Al Tahan Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Hey everyone, Happy new year! I was thinking about doing a top 10 similar to Paleo Neals post (awesome post by the way!) but I’ve struggled to find the time to go through 10 of my best finds and share them. I’m also curious what everyone else found in 2019! So slight change...I’ll share a few of my favorite finds from 2019 and I invite people from the forum to share some of their memorable finds from 2019. I’d love to see how everyone did! I’ll do 1 find from the Ordovician, Silurian and Devonian for 3 total. I could do more but I’ll keep it to these 3. I’ll start Ordovician I found this gravicalymene last year at a spot I now have permission to visit. The Ordovician rock of New York can be incredibly prolific but literally everything is private. Looking forward to sharing my finds from this site in 2020. Isotelus and Triarthrus are at this location too. It’s one of my “best” finds because of the possibilities on the horizon! now the Silurian This is my best eurypterid find of 2019 by leaps and bounds. Amazing little juvenile with a paddle and 4 walking legs. I doubt it but it’s possible a right paddle exists. Let’s hope I can keep finding these critters in 2020. lastly the Devonian I found this in April during the Forum group hunt at a now closed location (Briggs rd). It had big Eldredgeops there but now it is being developed on. This had split right through the trilobite and had a bunch in the counterpart. I had to tease out the trilo from the counter part and glue. Proud of this nice 2+ inch beast. In 2020 I’m going to see if I can find a new spot for Eldredgeops. Kinda sad about the loss of this location for collecting. Lets see your best finds from 2019!!! Al 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FranzBernhard Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 Very nice topic! I hunted 2019 mostly in the Campanian St. Bartholomä-formation. Found some very nice rudists again, but I recognized this fossil group not until April 2019, after about 2 years of collecting there . After recognizing them (shape and surface texture), I have found 7 of them in 9 months. Here are 5, four of them I have already presented elsewhere on TFF. (How many may I have missed the years before ?): Hypercalcified - 1 Hypercalcified - 2 Hypercalcified - 3: Hypercalcified - 4: Hypercalcified - 5: Nor sure if this is a chaetetid-type or stromatoporoid-type, but it seems to be more close to chaetetid-type. First one that I have cut and polished. Glad I did ! Franz Bernhard 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 Nice find @FranzBernhard!! I feel the same way about phyllocarids....I probably missed some in years past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 10 hours ago, Al Tahan said: I found this in April during the Forum group hunt at a now closed location (Briggs rd). Happy New Year, Al. When was Briggs Road closed to collecting? That is sad news. Great finds, overall. Thanks for posting them. 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...
ParkerPaleo Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 My favorite find of the year wasn't spectacular or unique. It didn't advance science, But it was very special. This summer, I took my daughter on her first trip to the White River badlands in Wyoming. Within minutes of stepping out of the truck, I started to explain to her how to hunt the area we were in. As I finish saying saying, 'Look for fragments of bone sticking out of these burrow shaped rocks.' She says, 'like this?'. And that's how she found her first skull, the rabbit Paleolagus. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I found a lot of nice ammonites as usual this year, but I'll just show the Arietites solarium from the Early Jurassic first. Then I'll show my favorite things from this year which are a few rare teeth found at a Miocene exposure not too far from home. A tooth from a member of the Delphinidae family Notorynchus primigenius upper lateral and symphesial Physogaleus contortus Carcharodon hastalis 9 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 12 hours ago, Al Tahan said: I’ll start Ordovician I found this gravicalymene last year at a spot I now have permission to visit. The Ordovician rock of New York can be incredibly prolific but literally everything is private. Looking forward to sharing my finds from this site in 2020. Isotelus and Triarthrus are at this location too. It’s one of my “best” finds because of the possibilities on the horizon! now the Silurian This is my best eurypterid find of 2019 by leaps and bounds. Amazing little juvenile with a paddle and 4 walking legs. I doubt it but it’s possible a right paddle exists. Let’s hope I can keep finding these critters in 2020. lastly the Devonian I found this in April during the Forum group hunt at a now closed location (Briggs rd). It had big Eldredgeops there but now it is being developed on. This had split right through the trilobite and had a bunch in the counterpart. I had to tease out the trilo from the counter part and glue. Proud of this nice 2+ inch beast. In 2020 I’m going to see if I can find a new spot for Eldredgeops. Kinda sad about the loss of this location for collecting. Briggs road is closed!?! (insert crying emoji here) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 2, 2020 Share Posted January 2, 2020 I'm sure All can fill in the details, but I recall him posting that someone bought the site, put up a house, and filled in the pit with dirt/rock produced by digging the foundation. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 2, 2020 Author Share Posted January 2, 2020 1 hour ago, FossilDAWG said: I'm sure All can fill in the details, but I recall him posting that someone bought the site, put up a house, and filled in the pit with dirt/rock produced by digging the foundation. Don Yea the land was purchased and a house is being built on the hill. The site was bulldozed and is completely unrecognizable. Very sad and unfortunate. The new owner is Very nice but there’s nothing left 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Happy New Year! In looking back at 2019, I realized that I did not get out nearly as much as I should have...though I did collect some awesome memories on those few adventures. A few of my favorites... ...good times and nifty finds! I'm excited to see what this year will bring. 14 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belemniten Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Some very nice finds! I love your pictures @PFOOLEY Here are some of my humble finds... It was probably my best year until now but I think there is still a lot more possible. I wish you all a happy new year with lots of nice fossils and memories! 10 Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils Regards Sebastian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinosaur man Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 My most favourite find of 2019 is this a possible Prosauropod footprint, from Parrsboro Nova Scotia. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 3, 2020 Share Posted January 3, 2020 Here are two pix of one of my best fossils form 2019... an early Eocene (Bridgerian) rhino jaw. First photo as found, second photo after prep. By far the biggest early Eocene mammal jaw in my collection. From the Washakie Fm of southwest Wyoming. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Very nice JP http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 Not the biggest but the rarest, for me this Leptadapis mandible from eocene of southwest France 6 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted January 5, 2020 Share Posted January 5, 2020 7 hours ago, caterpillar said: Not the biggest but the rarest, for me this Leptadapis mandible from eocene of southwest France salut caterpillar- Leptadapis.... is that an Adapidae? So I assume this is rather small, right? Very nice little jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted January 6, 2020 Author Share Posted January 6, 2020 Wow so many great finds!! Crazy to think these fossils were lost (or buried) to the world until we found them last year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted January 6, 2020 Share Posted January 6, 2020 11 hours ago, jpc said: salut caterpillar- Leptadapis.... is that an Adapidae? So I assume this is rather small, right? Very nice little jaw. Yes, Adapidae, 45mm 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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