Mike from North Queensland Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Bird -Unknown Toolebuc Formation - Albian Cretaceous Richmond Queensland Australia Donated to Queensland Museum As there is only one named Mesozoic bird species as far as I know from Australia this specimen is important to the understanding of bird evolution. The photo is one of several pieces to this specimen so sadly it is also as far as I know the most complete Mesozoic bird fossils found in Australia. Mike 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njfossilhunter Posted July 18, 2015 Share Posted July 18, 2015 (edited) Name...Dipnoan Lungfish Dentition, Ceratodus aff. frazieri Ostrom Geologic Age...Upper Cretaceous, Early Maastrichtian, Attrib, to the Mount Laurel Formation, Approx 70 MYA Region...Big Brook in Marlboro Township, New Jersey. USA Museum...NJSM, New Jersey State Museum NJSM18774 Reason for donation... The only known Dipnoan from the Upper Cretaceous and the discovery represents a considerable range extension for Dipnoans on the North American continent by 30 million years. Link... To Topic http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/56009-a-late-cretaceous-lungfish-from-the-fossil-brooks-of-new-jersey/ Attached Thumbnail I would like to thank Carl Mehling for providing me with updated photo's of the lungfish tooth plate. Edited July 18, 2015 by njfossilhunter 7 TonyThe Brooks Are Like A Box Of Chocolates,,,, You Never Know What You'll Find. I Told You I Don't Have Alzheimer's.....I Have Sometimers. Some Times I Remember And Some Times I Forget.... I Mostly Forget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkborch Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This is an extra large Dugong tusk I found recently SCUBA diving in a local South Carolina river. This tusk was initially identified as Corystosiren sp., a rare Miocene Dugong. The tusk is still being studied so the ID of that may change. Dugong, poss Corystosiren Sp. Miocene Beaufort Co., South Carolina in a local river College of Charleston Natural History Museum, with casts also being sent to the state museum in Columbia, SC I donated the tusk after taking it to the museum to get identified. I realized the importance of the discovery and the museum was very interested studying it further. 4 1 Palmetto Paleontology Society Fossil Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkborch Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 I found a partial whale skeleton while shark tooth hunting in Summerville, SC. I called in some help to properly extract the whale. Unfortunately we did not find the skull but it may still be in there somewhere! Whale (species unknown), most like an Odontocete Chandler Bridge Formation, Oligocene Near Summerville, South Carolina College of Charleston Natural History Museum There was not much scientific value here without a skull but I decided to donate what was found to the College of Charleston where they teach a class on fossil preparation and restoration. The vertebrae and rib bones that were found are good for beginners to practice on so they will put it to good use. There were approximately 9 vertebrae found along with numerous rib bones. 6 Palmetto Paleontology Society Fossil Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoRon Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Presbyornis isoni Paleocene Aquia formation Charles county, Maryland Donated to Smithsonian Museum of Natural History. My first, and oldest, new species discovery. Link to paper: https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/6493/VZ_258_Presbyornis_isoni.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 4, 2015 Share Posted August 4, 2015 On August 3 2015, I gave 2 cetacean ear bones to The University of California Museum of Paleontology (UCMP), this donation was made with the help of Boesse. Speceis: Platylithax robusta Formation: Round Mountain silt Local: Sharktooth Hill, California Age: Miocene, 15.5 million Tony PS Special thanks to Boesse for all the help He provided on this transaction. 4 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Hadrasaurid jaw fragment (juvenile) and miscellaneous bones (?nodosaur) Eutaw Formation, Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Montgomery Co., Alabama Alabama Museum of Natural History (04/2014; 01/2015) Note -- donated for study via Dr. Dana Ehret; dinosaur bones are rare finds in Alabama. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Fossil marine turtle elements (Protostega gigas) Ripley Fm., Selma Group, Upper Cretaceous (Early Maastrichtian/Late Campanian) Lowndes Co., Alabama Alabama Museum of Natural History (04/2014) Note -- donated for study via Dr. Dana Ehret; specimen consists of associated carapace elements (costals, neurals, and ribs) of a juvenile turtle. