LanceH Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 (edited) Aetodactylus halli Eagle Ford Group (Tarrant Formation) Mansfield, Texas. (discovered Sep 2006) Southern Methodist University (donated Dec 2006) A new species of Ornithocheirid pterosaur (mandible) Texas discovery: Rare 95 Million year old flying reptile Aetodactylus halli @ Wikipedia Edited May 17, 2014 by LanceH 13 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 17, 2014 Share Posted May 17, 2014 Steneosaurus sp. ? Geisingen Oolite, Achdorf Formation, Upper Aalenian, Middle Jurassic From the clay pit at Geisingen a.d. Donau, B.-W., Germany Geologisches Institut Tuebingen Part of the lower jaw. Donated for research in 2006. Still waiting for publication. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php/topic/17366-a-virtual-trip-to-southwest-germany/ Original Cast Position in relation to complete jaw. 8 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted May 19, 2014 Share Posted May 19, 2014 Two leaves and a cone belonging to the cycad family of Zamiaceae. Late miocene (7-8 mya) Panasos, Crete, Greece. The first Late miocene cycas examples ever found in Europe... They were donated to the National History Museum of Crete for scientific investigation (Donation certification paper Fc14778/19 Oct. 2012). No news up to now. Post 987 7 Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 Unknown Plant material Found in Horeshoe Canyon near Drumheller Alberta Upper Horeshoe Canyon Formation, Late Cretaceous Donated to the Royal Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology for further study. Discussions can be found here http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/46106-late-cretaceous-fossil-id/ 6 A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbswake Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 New Cimbrophlebiidae (Insecta: Mecoptera) from the Early Eocene at McAbee, British Columbia, Canada and Republic, Washington, USA by S. Bruce Archibald in Zootaxa, 2009 Type material: Holotype: TRUIPR L-018 F-1160 (part) and TRUIPR L-018 F-1161 (counterpart). A rather complete specimen, in the collection of TRU. Labelled: Holotype Cimbrophlebia leahyi Archibald, 2009. Collected and donated to TRU by John Leahy, 2008. Locality and age: McAbee, British Columbia, Canada; unnamed formation of the Kamloops Group, Okanagan Highlands; Early Eocene. Etymology: The specific epithet is a patronym formed from the surname of the collector, John Leahy, recognizing his generosity by the loan of the holotype (and numerous other specimens) to the author and subsequent donation to the TRU collection. Remarks: The holotype is the most complete specimen of the family reported here, with body parts and all four wings attached. I actually had six or seven specimens that I found and all were donated at the same time. 8 "Blimey! Would you look at the size of that!"McAbee is the other woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbswake Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 New Eocene Crayfish from the McAbee Beds in British Columbia: First Record of Parastacoidea in the Northern Hemisphere by Rodney M. Feldmann, Carrie E. Schweitzer, and John Leahy in Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2011. Aenigmastacus n. Gen. Type Species: Aenigmastacus crandalli new genus and species, by original designation. Included Species: Aenigmastacus crandalli new genus and species. Etymology: The generic name is derived from the Latin word aenigma 5 inexplicable, and Astacus, a common generic name and suffix within Astacidea. The gender is masculine. Diagnosis: Parastacid with smooth carapace; cervical groove either diminished or absent; smooth chelipeds with inner surface of propodus longer than dactylus; diaeresis on the exopod of uropod; telson without diaeresis. Discussion: To our knowledge, only four other named species of Parastacidae other than the new one are known from the fossil record. As with extant species of the family, all four previously named species are from the Southern Hemisphere. Dave and I found most of the 18 specimens used in the study. They are all back at TRU. 7 "Blimey! Would you look at the size of that!"McAbee is the other woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbswake Posted May 22, 2014 Share Posted May 22, 2014 A Diverse New Assemblage of Green Lacewings (Insecta, Neuroptera, Chrysopidae) from the Early Eocene Okanagan Highlands, Western North America by Vladimir Makarkin & Bruce Archibald in Journal of Paleontology, 2013 Etymology: From Latin fuscus, fuscous, and basalis, basal, in reference to dark coloration of forewing basal portion. Type: Holotype: UCCIPR L-18 F-1525; a well-preserved nearly complete forewing; deposited in the TRU collection. Other material examined: UCCIPR L-18 F-1528a, b; a rather poorly preserved and slightly crumpled, incomplete forewing; deposited in the TRU collection. Occurrence: McAbee, British Columbia, Canada; early Eocene. Protochrysa fuscobasalis n. sp.: 1–3, holotype UCCIPR L-18 F-1525, photograph, drawing, labeled drawing, respectively. Scale¼5 mm. 7 "Blimey! Would you look at the size of that!"McAbee is the other woman! