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  1. Yay! It's #FossilFriday once again! So if you are stuck at work and trying to look busy, here is the first part of my fossil hunt from last year in the Hell creek fm of South Dakota.
  2. Jonathan Raymond

    T-rex tooth or Nanotyrannus tooth ?

    Hello everyone ! I bought this Tyrannosaur tooth and the seller told me it was either a Tyrannosaurus rex or a Nanotyrannus. Can you tell me if it's a T-rex or a Nanotyrannus ? It's a premaxillary tooth. It comes from Hell Creek formation in South Dakota.
  3. Harry Pristis

    archaeotherium A.jpg

    From the album: TEETH & JAWS

    © Harry Pristis 2023

  4. Hello, I'm interested to know if there's any way to narrow down what kind of animal this fossil is from? My dad tells me it was given to him by my great grandmother, who likely purchased it from a university in Western South Dakota in the 1940s or 50s. Our assumption is that it would have been discovered in that area, around that time. The fossil is about 4" x 1.5". I think it's so cool, but beyond guessing that it's "a bone" from "an animal that had bones," I'm at a loss. Thanks for any help!
  5. Jackmandu

    Fossilized / Petrified bone?

    Found this while rock hounding in southeast South Dakota. The color (when it was wet) caught my eye…but after getting it home and dried it out…you can see in the pictures what I believe to be bone? Thoughts?
  6. Mochaccino

    Is this a T. rex tooth?

    Hello, Wondering if this is T.rex? Or Nano? It measures 1.25 inches and is said to be from the Hell Creek Fm. of South Dakota, no county unfortunately. The base doesn't seem 100% complete but from what is there I don't think is has the expected "pinch" of a Nano. Thoughts? Thanks.
  7. Hello, I am making a great of in-situ pictures of my fossil hunting trips for this year. We now have a foot of snow in the ground so fossil hunting season is over. ☹️ These pictures occur in Wyoming, Montana, South Dakota and North Dakota. Mostly Cretaceous aged sites but some Eocene from ND. They are mostly tooth related. I hope everyone likes in-situ pics as much as I do!
  8. This two Edmontosaurus metatarsals are for sale from a seller I trust however they were unable to tell me which digit of the foot that these come from. Would anybody be able to actually tell the digit from the ? @Troodon
  9. SuejoDino

    Rock or fossil

    Hi - I need help identifying whether this is a fossil. It has lots of ‘bone-looking’ parts sticking out. Hoping you can help. I found this while hiking in the Black Hills of SD.
  10. Earendil

    Badlands jaws (carnivore?)

    Hello, I purchased a huge box of Badlands mammal stuff a while ago and was able to identify mostly everything. I had some trouble with these two jawbones, though. I'm not really expecting them to be anything surprising but it would help me to put a definite label on them. in both the teeth looked a little like an amphicyonid's but that might just be wishful thinking! Thanks again! #1 #2: For scale
  11. Natteberry

    Egg?

