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As the title states: Let's see your rarest specimen! Please feel free to share why it's rare.. i.e., is it rare in that locality? Is it rare in association with other specimens? Or is it just plain impossible to find? Looking forward to my socks getting knocked off 😀
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I've done a bunch of keyword searching today and my eyes are crossing so, if this is in the wrong place, feel free to correct me. What methods do y'all use to manage and track your specimens collection? I've used Trilobase, ReCollector, Access, and Excel. I've been the happiest with the first two, but they still feel clunky or lacking in support/updates. I'm just trying to see if there's something else out there that's high quality without costing me museum prices. Bonus for something PC-based that has a smartphone app as well. Whatever method you use, I'm interested in hearing your thoughts. I'm always up for getting good ideas. Thanks!
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A few Teeth A Pipis the soft tissues of Animal opalised ( geological miracle) A Gastropod with soft tissues opalised as well , after an event that Gastropod didn’t had time to retract in his shell and got mummified instantly in contact with high heat and salty water , after millions of years the cavity was replaced by silicate. It was studied from Paleontologie in Switzerland they told me it’s a Geological miracle when soft tissues are preserved.
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My first fossil hunt and the Inoceramus that ignited my interest in fossils
rawfossils posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I was really enjoying hiking around different spots in Boulder, Colorado and eventually I came across a beautiful outcrop of the Niobrara Formation. I thought it was so cool that there were shell imprints in the rock and nobody had ever taught me about the Geology of the area and it was really fascinating to see for myself that the whole area was once under the sea. I stumbled upon a massive Inoceramus and I knew I had to haul it home. Not bad at all for a first fossil hunt I don't think I ever found a Inoceramus as impressive as my first. Begginers luck. -
I am a university student studying T. rex, so of course, I ran into the Nanotyrannus debate. People have been arguing about Nanotyrannus being valid, but there's a huge problem: No adult specimen. Unless someone has an adult, or even a subadult, specimen of Nanotyrannus (over 15 years old), it isn't a real genus. This is why I am here. I know people collect fossils and post pics of them on here, so I'm willing to see what people may, or may not, have. My question is: Does anybody have an adult Nanotyrannus specimen? In simpler terms, does anybody have a Nanotyrannus femur larger than 70 cm ("Jane's" and "Petey's" are over 70 cm)? Or a tibia about 90 cm or larger ("Jane's" and "Petey's" are 80-something cm, from what I've seen)? A fibula would work too. I'm willing to give the pro-Nano side a chance here. I'm in contact with a couple of paleontologists, some on the pro-Nano side and some on the anti-Nano side, and if anybody has any hind limb bones of a supposed Nano, then may I please see a pic of it? This is the only way you can prove that Nano exists. Teeth and hand claws will not cut it. As far as I'm concerned, all Nano teeth and hand claws are juvenile T. rex teeth, and T. rex claws. I'm asking for hindlimb bones only. Skull bones would do fine as well. Try to prove that tooth loss does not occur in T. rex ontogeny by providing pics of a maxilla or dentary. NO teeth, only a dentary or a maxilla. I'm not expecting anybody to give me anything of substance, but I wanted to give this a shot to see if I would be proven wrong. I'm being harsh because, if Nano exists, then there should be an adult specimen. All specimens are juveniles, no questions asked. Therefore, the genus does not exist. The only adult specimens of any tyrannosaurid that coexisted with Nano is T. rex, therefore Nano is a juvenile. It's just that simple. Prove me wrong though. Let me reiterate: Pics of femurs, tibias (even fibulas), maxillas, and dentaries, are what I'm after. If we can get a cross-section of a Nano femur, or tibia, and get an age estimate of 17 or older, or has extensive Haversian remodeling, then I'll believe that the genus exists, along with the majority of other paleontologists. Let's see how this goes!
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I have a question, for which there is no right or wrong answer. And I do realise that it's very personal. But when faced with choosing to buy a fossil out of a batch, and there is a fair amount of variation, how do you choose which one to go for? A smaller specimen with more detail? Or larger with less detail? I would be interested to hear opinions.
