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From the album: Most of my collection
On dec 19th 2013, this large vertebra was collected out of a Late Cretaceous formation in Sardis, TN. Probable Plesiosaurian or Dinosaurian. Weight, 7 1/2 pounds. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Collected off hwy 64 east of Selmer, TN in 2014. From the Coon Creek formation. Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian. Largest segment about 1 3/4 in. × 7/8 in. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Specimen collected April 6th 2014 from a Late Cretaceous Campanian formation in Sardis, TN. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Amber in Late Cretaceous wood, probable Seqouia species. Campanian. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Amber in Late Cretaceous wood, probable Seqouia species. Campanian. -
Here is a very large tooth i found about 2-3 weeks back. It was found in this state of decay, and even though it looks bad, i'm actually impressed that i was able to save and preserve as much of this specimen as i did. The tooth was practically falling to pieces when found, just geting it back to the lab was almost impossible, then trying to extract it from the ferrocrete matrix was right at hopeless!....i layered it with hardner as i cleaned some matrix away...slowly, alittle at a time...still, some was lost and this was simply the best that could be done to save what bit of the tooth i could. With that being said, i wouldn't be a bit suprised if it is in such a state that it can't now be identified! I'm hoping though that someone can give an i.d. This tooth may be ugly, but what i had to go through to get it, i'm very proud of it. i can only guess at how much was already missing by the time i found it....it seems to have been about a 1/2 inch in diameter (or a hair more) in cross section at the base originally. This tooth does compare favorably w/ another Mosasaur tooth i have, but i'd like the opinions of anyone else i could get please, cause i'm not certain what mouth it came out of. I will also attach an "in situ" of the tooth to show what a job i was in for. Thanks for anything you all may be able to tell me about it. It's Late Cretaceous, Campanian.
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Starting a thread on them good'ol Exogryas, as time goes i'll steadily be adding to it for all the Exogrya lovers out there. I have lots of this material, just haven't been able to get to most of it yet for preping. I got the big ones, the little ones, the tiny ones, ones that are so riddled with holes they look like swiss cheese, the ugly, the stunning, and the average...lets start with the finest Exogrya i've ever seen, it was previously posted in a thread entitled "A Museum Grade Exogrya." I've never yet saw one on display that looked better than this.....most aren't even on its level.
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From the album: Most of my collection
For a description, reference the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale. -
From the album: Most of my collection
The begining prep of the second state record specimen. For a description, see the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale. -
From the album: Most of my collection
A pic of the beginning prep of the second state record specimen. For a description, see the first photo of this material combined with a scale. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On the afternoon of November 22nd 2013, in the middle of the pouring rain, i found this huge Amber specimen in a Late Cretaceous formation. Location unspecified. This is the current unofficial Tennessee state record. It broke the previous Amber state record which was also set by myself barely two months before finding this specimen. It's the size of a hamburger! The first state record was set by the late mr. Bruce Wade and stood for 99 years. I have been told this specimen is in the top 10 largest Amber specimens to ever be found in America. -
From the album: Most of my collection
For a description of this specimen, reference the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale. -
From the album: Most of my collection
For a description, reference the first photo of this specimen combined with a scale. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Another pic of Late Cretaceous Amber from the Sardis formation in Henderson county Tennessee. The largest specimen shown here is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. -
From the album: Most of my collection
To save from retyping the same words, see the first picture posted of this material combined with a scale.,there the description is noted. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On september 20th 2013 i found this huge Amber specimen at an unspecified location, it is also Late Cretaceous. There have been 3 state records for Amber, i hold 2 of them. The first was set by the late mr. Bruce Wade. That record was surpassed by this specimen 99 years later. This specimen almost doubled the previous record. I have been told it is in the top 10 largest Amber specimens that have ever been found in America. -
From the album: Most of my collection
Another view of a small selection of Late Cretaceous Amber from the Sardis Formation in Henderson county Tennessee. As noted already, the largest pictured specimen is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter, and a green amber. -
From the album: Most of my collection
A small selection of Late Cretaceous Amber from the Sardis formation in Henderson county Tennessee. The largest pictured specimen is about 1 1/2 inches in diameter and strangely is green amber. -
From the album: Most of my collection
On September 16th 2013, i discovered this Late Cretaceous Amber in the Sardis formation in Henderson county Tennessee. It was the first of much Amber i have since recovered. The largest specimen pictured is about 11/2 inches in diameter. -
About 3 weeks ago i inspected a outcrop of Silurian limestone for just a bit, found several items,but this one stood out to me as rather strange. As i normally hunt the Cretaceous, this specimens identification may seem elementry to those who tear up them Silurian formations....but it's a mystery to me. the length of this lil'dude is between 1/2-3/4 of an inch. Where the dark material can be seen, it was originally covered w/ that same brown material that the rest of the specimen is composed of....the damage had happened before me finding it....tragic. What do we have here?
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Unknown Bone From Very Near Base Of Demopolis Formation (Campanian)
Tennessees Pride posted a topic in Fossil ID
This is a bone i recovered right at the Sardis/Demopolis contact about 4 years ago. It seems to have been right at the upper Sardis, and immediately below contact. I've always thought it unusual for it to be of a whitish color. 5 of the 6 confirmed Dinosaurian bones that have been found in Tennessee were supposed to have been found in the same area of the contact...and true enough, lots of those D-bones were of a whitish color...also several of the frags found with them. Another thing remarkable about this bone is it's density! For it's size, it's so heavy that i've actually questioned if it had a hollow place in it for marrow.....strange....makes me think it possibly may be a very thick bone because it had to support great weight or something=toe bone? Anyways, ihad it looked at once and was told there was to much missing for a sound i.d. to be made....to me however, it appears there may well be enough still there for a reasonable i.d. I was thinking the basic overall shape to be pretty much the way it looked originally....ofcourse there is missing bone, but to me, the "front" pointed part is original, and still discernable....you can still see a bit of outside surface in that spot (in my opinion). Also also the sides, it appears here and there, there is original surface bone still detectable. The back has been "munched" pretty good, & appears to even have predation marks, but you can still clearly make out a socket area, what i will be calling the "bottom" area, may be missing some that if there, would have gave it a slightly different appearance....because i can't make out a surface bone texture there in any spot. I truly hope somebody can i.d. this, cause i personally think it may be a somewhat rare find....what do you think?
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Is this not what i think it is? Certainly appears to me to be a microtektite. It is about 3/16 of an inch in length. I have place a sliver of pet wood to point it out. I have left it in the original matrix to better show what's going on......have i went crazy or is that not Spherules in that matrix here and there w/ it too?!?! And what's up w/ that unidentified black striated tubular shaped object there in the matrix? Sometimes volcanic micro glass (from pyroclastic debris?) Can resemble an impact Tektite (especially to my untrained eye! ), so i don't know perhaps this stuff could be from an eruption? I do have to ask one thing, and i beg your pardon....please don't ask me specifically where i'm recovering this material right now. I want to say badly, but i just can't presently...but in the future i promise to. It certainly is late Cretaceous from West Tennessee. As far as i can find out, this material has been unknown until now.....if it's what i'm thinking it is. I am also gonna post a couple pics of what i'm thinking will be Tektites, they are out of the matrix, so the shapes can be made alittle better....if they aren't good enough resolution, forgive me, they are somewhere around 1/2 the size of the one in the matrix(or alittle larger), & i am limited w/ the resolution of my phone. One of em reminds me of a lil' Bananna. so whatcha think....am i a complete fool, or maybe here is some evidence of deep impact/volcanic eruption?