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 1) Plesiosaur hind paddle elements (articulated propodial, epipodials, and mesopodial) 2) Plesiosaur paddle element (propodial) Ripley Fm., Selma Group, Upper Cretaceous (Early Maastrichtian/Late Campanian) Lowndes Co., Alabama Alabama Museum of Natural History (01/2015) Note -- donated for study via Dr. Dana Ehret; articulated plesiosaur bones are rarely found in Alabama and the articulated specimen has been tentatively identified as a 'leptocledid' or short-necked plesiosaur; not previously reported in AL. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 1) Fossil crabs (Costacopluma grayi -- 3 carapaces + 7 fragments) Pine Barrens Mbr., Clayton Fm., Early Paleocent (Danian) 2) Fossil crabs (Costacopluma cf grayi -- 5 carapaces + 6 fragments) Prairie Bluff Fm., Selma Group, Upper Cretaceous (Late Maastrichtian) Lowndes Co., Alabama Mississippi Museum of Natural Science (09/2014) Note -- donated for an on-going study of the genus Costacopluma via Dr. George Phillips; same genus collected both above and below the K-Pg boundary. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted August 7, 2015 Share Posted August 7, 2015 Sawfish braincase (?Ischryrhiza mira) Ripley Fm., Selma Group, Upper Cretaceous (Early Maastrichtian/Late Campanian) Lowndes Co., Alabama Alabama Museum of Natural History (08/2015) Note -- donated for study via Dr. Dana Ehret. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted August 17, 2015 Share Posted August 17, 2015 Hello This is my contribution to Palaeontology I don't have any pictures yet, but I will get some as soon as I can within reason. It is a rock with 3 starfish, maybe more. Species': unknown Formation: Mackunda Formation (The formation Muttaburrasaurus was found ) Age: Early Cretaceous (Albian) Location: A road outside of Richmond, QLD Australia Donated to: Kronosaurus Korner Expect some pictures soon! Thanks, Izak My Pic: Izak 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted August 21, 2015 Share Posted August 21, 2015 Species: Extinct leatherback sea-turtle Psephophorus sp. Formation: Hawthorn Location: Gainesville, Florida Age: Miocene, 15.5 million Donated to: FLMNH / Richard Hulbert - 2009/2010 Can't find my certificate from the museum since i moved so many places but at least my name is mentioned somehwere and i'm still waiting on the research paper about the leatherback Psephophorus turtle . "This year the vertebrate paleontology collection of the FLMNH received donations of significant specimens from Andreas Kerner, John Waldrop, Aaron Gipson, Paul Roth, Mike and Seina Searle, Barbara Fite, Eduard Ionescu,... Such donations continue to help us conduct research on Florida’s fossil animals. Richard Hulbert along with collaborators published three technical papers in 2009/2010 on Florida fossils."... 4 " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toolbox82 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 All of the fossils in my gallery have been donated to the Texas Memorial Museum - Austin, Texas all of the fossils are found at this single location Paleocene - Biostratigraphy Foraminifera age dated to 63mya Midway Group, Wills Point Formation Cameron, Tx. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/gallery/member/13479-toolbox82/ Additional fossil identification of the 45 species in the NPL publication can be found here along with the 14 Unknown species. http://www.gbif.org/occurrence/search?GEOMETRY=-97.039060+30.797368%2C-97.039060+30.790990%2C-97.032837+30.790990%2C-97.032837+30.797368%2C-97.039060+30.797368&DATASET_KEY=1f2cfb6f-c91b-498e-80f3-8eeeec688292 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NZ_Fossil_Collecta Posted November 3, 2015 Share Posted November 3, 2015 Self-collected Eocene (?) Amber from a coal seam on the side of the road in Huntly, NZ. Donated to the Museum of Auckland and is now registered in their Geology section under my name (not on display) The Museum only had 1 specimen of Waikato Amberite and as such were quite happy to accept the samples. Aside from that, I also sent some samples to a team down at Otago university quite a while back, who are conducting a large study on New Zealand Amber. [EDIT] Link to my original post about the find: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/48353-i-dig-nz-amber/ These were some of the pieces collected; most of them have been mailed off now. The coal seam; sorry not a very good picture. 4 I'm CRAZY about amber fossils and just as CRAZY in general. