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Today i came to Lo Valdés, in Chile. A Jurassic formation based on abundant and relatively diverse ammonite assemblages. I found this!
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Figured that I would share some photos of part of my collection so far. Fairly new to this game and sure that many of you have collections that are amazing! Please share some photos of some of yours, or your prized pieces. Would love to see them! The vertabrae with the doc numbers is probably my favorite piece other than what I have recently collected. It is from Bob Ernst's collection.
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Hello! My Papa gifted me more rocks from the collection he and my Gramma gathered over the years. Just thought I would share them with my buddies on the fossil forum. As you may (or may not) have seen in my post “Beautiful Mixed Rock/Geode,” he already gave me a magnificent piece earlier this summer. I just washed these new ones up so they are wet in some of the photos. I always thought rocks looked their prettiest that way and it allows you to see more detail but let me know if you do not agree. My grandparents lived in Illinois, Wisconsin, Arizona and Florida. In case that gives context. The things that I am most curious about are -The white piece on top of the rusty colored geode. I broke some of it off thinking it was a spider sack. I had to clean some off those off a couple rocks. -The silver fleck in the oval bumpy rock (mica?). It is hard to get a good picture. -The blue, green and bronze/gold in the one rock But, any info that you would like to share is great! I am a beginner and love help with identifying things. Hope you like the pics! It is a beautiful day in boring Illinois but rocks make it more fun. Hoping it is as beautiful where you are today.
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Hello everyone on the forum, and I wish you all a good day. I am Psitaccosaur9. Currently, I am renovating my display cabinet, and am going through and organising my fossil collection. Tomorrow or on Friday, I plan to post photographs of a bunch of fossils I cannot classify, in the hopes of getting an identification for them. Before I post, I just want to ask 2 questions: 1. I have quite a few fossils, so should I post them all in one thread or on multiple? 2. I do not know the location of some of my fossils, but I do know the dealers for all of them. Should I post where I obtained them? Thank you for your help. Yours sincerely, Psitaccosaur9
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Hello, I've been wanting to showcase my ongoing collection publicly in some way, and with what I've amassed so far I've decided now would be a good time to finally start. As the title suggests, this collection is dominated by echinoderms and primarily crinoids. These are without doubt my favorite group of fossils, as in my opinion not only are they aesthetically beautiful due to their elegant composition of regularly interlocking calcareous plates, but the highly modular nature of their body plans seems to have permitted an extraordinary variety in form, which is a marvel to behold. With each entry I'll try to add an interesting description or at least factoid about the specimen, species or locality; hopefully this will be a great opportunity for me to do more in-depth research on my fossils well enough that I can explain coherently. That being said, I'm absolutely an amateur and have been collecting for just around 2 years at this point, so I would love any input and corrections from those more experienced. I love any opportunity to talk fossils, and even better if I learn something I didn't know previously. My goal is to make entries semi-regularly. The inspiration for this thread is definitely @rew 's incredible "My trilobite of the week" thread; I recommend you check that out too!
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I have come into some cash, and am unsure whether to use it to buy something impressive that I have always wanted---a few I have my eye on is a triceratops horn, a partial raptor skeleton from china, a dinosaur foot and claw, a suchomimus claw, etc. Or, use it to instead buy a bunch of fossils which are cheaper, but missing from my collection---Allosaurus tooth, diplodocus tooth etc. What would others do in the same boat--is the priority for others getting that one more expensive, but hugely impressive piece, or getting lots of more common but still cool ones. I would like an Allo tooth, Albertosaurus tooth, diplodocus tooth for my collection, but I have also wanted that bigger, more expensive and more prestigious fossil like a skeleton or a horn. Would love to hear some thoughts. -
Is it possible to get into the St. Clair Formation as an organized school group
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To start, I’m aware that the St Clair PA area owned by Reading Anthracite that contains the white ferns is closed for collecting in any general sense. However I have seen posts in the past and discussion that they allow organizations, often with a university, to collect. I just wanted to make a post to see if anyone is aware of this being the case, and the best way to go about reaching out if so. I am a member of the AIPG chapter at WSU in Detroit, and the officers of our group reached out to me to help organize a fossil collecting trip, and I thought it was worth consideration due to our position. And as a side piece if anyone has any other recommendations for spots or quarries to go to or reach out to as a medium-large group that’s doable in a day to 2-day trip out of Detroit I’d happily take those as well. I have a handful of other spots in mind but I’m sure there’s plenty more. -
Hi everyone! I've been collecting for almost 3 years now. After 3 years, I finally really know what my interest is. General dinosaur teeth + Marine reptiles up to the Cretaceous. I am bit at a halt however. For some dinosaur subspecies i have many teeth of. Which is starting to feel boring in my opinion. My thoughts want to collect as many dinosaur species as possible. Which require a lot of better contacts & patience. Do i sell of most of my teeth from one species or do I keep them? So many questions in my head. I'd love some tips, and how you other paleo fans collect your dinosaur teeth/fossils.
