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Hello this is going to be a topic where I share my recent buys, finds, and collection. Hope you enjoy! -Daniel I'll start it off with my most recent purchase of Gompothere teeth. - Sinomastodon sp. -Gansu, China -Miocene
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New Year, New Topic! 2023! LINK to previous years' topics. Some super cool teeth arrived in the mail: some baby GW's from Peru (Pisco Fm.). Really great condition (razor sharp) and nice baby blue color on these rarer teeth. Upper left anterior (A1/A2) ~20 mm slant height. It's marginally larger than that of a full-term embryo, and comparing it to measurements of modern specimens in Dr. Hubbell's collection, the shark was probably less than 1.5 m (5 ft) total length. Neonatal GW's are typically narrower than the adults', and can have small, highly variable "cusplets" which disappear as the shark ages. Upper left anterior (A1/A2) 22 mm slant height. This one is from a slightly older individual, still likely less than 2 m (6.6 ft) total length. You'll notice that the crown has broadened, and the cusplets are already gone. Lateroposterior 13 mm slant height.
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New fossil that was just delivered that I purchased. Two flexicalymene intertwined. Thought it was super cool and thought that I would share. New additions to the collection.
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My daughter and I’s “make a shark tooth display” craft day
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So today was a long day in the making, but it was “make a shark tooth display” craft day for my 15-year-old daughter and I. We both dive for teeth together, but all these were purchased (most from places or depths I don’t want her diving at). Shells were some that we collected from Sanibel Island years ago. My daughter was giggly about it the whole time and after a few iterations here are the results. We do have a couple more teeth coming that will finish it off. For the big Meg, I drilled a hole in a piece of Colorado petrified wood that we collected together and put in the Meg holder. That post is still setting so can’t use just yet, but posted a picture of it without the tooth in it.- 6 replies
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Hi there! My mom bought this fossil a few weeks ago while visiting Quartzsite, AZ, and she lost the card that she had the vendor write the ID on...it looks aquatic to me, and my initial thought was an anemone of some sort, but that's as far as I've gotten and I am by no means an expert sooo ^u^; Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated! Thanks so much <3
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Are fossils purchased from businesses generally coated/protected?
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This question came to me after thinking about a few fossils I bought online a little while ago (trilobite, fish). Are these types of fossils normally coated with anything to protect them from the environment, or is that something for the purchaser to do? -
My first fossil of the new year. Hopefully the first of many. A Hadrosaur vertebra from the Judith River Formation. Quite worn, but well priced and I've been keeping an eye out for a decent priced Hadrosaur vertebra for a while
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I bought these fossils a few months ago form a small rock shop in southern Utah, they were found in an assorted basket of small fossils likely bought in bulk along with ray barbs, gar scales, shark teeth, puffer mouth plates, barracuda teeth and shark verts. the store owner did not know what they were nor the location they were found. my guess would be the Chandler bridge Formation but I'm not sure. Looking for I identification if anyone knows what these are?
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On another forum I found pictures of holders for pinned insect photos. A commercial made foam filled ball and home made ones to stick a pined insect onto or with spring clips. I had this cracked ball water valve going to recycle. I sprayed it with liquid wrench, put in the bench vice and a large pipe wrench to remove the end. I had the foam so now have the 1 1/8th inch ball mount, cost free! The idea is to be able to rotate an item ever so slightly as needed to take pictures of different parts of it. Not a display stand. Please show your holders.
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I was in Graf…. for Ordovician Maquoketa shale! Not really, I found it in my mailbox thanks to Mike.
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DISCLAIMER: most of these pictures are pretty bad. But I feel these specimen are so well known that it is easy to tell what they are at least the genus. So I went to a rock shop with fossils (Actually landed a job there now.) They had this selection of fossils and I grabbed all that I thought fit. (they had no labels) I was able to identify some of these but others I wanted some input. 1. I believe this is a fish. Probably knightia from Wyoming (as its the cheapest and most common) however in the quality it is in, I'm sure I'll only wonder. 2. both pictures are of the top and side of I believe a horn coral. Correct me if I'm wrong. 3. I think these are crinoid stems which are all different colors shapes and sizes. 4. These are obviously Echinoids of some kind. I'm satisfied with that. 5. I am only guessing here but I believe this to be a Ray plate? 6. this looks like some kind of tooth but I'm not sure. Its been either annihilated or its something I've never seen before. 7. I think this looks like some kind of sponge. 8. this may be another sponge or possibly a coral of some kind. 9. I found a plethora of ammonoids. FINAL QUESTION: I want to see how much you think I paid for all of these. For me I was amazed at the price. Having been to a rock shop the same day that had a horn coral with the exact same detail and size was 8$ a piece. Let me know below and thanks for reading through again - John
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I know I'm not the only one that doesn't live near good fossil deposits, which means that i'm not the only one that has to buy or trade fossils from time to time to build the collection. I thought it would be fun to have an ongoing thread to share our latest great score that we didn't personally find in nature, a thread to share your latest fossil purchase or trade. Let's see what you found at the local fossil show, online or anywhere else other than in the ground.
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From the album: Trilobites
Taxonomy: Labiostria westropi Age: Cambrian Location: Unit "H" Formation, McKay Group, BC Source: Purchased UPDATE (Corrected entry): It has been confirmed that "Aphelaspis" is no longer considered a viable name for this trilobite, and that it is classified in the Pterocephaliide. Confirmed in: Chatterton, B.D.E., & Gibb, S. 2016.Furongian (Upper Cambrian) Trilobites from the McKay Group, Bull River Valley, near Cranbrook, southeastern British Columbia, Canada.Palaeontographica Canadiana, 35:1-275 Thanks to @piranha for the update.