    I found this in south central SD. No idea what it is. It’s heavy too. Thanks!
  12. This is part two of my fall trip the first part was posted under trips to the museum Link Part one: Sept Dig Trip: Black Hills Institute - A Trip to the Museum - The Fossil Forum A short trip but like many enjoyed it, found some nice items and the weather was much better that what I saw in June. First let me share some photos of items collected in June that are finished. All Edmontosaurus annectens, Hell Creek Formation Skull element : quadrate 13.75" long Before: After to see its location Center Toe Bone Digit III -1, 5" Front to back Before After Chevron : 14.5" Long , second one in two seasons this size Before Getting there is half the fun SD 85 where I am is straight for miles and miles and miles. They could use some rain. Roadside store It's common to run into Cows crossing a pasture and they typically move but Horses that are stubborn and don't want to move, they are in charge Heavy horn works beautiful herd Love the mailboxes
  13. A little slow in getting around to posting. 2 weeks ago my son and I got back from our yearly trip up north for fossil hunting. Like most years, we haul the tenement on wheels with us to save the crazy costs of hotel stays. We started out for the first 4 days in the Hell creek, digging with Walter Stein of PaleoAdventures. The first day was a little slow with lots of small tumbled bone bits and spitter teeth. Only bigger find was an unknown that I began to uncover, but didnt complete that day. The second day we changed where we were excavating and I found the first tooth of the trip. I found a great pinecone, the second ever, and 13 years since our last. A beautiful Nanotyrannus (our biggest ever by a hair). It had some acid etching and gypsum fouling, but would prep out well. 3rd day we went back to the first spot where I finished uncovered my unknown which turned into an unknown long bone next to a Thescelosaurus left ilium. The ironstone rocks it was bound in were crazy so it took me all day to finish exposing the surface. Day 4 was back at the ilium and clearing above it so I could pedestal and put on a plaster jacket. In the process of clearing, I uncovered an croc lower left jaw with a single tooth still in place. So then day 4 was spent finishing the ilium pedestal and pedestaling the jaw. The ironstone made the work slow, but I did pop out a beautiful (and huge) mammal tooth in the process! Walter said it may be the largest mammal tooth from the HC thats he's seen. We had originally planned to head over the fish quarries of Kemmerer WY, but we decided to stay and explore the Pierre shale and museums for a few days and then dig with Walter a couple more days. We went to the Belle Fourche reservoir (actually the Carlisle shale, not the Pierre) to look for ammonites and shark teeth. We did manage to find a few partials and one possibly complete ammonite, but we struck out in the search for teeth. After that we started to do some map recon of govt lands in the Pierre formation and driving back roads to find an area we wanted to try. I had little hope of being success in such a blind hunt, but we hit a motherload site I named "baculites heaven". They were everywhere. it was difficult not to walk on them in some spots. We filled 2 cardboard boxes with what we could carry and left super happy! Also found a set of deer antler sheds as a bonus. Now, last year we hunted a site on the invitation of Neil Larson. It a fairly well known site among many, and universities make trips to collect baculites there. The spot we found was every bit as good as Neils site, except we couldnt drive directly to it, and it required a bit of steep terrain hiking. The next 2 days were spent museum hopping. We visited the Mammoth dig site museum, the "world fossil find finder" museum (both in Hot Springs) and then the Black Hills Institute in Hill City. Day five in the Hell creek was back to the ilium and jaw. We started the day by jacketing and flipping the fossils, which was still a task with all the ironstone, but we finally got them out. Right after that, my son began excavating below where everyone else had worked. Basically below where all previous diggers had been sitting. Within minutes he popped out (literally it popped up!) was the best T.rex tooth (and only 3rd) we've ever recovered. A gorgeous 1.5 inch pre-max. Amazing that among all that ironstone, where people had been walking and sitting, and coming free with an ironstone rock removed, it was in perfect shape and not broken or even cracked. Our last day was lots of BOBs, chunks of turtle shell and more spitter teeth. Although not our find, I had to share this wonderful, complete Trike rib recovered. over the last couple years, more and more elements of a very large triceratops have been recovered, which is looking to be parts of a disarticulated animal. I don't have pics, but it also seems as if a disarticulated T.rex is also present. about 8 years the first femur of a rex was found while exploring, and now in the same location, more rex elements have been becoming uncovered, the last being a second femur. So, another trip is in our history book, with lots of great new fossils found. As a side note, a few years ago my son found a mammal jaw which was later sent to the Burke museum for study. This new mammal tooth uncovered is hopefully going to be part of the same collection, although Denver would probably like to have it too. A Pachy skull hornlet my son found last year, has a new home in the Melbourne museum. When I find out where any other element find a home, I'll update.
  14. I spent some time meandering through South Dakota in May, taking in the sprawling forests and mountains. It’s truly a beautiful area of the country with plenty to see and do. ^ Pareidolia clearly in full effect. Since I was in SD, I knew I had to pay a visit to the BHI - and if you happen to like fossils, I think you’ll enjoy tagging along. The BHI is a private company which specializes in producing cast replicas for museums and the general public. Until October 2020, they played host to the T. rex “Stan,” who was auctioned off for $32 million; it has recently been revealed that Stan is to be in a new museum in the UAE (whether Stan is privately owned or technically in a public trust in the museum I do not know, for those who wonder. In any case, at least he'll be enjoyed by the public). Besides Stan, the BHI is well-known for many other significant specimens including T. rex “Sue,” and Triceratops “Lane” (now displayed in the Field Museum in Illinois, and The Houston Museum of Nature and Science in Texas, respectively). I was looking forward to the visit since I have a couple of their casts, and I’d gotten a glimpse of the place through TFF. It was a rainy morning in the small town of Hill City; even without the sign, I knew I was at the right place. I entered through the gift shop and was immediately struck by the density of the awesomeness before me. My jaw didn’t leave the floor until I somehow convinced myself that I needed to go home. The BHI museum is in a small, one-room building that is packed top-to-bottom front-to-back with fossils. The center is a tight weave of dinosaur skeletons while the walls are lined with lighted cabinets. I was evidently the first visitor that day so I was able to enjoy the space undisturbed for a while. I normally don’t take so many pictures since I usually get lost in experiencing a new place, but I knew I was going to write about it, so I reminded myself to capture more. Some of them should also serve as good reference images (for me at least). (If you’re concerned about “spoiling” the experience for yourself, best get out now since this is pretty thorough.) So sit back and scroll as we take a short walk around the room… Some trace fossils An impressive Tylosaurus proriger from the Niobrara formation of Kansas, complete with sclerotic bones. “Big Al 2,” an Allosaurus (replica) A young Torosaurus skull (I believe part of the frill has been reconstructed) Anzu, pachycephalosaurus, T. rex Edmontosaurus annectens ... and an oddly-postured young Triceratops Sue's skull and a neat sculpture of the dig Denversaurus skull and armor Tarbosaurus skull (replica) Triceratops Smile! Towards the back is a display on the Western Interior Seaway, complete with Baculites and Xiphactinus.
  15. Fisherman Snags 90-Million-Year-Old Fossil in the Missouri River Andy Moore found the prehistoric predator fish fossil while competing in a fishing tournament By Sage Marshall, Field and Stream, August 24, 2022 Nebraska Fisherman Hooks 90-Million-Year-Old Fossil During Fishing Tournament: 'Catch of a Lifetime'. Andy Moore first thought the fossil was a "big catfish skeleton or a deer skeleton" By Jason Duaine Hahn, PeopleCom, August 25, 2022 Omaha fisherman snags 90 million-year-old fossil Jenna Ebbers, Omaha World Herald, Aug 30, 2022 Yours, Paul H.
  16. I have never found a jaw like this. The only thing I can find that is similar is tapir which would be pretty rare for this area. Found in south central South Dakota. Miocene
  17. MacHoffman22

