JohnJ Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Titan said: @JohnJ Thank you! I did the identification as best I could. I haven't reached out to a professional and my identification may be wrong, but I thought it looked similar enough to confidently label it into the Plioplatecarpus genus based on the dentary having a relatively long projection anterior to first tooth as well as the total dentary tooth count and shape. I reached out to Joshua Lively, a paleontologist specializing in mosasaurs, for his thoughts on this specimen. Based on the photos, he concluded this is a mosasaurine. It could possibly be Mosasaurus; however, the tooth count and features along with a tall coronoid buttress rule out Plioplatecarpus and other plioplatecarpines. I would edit your entry to "indeterminate mosasaurine mosasaur". 5 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 6 minutes ago, JohnJ said: I reached out to Joshua Lively, a paleontologist specializing in mosasaurs, for his thoughts on this specimen. Based on the photos, he concluded this is a mosasaurine. It could possibly be Mosasaurus; however, the tooth count and features along with a tall coronoid buttress rule out Plioplatecarpus and other plioplatecarpines. I would edit your entry to "indeterminate mosasaurine mosasaur". Thank you John for contacting an expert for an ID. For unusual fossils I appreciate an ID from an expert. For Collections and other forums it is useful for the poster tell us how the fossil was IDed. In Collections, it would be great if we had a field to indicate how the fossil was IDed. I ID most of my Arizona inverts myself because I know more about them than the mostly vertebrate Arizona paleontologists. Support for invertebrate paleontology in Arizona seems to be struggling; so sad. 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 15 hours ago, Titan said: I am excited to share my entry for this month after a long journey from the find itself to the stabilization, realization I was out of depth, and finally to the preparator and back. A partial Mosasaur jaw. Wow what an entry and find. Massive congratulations and it’s come out spectacular Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 @JohnJ Will do, and thanks for reaching out 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petalodus12 Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 17 hours ago, Titan said: I am excited to share my entry for this month after a long journey from the find itself to the stabilization, realization I was out of depth, and finally to the preparator and back. A partial Mosasaur jaw. This is beautiful! Congratulations on a wonderful find!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted September 23, 2020 Share Posted September 23, 2020 Adding another echinoderm to the entries! A small free swimming crinoid (that has not yet been described in a paper, so no Scientific name - and also, I did not discover it - it's not a brand new find, but just not described yet) Date of Discovery : September 19 2020 Scientific and/or Common Name : Comatulid crinoid Geologic Age or Geologic Formation : Cretaceous -Glen Rose Formation State, Province, or Region Found : Texas, Bandera County Size: 1/2 inch (aprox 1 cm) 12 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stagmooser Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Here is my first entry - a huge, perfect and complete metapodial bone from a Stag Moose. I have included a comparison with modern elk and White tailed deer to really get an idea of how large this one is. Date of Discovery: Sept 23, 2020 Common Name: Stag Moose Scientific Name: Cervalces scotti Geologic Age: Pleistocene (post Illinoian stage) State: Missouri 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joshuajbelanger Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 Here is my humble entry, it’s been awhile so here she goes. Name: Oreodont skull(possibly Merycoidodon culbertsoni) Date found: 9/19/20 Geologic formation: White River(Eocene to Oligocene) Found in Colorado. I still have some of it to put back together and I’m heading out tomorrow to see if I missed any, but this is the meat and potatoes of it. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted September 25, 2020 Share Posted September 25, 2020 I believe all jaws are cool and that one is no exception. 1 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 You travel to the future. You made this discovery on 11/19/20 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted September 26, 2020 Author Share Posted September 26, 2020 43 minutes ago, caterpillar said: You travel to the future. You made this discovery on 11/19/20 Our members possess many skills--finding fossils is only one of them. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted September 26, 2020 Share Posted September 26, 2020 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted September 27, 2020 Share Posted September 27, 2020 @Stagmooser oh man that is such a cool find! HUGE too! @joshuajbelanger wow, your skull is a lot more complete than I thought! Very cool September is looking like a killer month so far! Well done everyone! 