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  1. After some negotiations will my girlfriend she accepted that my fossil collection would be a nice addition to our living room. Finally I think that I am in a point I can share the progress. Now I just have to keep buying fossils for the empty cabinets. I didn't discard any fossils even if some are composites/low quality from when I started collecting as it has sentimental meaning.
  2. Michael1

    Florida meg

    Just posting for those who wanna see cool teeth. This is my best megalodon tooth and my second largest meg being 4.5-4.6 inches. Found in a florida creek during my last trip.
  3. Hi! When display fossils, does sunlight damage fossils? Is there anything I need to be careful about when display fossils? like moisture
  4. I have a rather large collection of fossils, and though I enjoy showing it off to people the majority of onlookers are never quite sure what exactly they’re looking at or the significance of it. Everything is labeled, but to the uninitiated that usually means very little. So, I have been meaning for quite a while to undergo a project to add information to my fossil displays in the same way a museum would, so that visitors can better appreciate what they’re seeing and maybe even learn something. I made this little case for a few Apachesaurus fossils. Hopefully in the future I can display all of my fossils in a similar manner, with context for people who aren’t paleontology nerds. My “Permo-Triassic” shelf is the one I intend to do first. Once I get that in place I’ll show it off, and maybe document the rest of the creation of my “museum.” I have some neat ideas about how to display some of my items!
  5. Hello everyone and hope you're all having a wonderful day. Recently, I had the brilliant opportunity to volunteer at the Australian Museum in Sydney. It has definitely been a highlight of this year for me, and I thoroughly enjoyed it! While I was there, I spent a lot of time exploring the museum, and eventually saw and took photographs of every palaeontological item on display I am aware of, and would like to show them all to you now as an early Christmas present. I do know @Notidanodon did get to share some photographs of the museum a while ago. If you're wondering why the opalised shells Notidanodon shared are not in this topic, they are no longer on display as far as I know. I did also get to see some fossil specimens behind-the-scenes, but I did not get to take pictures of them, so these are only the fossils and replicas on public display I do have a lot of photos of other things as well, particularly the Rameses travelling exhibition, as well as labels of the palaeontology items, so if you want anything in particular, please PM me. I also have a lot of similar photographs of the Australian Fossil and Mineral Museum in Bathurst, and will probably post those next year. This will be a long topic, and I doubt I'll finish it all today, but here goes: Dinosaur Gallery Entrance Replica skeleton of Jobaria tiguidensis and Afrovenator abakensis, originally discovered by Paul Sereno. You'll see that a lot of Sereno's skeletons are on display in this gallery, as he was involved with its creation. The Jobaria mount from behind; note the upper floor of displays no longer accesible which the sauropod's head reaches up into. From talking with the other volunteers I'm pretty sure this upper floor used to be part of the 'More than Dinosaurs' gallery which the current Dinosaurs gallery replaced, but I cannot find any images of the older gallery to confirm this besides a close-up of a Stegosaurus (which is still in the museum). Mesozoic Plants Pretty nicely, there is a decent amount of space in the gallery dedicated to non-dinosaurs. While I would have preferred a simple 'Fossil Gallery' with a variety of extinct organisms on display, this is still a good compromise. Photograph showing how the plants section, labelled 'A Changing World', is presented. Each of the large windows is into a cabinet displaying the real fossil plants, and are accompanied by a reconstruction of terrestrial life at the time at a child's eyeline, so they can get a better idea of how life on land looked in each period. You can look into them through the small rectangles below the large windows. They all appear in '3D'. The orange circles cover up areas where children can smell what certain plants would have been like (the Triassic one is of a conifer, and the Cretaceous one is of a flowering plant). Australian Triassic plants. Top left is Rissikia media, bottom left is Dicroidium zuberi and right is Cladophelbis australis. Here is the reconstruction of the Triassic. Australian Jurassic Plants. Left is Agathis jurassica, right is Osmundacaulis sp. Here is the accompanying Jurassic reconstruction. Early Cretaceous Australian plants. Ginkgoites australis at left and Phullopteroides dentata at right. Fun fact; this is where I first learned that seed ferns survived into the Cretaceous, as most dinosaur books simply seem to forget about them after the Triassic period. I guess you can also see my hand here. That's one of the annoying things about all of these items being behind glass; it's difficult to take nice photos of them without getting yourself into them. Still, it's better than the alternative, as you'll see later... Here is the Early Cretaceous reconstruction. Weird how there is a stegosaur, when stegosaurs easily reached their peak diversity and abundance in the Jurassic. Only one plant is in the Late Cretaceous cabinet, and ironically it is unidentified. The final reconstruction, which is of the Late Cretaceous. Interesting how this is the only one to not have a Theropod or Sauropodomorph. Non-Dinosaur Mesozoic Animals Opposite to the plant display, there is a section dedicated to the animals the dinosaurs shared their world with. Interestingly, this section starts out with an Eoraptor lunensis cast, to highlight certain features unique to dinosaurs, such as their hollow hip sockets. You can see parts of the herbivores and carnivores sections in the background. Over my many trips, I often seem to gravitate to this specimen, as besides the Jobaria, Giganotosaurus and Archaeopteryx it is easily the one I have the most photos of on my phone (obviously more than two, don't want to clutter the page). Properly starting off our journey on non-dinosaurs is a display of terrestrial animals. All fossils are real except stated otherwise: Skull of an unidentified Dicynodont found in Zambia. Cast of Rhamphorynchus muensteri from Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany. Parotosaurus wadei skull from Brookvale, NSW, Australia. Clarotitan andersoni from Brookvale, NSW, Australia. There is another specimen in a different gallery which I took a better picture of. Cleitholepis granulata from Somersby, NSW, Australia. Cavernericthys talbragerensis from Tralbragar, NSW, Australia. It is overlaid on a leaf. You'll notice some other fossils from Tralbragar in the Jurassic plants cabinet, as well as in another gallery. Left is a nymph of Promimara cephalota, found in Koonwarra, Victoria, Australia, and right is an unidentified cockroach from Brookvale, NSW, Australia. Aeschnogomphus sp. from Solnhofen in Bavaria, Germany. This specimen was special, but very annoying to get a photograph of. Cast of lower jaw of Teinolophis trusleri, a monotreme mammal found in Inverloch, Victoria, Australia. According to the label it is the oldest known mammal in Australia, even older than Steropodon. I'm going to start a new post now so that I don't run out of space.
  6. KYDUX

