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Absolutely love that feeling of never knowing what you are about to uncover. No words can explain that moment when you catch that first glimpse at a present that's been waiting for you for millions of years!! I'm 5 years old all over again, lol. The icing on the cake is when your kids catch the same feeling and you see the excitement in their eyes when they see that. Ever elusive gem (fossil) lying before them!! Got to love it! < ; ^ ><
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3 Sarcosuchus teeth with a Certificate. Formation: Erlhaz Fm. Location: Tenere-Woestijn, Niger. Biggest is 3,2 cm Looking for a Megalodon or Mastodon tooth.
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Hello All! I’m Christopher and I’m new to the gang! I want to thank anyone and everyone in advance for the help and learning that will come from this site! I want to share a recent epic find as a first hello! I couldn’t believe that 90* bend!! IMG_3810.MOV
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This is a bit of a question mark for me, this was inside of a piece of kimberlite that was found in Wyoming while out surveying gold claims. It is hard enough to scratch a genuine sapphire so it has to be a least a 8 on the moh's if i'm not mistaken.
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Yesterday I was taking a walk in my area of Cretaceous, and I found these two pieces. At first I thought of misshapen fragments, of some kind of ammonite. But at home looking at them in more detail, I realized that the ammonite is complete, (it hurts that they are not in better condition). As I observe it seems that they are elongated, and crushed, and in a state of death, they folded. The most deteriorated one has a hole in the shell, in which the septa can be seen, and the other the sutures can be seen well. The largest measures 2.3 ctms in its current state, (folded). What kind of cephalopod can it be?
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This was recovered near a gold mine in western Montana. I have absolutely no idea what it is. any help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Not mine, i found it at an auction. Can you tell what it is? Raptor foot (toe) claw is believed to be from Utah. Measurements: 3.6 x 1.4 x 0.9 inches
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Yesterday I was doing some amphibian research and came across the caecilians (Gymnophiona). How had I not heard of one of the three living orders of amphibians? The others being Caudata (salamanders) and Anura (frogs and toads). I thought it was something worth sharing and then I thought there are a lot of extant species that are really cool so I created this thread so we can all see and share some of our favorite extant species. Starting off with the caecilians, a legless amphibian that lives underground in the tropical regions of the world. they come in many colors and the largest species can grow up to 5 feet (1.5 meters). Unlike worms they have a skeleton with vertebrae and a skull filled with small sharp teeth. Caecilia attenuata Very similar but not closely related to the next animal on this list, the legless lizard (Pygopodidae). They are found all throughout the world. They resemble snakes except for the lizard head. The largest species is the European Glass Lizard (Pseudopus apodus). I have to include this dragon like lizard, the armadillo lizard. (Ouroborus cataphractus) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armadillo_girdled_lizard. They live in South Africa and curl in a ball when they are threatened. That's all for the reptiles now lets look at the descendants of dinosaurs, my favorite bird, the Cassowary (Casuaurius). It looks prehistoric and being the third largest bird, behind ostrich and emu you cant miss its blue crested head. And their footprints look just like dinosaur footprints. Next has to be the Lyre Bird (Menura novaehollandiae) The superb lyrebird. Not sure if the second video is real since it was not uploaded by BBC but it is really fascinating. Next is a mammal, the Colugo (Cynocephalidae) It is a flying mammal and our not so distant relative seeing as we are both in the mirorder primatomorpha. Moving on to some smaller species. Ill start with the praying mantis. An order of insects that everyone should know seeing as they are found everywhere. (Mantodea) They come in several fascinating colors and patterns, just search some of the exotic species there are so many. Here are a few, Next is the largest centipede Scolopendra_gigantea. They live in south america and can grow up to 30 cm (12 inches) That's all I have for now, took like an hour to write this. Probably could of been quicker but I read some more about these fantastic species. Many of the species on this list may not ever fossilize or leave a very small record and things like what sound they make or what colors will not be preserved. Makes you wonder about what species existed that never fossilized or have not been found yet. Please add more species to this list I know there are others. Enjoy
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Dinosaur teeth from North Carolina are very rare to come by. There are only a small handful of sites where they have come from. One of the sites is well known, but the others are a closely guarded secret. Those of you who have been lucky to find such things, let's see your pictures. Not mosasaurs, not plesiosaurs but land dwelling dinosaurs. Here are mine. First a Tyrannosauroidea indet. There are two known Tyrannosaurids from N.C. Dryptosaurus and Appalachasaurus.The small size of this tooth will most likely keep it from being able to be ID'd to Genus level. It is 9.8 mm long, 6.4 mm wide and 3.5 mm thick. The next tooth is Hadrosauridae indet. It is 17.7 mm long, 8.7 mm wide and 6.7 mm thick. The third and final tooth has been determined to be an indeterminate Dromaeosaurid. It is 7.1 mm long, 2.8 mm wide and 1.6 mm thick.
