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Tonight I decided to stop by the Chicago Rock and Mineral Societies 70th Annual Silent Auction which ran from 6pm - 9pm. This was the first time that I have attended this event and since it was a rainy night and only 40 miles from home I figured I stop by to see what they had. Here are a couple pics of the event- Most people were interested in the Rocks and Minerals and not the few fossils that were offered, and I hate seeing fossils up for auction and no one bidding, so I did and picked up a couple items that I did not need. This first piece is from Mazon Creek and I do love bark, so I got this piece for $3.00- Calamites bark with a great cross section of an internode. Here are 3 pieces of Pennsylvanian black shale that contain Shark Spines- these are from Illinois and I forget which Pit they come from and they only cot 50 cents each. I definitely did not need this next flat of Upper Ordovician Isorthoceras sociale cephalopods, but I could not just let them sit there without anyone putting down the starting bid of $1.00. I wrote down $1.00 and this was the last table to close and no one raised it, so I brought them home. I was planning on collecting from this site again this year after the MAPS Show. These two larger pieces of Turritella Agate from I believe Wyoming were a good price at $2.00 each- one slab is natural and the other slab is cut and polished on both sides. I also picked up these 5 echinoids and 1 gastropod that were supposed to have been collected in July of 1967 in Salenia, Texas- I picked these pieces up for 50 cents each. Here are a bunch of brachiopods and 1 horn coral that I got for a few dollars, but I do not have a location or age on these, If someone can help out it would be appreciated @Tidgy's Dad @Peat Burns- I believe that they are all from the same location. I’m thinking maybe Devonian from New York or Ohio? Here is a small trilobite that may be complete within the matrix- unknown location. I picked this up for 50 cents as well as this other piece with multiple brachiopods, believe it maybe Ordovician Sowerbyella rugosa. All in all, it was a good time and I helped them get rid of some stuff that they did not have to pack up and take back.

Special thanks to Ptychodus04 for making this custom stand for my Megaloceros giganteus antler. I love it!!!

I was sent some photo's from a friend of mine who asked if I know Genus or species? He has no info of any kind so this may be tuff? He got this stuff from a sale. Any help will be helpfull. Thank you Ron

I’m in Toronto this weekend with my fiancé to have an engagement party with her Canadian side of the family. I’ve been to the ROM once but now that I’m on the forum I figured I would give a 2019 update on what’s here!! I’ll add photos throughout the day. This place is amazing

I'm looking to get a group hunt. I have family in the address but never hunted it before. Anyone want to go?

Hi, I have looked through the internet and couldn't find information on this and thought maybe someone passing through could give me and quick answer. Why things share similar words in latin when sometimes they are not related at all. For example Dickin(Sonia) ( a flat Ediacaran animal ) Dick(Sonia) ( a tree fern ) Cook(Sonia) ( one of the first vascular plants ) These are three different species that share not too much. (aside from everything is connected) Or another example is: Archaeo(therium) ( a boar like predator in the Miocene ) Kayenta(therium) ( a semi-aquatic rodentoid from early Jurassic) Mega(therium) ( a huge land sloth from early Pliocene ) Balochi(therium) ( huge hornless rhino from oligocene) However like the Therium family above, this simply means mammal or marsupial. Sonia contains animals and plants. And unlike Therium I still have no explanation for Sonia. If anyone knows, please let me know.

Hello there guys. Im planning to go to calvert cliffs this Saturday 3/9/19. Any suggestions on where to go and how i can maximize my chances of finding good fossils? Ive only ever fornd shark teeth at Myrtle Beach. Any help is awesome.

Hello there I'm new here. I'm from Pennsylvania and love to hunt fossils.