    KY coral

    I found this coral in central Kentucky. Many are mostly free of any matrix. I am planing to put them in small glass display boxes to give as holiday gifts. Should I leave them as-is? Or can I brighten them up somehow, without taking away their character? They have all been found in an old rail road cut. The matrix around the other fossils appears to be mostly sandstone, with some in limestone. I took a few pictures of the loose coral and some still in matrix. All have been found within ~75 yard radius. I haven’t prepared them in anyway, other than sitting in the rain. My plan is to go over them with a toothbrush, then warm soapy water with a brushing. Thanks in advance for any suggestions, thoughts or opinions.
  7. Wanted to showcase a small collection amassed over the past 3 years travelling around the eastern US Pictured: Carboniferous & Devonian from PA, Cretaceous from NJ/DE, Miocene from MD/FL, Triassic from AZ & Pleistocene from NJ/MD/FL Some of my favorite pieces 1 - Trigonocarpus sp seed from St. Clair, PA. Excellent preservation in 3 dimensions 2 - Muskrat skull from Calvert County, MD 3 - Lobster (Hoploparia sp) from Ramanessin Brook, NJ. Poorly preserved but rare to find intact 4 - Pleisosaur tooth from Ramanessin Brook, NJ
  8. Hi everyone! Now that we have finally overcome the shock of finding two teeth in one day, I wanted to ask if anyone has any ideas on how to display/store them? These are our very first teeth, and my son would kill me if they broke because I was storing them wrong. Should I put a layer of resin or something over them? Or should I put them in a box with cotton cushioning the bottom? Any ideas are appreciated! Thanks, Joy.
  9. I've noticed a lot of cool cabinets on the forum, but they tend to share one common trait: they're typically used for large, easy-to-view fossils. In contrast, my fossil display is designed to display smaller fossils from my collection. It is a simple table, accompanied by a magnifying glass with lighting allowing the specimens to be examined closely. We acquired this table some time ago, with the original intention of using it to display the treasured beach vacation memories we have collected over the years. My wife graciously allowed me to reuse part of it to display part of my fossil collection.
  10. I'm behind on processing my finds. VERY FAR. In Oregon collecting is strictly regulated. However, Talus alongside roads is "fair game". I maybe have 4 or 500 samples from the Keasy and Pittsburg Bluff formations (the only one's I collect). Most are in some stage of having the matrix removed. I almost went back out today even though I have this back log. But I know the talus will weathered badly here in Oregon if not recovered during the dry season. Does having more samples than you can process in a year, mean you are hording and not collecting. I know this will be different for each individual, but just looking for perspective on the issue. The Dentalium pretty much shows at what stage most of finds get to before I stop. This one is about 5mm long and perhaps .5mm wide.
  11. Good afternoon! I'm new to the forum and was hoping you all could help me with framing advice. I wanted to get a very special gift for my little brother for his birthday (his twin passed away a few years ago so I always try to make it a super special day), so I purchased a trike "spitter" tooth online. It's 1 - 1/8" in size and I was thinking about purchasing a floating frame to display it but I'm stumped as to which size I should purchase. I'm including a photo of the type of frame I was interested in using and the tooth I purchased. Is this the best way to display the tooth and if so, which size frame should I get? If there's a better way to display, please share any suggestions! Can you tell I'm new to this? Thank you all in advance, Amy