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One of my rarest fossil finds! This is a Pseudocorax affinis that I found while hunting in New Jersey's Cretaceous age streams. This is a very rare find for the area. It's in really nice shape too. One of my favorite teeth.
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Giganotosaurus Tooth? Or Carcharodontosaurus Dinosaur Tooth Fossil
Kurufossils posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi everyone, I was recently offered this Giganotosaurus tooth. I was wondering if there was a way to distinguish it from carcharodontosaurus teeth from the kem kem beds? Or if anyone can share there opinion on this one, thank you.
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Elrathia trilobites are very common, they're small, have no spines, and have a lot of preserved molts. On the other hand you have rare trilobites with spines covering its whole body or trilobites that exceed half a meter. These are not as common, but spines and size seem to be an evolutionary advantage. Why are the trilobites that seem to have the best chance of survival the rarest ones? Or is it just a marketing play?
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It has 10 percent restoration. It's 13.5 inches long. It was found in Baker Montana region.
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I just made a video which includes a video at the end of my Rarest Fossil find! It's a beautiful fish which are super rare here. Hopefully you enjoy the video if you choose to watch it
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Hello everyone, I'd like to share my extreme budget collection of exotic megs/shark teeth so far, I've have been collecting shark teeth and other for a little over a year and a half now on an extremely tight budget and have been surprised by what I was able to get a hold of so far. Condition doesn't bother me hence the budget but I have been able to find some megs from from interesting locations over the short period of time I've been collecting with a little bit of luck. Locations include Puerto Rico, Cuba, Japan, Hawaii, Morocco, Mexico, Peru, and The Phillipines. Anyone else out there with extreme budget rare finds especially shark teeth (or from generally exotic locations), feel free to share and I'd love to see! In order of pictures: 1) Two megs and a hemi from Isabella, Puerto Rico 2) meg from Hawaii (Restored) 3) great white from Japan 4) meg from Morocco 5) meg from Cuba (unfortunately stuck on a wood plate but still a lovely display piece) 6) meg from the Phillipines 7) cubutensis from Peru 8) 2 Makos from Mexico 9 & 10) Heavily and horribly restored 5.9 inch Chilean meg (funny story with this one had an even worse restoration on it with made it look no different from a replica, was suspicious and bought it and when attempting a horrible derestoration process and a few slight touch ups of my own a large chilean meg was hiding under the mess, still needs a tad bit of work but I still love I was able to snag a large one cheap in this day and age ) @WhodamanHD Here we go uploaded !
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One of the rarest and most unique fossils are aspiration pieces! I have been very lucky in acquiring 2 over the course of collecting, neither are incredibly good, but their rarity alone makes them that much more desirable! I would love to see anyone else's fish with eyes bigger than their stomachs!
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[ Baltic Amber Inclusion ] Extremely Rare Aquatic Nymph Of Veliidae SMALLER WATER STRIDER
vermiculosis posted a topic in Micro-paleontology
Dear Friends, I decided to share more from my passion, good finds or interesting things if we talk about Baltic Amber with inclusions. This is still fascinating for me and there is always chance for something extra or new for science. This time it is something that i found first time ever and i don't have it in any book about amber inclusions. Its a Extremely Rare, Aquatic Nymph Of Veliidae - SMALLER WATER STRIDER. Why so rare ? Well in general aquatic organism's are always very rare becouse they was in water or near water so its very simple. Its easy to imagine that it would be hard to trap insects (by resin) under water. What is interesting, there is also in that amber a huge rove beetle ( Coleoptera: Staphylinidae ), spider and botanical mess. So that is fascinating how aquatic nymph was trapped together with not water "insects". This buddy got only 1mm so i am happy that i didn't miss him. I will add photos of syninclusions in comments. Enjoy! Artur
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Trilobites from Korea!! From old collection and new one i found
Kim sung hyun posted a topic in Member Collections
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Hey guys, I am just starting to collect fossils, does anyone know of any types of “rare” fossils?
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Hey guys, being the amateur fossil enthusiast that I am I have a question, why are fossils from the weaker dinosaurs more common than those at the top of the food chain? Triceratops bones are so common and cheap yet a chunk of T. rex bone can cost a whole lot more. Why?
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Nassoviocrinus costatus (Goldring 1954) I posted recently about our latest fossil hunt in the Devonian of NY and showed you all the little crinoid we found. Whenever I find one of these ancient echinoderms that Im not familiar with, I show it to my friend George McIntosh of the RMSC. I sent some pics to George and he told me that it looks like Nassoviocrinus costatus. I never heard of that crinoid before so I had to look it up and learn a little. However, Index Fossils of NA was published in 1944 and this crinoid was described in 1954 and the internet shows very little about it (mostly publications by George ). I also couldn't find anything in the Treatise about it. If you have any information about this crinoid, I would appreciate it (especially photos). I have plans on getting this prepped and I will post the pics to this thread instead of starting another/separate post about it. I think its awesome that you can collect at the same locality for years and years yet still discover something new and exciting. Happy Collecting
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