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Finally got around to getting another cabinet since my collection has grown. Little bit of everything. Here are most of my specimens, what do you guys think?
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Hi All, On May 21st, 2023, my family and I took a 90 minute drive to Colt's Neck, NJ, to visit a place called Big Brook Preserve. I saw a video on Instagram of a person finding Cretaceous period shark teeth in the middle of a crick bed. I had to go to this place. Wife and I loaded up our 12 and 10 year old, and off we went. Our first trip provided us with 1 complete shark tooth (Scapanorhynchus - Goblin Shark), 1 partial shark tooth (same), some belemnites, a few oyster valves (Agerostera) and a nice Devonian period trace scallop fossil. I was hooked, family had their fun. We made another trip out the next week. Shark teeth came a lot easier, and we found a complete Squalicorax tooth, a couple complete Goblin shark teeth, and a few partials. We also found a complete Enchodus tooth. We kept finding new species. Next trip I went solo. Family kind of lost interest, but I was hoping to find some of the other species I read about being found in the Brook. Well, this trip set the hook for me. I discovered a tooth, and after posting on a FB group, confirmed it belonged to a Mosasaur. It was small, but mostly complete aside from a small portion of the point. Amazing! I was cleaning up some of my other finds, and had this shiny rock that I thought was more than a rock. But, this was in a pile of other rocks that might be more than a rock, that turned out to be just rocks Well, I posted this piece on a FB group, and to my surprise it was a fragment of a Mastodon tooth! Whoa! Never thought I'd find something like that, especially in NJ of all places. I'm sure I'll never find another, but glad to say I found the one. Since then I've been back pretty much every weekend, checking out the different brooks. Have found several more different species since then, and each time is a new adventure. Hoping to branch out to other areas of the country soon. Family & I are going to Beltzville State Park in August. Area is known for Devonian period fossils right on the shoreline. And a trip to Calvert Cliffs, MD is definitely in my near future! In any case, I thought it would be interesting to catalog some of my finds as I go along. Thanks for looking, and feedback good or bad is always welcomed (please correct anything I've misidentified - I'm still learning, and won't be offended). Eric I'll kick-off with photos of some of the locations I've visited. Big Brook - First and one of my favorite spots Ramanessin Brook - Lot's of small shark teeth Leopard frog joined me for a few sifts.
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I’ll show my collection here. 1. Agnostida This is my only example from this order. Itagnostus interstrictus Wheeler Shale U-dig Quarry, Delta, Millard County, Utah Middle Cambrian Purchased Scale bar is 1 cm.