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Can anyone please help me find any pictures of pappocetus skulls? There's only one diagram of a lower jaw that I can find, and one site says that it's known from the that type specimen/mandible, and they generally specify if something is known from many specimens. was pappocetus ONLY known from the type specimen? Now the same person, has found a second mandible, I believe, but that's all the mention of any pappocetus fossils found, that I can find mention of anywhere.
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Been struggling to identifiy this for a few months now...found it on a marine Miocene area, but also land mammals have been found around... I tried searching ulnas, hummerus, femurs...of all the animals I could think of...but either it is a simple chunk of rock or I am missing something... The specimen is around 1p inches long.
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Shall we discuss this Trilobite? I am completely out of luck on IDing it, as there are too many of this type of insect that are so similar, i had a possible match after some research, and judged it to be likely from around 500 million years ago, lost the comparison somewhere though.. My guess is that it is a common specimen.
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I have some Fluorite from Illinois. How do I safely remove the matrix safely? Chemicals or technique, Thanks, Bob
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Hi Whats animal is bone it? Location: Górka Pychowicka , Kraków , Southern Poland Age: ? Size: near 14 mm x near 12 mm
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Is there any way of professionally labeling specimens out in the field? I'm creating a field journal documenting all of my finds, whether archeological or paleontological, and Id like to hear some methods of proper labeling of my finds. Usually I wrap the specimens I store with cheesecloth or even paper towels, cushioned with cotton, then I would label a specimen like the example below: species: paralejuris (Trilobite) date found: June 5, 2006 location: Morroco, Atlas Mt. Range last opened: 6/8/6
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Earlier this year when my wife and I returned from Tucson with an SUV loaded to the brim with fossils and rocks, and we quickly realized that we had no way to properly display them. We searched and searched for "nice" display cases, but all we could find was plastic snarge. Restoration Hardware was the only place that sold nice specimen display cases, but they were too big, and too expensive. I told my wife "I could make those, and I'd put lights in them!", so I did. We spent the last few months coming up with a good design and making prototypes. Now we've got an entire house full of these things. -Brian
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The Spectacular Case Of The "crystal Cave" Megalodon Tooth - A Classy Example
Fossil_Rocks posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Given the enormous number of repaired Megalodon teeth, which we must endure, and in honor of the new sub-forum here, I thought this might be a good time and place to revisit a classic case. It all began with a simple, but hopeful question, put to the membership here, last year. The item below was the item in question. -
One thing that it seems we do not take as seriously as we should is transitional shark teeth. Scientists have, for centuries attempted to condense specimens into individual species, calling those that do not fit in "odd" teeth and focusing on their neat little groupings. What we forget is that this only represents certain points on the graph, with an infinite amount of possible points in between each! This post was created to allow our community to commemorate and share their best transitional shark teeth specimens from any species, even if those are not confirmed. It is these seemingly extranneous teeth that hold the real answer to evolution. Show us the best transitionals and suspected transitionals you have!
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Hello all, I have a find from southern New Jersey. It has many crystalized "veins" running through it, and possibly internal too having a specific gravity of 2.27.....It is not brittle and is very solid, yet lightweight. Underneath shows an off-white color spot, which may be the original color as it has iron color to it now? Any thoughts on this specimen would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking a look. P.S. - Some photos were labeled too large, so I will also provided a link to a photobucket page with more pictures. http://s935.photobucket.com/user/TheeWoodsman/library/red%20rock?sort=3&page=1
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Hey everyone! New to the community and glad to be here...haven't quite written my hello yet, but couldn't wait to post either. I have this little unique specimen found in Llano County, TX in the hill country and while I've identified the makeup of the specimen, I haven't put a name to it yet, although I'm leaning toward beta spodumene (lithium) ore. I'd like to get everyone's input. The vast majority of the rock is feldspar with the black parts being roughly 90% biotite mica and 10% hornfels. At first I thought some type of granite until looking under scope at the formation of the feldspar. They're monoclinic vertical striations and crystalline in nature. Here is the photo, the best I could get without my scope: Thanks in advance and glad to be a part of The Fossil Forum! Brance
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