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My youngest son and I left for a fossil hunting trip this last thursday and hit many a fossil site in South Dakota. Because there will be lots and lots of prep from this trip I have decided to put all this on this one thread. This is gunna take quite awhile!!! We drove the first day 12 and 1/2 hours. Had some serious road buzz. Only way to take care of that is some 'road buzz liquid'. The next morning we met up with my buddy that ive been working on for 18 months. Didnt find a whole lot, but did come away with some crab concretions of the rare Dakota cancer. 3 of these for certain has crabs in them, the rest? What kind of preservation they have? Complete? But whatever happens with these, I most certainly have none so far, so this is quite exciting for me. Ive only ever seen one that was in a concretion and the poor guy absolutely butchard it!!!! Gunna be very interesting to say the least. Our second camp site. The next day was another 5 hour drive to a freind of mine where we went last year and decided to do that again for some more Fox Hills ammonites. We went to a certain river and picked up some rocks that look promising. Then the next day went to a different river and picked up some more rather nice rocks. Very private land, but nice to have a freind with permission. More to come. RB
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I acquired some lobster concretions while in Quartzite and was asked to show the prep process, so here goes. I picked out what I thought was the best 3 and tossed the others aside. This is # 3. This has a very nice tail end but appears to be very flat/crushed otherwise. As long as its there and complete it can still end up being a very good specimen? Doing 3 lobsters at the same time is going to take quite a bit of time but as long as 1 or 2 and even 3 work out, it will a ton of exciting fun for me. We'll see. All this could take upwards of 120 hours if things to work out?
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I acquired some lobster concretions while in Quartzite and was asked to show the prep process, so here goes. I picked out what I thought was the best 3 and tossed the others aside. This is #2. Not a lot of 'glue up' on this one. This one is hollow so whats going to happen is going to be quite interesting to say the least. Hollow fossils can be a real pain in the you know what and a real challenge!!! I already put in a ton of glue in what hollow area that was exposed in the break but what other hollow area's are yet to be seen. All I can say is,,, "wish me luck please". RB
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I acquired some lobster concretions while in Quartzite and was asked to show the prep process, so here goes. I picked out what I thought was the best 3 and tossed the others aside. This is # 1. This one was already in 4 pieces and I had to take it to the sink and give the pieces a good washing and then let them dry before I could do the 'glue up'. This one will take two 'glue up' sessions before I can actually go on the prep attack. Im going to do all 3 at the same time cause there will be times that I have to 'fix,' 'glue', put back together or whatever and its nice to have another specimen to work on while the other/s are drying or whatever. Doing 3 at a time is going to take quite a bit of time and I will do my best to go from start to finish, but if one or more gets to be not worth my time I will just call it finished and toss it aside. Going to be interesting. Going to be exciting if I can get one to work out? RB
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Crustaceans are a large, diverse group of anthropods which includes the crabs, prawns, lobsters, barnacles and other shelled animals. Perhaps owing to their hard shells and marine lifestyles, crustaceans have a rich and extensive fossil record, extending up to the Cambrian, though they do not appear in abundance until the Carboniferous. They make for attractive and familiar fossils, and are one of my favorite groups to collect. Allow me to present my humble collection. Eryon cuvieri 155 million years old | late Jurassic Solnhofen Limestones; "Plattenkalk” Malm Zeta 2, Eichstatt, Germany Galene bispinosa 5 - 1 million years old | Pliocene to Pleistocene Sangiran, Central Java Carpopenaeus longistrosis 95.5 - 93 million years old | late Cretaceous Haquel, Lebanon Weichangiops rotundus (Triops) 145 - 125 million years old | early Cretaceous Dabeigou Fm; Hebei province, China
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I started this lobster quite awhile ago and threw it aside when I got disgusted when I saw there was no tail. No tail whatsoever. Nodda, nothing, gone, just a blank piece of rock. Soooo, I figure I will just build one? Scary for sure. Ive built a piece of tail before, but never the intire thing! Anyways, you can see in the first pic were its been sittin for many many months and the next pic where I dusted it off. This specimen has both claws but not in the best shape,,,, and the head is a bit crushed but the good thing is that it is there! Whew. Not sure how well I can rebuild an intire tail end but I will do the best that I can. Wish me luck. RB
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Hello everyone! First of all, I would like to say that I am new to the website, so if I am doing something wrong, please notify me! Second, I would like your help identifying this fossil lobster I found at Lyme Regis (Dorset Coast, England) 4 years ago. I am pretty sure it's a lobster, as a local paleontologist (Paddy Howe) said it definitely that; but he said he had no clue to what species it was. Here is some basic info about the fossil: Age: 200 myo, Sinemurian stage of the early Jurassic Size: from left to right, around 4cm Important: the head and the tail are missing! As there is no head nor tail, I would understand it is difficult to determine which species it is, but I would still be happy if you give me an opinion. Warm regards, Max
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Today I once again ventured out onto the london clay of the Isle of Sheppey on the hunt for some new fossil's to add to my growing collection, and as always I came back satisfied with a good days hunting and a new piece for my collection! I spent 5 hours hunting over the mud, shingle and clay, on all fours at some points and ankle deep in mud at others. But I was rewarded for my efforts as I turned for home once again! Today I picked up some lovely sharks teeth, a few tiny verts, a pair of articulated fish verts and the star of the show was a Linuparus eocenicus lobster!(well half of one anyway ;-) ) The Linuparus eocenicus lobsters are quite rare on Sheppey, especially in good condition so I consider myself quite lucky to be the proud owner of it! Pictures to follow!
