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Please give me any info you can on this. This is the most beautiful piece of petrified wood I have ever found. Any idea on age or type of wood etc.? Is the white outer covering volcanic ash? Top
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Not sure what to think about this one. TOPSIDESIDEBOTTOM
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These big teeth are always a mystery to me. I don’t know how to tell the difference between bison camel and horse. Thanks for looking
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Long time fossil/ artifact hunter here, my problem is that I can’t identify most of the things I find! Hopefully I can get some education from the experts on here. I have lots of cool finds that I will be posting up here soon to hopefully get identified. I wish I had more to contribute to the forum but I’m afraid I’m going to be on the receiving end most of the time. Thanks
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My younger son Mel just led his first fossil trip of the year on our Eocene/Oligocene M&M Ranch in Nebraska last week. My sons, Mel and Marco Jr., are starting to get back from their prepper some of the fossils that they found on our ranch in 2018. Not all fossils go to the prepper. Mel preps some of the specimens himself. Below is a picture of the specimens Mel found in 2018 that he will prep. Here are a few pictures of 2018 specimens just back from the prepper. Mel found another saber cat in 2018 that is in prep. Below are a saber cat skull found by Mel and saber cat skeleton found by Marco Jr. in previous years on the ranch. They have found seven or eight so far on the ranch. I'll probably be going out to the ranch a couple of times this year. However, I spend most of my time at the ranch taking matrix that contains micro squamate, bird, amphibian, and mammal specimens. I'm currently working with seven researchers on this micro material. Marco Sr.
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Stylemes nebraskensis Turtle - Nebraska Oligicene
Texas Fossil Hound posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Cartier's favoroite fossils
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Associated rear Oreodont leg bones right before jacketing - Nebraska
Texas Fossil Hound posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Cartier's favoroite fossils
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Nebraska Oligocene Hunt - Posing with a new Tortoise and a celebratory random manly point
Texas Fossil Hound posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Cartier's favoroite fossils
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Oreodont in situ - Nebraska Oligocene
Texas Fossil Hound posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Cartier's favoroite fossils
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Found bunch of fossils Nebraska panhandle So much variety any comments appreciated
Brian Roland posted a topic in Fossil ID
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On my wife and my epic fossil trip this fall we spent a day in Nebraska in the White River badlands. Found some of the normal stuff...nothing spectacular but neat for us as we had this as a "bucket list" locality. One of our best finds was an oreodont skull. I found the nose at the bottom of a gully, and worked my way up until I found the outline of the broken bone. I dug out a volleyball-size chunk of rock and brought it home. Just finished prepping it out. It needs some reconstruction of areas around the snout that were weathered away, but all in all I am pleased with how it came out. At camp with a little rough prep to see what we had. Top view while at camp. Packed it away at this point. Underside after reattaching the muzzle.
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Prepping White River Turtle with Bones - need advice
Xiphactinus posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hello forum preppers....need some advice. I started what I thought would be a very easy prep on a partial turtle I found in Nebraska this past fall. It was in 2 halves about 5 feet apart on a slope. Clean, glue together. Easy peasy. But....when I started cleaning I found that at least part of Mr. Turtle is still at home in the shell. So....I'm trying to figure the best approach. I'm thinking that I may remove the plastron as it is not all there, put it together and use it as a removable "lid" and then prep out the inside of the shell some. Problem with that is that it would lead to displaying the turtle upside down with the best looking part on the bottom. Also, can anyone ID the species at this point? Ideas appreciated!
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This group of ground sloth claws are all personal river finds from Nebraska.
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These toe bones were found in association with a ton of fragments. Quite a puzzle! Any idea from these tiny hooves what I might be working on?
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My wife and I found these small jaw fragments in W. Nebraska earlier this month. Not sure of the ID's. Each is about 3 cm long. Help is appreciated! Jaw 1 Jaw 2 Jaw 3 Jaw 4 Jaw 5
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Visit to Ashfall fossil beds in North East Nebraska recently. It's out of the way for about anyone, but worth a visit. I didn't get too many photos, but here are a few. The statues show the "rhino barn" in the background. A few shots inside, and the "first building" has some very cool stuff removed from the pit, and a nice section of a plesiosaur from a niobrara deposit nearby.
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In an old collection I found this small tibia. It is missing the proximal end. I believe this fossil came from Lower Snake Creek making it Miocene. I have no idea what this would have been from. Ruler in pictures is in inches.
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Howdy from Nebraska. My name is Richard and I have had a long time interest in finding the remains of extinct species from the late Pleistocene and early Holocene.
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Hi everyone, My father and I are going to be in the Crawford area at the end of May. We are already planning to visit the Norman Ranch and High Plains Homestead (the Semroska's Ranch?) but we could only get a few days at each due to them being booked otherwise. We would like to visit another ranch on the few days we couldn't schedule. Does anyone know another ranch that allows fossil hunting? We are just looking to go for 2-3 days. Thanks!
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Looking for second opinions, confirmation, or correction on this jaw from the White River Group, Oligocene, Nebraska. These last few posts represent my first "go around" with rodent teeth. I have this one as Myomorpha cf. Eumys elegans. Of the teeth listed in "The Mammalian Fauna of the White River Oligocene: Part II. Rodentia" by Scott et al. 1937, this seemed like the best match. An old publication, but I see that this taxon is still valid. I'm sure new species have been discovered. Here is the jaw. Scale in mm. Close up of occlusal surface not to scale.
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Looking for confirmation or correction on this jaw fragment from the White River Group (Oligocene) of Nebraska. I have it as a Lagomorph cf. Palaeolagus. Scale is in mm. (Occlusal view on lower right is enlarged and not to scale).
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I am looking for confirmation of the identity of this rodent jaw from the White River Group of NW Nebraska. I am thinking Ischyromys. Thoughts? Scale is mm. Occlusal view enlarged and not to scale. @jpc, @Fruitbat, @Nimravis
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I'm looking for confirmation on this. I think it is Leptomeryx. The two occlusal views are the same but with different lighting. The other photos are labial and lingual views of the jaw. White River Group. Oligocene. Nebraska. Scale in cm/mm. Occlusal view not to scale. @Harry Pristis, @jpc, @Nimravis
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Here is another coprolite. Wondering if the class of organism that defecated it can be determined. I found it in a particularly desolate (in terms of fossils) exposure of Pierre Shale (late cretaceous) in NW Nebraska. It was the only fossil I found in 2 hours of hunting. Pic to left shows close-up with fish bone inclusions. @GeschWhat
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I am wondering if any more information can be gleaned from this specimen beyond "coprolite". Bony fish? Shark? Mosasaur? Niobrara fm., Cretaceous. NW Nebraska. @GeschWhat