  12. Hi all I thought I would do a “show us your handmade display of stands” . I think it would be beneficial to collate all the wonderful display stands in one thread. If you do contribute to this thread it would be really useful if you can give some top tips and some pictorial info of how you made it. Also please add some pictures of the beautiful fossil , mineral or any other object you display on them. If you have already made a post and perhaps you would prefer to add a link instead. So if you have got some handmade stands out of wood, drift wood, iron, wire, acrylic , stone or upcycled objects , please don’t hide one’s creativity under a bushel but proudly post here and maybe we can inspire others to be creative. Thank you all Bobby First up is a very simple but affective way off displaying small objects that you want to display rather than in keep in a draw or acrylic box. The acrylic boxes do keep your fossil clean but sometimes don’t look that great on a shelve in my opinion. All you need is a old or interesting tin, a Bobby-pin and cotton wool.
  13. Hi, everyone. Just thought I would share with everyone this thing I just made to display my oreodont skull nicer. I had been thinking of ways that I could do it, and decided this would work the best for me. To make the insert, I had to put saran wrap around both halves of the skull. Then, using apoxie sculpt, I sculpted the insert to the the shape of the skull. This took a lot of patience, and a lot of time... I was worried I wouldn't be able to get it done before it dried. The reason for the weird shape in the matrix of the jaw is to help keep the insert in place. I am not super happy with the green color, but it still looks pretty good, at least to me. I am also not sure happy with the placement... Hope you enjoy! Cheers and Shalom, -Micah
  14. Hi. I would like to ask does anyone have ideas or tips how fossil teeth could be safely displayed? Im soon able to display some of my fossils and planned to get glass showcase, but realised that it might not be efficient for showing small-medium teeth. Most my smaller teeth are individually packed in clear cases and some are in riker cases. Any thoughts? Thanks for answers.
  15. I was wondering how you display your small dinosaur teeth? I was conserding Gem Jar cases. I just got a small dutch mosasaur tooth and some perfecr abelisaurid sp. crowns & and as I continue my fossil teeth expension. I'd like to give them the display they deserve. How do you guys and girls do it? Please show some pictures and tips! Would be greatfull!
  16. Rock Hound

    Shark Teeth Display

    April 1st, 2023
  17. musicnfossils

    Building Custom Display Stands

    Needed another hobby besides just collecting fossils…how about making my collection look better? A lot of the fossils I’ve purchased or have been gifted came with really nice custom stands from the local shop, so I’m starting to make some of my own. Just used a scrap piece of wood for the first one in case I screwed up…my woodworking skills are practically nonexistent but that’ll change with practice. Decided to start off with this nice hadrosaur toe bone I found last year! More will be posted here in the future. I really enjoyed doing this.
  18. Hello, I purchased a beluga whale vertebra fossil as a gift and I am trying to figure out the best way to display it. I want to put it in a cloche but I would like to secure it to the base somehow if possible. I found an example of one on display on what looks like a brass rod (picture attached) and I like the look of this however I have some questions about how to do this: - What is the best way to drill into a fossil like this? - What is the best way/adhesive to affix the fossil to the rod to ensure it is secure? - Is there a lot of risk of breaking the fossil in doing this? - Is there any alternative/less damaging way to have it "floating" in the cloche like this? Alternatively, the vertebrae stands fairly well on its own and I could have it just sitting on the base. However, I would still like to secure it somehow if I go with that, is there a recommended way to do this? I'm open to all feedback and suggestions on the best way to display this in the cloche, I'm sure there are things I haven't thought of or just don't know about. I have included pictures of the vertebra sitting up, what the bottom looks like, and laying down so you can see the size. Thank you so much for your help!
  19. svcgoat

