Opuntia Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Today @PFOOLEY and I went behind the scenes at the NMMNH&S. Thanks to Dr. Spencer G. Lucas for letting us in and showing us some amazing specimens. We started with some heteromorphs... ....donated from Utah There were other ammonites... We then ventured into the other room full of goodies... ...this Parasaurolophus.. See it? Some plant fossils... I am super thrilled to have had this opportunity to see these amazing specimens up close. I wish I could share all of the photos but there are a lot! I hope you enjoy... Dr. Lucas was also kind enough to give me these bulletins...I have a lot of reading to do! Salúd! 4 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 A very cool museum! Those heteromorphs are incredible! 1 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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Lots of cool stuff but really love the heteromorphs! Also, im wondering what the perfect round rock is in the one photo? Great pics. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Wowie zowie!! Are all those things from New Mexico? Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hadrosauridae Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Wow... very wow! Amazing fossils. 1 "There is no shortage of fossils. There is only a shortage of paleontologists to study them." - Larry Martin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opuntia Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) 9 hours ago, RJB said: Lots of cool stuff but really love the heteromorphs! Also, im wondering what the perfect round rock is in the one photo? Great pics. RB I'm scratching my head at that too. I ran through some seismosaurus hallorum literature but can't seem to find what it is... Edited December 11, 2021 by Opuntia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opuntia Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 (edited) 7 hours ago, Ludwigia said: Wowie zowie!! Are all those things from New Mexico? The heteromorphs were donated from somebody in Utah. Amazing specimens! The others are from many different places. Edited December 11, 2021 by Opuntia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 Graet tour. The one label I could read on a Didymoceras says it is from Montana 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, jpc said: ... says it is from Montana The collection is from a gentleman who lives in Utah...specimens are from many different localities. "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...
PFOOLEY Posted December 11, 2021 Share Posted December 11, 2021 @Opuntia, that was a pretty darn good time...I could have stayed all day looking at stuff. Glad you enjoyed it and got some good pictures. 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...
Opuntia Posted December 11, 2021 Author Share Posted December 11, 2021 12 minutes ago, jpc said: Graet tour. The one label I could read on a Didymoceras says it is from Montana Whoops, I stand corrected. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted January 12, 2022 Share Posted January 12, 2022 Great tour, thank you. As someone who visits Arizona often I should make a trip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opuntia Posted January 13, 2022 Author Share Posted January 13, 2022 Right on, glad you enjoyed. Give a holler if you make it out here 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 12, 2022 Share Posted August 12, 2022 Great photos. I was nice of the museum to allow you to take them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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