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  1. This is a re-post of a topic I started late this last summer, but got lost during the August forum migration. Late in July I took a trip with a few friends out to the American Fossil Quarry and Fossil Butte National Monument to hunt for fossils out of the lower Eocene Green River Formation. The Green River Formation is a lagerstatte which is perhaps the best site in the world for articulated fossil fish, many of which also display varying degrees of soft tissue preservation. Fossils from this locality are mined commercially and are ubiquitous on the fossil market. Living in Denver, the Green River Formation is only a few hours away by car and I've always wanted to plan a trip out there to collect it, which is very easy to do and fairly cost-effective thanks to numerous pay-to-dig quarries where you get to keep essentially everything you find. I decided to plan a dig at American Fossil Quarry, which is one of the more popular quarries. I managed to convince two of my friends to come with me, and we spent a day and a half (12 hours total) at the quarry while camping at the nearby Lake Viva Naughton. It was my two friends' first times ever hunting for fossils, and they both report that their expectations were far exceeded at the quarry! There's a very good chance this trip was the start of the making of two new fossil fanatics. We had a blast out in the quarry, with the thrill of discovery doing plenty to stave off the oppressive sun and desiccating dust. We also made sure to visit some of the fossil shops located in Kemmerer and spent some time at the museum in the visitor's center of Fossil Butte National Monument, which is fantastically well put together and was so awesome to see. Each of us found plenty of treasures, including lots of Knightia and Diplomystus fish as well as coprolites (fish, stingray, and turtle), scales, occasional plant material, and even a few rarer fish. Here's some pictures from our adventure: Myself posing with a very nicely preserved Knightia eocena. My two friends hard at work splitting shale for ancient treasures. A few of my day one finds on my shelf. A very nice partial Priscacara found by one of my friends. A small stingray with associated Knightia found by a different participant the first day we were there. A mostly complete Amphiplaga brachyptera (one of the rarer fish) found by me, associated with a Knighta alta. Only the tail and part of the dorsal fin is missing, the rest of the fish is intact! Easily my prettiest fish: An absolutely perfect Diplomystus dentatus found by me the second day. One of the displays at the visitor's center of Fossil Butte National Monument. Cheers, and thanks for reading!
  2. Superhedger

    What fish is this?

    This is one of the fish we found in Green River WY last week it looks distinctive from the others maybe Phareodus?
  3. Superhedger

    Hiodon or Phareodus

    Is this a Hiodon or perhaps a juvenile Phareodus Testis?
  4. Just started this beautiful beast. ~22" Phareodus. About 10hrs in so far with the micro jack thinning the matrix before the abrasive prep. Have to build a larger abrasive cabinet to accommodate it. Will post updates here as I make more progress. Cheers David
  5. I think that I posted some pics last year as I worked my way through a prep of a very large Phareaodus fish from the Green River fm near Kemmerer WY. Sadly, its a broken slab and I only have part. I have prepped out to the outer edge but had to stop because that edge is slanted and leaves the fossil layer very thin and fragile. So I came up with an idea. I'll fill in a box of the missing area, finish the prep, and then paint on the missing fish area.. That way I can display it and its still visible for what is real and what it would have been. So, I took a pic and digitally overlaid it onto a complete specimen. Holy mackerel I'm missing a LOT of this fish! My putty fill isnt near big enough. Guess I'll have to add a second pour, but that will have to come after I finish the prep. This wont fit in my prep box if it gets any larger! The measurement of my partial fish is over 13 inches long, which means if it hadnt been broken before I found it, it would have been over 20 inches long, maybe even 24.
  6. Hello There's an unrestored phareodus fish fossil I'm thinking about purchasing. How difficult is it to restore these and what do they use to highlight them? I'm a very patient guy and already have the tools needed. Just not sure to to go about the highlight process. Any help would be appreciated.
  7. Here are two photos of a Phareodus that are roughly 14" in length. Both on sale at the same website. One is almost twice as much as the other. I am trying to learn what to look for when evaluating a fish fossil from photographs. Comparing these two photos, can you point out what the big difference is between them? Thanks.
  8. Praefectus

    REMPC-AC0003 Phareodus testis

    From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)

    Phareodus testis Eocene Green River Formation Kemmerer, Wyoming, USA
  9. Wanted to show this phareodus encaustus prior to preparation that my daughter found during our Father's Day night dig in the 18" layer in the Green River Formation in Kemmerer, WY. The team with us, and some experts looking at it after, now suspect that it is aspirated, perhaps with a notogoneus. Having it examined by xray prior to preparation as we may end donating this one to Fossil Butte Monument if it is what it looks like. Phareodus is every bit of 24" in length or longer. The best Father's Day gift was the sheer joy of my 9 year-old daughter upon her discovery. We love searching together.
  10. Mioplosus_Lover24

    Show Us Your Favorite Fishy!

    Well, we've had Brachiopods and Trilobites, so I figured let's give fish a try! I am going to start this off with my Enchodus marchesettii from the Hakel Quarry of Lebanon. Not only is this fossil 100% complete with the only restoration done was repairing the matrix itself, but I received this from one of my good friends on none other than my birthday! This is my favorite fossil in my ENTIRE collection! More will come from the Greenriver side of my collection, I just gotta get my camera fixed
  11. Mioplosus_Lover24

    My 2nd Trip To American Fossil!

