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Got a cool one for you guys: a decent sized scorpion in amber from Burma. Probably about 100 million years old. The most interesting part to me is the tail sort of curves down 90 degrees perpendicular to the body (you can see it in the last pic side view) and that kind of 3D preservation is rare in amber. Usually everything flattens out on a plane so this is neat. I'm excited! The scorpion is about 1.5cm, and 2cm if you include the pincers. Whole piece is 4cm long heightwise.

Hey all, here's the latest 99-myo addition to my amber collection. Not sure I've seen too many other scorpions as large or well-posed as this beefy fellow; he's a little over an inch long not including the pincers/arms. It's a thin piece so the often foggy clarity of Burmese amber is luckily avoided here with little oxidation.

Here are some photos of my 2nd ever fossil hunting trip on Saturday January 8th, 2022. On Friday Jan. 7th, was my first fossil hunting trip, which I posted a few days ago, obtaining mostly exogyra oysters from the North Sulphur River. So I went out the next morning in the rain to Jacksonville, TX, about an hour from me. I stopped along Hwy 69 just north of Love's Lookout, where there are steep rocky cliffs on either side of the highway. I only stayed an hour, as I was soaking wet. But I managed to chip away at several of the red rocks in the area (sorry, I don't know the geologic ages), trying to separate layers and see what could be exposed. I brought 13 samples home, just based on some indentions, bumps, or various colors. One of the samples looked like maybe a clam. It wasn't until I got home and cleaned them up a little did I start noticing what I found. Two of them have crabs in the matrix (it wasn't a clam). One of these with one crab also has 2 scorpions on the reverse side. Another rock sort of looks like it has an orthoceras nautiloid in it. All the others I'm not sure if anything or not. See my photos and comments below. I'll post more photos with close-ups and ask for help with ID in the "Fossil ID" section. All in all, I'm very excited and pleased with the two fossil matrix rocks for sure with the crabs, scorpions, and an insect. Worth the trip. 1) Total take: 13 Photo#1: 2) Four crabs and one large insect (not sure what kind). Unfortunately, I think I knocked off the largest one's arm when I was chiseling on the larger rock. Also, I need to know how I can seal these cracks. This piece is extremely delicate/fragile right now. I don't want it to fall apart. I'll ask this question in the question section also. Photos # 2a, 2b, Biggest one, missing an arm. Can still see its pinchers/claws. Photos # 2c, 2d (you can see the smallest one to the front right, with the insect hovering right behind him, can also see the pointy spikes on the insect's arms.) Small crab and insect, from different angles. Photos # 2e, 2f, 2g, 2h Small crab to right of big one (mama), in middle, (or below mama in this next photo). I didn't get a real good photo of him up close. Photo # 2i Crab near the back. Still covered with some rock matrix. I could use some suggestions on how I could uncover him some more, or should I not even try? You can see one arm and pincher, and part of the body. Photo # 2j And here is the underside of this matrix. Photos # 2k, 2l 3) Crab on top side, and 2 scorpions and a crab (or crab arm and a leaf?) on the underside. Photos # 3a, 3b, 3c from top side. Crab on far left. Any idea what the yellow lines are? Underside. Full scorpion on left side. Smaller scorpion on right front edge, with a crab pincher to the right of it. Photos # 3d, 3e, 3f, 3g, 3h, 3i, 3j, 3k, 3l 4) Strange streak pattern on front, with large insect (?) on underside, left of center, with what looks like a long tail. Photos # 4a, 4b, 4c 5) This one sort of looks like an orthoceras nautiloid buried. From the side view you can see a cylindrical bulge on top. From the edge view, I can't really tell if the cross section of the nautiloid is showing. Any agreement? If so, what would be the best way to remove more rock and get more of it exposed? This is something I don't know how to do yet. Photos #5a, 5b, 5c, 5d 6) And finally, here are the remainder of the rocks. I'll ask if they might be anything in the Fossil ID section. Photos # 6a, 6b, 6c, 6d, 6e, 6f, 6g, 6h, 6i, 6j

Bicknell, R.D.C., Smith, P.M. 2021 The First Fossil Scorpion from Australia. Alcheringa (ahead-of-print publication) PDF LINK

This middle Pennsylvanian concretion from Mazon Creek (Francis Creek Shale), was discovered in the fall of 2013 in the Mazon Creek Heritage Site. Whip Scorpion Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Arachnida Order: Uropygi Geralinura sp.

Hi Is this scorpion tail ? Age: Cretaceous Matrix:Burmite I won the auction on ebay for $ 27.27 with shipping.:)