restricted to bite marksresulting from predation, as well as possible conspecific male-to-maleaggression. This is the first time that a direct and unmistakenevidence of predation between different taxa of this group is recordedas fossils. This discovery confirms that baurusuchids were toppredators of their time, with sphagesaurids occupying a lower trophicposition, possibly with a more generalist diet.
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Hi all, I recently acquired this Brazilian fossil fish from a good friend of mine. It's about 4.5 inches long.I am guessing it's either Rhacolepis buccalis or Vinctifer, but I truly have no idea how to ID it. Help would be appreciated, thank you.
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There are a series of articles about conducting paleontological / fossil hunting in Brazil in the Scientist at Work: Notes form the Field in the New York Times. The articles published so far are: Have You Seen This Animal? New York Times, April 11, 2012 http://scientistatwo...en-this-animal/ On the Origin of Therapsids New York Times, April 12, 2012 http://scientistatwo...-of-therapsids/ How Old is the ‘Fire Stone’? By Ken Angielcyzk New York Times, April 13, 2012 http://scientistatwo...the-fire-stone/ From Brazil’s Book of Rocks New York Times, April 17, 2012 http://scientistatwo...-book-of-rocks/ Unearthing Dwellers of an Aquatic Past New York Times, April 18, 2012 http://scientistatwo...n-aquatic-past/ Fossil Hunting Near ‘New York,’ Brazil New York Times, April 20, 2012 http://scientistatwo...ew-york-brazil/ Back to the Scene of a Former Fossil Site New York Times, April 24, 2012 http://scientistatwo...er-fossil-site/ Related paper: Brito, D., R. Rohn, J. Carneiro de Castro, Ricardo R. Dias, and R. Rössler, 2009, The Northern Tocantins Petrified Forest, State of Tocantins – The most luxuriant and important Permian tropical-subtropical floristic record in the Southern Hemisphere. in M. Winge and others Sítios Geológicos e Paleontológicos do Brasil. Brasília: CPRM PDF file (English) at http://vsites.unb.br/ig/sigep/sitio104/sitio104english.pdf PDF file (Spanish) at http://vsites.unb.br/ig/sigep/sitio104/sitio104.pdf Best wishes, Paul H.
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I would like to know the genus, maybe the species of this fossil aquatic insect. The thing I know is that those were sold very widespread for a short amount of time before Brazil tighten on their export. The only other information I have is that its from the Creataceous. It have a small head, no wings so its a larval form, and a large ab that take up 2/3 or more of its body mass.
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