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Desmostylus hesperus -Juvenile Miocene Astoria formation Lincoln County, Oregon Smithsonian Institution USNM PAL 559319 I donated this because I wanted to leave something for science that might otherwise be lost or thrown out after I'm gone. Besides, I cant fit all my fossils in my coffin and the thrill of the hunt keeps me out looking for more. Oregon coast beach fossils cant be sold legally. Link to the september 2013 fossil of the month page http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/40500-september-2013-finds-of-the-month/page-2 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Cetotherdaiidae, Baleen whale Miocene Astoria formation Lincoln County, Oregon Smithsonian Institution USNM PAL 559314 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Desmatophocidae, Seal Miocene Astoria formation Lincoln County, Oregon Smithsonian Institution USNM PAL 559317 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Istiophoridae, Billfish Miocene Astoria formation Lincoln County, Oregon Smithsonian Institution USNM PAL 559320 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 Odontoceti, porpoise Miocene Astoria formation Lincoln County, Oregon Smithsonian Institution USNM PAL 559316 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kg1 Posted May 23, 2014 Share Posted May 23, 2014 (edited) Allodelphinidae, River Dolphin Miocene Astoria formation Lincoln County, Oregon Smithsonian Institution USNM PAL 559318 Edited May 23, 2014 by kg1 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fruitbat Posted May 25, 2014 Share Posted May 25, 2014 (edited) Oreodont Partial Skull and Partial Skeleton Merychyus (Ustatochoerus) profectus Miocene - Spade Flats Locality Clarendon County, Texas West Texas A&M University No photograph available but I did make a pen and ink drawing of the partial skull before I donated it. Edited May 25, 2014 by Fruitbat 9 Illigitimati non carborundum Fruitbat's PDF Library Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobWill Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Sorry I don't have a complete ID on this. There was not enough material found to say more than that it is the occipital region of a shark braincase. I donated it to the American Museum of Natural History because of it's size. The researcher, Dr. John Maisey, said it's almost twice the size of any known shark from the Paleozoic. This came from the Finis Shale Member of the Graham Formation, Cisco Group, Pennsylvanian Period. It was found near Jacksboro Texas. [edited July 5 2017 to add: The paper on this specimen has now been published; discussion can be found here.] 7 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted June 9, 2014 Share Posted June 9, 2014 Two partial leaves belonging to the palm family of Arecaceae. Late miocene (7-8 mya) Panasos, Crete, Greece. Two more samples have been found in Crete to date but these two are better preserved by far. They were donated to the National History Museum of Crete for scientific investigation (Donation certification paper Fc14778/19 Oct. 2012). No news up to now. Post 986 6 Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rejd Posted June 10, 2014 Share Posted June 10, 2014 (edited) Unknown lobster carapace fragment Early Jurassic (Toarcian in age) 182.7 ± 1.5 – 174.1 ± 2 Mya Fernie Formation This specimen has been donated to the Royal Tyrrell Museum as this documents a new location for preservation of this kind of material. Here is the link to the discussion. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/47017-unknown-jurassic/ Edited June 10, 2014 by rejd 7 A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted June 27, 2014 Author Share Posted June 27, 2014 Bathysalenia skylari n. sp. Upper Cretaceous, Eagle Ford Formation (Late Turonian) Found in central Texas, U. S. A. Holotype and paratype contributed to the University of Texas Non-vertebrate Paleontology Lab and a second paratype donated to the Maastricht Natural History Museum. Bathysalenia skylari, a new late Turonian (Late Cretaceous) saleniid echinoid from central Texas, USA Abstract:"A new species of saleniid is recorded from the so-called ‘Eagle Ford Condensed Zone’ with typical elementsof the late Turonian Prionocyclus hyatti cephalopod Zone, which rests unconformably on the