1 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Titan Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 I contacted Joshua Lively (Thanks @JohnJ for the contact!) with additional pictures and he was able to confidently identify it as a very large Clidastes. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Hey everyone, I just got some prepared material back from my trip to Beecher’s this spring and it appears I did way did better than I expected! I found what I thought was 1 gold trilobite but then was told I found a cluster of pyritized trilobites!!! For the life of me I could only see the 1 and some scattered material on the counter part (which actually contained the 6 flipped trilobites in the plate). I can now see what I didn’t see that day in the photos below. I had a chance to pick these up last week but they were instead mailed and arrived Monday 9/28. They were prepared last week over a couple day period. Scientific name: Triarthrus eatoni Date of discovery: April 26th, 2020 Date of Prep: September 23, 24th, 2020 Geologic age: Late Ordovician Geologic unit: Lorraine group, Frankfort shale State/providence: Oneida county, New York Before....part and counterpart. After....just insane! scale in cm. The big fella...amazing preservation Absolutely insane preservation on the top 2 in this photo. All the legs!! So 3D and laid up on each other...superb prep. Suuuuper complete!! This little cluster under the right light is very photogenic. The larger trilobite is too far to fit in frame. The lowest trilobite on frame also has lots of legs! I wish I could upload a more high quality photo....I am going to do a post soon with a few photos and I’ll be able to show more details. This last photo was being very stubborn and the picture won’t fit so I had to sacrifice some sharpness. Hope you Enjoy! This is actually very very rare to have so many of these trilobites with this great preservation all together plus a lunker in the mix!! Usually you get various levels of preservation and big bugs are rare. I was lucky to find both. Probably in my top 3 find ever. Thanks! Al 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 1 hour ago, Titan said: I contacted Joshua Lively (Thanks @JohnJ for the contact!) with additional pictures and he was able to confidently identify it as a very large Clidastes. Well done. I have edited the name on the entry. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntonia Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Holy... Honestly I have no words for this That has to be the best Triarthrus plate I've ever seen, ever, anywhere. 1 hour ago, Al Tahan said: Probably in my top 3 find ever. What could possibly fill the 1 and 2 slots..? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RuMert Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Impressive discovery! Hard to believe there's anything better among Paleozoic invertebrates 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 @Al Tahan Well there goes my entry being blown out of the water! What a great find! Looks like they will crawl away if you are not looking. All those legs! 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Tahan Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 @Huntonia thanks!! I was told it was “one of the best” plates that have come out of the quarry in its history. The other top 2 would be a near perfect Eurypterid I found in late 2018 and the 7 inch isotelus I found this year 1 day before I found this! That was a crazy weekend @FossilNerd I’m a big fan of blastoids I must admit! Love those echniderms 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 10 hours ago, Al Tahan said: Hope you Enjoy! This is actually very very rare to have so many of these trilobites with this great preservation all together plus a lunker in the mix!! Usually you get various levels of preservation and big bugs are rare. I was lucky to find both. Probably in my top 3 find ever. No words 1 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 That trilobite plate is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 4 hours ago, Al Tahan said: @Huntonia thanks!! I was told it was “one of the best” plates that have come out of the quarry in its history. The other top 2 would be a near perfect Eurypterid I found in late 2018 and the 7 inch isotelus I found this year 1 day before I found this! That was a crazy weekend @FossilNerd I’m a big fan of blastoids I must admit! Love those echniderms That Triarthus plate is truly a sight to behold. Definitely a museum quality piece to add to your already amazing collection. Big congratulations. I'll trade you a bunch of blastoids for it. Seriously. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Planko Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Wow! What a month for entries. Good luck to all! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted September 30, 2020 Share Posted September 30, 2020 Al that is an amazing plate! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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