The 11th annual Western Interior Paleontological Society (WIPS) Founders Symposium with the theme of Lagerstatten (exceptional preservation) is near. It promises to be a Who's Who of paleo experts presenting over two weekend days. More details can be found here: http://westernpaleo.org/symposiums/2019_pages/about-2019.php SPEAKERS Speakers are coming from across the country to tell us about Lagerstätten — famous deposits known for their exceptionally preserved fossils — from Canada's Burgess Shale to Colorado's own Florissant Formation. Paleontologists scheduled to date are: Derek Briggs (keynote) Yale University Konservat-Lagerstätten — Burgess Shale and beyond William Ausich The Ohio State University Crawfordsville Indiana: Research inspired by a crinoid Lagerstätte Brent Breithaupt BLM-Western Region Robledo Mountain Formation vertebrate and invertebrate trackways (Permian, New Mexico) John Foster Utah Field House of Natural History State Park Museum Cambrian Soft-body Preservation in the House Range Embayment Succession (Wheeler, Marjum, and Weeks Formations), Millard County, Utah Lance Grande Field Museum of Natural History-Chicago The Lost World of Fossil Lake. Snapshots from Deep Time James Hagadorn Denver Museum of Nature & Science Fossil Jellyfish: The Ultimate in Remarkable Preservation John-Paul Hodnett M-NCPPC Dinosaur Park The Late Pennsylvanian (Missourian) Denizens of Kinney Brick Quarry, a Lagerstätte from the Atrasado Formation in Central New Mexico Sharon Holte The Mammoth Site of Hot Springs Ongoing and New Research at the Mammoth Site — Over 40 Years of Discovery Frank Krell Denver Museum of Nature & Science High Quality Insect Preservation — Fossils in Amber (Baltic, Lebanon, Myanmar) and from the Messel Formation (Eocene, Germany), with emphasis on scarab beetles Martin Lockley University of Colorado-Denver (Emeritus) An Ichnological Konservat-Lagerstätten in the Cretaceous of Korea: The Fruits of an Innovation in Tetrapod Tracks Research John Maisey American Museum of Natural History (Curator Emeritus) The Santana Fossil Assemblages from Brazil Herbert Meyer Florissant Fossil Beds National Monument The Fossils of Florissant Roy Plotnick University of Illinois Mazon Creek:A Pennsylvanian Konservat-Lagerstätte in Illinois James Schiffbauer University of Missouri Through the Taphonomic Lens: Witnessing the Dawn of Animals at the Ediacaran-Cambrian Transition Hans-Peter Schultze Curator Emeritus, Natural History Museum, University of Kansas Solnhofen, a Window into the Jurassic Time Talk titles subject to change

I made a page on Facebook with all my carboniferous finds and hunts in this stage,i show also all the carboniferous fossils i had from friends (many exchanges) I made also few pictures in french museums Hope it could help to ID ,if somebody could have other carboniferous fossils,i will be always glad to exchange https://www.facebook.com/pg/Dalmanites-Nala-1926592597599034/photos/?ref=page_internal https://www.facebook.com/Dalmanites-Nala-1926592597599034/

Hey all, The Calvert Cliffs have been falling left and right recently. Countless cliff slides have led to plenty of new material becoming accessible on the beaches, but the unstable cliffs also call for extra caution. I decided to return to my favorite winter hunting location, Bayfront Park, to try and take advantage of the cliff falls. I thought it would be a good opportunity to film my first YouTube video, which I have been wanting to do for a while, so I brought my new handheld camera mount. Peak low tide was exactly at sunrise, so I woke up at 4 a.m. in order to arrive at the beach before then. Early mornings can be rough, but if you're getting up to do something you love it's a whole lot easier. When I got to the parking lot, it was still very dark and I actually had to use my phone's flashlight to hunt for the first few minutes before the sun began its ascent into the horizon. It was a very cloudy day, so unfortunately I wasn't treated with one of the gorgeous Brownies sunrises. Within 10 or 15 minutes or searching, I found one of the biggest teeth I've ever found at Brownies, a huge 2 inch mako in perfect condition. That's when I knew it was going to be a good day. Not too long after that, I stumbled across a circular object slightly covered by sand. It looked like it could be some kind of vertebra or possible a "cookie" (dolphin epiphysis), but there was only one way to find out. When I tried pulling it out, it didn't budge. I pulled harder. As it still wouldn't come out, I realized it must be much larger than it appeared on the surface. Throwing aside the rock next to it, I finally pulled out a beautiful cetacean vertebra! I've always wanted to find one, especially after running into a guy who found a dozen of them on my last Brownies trip, so I was ecstatic. I continued finding some very nice teeth. I also found another cetacean vertebra, this time a very different shape but in very good condition. Despite the harsh temperature and dangerous cliffs, there were quite a few other hunters out on the beach. At one point I ran into a man who had found two perfects Megs, each one about 2 inches. I hoped to find one for myself, but had no such luck. Regardless, I was extremely content with everything I found and began to make my way back to the car. This trip was one to remember, not only because of the awesome finds, but also the fun experience of filming the video. I kept this trip report rather short, because the video covers the detail I usually go into, and then some. Anyway, I've wanted to become a fossil hunting YouTuber pretty much ever since I began hunting, but I just never really got around to it until now. I love watching YouTubers like @addicted2fossils, and I hope others will find my videos to be entertaining and educational as well. I've posted the link to my video below, and I would really appreciate it if you would take a second to like the video, leave a comment, and subscribe to my channel. I'll be putting out many videos like this in the future. I have some very exciting trips coming up, including hunting at a private creek site and going to the annual Aurora Fossil Festival in NC! Stay tuned. Hoppe hunting!