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bone2stone Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Crustacean Species: Cenomanocarcinus boedekeri [Holotype and Paratype] Age: Mid Cretaceous Deposit: Woodbine Formation (Lewisville member) Locality: Western Dallas Co. Texas Donated to: University of Texas @ Austin, Invertebrate Laboratory 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 (edited) On the 7th November 2015, me and my brother Rob Hanigan donated a Lower Jurassic dinosaur to Amguedddfa Cymru - The National Museum of Wales.The dinosaur is a partial theropod skeleton which was found by Nick and Rob Hanigan and will be the subject of a paper to be published shortlyAcccession number: 2015.5G Age: Hettangian, Lower Jurassic, 201 million yearsDeposit - Preplanorbis bedsLocation: Lavernock Point, South Wales, United KingdomName: To be confirmed when paper is issued. The dinosaur is colloquially known as The Welsh Dinosaur and is a new genus and species. This specimen will be the holotype.More pictures in following postBest regardsNick Hanigan Additional pictures of The Welsh DinosaurThere is additional material and photographs that I will upload at a later date.RegardsNick Hanigan Edited November 9, 2015 by Auspex 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted November 21, 2015 Share Posted November 21, 2015 Pterosaur jaw Cimoliopterus dunni found by Brent Dunn aka Boneman007 just a few months prior to his passing in June of 2013. Britton Formation (Eagle Ford Group, Turonian) of North Texas LINK to story 4 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) Permian xenacanth teeth from Texas added to the AMNH collections. AMNH FF 21007 & 21008 collected by TFF member Carl and AMNH FF 21009 collected by Carl's wife Fiona Age: Early Permian Deposits: Not sure yet for the TX specimens; AMNH FF 21009 Ryan Fm. Localities: AMNH FF 21007 Ross Ranch Seymour, TX; AMNH FF 21008 George Ranch, Seymour, TX; AMNH FF 21009 Waurika Pond Site, Waurika, OK Donated to: American Museum of Natural History Edited November 24, 2015 by Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) Pennsylvanian Petalodus teeth from Texas added to the AMNH collections. AMNH FF 21010 & 21011 collected by TFF member Carl and AMNH FF 21014 & 21016 collected by TFF member thair. Age: Late Pennsylvanian Deposit: Harpersville Formation Locality: Wilson Clay Pit, TX Donated to: American Museum of Natural History Edited November 24, 2015 by Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 24, 2015 Share Posted November 24, 2015 (edited) Other vertebrate bits from Texas added to the AMNH collections. AMNH FF 21012 collected by TFF member Carl, AMNH FF 21013 collected by TFF members Carl, thair, & JohnJ, and AMNH FF 21015 collected by TFF member thair. Age: Late Pennsylvanian Deposit: Harpersville Formation Locality: Wilson Clay Pit, TX Donated to: American Museum of Natural History Edited November 24, 2015 by Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ssuntok Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Stemec suntokum n. gen. & sp. Uppermost Oligocene, Sooke Fm Southern Vancouver Island, British Columbia, CAN Royal British Columbia Museum (RBCM) The specimen was found by my daughter and excavated by my son before donation to the museum. The first bird bone found at this site in over 100 years, it's now been identified as the coracoid of a plotopterid (an extinct family of flightless marine birds). Previous plotopterid finds came from Japan and W. Coast USA, so this represents not only a new genus and species but the first plotopterid to be found in Canada. The paper was posted online yesterday and can be found here: http://palaeo-electronica.org/content/2015/1359-plotopterid-in-canada Topic here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/43060-bone-from-vancouver-island/?hl=plotopterid#entry633868 6 Steve Suntok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) New species of galatheoid crab and assocaiated coprolites (another image plus the ref in the next post) Age: Pliocene Deposit: Purisima Formation Locality: Santa Cruz, CA Donated to: American Museum of Natural History: AMNH FI 93425, 93426, & 93427 Edited November 30, 2015 by Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 (edited) The third fossil mass. Feldman R.M., Schweitzer C.E., & Boessenecker R.W., 2015. A New Squat Lobster (Decoapod: Anormura: Galatheoidea) from the Pliocene Purisima Formation, California. Annals of the Carnegie Museum V. 83, Number 2, Pp. 1-9 Notice ANOTHER Fossil Forum member is one of the authors! Edited November 30, 2015 by Carl 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharks of SC Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Partial dentary - Pelagornis sp. presumably late Oligocene - Chandler Bridge Formation found in Ladson SC (Dorchester County) Donated to the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History, College of Charleston This specimen represents one of only a handfull of its kind ever found. If it is as old as the predominant geologic layer represented at the site, it may be one of the oldest. Possibly a new species within the genus Pelagornis. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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