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I think I've already mentioned now and then over the last couple of months that I was on the move again. Now that we've settled in, I thought I could show you the new arrangement of the collection. Since we moved into a much smaller apartment, I've been forced to radically reduce the collection and have given up the workshop due to lack of space. Besides, I'm reaching the age where it's anyway time to let go of a few things, so I now have a good number of cartons full of fossils which shall be being put up for sale over the next year or so. Anyway, I still have 6 showcases full, so it's not all that bad and the fossils aren't nearly so much squished together in as in the past. The first one is out in the hallway directly outside the apartment as a welcoming gesture to visitors and passers by. I've filled it with what I've saved from my old mineral collection and a variety of cut and polished fossils and I've garnished it with a few ammonites from around the world. Then there are the riker mounts on the wall with small ammos and shark teeth. My main passion was always for ammonites, so these are what are mostly presented. The cabinet on the left at the top has first of all my specialty shelf and then shelves with Jurassic finds from Switzerland and France and then the 2 at the bottom from the English Jurassic. The one on the right shows from top to bottom 2x southern German Late Jurassic finds, then Early Jurassic, then Cretaceous and Nautiloids, and Belemnites at the bottom. The nautilus on top is a Digonioceras tintanti from the Wutach Valley and the large ammo on top of the cabinet on the right is a Pseudhimalayites uhlandi along with a few smaller ones on the block from the Upper Danube Valley. The next one is filled with my southern German Middle Jurassic finds from Geisingen at the top and the Wutach Valley at the bottom. There are also a few from the Alpine Triassic at the bottom right. The next one is reserved for, from top to bottom, plant fossils, gastropods in the middle and bivalves all from all over the world. The ammonite at the top is an Arietites bucklandi. And this one contains, also from top to bottom, teeth and bones, echinoids, bryozoa and crinoidea, trilobites, brachiopods and insects, corals and at the bottom a huge Pleurolytoceras dilucidum which I lugged out of the quarry in Belmont, France a few years ago. The ammonite at the top is a Procerites hodsoni. And last but not least, the TV table with my favorite eye candy. Top right Campanile giganteum with Scyphocrinus elegans. Bottom left to right Arietites solarium, Coroniceras rotiforme, Encrinus liliiformis, Cockerellites liops, Stephanoceras humphriesianum, Procerites hodsoni and Brasilia decipiformis. Well, that's all for now folks and I'm off on my bike for a short tour.
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So last weekend picked this up from another collecto. About 51 pieces of partial Megalodon teeth from Antwerp & Borseek, Belgium. These are quite more rare than you see in the USA or Indonesia for example. Biggest one measures around 5 inch.
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Here are some of the cool things I have found over the years!
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I've done a bunch of keyword searching today and my eyes are crossing so, if this is in the wrong place, feel free to correct me. What methods do y'all use to manage and track your specimens collection? I've used Trilobase, ReCollector, Access, and Excel. I've been the happiest with the first two, but they still feel clunky or lacking in support/updates. I'm just trying to see if there's something else out there that's high quality without costing me museum prices. Bonus for something PC-based that has a smartphone app as well. Whatever method you use, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts. I'm always up for getting good ideas. Thanks!
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Hey everyone, I'm very new to fossil hunting and collecting, but the collection is growing, and I'm really wanting to get out hunting a lot more. Iv'e looked around North wales and mostly found carboniferous fossils such as coral and also had a few trips to the east coast of England (mainly Whitby and Norfolk) but haven't had a lot of luck there yet except parts of ammonite and the odd belemnite. So anyway, my collection so far. My main interest in ice age animals, especially European and British. But also a keen interest in prehistoric marine life. Fossils so far: Steppe Bison (Bison Priscus) cranium Irish Elk (megalocerous giganteous) cranium Partial Irish Elk (megalocerous giganteous) Left Antler partial Juvenile cave bear (Ursus spelaeus) Jaw Partial Cave lion (Panthera Spelaea) Jaw Partial Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Right side of Jaw with M2 Molar (and M3 Molar Erupting) Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Hair sample Woolly Mammoth (Mammuthus primigenius) Fecal sample Woolly Rhino (Coelodonta antiquitatis) hair sample Fossiled Whale Rib bone that has been eaten by a Megalodon (Otodus Megalodon) Megalodon (Otodus Megalodon) Coprolite British Clactonian/Acheulean Bitface Flint Handaxe Lots of smaller pieces of ammonite, Belemnite, carboniferous corals and shells. But lets start off with my most recent purchase. Very happy with it! [removed seller name, as per forum rules] A Half Lower Jaw with M2 and M3 Molars of a Woolly Mammoth. Latin Name: Mammuthus primigenius Site: North Sea, ‘Doggerland’ area Age: Approximately 40.000 years old [removed seller verbiage as per forum rules]
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Hello Im new to this amazing website (forum) and im so happy i found out about it. Paleontolgy is my interest for 3 years so im quite new to it. I have a small collection of fossils and i wonder i they are genuinely real or not. The teeth should be mosasaurus and the trilobite elipsocephalus hoffi. Im asking because in my country are fake fossils sold quite commonly so i wonder if they are real and someone could tell if they are real or not please. Also i would like to ask if you know on what website i can buy 100% real fossils if it is not against the rules. Thank you so much for any identification, advice help and your time
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Good evening, Long time didn’t post my collection. I took pictures for some of my collection yesterday. Wish you all enjoy it! Thank you
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New to the collection, added last week. Nest of 5 oviraptor sp. (Elongatoolithid?) from the Nanxiong Fm in China.