    New Display Stand

    Here is the display my father-in-law welded for my Ankylosaurus Femur. Excuse the mess I have a cabinet coming soon for my smaller items
  20. Hello everyone, I recently acquired a monstrously huge Mosasaurus beaugei skull which I would like to display in my house The skull measures 170 cm / 67" and weights 85 kg /187 lbs Does anyone have similar fossils which they mounted on their walls, or displayed in their cabinets? Thank you.
  21. underdog76

    My humble little collection

    I was given a bag of fossils by a family friend, somewhere around 1985, and I absolutely cherished them when I was a boy. I was all in on fossils and dinosaurs. Fast forward all these years and I stumbled upon this old bag of fossils and my 5 year old son was enthralled by what he found in that old bag. He loves dinosaurs and sharks, like any 5 year old boy, and this was just the spark he and I needed to start a new collection. Our first piece was the 4.75 inch meg tooth in the middle. I follow a guy on Instagram and he found this off the coast of Florida, in an area close to our vacation home. The sheer size of it is so impressive, people freak out when I tell them it's real. The Spinosaur tooth on the left was acquired online. It's 4.2 inches tall and came from the Kem Kem Basin in Morocco. The tooth on the far right is a 2.3 inch Carcharodontosaurus from Kem Kem as well. Next on the wish list, T-Rex, Pterosaur and Triceratops teeth.
  22. jnicholes

    Displaying Amber

    Hi everyone, I have a habit of framing my best fossils. However, I found quite a bit that are so tiny, I’m not exactly sure how to frame them. First off, the fossils are Amber. I found a bunch of tiny pieces while I was cleaning my room in the bottom of a bin. I actually didn’t know I had them. I confirmed it was Amber today by doing multiple tests. I’m trying to figure out how to frame these. Part of me wants to encase the amber in resin, then frame that. However, I’m not sure if this is advisable. Can someone give me an opinion or advice on how I should I attempt to frame these? Pictures are attached, Jared
  23. TheCreekendWarrior

    The Creekend Warrior Collection

    Been at it for about a year now and I try to hit the creeks at least twice/month if I can help it. The "loose" pics are either newer finds that haven't made their way into the display yet, or finds that have their own display. Most of these were rescued from the Gainesville area. Some are from the Peace River & Joshua Creek, as well as Manasota, Caspersen, Venice & Fort Clinch beaches. I was also lucky enough to discover a previously unknown spot VERY close to home, while scouting one day! Dr. Hulbert (w/ UF) confirmed it is a new spot, but was reluctant to check it out as none of my initial finds were extinct species... I have since found horse teeth at that location and can't wait for water levels to go back down!!! Hoping to add a few new species to my collection on my upcoming trip to GMR & one of the Summerville creeks (not sure which one yet but would love to find my first Angi & GW)... the GW in my pics was actually found by my Grandfather in Panama in the 70s! Thanks for looking : )
  24. I know next to nothing about radioactivity-- enough to know licking fossils is inadvisable, although I'll admit that wasn't terribly disappointing news. What I'm wondering is whether specimens not radioactive enough to endanger a person are capable of damaging other specimens. Is there a need to segregate displays here, or am I just confused about the mechanics of this? My specific reason for asking is that at the moment I'm planning for my current favorite mineral specimen (which I am babying forever), an almandine garnet from Broken Hill, New South Wales, Australia, to share a small shelf area with a tooth from the phosphate deposits in Oulad Abdoun Basin, Morocco and a few dinosaur bone pieces from the Hell Creek Formation of Montana (one from Dawson County) and Lance Creek Formation of Niobrara County, Wyoming. The shelf is not enclosed, by the way. Thanks for your help!
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