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From the album: Isle of Sheppey Eocene
My first lobster find on the Isle of Sheppey. -
From the album: Isle of Sheppey Eocene
Todays haul of fossils from the Isle of Sheppey. -
Today I found myself with a few hours to spare but the weather didn't look too good. The wind was strong and the clouds looked like imminent rain. I decided to risk it and head out to the beach. Wrapped up with plenty of layers and my trusty hoody I started along the shingle towards my usual hunting spot. With the strong onshore wind the tide had not receeded very far as of yet and was cutting me off from my prefered location so I decided to look around the sections I had access to. Almost immediately I spotted my first crab of the day. This was quickly followed by 2 more! Feeling lucky I decided to stay a while longer and found another couple to add to the collection. After the tide had receeded enough to move to the next section I moved on and was rewarded again finding a handfull more crabs and some badly rolled fossils. Moving on from this point was another rewarding section below a soon to fall tree where I found my first ever recognisable lobster! :-) I finally reached my favoured section where I found a few small sharks teeth. Looking to the sky I could see it was going to turn nasty very soon, so I turned back towards the car. Along the way I picked up a final couple of crabs and then hurried back to the car with my pockets full! Upon reaching the car the heavens opened! I had made it just in time! Feeling very lucky today!
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From the album: Crustaceans
Meyeria magna, Atherfield, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, U.K. Cretaceous, lower greensand.-
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Small collection of Thalassina anomala (mud lobster) in concretion.
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From the album: Queensland mudflats
My small collection of fossil mud-lobsters, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Australian Central Queensland mudflats. Not sure of age. <30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil mud-lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Australian Central Queensland mudflats. Not sure of age. <30myo. -
I was just sent a bunch of fossil lobsters, Thalassina anomala (mud lobster) from Queensland where a mate finds them walking the inland mudflats. I'm wondering if they are worth prepping and how long this would take? I havnt got an air scribe but am in the process of getting one. My mammal fossils don't require one. I'm thinking that these would be great to start with when I get one. I know many of you are concretion experts but these are my first and look brutal to work with. Any advice? Also, does anyone have a prepped fossil lobster? I'd love to see one.
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From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia, mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
A fossil lobster, Thalassina anomala in concretion. Found in the Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. Not sure of age, ~<30myo. -
From the album: Queensland mudflats
Claw from the lobster Thalassina anomala, found in Central Queensland, Australia mudflats. -
Another find from big brook, NJ I'm thinking lobster arm part.
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Hi all. Here is a Solnhofen crustacean from Eichstätt, Bavaria, Germany, out of an old Victorian collection. Personally I believe this could be a Cancrinos or slipper lobster-like crustacean. But it could also be one of the more common Antrimpos shrimps. The most important part, the feelers are gone, so I can't be sure.
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I took one of my friends fossil collecting the other day for the first time. We went to my favorite Big Brook location and started collecting. He called me over to look at an odd "rock" he found. I told him it could possibly be something so, we kept it. When I got home and started cleaning it, it looked like coprolite to me (imagine just the tail section visible). As i took more and more marl off to expose the fossil, it started to look like a lobster or shrimp. I know ghost shrimp bodies do not fossilize as they are not chitinous, but I did find a lobster specimen online that looks similar (but of higher quality of course). Can someone confirm that this is what I think it is or inform me of the correct identification. I would like to give this back to my friend as he is the one who found it and give him a correct ID.
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This trip (last weekend) was long overdue, I haven't been to the San Juan Basin in months. I love ammonites, but I snargin' love dinosaurs. Just wanted to share some photos. Hadrosaurine... ...turtle and croc(?)... ...ceratopsian... ...some crazy roots and lamas. Made a detour on the way home for some ammonites... ...with a few surprises, a heteromorph ammonite... ...and a partial lobster! I love weekends!!!
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