SouthBosque Marl (Collignoniceras woollgari cephalopod Zone) in the Georgetown area, Williamson County(central Texas). It is easily distinguished from both extinct (late Albian - early Paleocene) and extantcongeners by a comparatively low test, wide ambulacral zones with large (near-)horizontal pore pairs, alarge peristome with conspicuous gill slits and a highly ornamented apical disc with a relatively smallsuranal plate. The new species constitutes the first record of the genus Bathysalenia from North America." A New Texas Echinoid Species (early images) (holotype - early images and actual size @ 1440 x 900 screen resolution) (specimen #7 and #13) (holotype - new images - Nov. 2014) 6 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whowat13 Posted July 15, 2014 Share Posted July 15, 2014 (edited) Extinct Saw Fish Rostrum (Partial). Bone Valley Formation. Hardee County, Florida. Florida Museum of Natural History. The museum had only one specimen of this type, and it was from the Peace River. There is no link available yet, but the catalog ID number is "UF 294700". Edited July 15, 2014 by whowat13 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 Ichthyornis sp. (Bird)Smoky Hill Chalk (Cretaceous)Gove County, KSSternberg Museum of Natural History (Hays, Kansas)Reason for contribution:Donated for use in study and rarity of associated bird material from the Smoky Hill ChalkLink: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/48964-ichthyornis-discovery/#entry526888*Will update pictures as prep progresses*NOTE: Images redacted, pending publication of research paper 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted September 18, 2014 Share Posted September 18, 2014 Flexomornis howeiWoodbine Formation (~96myo)Grapevine, TXDonated to the Perot Museum of Nature and ScienceDiscovery consists of the right scapula, partial right carpometacarpus, partial proximal tibiotarsus. discovered after the publication of the paper was an associated partial humerus. Flexomornis currently holds the title of the oldest confirmed fossil bird in north America. http://media.nbcbayarea.com/documents/Flexomornis+howei.pdf 9 Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Undocumented New Mexico Ammonite (?Puzosiinae) Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) sp. ( 2017) Pachydesmoceras maroccanum Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Paguate Mbr. of the Dakota Formation Sandoval Co., NM U.S.A. Donated (September 23rd, 2014) to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science to be studied. First known occurrence of the ammonoid Parapuzosia (Austiniceras) in the Cenomanian of North America EDIT: (2017) This ammonite was found to be the First record of the Cenomanian (Cretaceous) ammonite Pachydesmoceras maroccanum from North America.pdf 7 1 "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...
rejd Posted September 26, 2014 Share Posted September 26, 2014 Fish Preoperculum Early Jurassic (Toarcian in age) 182.7 ± 1.5 – 174.1 ± 2 Mya Fernie Formation This specimen has been donated to the Royal Tyrrell Museum as this documents a new location for preservation of this kind of material. Discussion can be found here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/49737-early-jurassic-micro-fossil/ 7 A fossil hunter needs sharp eyes and a keen search image, a mental template that subconsciously evaluates everything he sees in his search for telltale clues. -Richard E. Leakey http://prehistoricalberta.lefora.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Fossil coprolites, attributable to the Early Jurassic coelacanth Diplurus longicaudatus. Early Jurassic, (Hettangian) Shuttle Meadow Formation, Hartford Basin, Newark Supergroup. Connecticut. All Specimens donated to the American Museum of Natural History, via Carl Mehling. Specimen catalogue # AMNH FF 20851. Photo, courtesy of Carl Mehling. 7 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...
dirtdauber Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Fossil crabs -- Costacopluma grayi and Stevea martini, sp. nov. Pine Barrens Mbr., Clayton Fm., lower Paleocene (Danian) Lowndes County, Alabama Florida Museum of Natural History (2013 & 2014) Note -- donated for study via Dr. Roger Portell; 27 total specimens of C. grayi donated; first report of this species in Paleocene of Alabama; total of 6 specimens of S. martini, a new species of Hexapodid crab donated. The crabs are the subject of the paper "Crabs (Decapoda, Brachyura) from the lower Paleocene of Alabama, USA" by R.M. Feldmann, C.E. Schweitzer, & R.W. Portell published in Scripta Geologica, volume 147, 2014 which is available on-line. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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