Show Us Your Rarest Or Most Incredible Partial Fossils!

[Ptychodus04]

2 hours ago, Mioplosus_Lover24 said:

Definitely the fossil bird I found in the Greenriver Formation last summer! It is still 75% complete but it is sadly missing parts of it's leg, but it has a skull! Can't wait to get this thing fully prepped out next year!!!

That is a great specimen! Shoot me a PM if you need professional help on the prep.

[Bobby Rico]

1 hour ago, Ptychodus04 said:

Mine is certainly the holotype of Flexomornis howei. The initial discovery was a scapula, partial carpometacarpus, partial tibiotarsus, and possible partial humerus. A second specimen I collected from a different site yielded a coracoid, sacrum, ulna, and partial scapula.

 

That is so cool what an honour. Is it a bird or lizard? Do you have an image of what the critter would have looked like? 

 

cheers Bobby 

[Ptychodus04]

21 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

That is so cool what an honour. Is it a bird or lizard? Do you have an image of what the critter would have looked like? 

 

cheers Bobby 

It is the oldest definitive bird in North America. The name means "bent shoulder bird" for it's odd morphology in the scapula. It is an enantiornithine and they typically have straight shafted scapulas. Here's a pic of the model that is on display at the Perot Museum.

 

 

 

[LiamL]

Partial starfish from robinhoods bay. Unfortunately was too brittle when collecting. I still look out for a good one each time i'm there.
 

[Welsh Wizard]

19 hours ago, LiamL said:

Partial starfish from robinhoods bay. Unfortunately was too brittle when collecting. I still look out for a good one each time i'm there.
 

 

Hi Liam

 

Good luck. Here’s mine from RHB. It was found in the shale on the left hand side as you’re looking out to sea.

 

Nick

 

[LiamL]

18 hours ago, Welsh Wizard said:

 

Hi Liam

Good luck. Here’s mine from RHB. It was found in the shale on the left hand side as you’re looking out to sea.

Nick

 

 

That's brilliant, do you have a pic of before prep? 

[Jackson g]

A cool partial Dorycrinus crinoid calyx with other crinoids bits and some rugose corals. Would've been nice if the calyx was complete.

[Welsh Wizard]

1 hour ago, LiamL said:

 

 

That's brilliant, do you have a pic of before prep? 

 

Sorry no. I think just a bit of one of the arms was showing.

 

Nick

[dinosaur man]

This is probably my most rarest fossil it’s a piece of fossilized fish skin from the Bois Blanc Formation Devonian period of Lake Erie Ontario.

[Kane]

2 hours ago, dinosaur man said:

This is probably my most rarest fossil it’s a piece of fossilized fish skin from the Bois Blanc Formation Devonian period of Lake Erie Ontario.

 

Not likely “fish skin,” but more likely coral. There are numerous tabulate and rugose corals in the Bois Blanc as that area was a minor reefal complex near a carbonate ramp. 

[Pemphix]

2 hours ago, dinosaur man said:

This is probably my most rarest fossil it’s a piece of fossilized fish skin from the Bois Blanc Formation Devonian period of Lake Erie Ontario.

I'm sorry to tell , but imo this is not a fossilized fish skin but some kind of coral which fits much better the known lists of fossils from this location http://www.archaeowiki.com/index.php/Bois_Blanc_Formation_Chert.

 

 

[dinosaur man]

Thanks!! not as rare as I thought 

[Uncle Siphuncle]

A couple of my favorite Texas finds over the years.  The Smilodon fatalis canine was found 80% complete in 2 pcs.  Restored with PaleoSculp and Walmart acrylic paint.

 

The Bison latifrons skull has most of the maxilla, but lacks many of the facial bones and both horn core tips.  I opted not to reconstruct any voids, but to instead suspend recovered bones in living position for an “honest” presentation.

 

I’m sure examples of both have been found in Texas, but I’ve personally seen neither in private collections.

[facehugger]

6 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

A couple of my favorite Texas finds over the years.  The Smilodon fatalis canine was found 80% complete in 2 pcs.  Restored with PaleoSculp and Walmart acrylic paint.

 

The Bison latifrons skull has most of the maxilla, but lacks many of the facial bones and both horn core tips.  I opted not to reconstruct any voids, but to instead suspend recovered bones in living position for an “honest” presentation.

 

I’m sure examples of both have been found in Texas, but I’ve personally seen neither in private collections.

 

You have the coolest fireplace ever.

 

[PaleoNoel]

14 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

A couple of my favorite Texas finds over the years.  The Smilodon fatalis canine was found 80% complete in 2 pcs.  Restored with PaleoSculp and Walmart acrylic paint.

 

The Bison latifrons skull has most of the maxilla, but lacks many of the facial bones and both horn core tips.  I opted not to reconstruct any voids, but to instead suspend recovered bones in living position for an “honest” presentation.

 

I’m sure examples of both have been found in Texas, but I’ve personally seen neither in private collections.

[caldigger]

 

"Honey, I'd like to have a cozy fire tonight. Can you move your "rocks" again?!"

[caldigger]

Why did the chicken cross the road?

We will never really find out because this happened half way across.

[Kurufossils]

Here are some more partials, two partial saber fragments from Smilodon Gracilis that came from Florida.

[Ruger9a]

Here's one of my favorites - detailed/prepped. 

Trilobite - Conolichas eichwaldi, (Nieszkowski,1857) 

Upper Ordovician (Katian)

Pechurki quarry, Slantsy, St Petersburg region, Russia

[Per Christian]

Let's start this up again. Mine is a partially rooted eocarcharia tooth, I've never seen a rooted eocarcharia tooth before. It's 6.5 cm. Elrhaz formation, Niger

[Nanotyrannus35]

My rarest fossils would be a partial eohiodon from the American Fossil quarry and a Timurlengia tooth from Uzbekistan 

 

 

[piranha]

This is my favorite partial trilobite. Fenestraspis amauta has the distinction of having the most lenses of any schizochroal eye with at least 918 lenses, arranged in 49-51 vertical files of up to 21-22 lenses each. This impressive 'eye-catching' trilobite would have been approximately 15 cm in length if complete.   

 

 

Holloway, D.J., Carvalho, M.D.G.P. 2009
The Extraordinary Trilobite Fenestraspis (Dalmanitidae, Synphoriinae) from the Lower Devonian of Bolivia.
Palaeontology, 52(4):933-949  PDF LINK

[FossilDAWG]

  Amazing!!

I assume they burrowed in the sea floor, with just part of the eyes sticking out? 

 

Don

[digit]

Submarine trilobites--I love it!

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[Missourian]

Mantis shrimp

Muncie Creek Shale, Pennsylvanian

Kansas City metro, Missouri/Kansas

 

both ends of concretion were missing: