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Hello my fossil maniacs,

Thank you for suggestions about posting this here. It is my latest find, described with my name as founder. (already have a few more!)

I am happy because this is the first wasp finally, and also very important for science.

 

Here is author citation from my social media :

"An excellent example of how important work you fossil hunters do! This particular animal is a really interesting one, uniting present day helorids to extinct ones!"
 
That's why I am doing this. Everyday searching for treasures in amber. Also I am from Poland where we have deposits,  so it is, for me, kind of heritage.
This is not easy  to find something new but with determination we can do big things.
Best wishes from Poland.

Artur

 

 

 

Common or Scientific Name - Helorus arturi sp. nov. (Hymenoptera, Proctotrupoidea, Heloridae) from Baltic amber
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age - Eocene Era.
Region the fossil was found - Baltic Sea shore - Wisla's River Estuary. Poland.
Museum or University that received the fossil - University Of Helsinki. Finnish Museum of Natural History. Finland.

Article - LINK
 

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Common or Scientific Name -  Otodus/Carcharacles sokolovi (or early angustidens)
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age - Mint Springs Marl., Rupelian
Region the fossil was found -Smith Co., Mississippi
Museum or University that received the fossil -Mississippi Museum of Natural Science 

 

Complete specimens of this scientifically important shark are rare from this age.

 

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Common or Scientific Name -  Lysorophian tetrapod
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age - Shelburn Formation - Pennsylvanian
Region the fossil was found -  Vermillion County, IL.
Museum or University that received the fossil -  Donated to the Field Museum of Natural History, May 2021

This is a rare and scientifically significant Pennsylvanian tetrapod.


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Scientific Names: Elimia livescens (juvenile), Somatogyrus depressus, Sphaerium striatinum, Pleurocera acuta

Geologic Formation: Equality Formation

Geologic Age: Quaternary

Region fossils were found: Cook County, IL

Museum or University that received the fossils: Prairie Research Institute

Reason for donation: Radiocarbon dating for geologic mapping project.

 

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Scientific/Common Name: Ischnacanthid jaw section

Geologic Formation:  Catskill Formation

Geologic Age: Upper Devonian

Region fossils were found: Canton , Pennsylvania

Museum or University that received the fossils: Donated to Dave Broussard of Lycoming College

 

One of three specimens from that location.

 

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Common or Scientific Name - Endoceras sp. endocone

Geologic Formation or Geologic Age - Georgian Bay Formation, Upper Ordovician
Region the fossil was found -   Etobicoke Creek, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Museum or University that received the fossil -   Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada


A short note explaining the reason for the fossil contribution.

The ROM was interested in this specimen because it's a very well-preserved endocone fossil from Endoceras sp. 

Here's a letter of acknowledgement from the ROM:

 

ROM donation letter for Endoceras endocone fossil 2021.pdf

 

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Common or Scientific Name: Fragment of a Cidaroid with Six Associated Plates
Geologic Formation: Prairie Bluff Chalk

Geologic Age: Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian)
Region the fossil was found: Alabama

Museum that received the fossil: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

A short note explaining the reason for the fossil contribution: Associated cidaroid plates are quite rare and up to this point, the museum had no specimen with greater than two associated plates- this specimen has six! This specimen has the potential to finally identify the common Maastrichtian cidaroid of the Gulf Coastal Plain to genus level

 

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Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting!

 

 

 

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Common or Scientific Name:  Undescribed Marrellomorph - (similar to Furca)

Geologic Formation: Bobcaygeon Formation,

Geologic Age: Upper Ordovician (Edenian)
Region the fossil was found: Lake Simcoe, Ontario, Canada

Museum that received the fossil: Royal Ontario Museum

 

I donated this fossil because I felt it deserved to be published, although I was very tempted to keep it.

 

LINK    to original post.

 

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Common or Scientific Name: Shansiella?
Geologic Formation: Glenshaw Formation

Geologic Age: Upper Pennsylvanian / Kasimovian
Region the fossil was found: Armstrong County, Pennsylvania, USA

Museum that received the fossil: Carnegie Museum of Natural History

 

A short note explaining the reason for the fossil contribution: What is now known as CM 54968, is a unusually large example of Shansiella found in local rocks. Perhaps it is due to smashing of the strata, but the next largest specimen of this species that I have found (of around 50) could almost fit in the aperture opening of this specimen. There is a hint of a selenizone and it's general shape strongly suggests Shansiella. I donated this along with another gastropod that I hope to write about in a future study.

 

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Fan worm (mazopherusa prinosi) and Lingulid association

Period: middle Pennsylvanian, moscovian

Formation:  Carbondale formation, Francis creek shale

Locality: Mazon creek, Braceville, IL

Donated to: Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago, IL

Catalog number: PE 93011

Description:  a lingulid brachiopod with a full pedicle associated with a Mozopherusa prinosi Fanwood with an open fan.  

 

Commentary:  Lingula is an extant species with relatives with similar physical traits dating back to the cambrian, however conditions are rare for the fossilization of the "stalk" or pedicle.  I was given a tour of the invertebrate collection of the museum and there was one example of a decent pedicle, but without the attachment point.  I have read of one ordivician specimen having the full pedicle, otherwise I am unaware of another such specimen.  Also preserved is a Mazopherusi fan worm, showing an association of the two filter feeders.  The fossil is being loaned to Yale for a study on fan worms. 

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After many years, decades in fact, a fossil I found in the Oligocene marine sediments (Lincoln Creek Formation) was published.

One is at the Burke Museum and another in a Museum in Sweden. Short and easy, it's a sea pen.

 

Originally found in 1988, I posted it on TFF many years ago, but recently took it off the shelf and asked Dr Boessenecker to give it a go. He put me in contact with James Goedert and through his associate in Sweden, was able to identify the critter.

 

Here's the publication link at the Journal of Paleontology. Open access.  https://www.doi.org/10.1017/jpa.2022.5

 

Common or Scientific Name: Sea Pen
Geologic Formation: Lincoln Creek Formation

Geologic Age: Oligocene
Region the fossil was found: Washington USA. 1988

Museum that received the fossil: Burke Museum

 

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(Yes, i know it only counts once but I love all three of these equally!)

 

1.)Common or Scientific Name - Brittle Star (Ophiuroidea)
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age -  Castaic Formation, Upper Miocene
Region the fossil was found - Southern California
Museum or University that received the fossil - Los Angeles County Natural History Museum


A beautifully preserved brittle star, an uncommon find. 

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2.) Common or Scientific Name - Bramble Shark, echinorhinus brucus (tooth)
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age - Castaic Formation, Upper Miocene
Region the fossil was found - Southern California
Museum or University that received the fossil - Los Angeles County Natural History Museum


To the best of my knowledge, no Bramble sharks have previously been reported from this formation.

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3.)Common or Scientific Name -  Cervidae, possibly elk or cervalces, molar enamel fragment
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age - Quaternary
Region the fossil was found - Big Brook, New Jersey
Museum or University that received the fossil - NJ State Museum


This fragment was found in Big Brook, so its exact provenance is unknown, but the NJ museum expressed interest due to its preservation (permineralized thoroughly) and its being certainly from an extinct species for the area (The fossil fragment compares favorably to Cervalces).

 

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Scientific or Common name -  Slab containing Ptychodus tooth of an upcoming species + isolated mosasaur tooth (possibly Russelosaur)

Geologic formation and age - Eagle Ford fm - Turonian 

Region fossil was found - Texas

Museum or University that received the fossil - Southern Methodist University collection

 

Donated to help correlate the locality it was found in, which is important for other fossils, with other localities that are well dated, using the occurrence of the new Ptychodus in cross reference with other fossils found at the site. 

 

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Trip report where I found it:  LINK

 

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Dolichosaur vertebra (most likely Coniasaur)

Eagle Ford formation , Turonian 

Texas

SMU collection

 

Donated to help build a picture of fauna at a site which is notable for other important fossils being found and researched right now. 

 

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Common or Scientific Name: Crinoid holdfast on unknown doughnut-shaped object
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age: Fairview Formation (Upper Ordovician)
Region the fossil was found: Near Maysville, Kentucky
Museum or University that received the fossil: Cincinnati Museum Center
Reason for the fossil contribution: The doughnut-shaped object is insofar a mystery. Some suggestions included a sponge, stromatoporoid, or bryozoan. Similar "doughnuts" have been found, but all have been much smaller than this one. Whatever this is, it is very unusual.

 

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I collected and donated thousands of micro mammal specimens from anthills on my sons’ M&M Ranch in Nebraska, which are now described in the following publication: 

 

PALUDICOLA SCIENTIFIC CONTRIBUTIONS of the ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY Special Issue VOLUME 13 NUMBER 4 1 MAY 2022 “Fossil mammals from ant mounds situated on exposures of the Big Cottonwood Creek Member of the Chadron Formation (latest Eocene-early Oligocene), Sioux County, Nebraska  - William W. Korth, Clint A. Boyd, Jeff J. Person, and Deborah K. Anderson”

 

 

 

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The publication describes 4 new genera and 10 new species of mammals from my donated specimens.  See below:

 

Scientific Name:

1)  cylindrodont  Siouxlindrodon sullivani n. genus n. sp.

 

2) aplodontid Costepeiromys attasorus n. genus n. sp.

 

3) aplodontid Protansomys gulottai n. genus n. sp.

 

4) ischyromyid Ischyromys brevidens n. sp.

 

5) eomyid Paradjidaumo patriciae n. sp.

 

6) eomyid Yoderimys massarae n. sp.

 

7) eomyid Litoyoderimys grossus n. sp.

 

8) florentiamyid Kirkomys miriamae n. sp.

 

9) sciurid Cedromus modicus n. sp.

 

10) oligoryctid Oligoryctes tenutalonidus n. sp.

