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From the album: Dinosaurs and Reptiles
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Carlsbad man recounts dinosaur fossil discovery By DeJanay Booth, Carlsbad Current-Argus Nov. 30, 2017 http://www.currentargus.com/story/news/local/2017/11/30/carlsbad-man-recounts-dinosaur-fossil-discovery-museum/910807001/ Yours, Paul H.
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Hey y'all, I live in Albuquerque. I have a fascination of fossils or obsession with them. I have been interested in fossils since I was a little guy, since my first dinosaur toy at age 5. As I grew older my interest in fossils and the process to find them has grown increasingly, as for me it's like a treasure hunt. You can say I am an avid hunter of fossils. I want to look in new places that I haven't and find ones I don't have. Thank you for letting me connect with other like minded people. I love NM, the abundance of fossils are far beyond what we think. Trust me, the land of enchantment lives up to its name.
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Back to the windmill site 2 weekends ago and just now uploading the pics...It was a short trip, so didn't find much, but I did enjoy great fall weather, and some really cool calcite-infilled clams,,,
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Cupressinoxylon or similar conifer from the Fruitland Shale, New Mexico
MetasequoiaOccidentalis posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi there... The piece on top I collected from the Fruitland Shale today. The piece on bottom is from the Albuquerque Natural History Museum. I am trying to identify the conifer shoot towards the top of both photos which almost sort of resembles a fish vertebra. Any ideas as to what species or family it could be? Looks like Cupressaceae /Taxodiaceae or Araucariaceae.
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https://tecake.in/news/science/nine-year-old-mexican-boy-discovers-1-2-million-year-old-fossilised-stegomastodon-skull-34274.html Nice article, but the author has a problem differentiating New Mexico from Mexico. Enjoy!
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Need help IDing this fossil I found in Cloud croft New Mexico.....thank you soooo much an advance Andrea
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I was going through a large group of very small Triassic coprolites today and came upon this. Since there was a beat up Koskinonodon tooth in with the coprolites, I'm wondering if this could be a jaw or maxillary fragment from a juvenile. The person who found the coprolites said that he found a lot of Koskinonodon teeth in the area as well some from Phytosaur, Apachesaurus, Coelophysis, Postosuchus, and Revueltosaurus. What do you all think? Jaw or maxillary? Amphibian, fish or something else? If this is amphibian, can anyone identify the bone above and to the left of the teeth? My cat votes amphibian @Carl check it out!
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From the album: Dinosaurs and Reptiles
Machaeroprosopus=Pseudopalatus? Bull Canyon FM, New Mexico -
This osteoderm was in a box of Bull Canyon Formation (Triassic - Norian) coprolites that I have been going through for the past year. The fun thing is, I one of the coprolites in this batch appears to have osteoderm inclusions that look very similar. I have looked at well over a thousand coprolites from this formation, and this is the first time I have found inclusions such as these. Needless to say, I am super, super excited!!!! Best I can figure it is from an aetosaur or phytosaur, neither of which are familiar to me. I did send an email to the person that found them to see if she is able to identify it, but thought I would throw it out to the forum at the same time. Any assistance you provide would be greatly appreciated. @Carl check it out!
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I have found a couple of partial jawbones and have tried my best to do all the research to help me identify them. Here is what I know about the area and what has been found: San Jose Formation (Eocene) — San Juan Basin Closest documented fossil sites (within a mile) Pelycodus, Squamata-Paraglyptosaurus. Squamata-Saniwa My father remembers when he was a child (about 70 years ago) a museum or university excavating a three-toed horse skeleton less than half a mile away. I’ve never known him to be wrong when it comes to local history. General area fossil sites (within 50 miles) Cantius,Chriacus,Diacodexis,Diacodon,Didelphodus,Didelphodus,Hyracotherium,Leptacodon,Macrocranion,Miacis,Omomys,Paramys,Peradectes,Phenacolemur,Prodiacodon,Prototomus,Scenopagus,Thryptacodon,Viverravus;Reptiles-crocodile bones and teeth There may not be enough of the fossils to identify, but I would appreciate any feedback.
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I live in north central NM on the continental divide. Is it possible that there is an actual bone covered with sand sticking out of this sandstone?
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Boy finds 1.2 Million-year-old Fossil While Playing Outside (New Mexico)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Boy finds 1.2 million-year-old fossil while playing outside By ABC Radio, July 19, 2017 http://wtop.com/science/2017/07/boy-finds-1-2-million-year-old-fossil-while-playing-outside/ A 9-Year-Old Tripped, Fell and Discovered a Million-Year- Old Fossil By Jacey Fortin, New York Times, July 19, 2017 https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/19/science/boy-fossil-new-mexico.html NMSU experts dig up Las Cruces boy’s million-year-old fossil find. Minerva Baumann, New Mexico State University, July 18, 2017 http://newscenter.nmsu.edu/Articles/view/12599/nmsu-experts-dig-up-las-cruces-boy-s-million-year-old-fossil-find Yours, Paul H. -
A couple of years ago, while on a romp through the Rio Puerco Valley, I found this ammonite. Since then, I have attempted to find a proper i.d. for this specimen through literature and documentation of New Mexico's Late Cretaceous ammonites. With very little luck, the closest resemblance were ammonites in the subfamily Puzosiinae, which are not documented from New Mexico. Today I decided to show the curator and the ammonite researcher at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. Good news...they did not know what it was! ...pretty exciting. Anyhoo, I have donated it to be studied but figured I would post it here as well. Unknown ammonite from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Paguate Mbr. of the Dakota Formation - New Mexico, USA. I doubt they'll be jumping on this right after lunch, but I will let ya'll know the results as I do. Happy hunting, -P.
