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With the current pandemic I decided now was as good of a time as any to get some matrix from the Aguja Formation with the help of PaleoTex! This turned out to be a great decision as I was extremely lucky, finding about basically everything I wanted to, and more in only 5 pounds of matrix! I'll be sure to post pictures but I got numerous amia and gar teeth, along with atleast 36 gar scales. Tons of Crocodile teeth including a large Deinosuchus tooth. Several shark teeth and a partial hybodus spine, also several brackish water pycnodontid teeth and tooth pallets. 4 fish or salamander jaws with teeth. Regarding dinosaur teeth I got 17 Hadrosaur teeth, including 2 partially rooted. A partial Ankylosaurus tooth. 4 Therapod teeth including a perfect Saurornitholestes tooth and a Premax.  My favorite find however was the Paronychodon tooth I found! I'll be posting that picture first! Highly recommend this matrix, but I was also told that most people don't find all this stuff, so keep that in mind aswell. Stay safe! Happy hunting! (ID's for these specimens done by lab manager)

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Here is my best Saurornitholestes sp. tooth!

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One of my favorite finds as the "fish guy" was this awesome fish pallet! Don't have an ID on it though!

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here's the Deinosuchus tooth! Only about 1cm long but still one of my largest teeth!

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Here's another of my personal favorite finds, an AWESOME fish jaw! This was my best jaw fossil I found.

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This is either a salamander, lizard, or fish pallet, unsure which! 

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Here's one of my favorite shed teeth I found! 

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This is one of the extremely tiny shark teeth, about the size of Lincoln's nose on a penny!

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Really nice :envy:. Do you mind if you could tell me where you got this matrix from :P.

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6 minutes ago, Pterygotus said:

Really nice :envy:. Do you mind if you could tell me where you got this matrix from :P.

Got it from Plaeo Tex! They have a Facebook page and if you want I can DM you their email or phone number 

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I am unsure how to post more pictures as I've used the 3.95MB allowed, any ideas? 

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Just now, Mioplosus_Lover24 said:

I am unsure how to post more pictures as I've used the 3.95MB allowed, any ideas? 

You can put more pictures in a reply or you can now choose the image size which means you can fit more :).

 

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Got it from Plaeo Tex! They have a Facebook page and if you want I can DM you their email or phone number 

Thanks! Will search them up.

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It’s a spelling error. It’s paleotex.. I’ve used their Oklahoma and Texas Permian matrix. Fast shipping and good stuff

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A pretty rare ceratopsian tooth, most likely Agujaceratops!

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These are my Lissodus teeth, I found 5 of them and 1 really really big one!

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Here is a row of Amia Melvius teeth of varying sizes and colors.

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Here one of my rarer finds, a sawfish barb! 

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Lots of very interesting and pretty pieces.

Keep 'em coming. :)

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Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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Another cooler find for me was this pair of associated gar vertebra!

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Salamander Vertebra!

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22 hours ago, Mioplosus_Lover24 said:

Got it from Plaeo Tex! They have a Facebook page and if you want I can DM you their email or phone number 

Hi, sorry for another question but how much matrix would you recommend to get a decent haul :).

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6 hours ago, Pterygotus said:

Hi, sorry for another question but how much matrix would you recommend to get a decent haul :).

I got 5 pounds of matrix, but this was incredibly lucky and more than they normally find in 10 or even 20 pounds. I'd recommend 5 to start out as you can always get more. 

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One of the larger spit teeth!

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The tops of the spit teeth are so cool!

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