Hello everyone! I figured I’d show everyone all of the cardabiodon and Cretoxyrhina I own! To start off here are my two cardabiodon. The left one is a Cardabiodon ricki from the Malii Prolom Quarry in the Ryazan Region of Russia. I’m not too sure how old the tooth is. The second tooth is a Cardabiodon venator from Kansas.

Could some please ID these fossils from the classic location, Lyme Regis? The bottom two pictures are from the same fossil and a UV light was used on one of the fossils to help it show up.

I'll be moving in a few months or so . I was informed there are some rock shows where i'll be moving too, so i might check those out. However my question is how can i know what i'm getting is real? Even if a vendor says they are real but i know it's not always the case. What can i look out for? Besides the obvious perfect placement of some fossils?

Hey everyone! You were all so great when it came to helping me determine what fossils were authentic and worth spending well on. Well, I recently came across an online seller. I purchased a "jaw bone" (authentic teeth, the typical fake jaw set in sand) and noticed they are now selling many more fossils that appear to be complete casts. Is it worth reporting them or could it be that they don't know much about fossils themselves and are being conned by their suppliers? They have 100% positive feedback so I guess their customers don't know what to look for either?

These are some of my best and biggest teeth from antwerp Show me yours

Hello Fossil Forumers, I am an enthusiastic fossil hunter in the South Island of New Zealand. My knowledge is limited (but always expanding) but my enthusiasm is always high. Ever since a paleontologist gave me some fossils as a child I have had a love of them. I have been a long time browser of this forum, and I thought it was time to participate. Thanks for having me.

DISCLAIMER: most of these pictures are pretty bad. But I feel these specimen are so well known that it is easy to tell what they are at least the genus. So I went to a rock shop with fossils (Actually landed a job there now.) They had this selection of fossils and I grabbed all that I thought fit. (they had no labels) I was able to identify some of these but others I wanted some input. 1. I believe this is a fish. Probably knightia from Wyoming (as its the cheapest and most common) however in the quality it is in, I'm sure I'll only wonder. 2. both pictures are of the top and side of I believe a horn coral. Correct me if I'm wrong. 3. I think these are crinoid stems which are all different colors shapes and sizes. 4. These are obviously Echinoids of some kind. I'm satisfied with that. 5. I am only guessing here but I believe this to be a Ray plate? 6. this looks like some kind of tooth but I'm not sure. Its been either annihilated or its something I've never seen before. 7. I think this looks like some kind of sponge. 8. this may be another sponge or possibly a coral of some kind. 9. I found a plethora of ammonoids. FINAL QUESTION: I want to see how much you think I paid for all of these. For me I was amazed at the price. Having been to a rock shop the same day that had a horn coral with the exact same detail and size was 8$ a piece. Let me know below and thanks for reading through again - John