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Howdy all, Seller says these are dinosaur eggshells from the Gobi Desert. Is that true? If they are authentic, the seller also says they are of oviraptor. I took the liberty to compare them to oviraptor eggshells and they didn't match up. I then compared them to some maiasaura shells which have a similar texture and my opinion now is that these are of some sort of ornithopod, possibly a hadrosaur like barsboldia or saurolophus.

It's been almost four years since I last went out into the field to hunt for fossils. Been so busy these past few years but finally a one week window arrived this May, and I once again entered the ancient desert home of the dinosaurs. As advised by the admins, I now post this trip with humbleness and excitement after the VFOTM has ended (very nice Ptychodus tooth, btw!) As per previous posts and trips, I will have to leave out landscape photos and location details of the fossil sites, as these sites in China can unfortunately be prone to blackmarket fossil poaching and other negative operations/awareness. I have been joining paleontological expeditions with professional and national teams since 2012 to hunt for dinosaurs, but this time the location is relatively new, and many species have yet to be described (only one eusauropod mamenchisaur dinosaur is in the works of being published at the moment). This new locality is dated to the Middle Jurassic period (Bajocian stage, 170 million years ago), and was mostly a delta-river system that fed into fast and deep rivers. Therapod fossils, Sauropod fossils (mainly) and Thyreophoran fossils are known to have been found since the area's initial prospect 4 years ago. Without further due, I will begin the report (sit back, it might take a day or two to finish, getting late here now!)

So not too long ago, I acquired a Protoceratops tooth from a German fossil gallery. And I have been looking for more fossils of the species for comparison both in price-range and rarity, but cannot seem to find any other protoceratops fossils anywhere. Does anyone know if these teeth are ever sold online? And have I perhaps made a heck of a buy? I'm not sure if the fossils from the Gobi Desert are rare or just hard to come by, unless you live in Asia. Any information would be appreciated, thanks! (Will put up some pictures of the tooth when I get home later)

https://www.reuters.com/video/2018/06/28/fossil-finds-in-gobi-desert-announced-in?rpc=401&videoId=440149488&feedType=VideoRSS&feedName=Technology&rpc=401&videoChannel=6

...well, forgot to post here that is I guess 2 years later I finally remembered haha! I guess that eliminates any chance of posting my finds to the VFOTM heh Anyways, it's great to be back in the forum I usually come here once every few months, so it's great to see all these new features on the website! Shoutout to the admins for the great work, love it! 2 years ago, I went to the Gobi Desert in northwestern China on an annual hunt for Dinosaurs in cooperation with some of the leading dinosaur paleontologists of the country, along with international paleontologists from the U.S and Canada for a few trips. This is the long overdue report for the 1 month expedition into the Mazongshan desert ranges of northwestern China, in search for the ancestral forms of many famous dinosaurs we know today (such as T.rex, Triceratops, Edmontosaurus, Parasaurolophus etc). Many flat tires met us on our journey to the Early Cretaceous time portal, and we witnessed some of the most beautiful of Earth's scenery, as well as the most terrifying of nature's storms with nothing but a tiny tent for each person's protection. Cut off from civilization as well as the ever-hated internet of our modern day, I was glad to be able to come out relatively unscathed and with the bonus of bountiful fossil finds, all the while standing side by side with pioneers of Chinese dinosaur paleontology, and with the hard working excavation team that accompanies them. Below are some basic stats of the trip Time Period: Early Cretaceous (Aptian - Albian), +-120 million years ago Dinosaur Occurrences: Neoceratopsians Tyrannosauroids Unidentified Dromaeosaurs Hadrosauroides Titanosaurs Therizinosauroides Other Vertebrates: Fish Crocodiles Turtles Birds Pictures coming soon, hang tight!

Hello guys i need your help if someone can identify this fossil i will be really thankful. I had some fossil dinosaur bone and eggs before so i think its a dinosaur bone or something... also i have tons of fossil tree