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When I was back out on the Peace River Friday I was pulling up a lot of small shark teeth and miscellaneous pieces of bone. At pone point I looked into the sifter and spotted what looked like a piece of a giant armadillo scute. I was disappointed because it was a small piece, but clearly a scute. I had retrieved a couple of whole ones in the same spot on previous visits. Just as I was about to toss it back I spotted another small piece in the sifter. I decided to hang onto both and as I cleared the sifter I found three more pieces for a total of five. At that point I was not even sure the pieces were all from the same scute but figured I could try and fit the pieces together at some point. Today was my first chance to do so. I was pleasantly surprised to find that all the pieces were from the same source and fit together nicely. My only regret is that I missed one small piece. Here is the rebuilt specimen: The blue ruler is millimeters and the pink inches. The reverse side where the individual pieces can be easily seen: Looks like the summer rains may hold off long enough for me get back out there later this week!

Sand like Close PAC of Brachiopods pieces and a few crinoids. Matrix is unknown., but likely calcified clay? Allegan County, Michigan. Coldwater shale zone. Likely Devonian. Your thoughts on what all is in this. Thanks. 240 grams 1 3/8th 35 mm thick x 3 inch wide 76 mm

So...my daughter, budding paleontologist, purchased these via online as fossil tidbits and teeth. Have we been had?

Hi I have a question would a whole tooth be better then a whole bunch of pieces of a tooth? I found some Tyrannosaur teeth and there was a whole tooth for a more expensive price and there was a whole bunch of tooth pieces for a lot cheaper then the full tooth. Which would be better for research purposes? Thank you!!

Still no big teeth to take back to the school teacher in Singapore. But more variety; lots of little teeth including a small mako and two cowshark fragments, some weird small vertebra, small coral ball, turtle shell fragments, some unidentified fossil bits and pieces (pick up when bored; spend lots of time on afterwards?),and a small ecphora (don't usually collect shells, but she likes them).