    Hello all! This summer I took my yearly trip to Wyoming, and with my luck I again came back with several extremely incredible fossils! I found many less fish this time around, but I did find several more rare ones! I probably only found around 50 fish in the 3 days I was there. I found 8 Phareodus, including 2 juveniles! I found only 1 Mioplosus this year, the fish seems to be avoiding me sadly... I found 3 Priscacara, including a very large Priscacara serrata! I found an interesting Hypsiprisca preserved beautifully on an algea layer, also found several more Amia scales, but one of my favorite finds was a giant Amia tooth! (Though I suspect it to be gar) they said it was the largest one they had ever seen, and it is an excellent place holder for a future complete Amia! I also found dozens of shells! The shells especially the snail shells are considered to be one of the rarest components of the fauna, so it was very odd finding over a dozen! Including 4 mass mortality plates which each have dozens of shells on them! I also ended up finding an incrediblely incrediblely rare piece of bamboo, they told me that bamboo is rarer than a dozen stingrays! Speaking of stingrays, I FOUND MY FIRST ONE! A large Heliobatis that I split out almost perfectly! Speaking of rare finds, my absolute favorite find of this trip came as a surprise! Early in the day I found a very strange algea layer with several gastropod beaks, and I was excited as I thought I had found a Crossopholis. After having my heart broken I sulked over to a new pile of rocks and one my first split I found something very strange, a plate of small serrated scales! I did it! I found myself a paddlefish it's disarcticulated, but it still has a fin beautifully preserved! It's hard to describe the feeling of finding a Paddlefish and a Stingray the same day! I will be posting pictures soon! I will also be submitting my stingray whenever the prep work is finished!
  12. hadrosauridae

    Hell Creek to Green River trip

    My son and I just got home last night from a 2 week fossil hunting trip. We loaded up the trailer and made our way up north to the Hell Creek formation in South Dakota. This was the 11th year since we started digging with Walter Stein of PaleoAdventures. We spent 4 days in the field at his Tooth Draw quarry. This started out pretty slow for us, with an Edmontosaurus neural arch with processes but was missing the centrum. My son found an unknown plate. Highly fractured but it looks to have 3 original sides. The underside is still encased in matrix so we wont know more until its prepped out while might take a while. The finds got better in last 2 days. We found a few big BOBs, lots of Trike spitter teeth, and then a nice limb bone, possibly from a crocodile. The last day gave up a wonderful complete Thescelosaurus vert with all processes. It may not be clear in the pic, but its all there in the matrix. Then came a Nanotyrannus tooth, a partial mammal jaw, a possible piece of turtle plastrom and a final tooth with could be nano or could be raptor. It will have to be cleaned to examine it better for a good ID. Sorry, I dont have a field pic of that one. The weather didnt get better though. Our last day it in the mid 90s, zero clouds and 40mph winds funneling down the draw and sandblasting us all day long. But with great finds, you couldnt pry us out of there.
  13. jnicholes

    Fossil catastrophe

    I have posted many times pictures of my big Phareodus testis fossil. Well, it fell and broke today. Fortunately, I have all the pieces, and I am going to put it back together as soon as I get some of the right glue. This is a disaster. My best and biggest fossil broke. I am not too upset, because there is hope to fix it, by the way. As soon as it is fixed, I am going to put it in a sturdy frame so this does not happen again. Ill post pictures when it is fixed. Jared
  14. Basically, I put a bunch of fossil fish together in one piece . All fish that I have found at the Green River formation in Wyoming. There's a Phareodus, a bunch of Diplomystus, and Knightia. Jared
  15. jnicholes

    Fossil Art. Need opinion

    so, for those of you who do not know, I am a sumi e artist. Sumi e Is a Japanese ink art. I basically Drew one of my fossils in this style, and I would like an opinion. Does it look like a Phareodus testis? It was actually quite fun making a fossil on paper.
  16. jnicholes

    The Heck?

    So, was looking at my fossils, and I saw something that has me puzzled on one of them. Pictures are attached. Underneath the jaw of the fish there are what look like ribs to some other fish. I want a second opinion on this though. Thats not what has me puzzled, though. Whats puzzling me is next to the fossil, the x shaped thing in the picture. Any idea what these are in the pictures? I think the fish is a Phareodus, By the way. Jared
  17. jnicholes

    2 IDs

    A little back story. I went to Kemmerer, WY for a fossil hunting trip on August 12, 2019. The attached photo is a Phareodus I found. Today, I noticed something that looks like petrified wood near the lower jaw and on the Phareodus near the bottom. I said to myself, "It retained its shape, so it may be petrified wood." After a little digging, I discovered something else that was segmented and flat. Did not look like a spinal chord to me. Here are the two IDs. What is the segmented thing? What is the part next to it, Petrified Wood? Any help will be appreciated. Jared
  18. jnicholes

    2 things

    First off, I suffered a leg injury while duck hunting and I almost died. No, I was not shot by another hunter, I slipped and fell in freezing cold water. I am just letting you all know I am okay. Second, I need an honest opinion on this fossil I decided to hang on the wall. Does it look good in the frame? Should I add anything else to the label? Any ideas will be appreciated.
  19. Hello, I have a Phareodus Fossil. Its one foot long. I found it on August 12th of this year in Kemmerer, Wyoming. Today, I noticed something I would like some input on. I took a look at it and I noticed what looks like a pile of scales in the belly of the Phareodus. I am attaching a picture of both the full fossil and the area I am referring to. (I just noticed a Knightia is in the fossil also) I know Phareodus were carnivorous, and have big teeth, but what do you guys think? Are these scales in the stomach? Its last meal? Jared
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