    Badlands Fossil ID

    I found this fossil today in the badlands of south Dakota in a crevice at the bottom of a butte. I did not remove it but am impatient and with the photos I supplied, the paleontologist at the visitors center had a hard time identifying it and I am extremely curious to know what it may be. The round part of the bottom picture continues to be almost perfect oval through the top, however a chunk had broken off there. The discolored brown line in the crevice in the center of the first picture appeared to be bone that just barely breached the surface of the specimen (too hard to picture).
  18. I found this wonderful coprolite in river rock surrounding shrubbery at a Howard Johnson's in Rapid City SD about 30 years ago. I've always wondered what creature may have produced it. Do you have any ideas? Length is 2.75 inches. See images.
  19. Headed to Sioux Falls South Dakota next week. I know it is not the glamourous end of the state but was wondering if there were places to fossil hunt in the area or within a few hour drive? Nick
  20. PaleoNoel

    Ankylosaur armor?

    I was hoping some folks on the forum could confirm this ID for me. I found this interesting little piece in the hell creek formation of South Dakota back in July with Paleoprospectors. I was told by one of the guides that it could potentially be a piece of skull armor from a young ankylosaur. I want to know what everyone here thinks.
  21. Marco90

    Merycoidodon culbertsoni

    From the album: My collection in progress

    Merycoidodon culbertsoni Leidy 1848 Location: Brule Formation, White River Badlands, South Dakota, USA Age: 34 - 23 Mya (Oligocene, Paleogene) Measurements: 3x6,5 cm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Class: Mammalia Subclass: Theria Superorder: Laurasiatheria Order: Cetartiodactyla Suborder: Tylopoda Family: Merycoidodontidae
  22. Kurvinosaurus

    Petrified Wood or Just Rock?

    Found this in South Dakota with other petrified wood. I’m just wondering if this piece is for sure petrified wood, or just a rock? Thank you!
  23. Found this near little elk creek in Piedmont, SD at the base of the Black Hills. After some research, Pennsylvanian age shark material has been found there in the past. These are much smoother than some images I have seen online. Thoughts?
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