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Is it the upper arm bone of the Hadrosauridae? I draw the Forelimbs with the fossil preserved area (Red colour).
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Nothing too crazy in the collection yet just some theropod teeth mostly from HC MT. ID'd (when I bought them) as a nano, a Acheroraptor, Dromaeosaurs and a little bitty tooth I'm not sure of. I have a few ceratopsian bones and teeth, amber and such. There's a few Spino teeth and some low quality Carchardontosaurus teeth I want to get replaced with better ones.
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Here are the only fossils that I have at the moment I hope to continue to grow my collection! Pictures 1, 2, and 3 are of my Mantellisaurus atherfieldensis vertebra. Per the seller, it is from the Cretaceous (Barremian Stage), and originated from the Isle of Wight's Wessex Formation (Wealden Group). Picture 4 is of my flea market Colpocoryphe grandis, likely originating from Morocco. Picture 5 is of my gifted partial (most likely) Merycoidodon gracilis skull, originating from possibly Wyoming or Nebraska. Picture 6, my most recent purchase, is of a plate of four upper Cretaceous shrimp originating from Hjoula, Lebanon's Sannine Formation.
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What can I do to make my fossils more useful to science?
DarasFossils posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I have a collection of at least 50 fossils, and at this point, I have something from every major time period and major life group. I've been collecting for a couple of years now, with a focus on trilobites but I have lots of other things too. But I am being to be concerned that through collecting, I am taking away material that could be studied by scientists to learn more about prehistoric life. Of course things like Elrathia Kingii are so numerous and well studied that I think pretty much anyone could or should be able to own one, but sometimes I will purchase a fossil and there will be little to no information about it online. I'm also concerned since I've read about how fossil poaching can impact scientists' studies of a specific locality and that really bothers me if I've at all contributed to that. I don't want to donate my entire collection, as I love making displays in my house and looking them over to study myself, but there's a few I feel might be better suited in a place where they can be studied by actual scientists. I've learned so much through having them and seeing them in real life in my home, but I am not exactly equipped to be making studies that are contributing to the field. Is there anywhere I can loan them, or would they have to be officially donated? And if so, would they likely be destroyed to study or just kept in a library somewhere? Could I go and visit them or receive updates on their study? I'm not even in college yet, but planning to attend an Art School, and moving on to study Paleontology either after or if I don't enjoy Art School. I've volunteered a bit at a College cataloging fossils, and looking to do more volunteering and learning fossil preparation this summer. How do you guys reason with this with your own collections? Is it even ethical to own fossils at all? I'm curious to hear different opinions. -
My name is Christian, I am 15 years old and a fossil collector in Singapore. Though I started this account a few months back, I haven't had a proper chance to introduce myself until now. I have a small (but growing) collection of 45 fossils, predominantly ammonites and a small mineral collection as well. I would love nothing more than to have found all of them myself, but I live in Singapore and as such there are little to no fossils, and the ones in my collection had to be sourced online. 8 years ago, on a stormy day in the UK on Dumpton Beach, whilst looking for odds and ends, I stumbled across a strange looking rock, picked it up and added to my bag of seashells. I took this home and managed to identify it (though not precisely) as a sea urchin fossil which, as it looked similar to one I had seen in the London Natural History Museum. I have since lost the fossil, but now definitely know it is a sea urchin, though which one I am still not sure. That is how my passion for fossil collecting began.
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Here are a few photos of my entire collection spread out in my living room between 3 seperate tables and separated by groups; Table #1 Crocodilians, Theropod Dinosaurs, Marine Mammals and Marine Reptiles. Table #2 77 Different Shark Teeth Species. Table #3 Amphibians and Reptiles, Miscellaneous Fossils and Fish.
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