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It's been almost four years since I last went out into the field to hunt for fossils. Been so busy these past few years but finally a one week window arrived this May, and I once again entered the ancient desert home of the dinosaurs. As advised by the admins, I now post this trip with humbleness and excitement after the VFOTM has ended (very nice Ptychodus tooth, btw!) As per previous posts and trips, I will have to leave out landscape photos and location details of the fossil sites, as these sites in China can unfortunately be prone to blackmarket fossil poaching and other negative operations/awareness. I have been joining paleontological expeditions with professional and national teams since 2012 to hunt for dinosaurs, but this time the location is relatively new, and many species have yet to be described (only one eusauropod mamenchisaur dinosaur is in the works of being published at the moment). This new locality is dated to the Middle Jurassic period (Bajocian stage, 170 million years ago), and was mostly a delta-river system that fed into fast and deep rivers. Therapod fossils, Sauropod fossils (mainly) and Thyreophoran fossils are known to have been found since the area's initial prospect 4 years ago. Without further due, I will begin the report (sit back, it might take a day or two to finish, getting late here now!)
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So not too long ago, I acquired a Protoceratops tooth from a German fossil gallery. And I have been looking for more fossils of the species for comparison both in price-range and rarity, but cannot seem to find any other protoceratops fossils anywhere. Does anyone know if these teeth are ever sold online? And have I perhaps made a heck of a buy? I'm not sure if the fossils from the Gobi Desert are rare or just hard to come by, unless you live in Asia. Any information would be appreciated, thanks! (Will put up some pictures of the tooth when I get home later)
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