 

Geologic Age:  latest Eocene-early Oligocene

Geologic Formation:  Big Cottonwood Creek Member of the Chadron Formation

Region:  M&M Ranch, Sioux County, Nebraska, US

 

Museum:  South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Museum of Geology

 

Reason for contribution:  New Species

 

 

 

 

 

Link to Discussion:  https://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/108470-mammals-rodents-insectivores-marsupials-and-carnivores-from-the-eoceneoligocene-mm-ranch-in-nebraska/

 

 

Link to Paper in the Journal Paludicolahttps://rivp-paludicola.org/home-page/

 

 

 

Figures from the paper showing the new species:

 

 

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"Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day."

My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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Tetrapod larva and Orthacanthus tooth

Carbondale Formation - Francis Creek Shale - Pennsylvanian

Grundy County, IL

Found in August 2021, Donated to the Field Museum of Natural History, June 2022

 

Both specimens are well-preserved examples of extremely rare taxa from Mazon Creek.

 

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Common or Scientific Name: Lophoranina lincki
Geologic Formation: Glendon Limestone

Geologic Age: Lower Oligocene
Region the fossil was found: Mississippi

Museum that received the fossil: Mississippi Museum of Natural Science

A short note explaining the reason for the fossil contribution: This specimen is only the third known example of this species and with a well preserved dorsal cuticle it rivals the holotype and paratype in terms of preservation

 

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Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting!

 

 

 

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Common or Scientific Name: Catacoeloceras pettos (QUENSTEDT, 1843)
Geologic Formation: Davoei-Zone

Geologic Age: Lower Jurassic, Pliensbachium
Region the fossil was found: Velpe, short-time-quarry of ABC-Klinkergroup, Danebrock (Velpe is near Osnabrück in northern Germany)

Museum that received the fossil: Hosted in the collection of Ruhr University of Bochum, middle Germany

 

 

When I was a private scientist (and sometimes a University-Member) I published many papers about westphalian fossils. Many of them I found myself and donated them to museums. Like this rare Catacoeloceras (first one very found there and from this age!) (and the other fossils in this paper) to Ruhrlandmuseum Essen and University of Bochum

 

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My aim is the new and scientific interesting fossils must be stored in a museum collection. Not every finding, only the one that will be figured in a paper. Please excuse the bad pic, most of my donations to museums had been done in the pre-digital-time..., and before I started to become a photographer :eyeroll:

 

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Common or Scientific Name: Platyptergius campylodon (CARTER)
Geologic Formation: Cretaceous

Geologic Age: Lower Cenomanian, Zone of Mantelliceras dixoni
Region the fossil was found: Dörenthe, Quarry of Wallmeyer & Co., before Quarry of Family Breckweg, Teutoburger Wald

between Dörenthe und Ibbenbüren.  (TK 25, Blatt 3712 Ibbenbüren, H: 5791000, R: 3410050)

Museum that received the fossil: Westfalian Museum of natural history, Collection-number WMfN P 28439 - P 28445

 

When we found it end of the 90th we were surpise. I have no digital photos, loooooooong time ago... So, see the parts in the paper.

Marine reptiles are rare finds in the german cretaceous and not many fragments are known. And, this is Ichthyosaur! One of the last remains ever, perhaps the youngest ever found. This was the reason to give it to the central westphalian Museum and published a paper about it:

 

Geologie und Paläontologie in Westfalen (lwl.org)

 

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This Spruce branch was buried in conditions that prevented it from rotting out at all, instead it was fossilized where it sat for who knows how long until the hydrated ash (Si02 Nh20) worked itself down whatever it could get through (or some say the silica gel was forced up from all the geothermal activities) finding cavities along the way to call home for the next X amount of years.

 

this piece was donated for the reason that there was barely anything on display. Been wanting to do it for a long time anyways so thought better late than never.

 

 

 

Spruce tree limb -Conifer 

Miocene 

Found in Virgin Valley, NV 

Humbolt County Museum 

 

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Bison bison.

Wisconsin glaciation.
Southern Minnesota, Brown County.

Science Museum of Minnesota.


Found in a riverbed in September of 2020 on a joint citizen scientist and Science Museum outing. I found this femur by noticing the femoral head sticking out of the river bottom.

 

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Bison bison.

Wisconsin glaciation.
Southern Minnesota, Brown County.

Science Museum of Minnesota.


Found in a riverbed in July of 2020 on a joint citizen scientist and Science Museum outing. I found this partial mandible stuck between some large stones in the river bottom. Collected under permit in Flandreau State Park.

 

Original Post:  LINK    External Post:  LINK

 

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Legume Seed Pod

Green River Formation

NE Utah

Tate Museum, Casper, Wy 

 

This was one of many fossils found on that trip (Round 3 of Western Trip). After some correspondence with JP, I was happy to see this specimen land in his museum. 

 

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Common or Scientific Name: potentially Carcharodon hubbelli
Geologic Formation or Geologic Age: Late Miocene potentially Greta Formation

Region the fossil was found: Canterbury, New Zealand

Museum or University that received the fossil: Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
 


If this is indeed a Carcharadon hubbelli (transitional great white tooth) it is potentially the first one found in New Zealand.

Video of the prep: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1nQPEZcwBE

Original post:  LINK

 

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