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Tiny fossil reveals what happened to birds after dinosaurs went extinct By Carolyn Gramling, Science Magazine AAAS, July. 10, 2017 http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/07/tiny-fossil-reveals-what-happened-birds-after-dinosaurs-went-extinct The OLDEST tree-dwelling bird species revealed: 62 million-year-old 'Tsidiiyazhi abini' fossil suggests avians rapidly evolved after the asteroid strike that wiped out the dinosaurs by Shivali Best, Mail Online, July 11, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4684926/62-million-year-old-Tsidiiyazhi-abini-fossil-discovered.html Fossil sheds light on bird evolution after asteroid strike By Helen Brigg, BBC News http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-40535631 Ksepka, D.T., T.A. Stidham, and T.E. Williamson, 2017. Early Paleocene landbird supports rapid phylogenetic and morphological diversification of crown birds after the K–Pg mass extinction. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2017/07/05/1700188114 Yours, Paul H
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Hi there, Here are 4 Aetosaur vertebrae I have from the Bull Canyon Formation, Quay County, NM. Just wondering if they are indeed Aetosaur verts? If so, can a genus be pinpointed. It has been restored and repaired; the seller found it in several pieces. Thank you! Jojo Second vertebra
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It's been a good week for fossiling in New Mexico...found this one in a dry wash in west-central NM. The nearest upstream units were (from nearest to far) kmf-Menefee, kpl-Point Lookout Sandstone and the Satan tongue of the Mancos shale (kms). I've always thought of the Western Interior Seaway as fairly shallow and the shark a deep variety, but the lit says the extant cousin patrols 100m to 1,300m and the WIS was as deep as 750, so there's habitat, I would think. Thoughts? Thanks!
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Hello my name is Steve I live in South East New Mexico about 70 miles east of Carlsbad,Nm. About 21yrs.ago I was camping and swimming on the Pecos river in Carlsbad,Nm. I seen water dripping on this rock and it caught my eye. I dug it up which was a task in itself. Finally got it up and it's a lot heavier than it looks. I don't know what it is but it doesn't seem like a regular old rock, friends say it's a fossil, maybe turtle shell or jus shell, you can almost see some kind of pattern on it but it's hard to tell. I only have this one pic, cause my sister has it and she's giving me the run around(that & she's a story for a different forum & time) any help would be appreciated and I'll definitely try to get more pics.Thank you.
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Hello, Does somebody here knows where I can obtain permian or triassic vertebra fossils (no fish, exept shark) and reptiles, amphibians.... I prefer good quality. Thanks Thijs
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Found this specimen at approximately 9,500 feet in elevation in the Albuquerque, NM area. I have taken photographs with measurements. Was found in loose to rocky soil on the surface. I did no digging to locate specimen but basically picked it up off the ground after noticing it sticking up. I have no knowledge of what it could be other than the fact that it looks like a tooth. Thanks in advance.
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This by far has been the most ambitious trip that I've done, but it was certainly worth the long drive times, poor truck stops (to sleep at), and lack of time to sleep and even eat. In just 10 days I traveled through 7 states (WY, ID, MT, CO, UT, AZ, NM) and covered at least 4700 miles (I might actually have broken 5000). Not only did I alot some time for general fossiling/rockhounding, but also time to stop at a few of the more "touristy" types of places (national parks/monuments, etc). The first day I visited a couple sites in southeastern Montana, with the first being known to produce oysters. It took longer than expected to find, but afterwards I discovered the site to be completely loaded with oysters and oyster fragments. The majority were completely covered with just a tiny bit showing, but after finding a few it seemed like all of them kept popping up one after another. Most were under 1cm in total length, but I found a couple that were larger. The next site was a little disappointing in that due to poor road conditions, I couldn't make it out to a few of the stops that were rumored to yield crinoid pieces (given that I've been working on crinoids for the past year at university, this was going to be one of the highlights of my trip for rockhounding). But I did manage to find one of the stops, which while it appears mostly picked over, did produce one nice piece of coral and several pieces with fragmented clams. This was actually a place that encompassed much more land than I anticipated, so I hope to return next year and alot several days there.
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Hello. I went on a long hike a few days ago and stumbled upon this in a large Cambrian rock. I believe most of the outcrops in this area are very early Cambrian as I find a lot of Archaeocyathids. Is this structure somehow related to the Archaeocyathids? It's about 6 inches in diameter. I have an average sized hand. Another fossil I'm trying to figure out is this.... Sorry the pic is a bit dark. I'm thinking maybe it's a priapulid with the bottom section broken off? The probiscus appears retracted on the upper right hand side, and the segmentation of the organism is clear. Thanks. Hat.
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Bull Canyon Formation, San Miguel County, New Mexico
sander posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Dear Forum members, I own a few microteeth which are said to be from the Bull Canyon Formation of San Miguel County, New Mexico. I have tried to find a scientific paper on the Bull Canyon Formation locations of San Miguel county, but I can only find Garita Creek Formation locations. Does anyone know where in San Miguel County all those micro teeth come from? Is it really Bull Canyon Formation or another formation? Thank you for your answer, Sander -
so in the deserts of new mexico these were found. not anything I have ever seen here and was really curious what they are. they are agate based but shaped like vertebrate so I'm lost. any help would be greatly appreciated
