dinosaur man Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Hi here is my small collection of dinosaur fossils so far, enjoy! a odd looking Tyrannosaur. indet tooth from the Judith River formation of Montana. A Spinosaur tooth from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco. Abeliasaur tooth Kem Kem Beds of Morocco perhaps (Rugops sp.) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Dinosaurinae coprolite Mahajanga province Madagascar. Theropod. indet cedar mountain formation Utah it’s a Theropod bone slice because it was found with identifiable bones. Ceratopsian tooth Hell Creek Formation Montana either (Triceratops or Torosaurus) 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Sauropod. indet Morrison Formation Utah this is sauropod because it was cut from a larger identifiable piece Sauropod. indet eggshell Allen formation Argentina. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 21, 2019 Author Share Posted December 21, 2019 Possibly Prosauropod. indet footprint McCoy Brook Formation-North Mountain Basalt Nova Scotia. Dinosaurinae coprolite Cedar Mountain Formation Utah 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 nice start. Keep at it and keep asking questions ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Nice collection! 1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 21, 2019 Share Posted December 21, 2019 Good starter collection, keep it up and you will be surprised how fast it will grow. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Nice start to your dinosaur fossils collection. You're doing better than I because it took me many many years to get my first piece of a dinosaur. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Neat collection and I am certain it will grow quickly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Nice collection! I still don’t have a piece of dinosaur yet. 2 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 14 hours ago, FossilNerd said: I still don’t have a piece of dinosaur yet. Me too neither. And I agree, nice collection. Congratulations. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 Thanks everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Super collection so far! Keep it up 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 11 hours ago, FossilNerd said: Nice collection! I still don’t have a piece of dinosaur yet. As a kid I really loved Dinosaurs toys and the art work of the time, really captured the imagination of a young mind. Now as an adult having dinosaur material in my collection sends me right back to them fond memories of wonderment and awe. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 21 hours ago, dinosaur man said: Possibly Prosauropod. indet footprint McCoy Brook Formation-North Mountain Basalt Nova Scotia. Tell me more about this basalt with footprints. Must have been some unhappy critters. Or were the prints in mud and then filled as a cast by basalt? Cool collection! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 @Scylla I think that’s how it works, but the fossils from the basalt or more rare then the fossils from the McCoy Brook Formation next to it. Also there both in the late Triassic early Jurassic 201 mya to 190 mya. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 2 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: As a kid I really loved Dinosaurs toys and the art work of the time, really captured the imagination of a young mind. Now as an adult having dinosaur material in my collection sends me right back to them fond memories of wonderment and awe. I really liked dinosaurs as a kid too. I sort of feel like I “need” a dinosaur piece (and something from the fauna of the last Ice Age) to be a legitimate fossil collector. Silly I know, as there are many other wonderful fossils that don’t fall into this category, and some that I have in my collection. I think it’s because of a couple of children books I read a lot that were specific to dinosaurs and Ice Age fauna. That, and their popularity in our culture. Kids, and people in general, find dinosaurs, woolly mammoths, and the like, more interesting than fossils of sponges, corals and seashells. Although, I find sponges, corals, and seashells quite fascinating. 3 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 21 hours ago, dinosaur man said: Possibly Prosauropod. indet footprint McCoy Brook Formation-North Mountain Basalt Nova Scotia. You get bonus points for showing potential skepticism on this being a "possibly". Many track and other trace fossils (ichnofossils) can be very faint (which is why they are often emphasized by staining when they are sold). It is difficult to tell when only looking at a photo and not having a piece in hand to look at from different angles. I have no dinosaur tracks in my collection--only a few dinosaur bones and a few teeth that I was fortunate enough to find in the field on a trip with another forum member. As such, I am far from being an expert on dino-tracks. Given that disclaimer, here was my thought process when seeing the item above. The orange staining on the left side of the image seems to come to an end at the surface where the "track" is. It looks to me as if the rock is possibly fractured at this point. We've seen all sorts of interesting patterns that fracturing rock can make and I'm wondering if the "track" may be nothing more than the shape of the fracture in this rock. You mention that tracks are much more rare (but possible) in the formation where this was found. When finding something rare for an area, and extra bit of caution is always wise to make sure you have what you think you have. The additional fact that the "track" is exactly the size of the rock (with little non-track area surrounding it) would also seem to be a rare stroke of good luck--or another indicator that this may, in fact, be something else. I think it would be wise to seek out a good natural history museum in your area--you are not far at all from the fabulous Royal Ontario Museum (ROM). I'm sure you could locate someone there with some experience in dinosaur tracks to get an authoritative opinion on this one. Your dinosaur collection is already much larger and more diverse than mine and you are doing a good job of living up to your member name. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 21 hours ago, dinosaur man said: Possibly Prosauropod. indet footprint McCoy Brook Formation-North Mountain Basalt Nova Scotia. This really looks nothing like any dinosaur footprint I have ever seen. It looks more like a very water worn breakage/cleavage plane. The rock it is in looks to be metamorphic rock, rather than sedimentary. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 I just found this on another members topic and it shows the area where I found the footprint. I found it a few metres from that beach log. If this helps on ID. And I will try to go to the ROM one day and show them. And the orange staining is a piece of copper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 22, 2019 Share Posted December 22, 2019 Your item does not look like sandstone or shale or mudstone. There is a distinct difference in your material, and these matrices. Please do have it looked at by the museum. Right now, I would not want to mislead people by labeling this as a dinosaur footprint. 1 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 22, 2019 Author Share Posted December 22, 2019 I think this is a footprint because it looks very similar to a dinosaur footprint. It has three digits and the morphology of a dinosaur footprint. It is found in metamorphic rocks because it was part of the North Mountain Basalt. Fossils in this area are rare but still have been found. And as skylla said thats how it could have be formed. I will get it checked out by the ROM sometime soon and tell you. But that’s just showing why I think it’s a possible footprint. Also I found it in the rocks on the bottom not in the cliff. And thanks everyone about my dinosaur collection it will continue to grow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 I have just got two more dinosaur fossils for my collection, from Alberta a Ceratopsian vertebrae and a Hadrosaur metatarsal. I will show them later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 23 hours ago, dinosaur man said: I think this is a footprint because it looks very similar to a dinosaur footprint. It has three digits and the morphology of a dinosaur footprint. It is found in metamorphic rocks because it was part of the North Mountain Basalt. Fossils in this area are rare but still have been found. And as skylla said thats how it could have be formed. I will get it checked out by the ROM sometime soon and tell you. But that’s just showing why I think it’s a possible footprint. Also I found it in the rocks on the bottom not in the cliff. And thanks everyone about my dinosaur collection it will continue to grow! Can you please cite any literature pertaining to dinosaur footprints (or any fossils) found in the North Mountain Basalt. I seem to be having trouble locating any information on fossils from there. This is what I am seeing. I see no obvious dinosaurian morphology in this item. I would be willing to bet that this is not a trace fossil of any kind. We will have to agree to disagree on that point. My experiences of studying and collecting footprints from the Newark Supergroup lead me to this conclusion. 4 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted December 23, 2019 Author Share Posted December 23, 2019 This is what I’m seeing but I guess we have to agree to disagree like you said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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