The Daily Fossil Record

[Bobby Rico]

 

Next up is bits and pieces from starfish . London Clay, Isle of Sheppey uk.
 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Clypeus plotii
Stow-on-the-Wold Gloucestershire, England .

this is pretty nice.

[Bobby Rico]

Scutella faujasi 

Helvetian Doué la Fontaine, Maine-et-Loire , France.

[Bobby Rico]

That’s all folks for this week I hope some of you got out the 3D specs. Thanks for visiting my thread and next week’s theme was chosen my MrsR and it is mammals. Have a great weekend and if you’re in the U.K. watch out for the storm Eunice.

 

safe and sound Bobby 

Edited February 18, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

This is a beautifully preserved echinoid (sand dollar) of the species Dendraster ashleyi, collected from the Pliocene aged Carrara Formation of Lompoc , California. 

[Bobby Rico]

This is a beautiful find 
Echinocorys Scutata

Westbeach Newhaven

U.chalk 

Edited February 19, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

For fun some Crinoid fossil’s folklore . Crinoid stars are often found in UK rivers and were once thought to be fairy coins. Sometimes also called ‘victory stones’, because they were also said to have the power to bring victory over your enemies.

 

Crinoid stem isocrinid ossicle

Yaxley Hampton Vale 

 

Edited February 21, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

The week we are visiting the weird and wonderful world of prehistoric mammals. I don’t really have much material  but I hope the week offerings will be enjoyable. 

 

A Christmas gift from Doren 

A Beautiful, Allodesmus sp. Cheek Tooth . Mid. Miocene,

Round Mountain Silt Formation. 

Bakersfeild, California. USA.

 

Allodesmus is an extinct genus of pinniped (seals) from the middle to late Miocene of California and Japan. Cool creature 

Edited February 20, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Wrangellian]

Nice selection and photography so far, Bobby. I used to find little isocrinid stem ossicles around here when I was a kid, but they were moulds only and not at all common. Had no idea what they were for quite a while but suspected echinoderm-related. Since then I've found the occasional small lengths of stem as opposed to isolated elements, but still nothing like what you have over there.

Edited February 21, 2022 by Wrangellian

[Bobby Rico]

7 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

Had no idea what they were for quite a while but suspected echinoderm-related.

So you never went with the belief that they was magical currency. 
 

Thanks for your kind company and information. I hope I have enough mammal material to make it an enjoyable week. 
 

stay Safe Bobby 

Edited February 21, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Today a aurochs tooth. Aurochs  is an extinct cattle species, believed to be the wild ancestor of modern domestic cow. A pretty large animal at the shoulder the height was up to 180 cm in bulls and 155 cm in cows, it was one of the largest herbivores in the Holocene and and was part of the Pleistocene megafauna.

 

 

Edited February 21, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Found, purchased and given here is some Mammoth Bark and Ivory. Locations Brown Bank formation North Sea, 

Pleistocene Florida and Siberia . Also some mammoth hair but it could be from any other ginger beast. 

 

 

 

 

Much of my love for prehistoric animals came from this childhood book .

Edited February 22, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Ok then a third premolar from the Early Miocene horse, Parahippus sp. North Florida. Probably one of my favourite fossils as it is preserved so beautifully . As a child I was fascinated by these tiny type of horses both in books and the wonderful movie The Valley of Gwangi.

 

Ray Harryhausen model and a painting by Zdenek Burian.

 

Edited February 22, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Giant Armadillo Pleistocene  osteoderm. This extinct terrestrial vertebrate was approx. 6 feet long and weighed about 500 to 600 pounds. Hundreds of these little armored plates covered it's body.
 

Peace River, Florida. 

[Wrangellian]

On 2/21/2022 at 3:12 AM, Bobby Rico said:

So you never went with the belief that they was magical currency.

Thanks for your kind company and information. I hope I have enough mammal material to make it an enjoyable week.

stay Safe Bobby 

None of mine were loose coins so it never occurred to me!

I think whatever you post will make it an enjoyable week... I like variety and I'm sure most do.

[Bobby Rico]

Woolly Rhino (Coelodonta antiquitatis) dates to the Pleistocene Epoch. The woolly rhinoceros was another member of the Pleistocene megafauna

This is a small Rhino tooth that was found in the North Sea, in a area called the Brown Bank which is approximately 30 meters deep. Fossils are found by fishermen who are dredging for flatfish. Flatfish are used in the U.K’s classic dish plaice fish and chips. 
 

 

 

 

Edited February 23, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

A  Bison horn not massive but a good size 13in. From Maxey Peterborough. There is not as much as you may think of Bison material found in the UK . I found a little nearby museum that also has more local Bison finds. This is quite rare in the UK . 

 

Edited February 23, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

I shown this before but alway fascinates to think that the U.K. had lions , hyenas and bears oh my. Part of an old museum collection I think going by the markings on the cave hyena specimens.  All the fossil found in Tor Newton cave in South DevonUK. In the collection was cave hyena teeth and foot bones and a tip of a Straight Tusted elephant . Collecting from these sites/cave is strictly prohibited today, so very rare to have in a collection out of the museums. A little picture of the old storage box the came in. They was found unstratified as indicated by ( ) . 

[Bobby Rico]

Next up is some supper cool small mammal’s teeth . I just love the packaging designed and given to me by Mike @Pagurus. 
 

 

I hope I am making this thread enjoyable.

 

cheers Bobby 

Edited February 24, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[jpc]

nice stuff, and nice photos.  I saw a mammal tail vertebra in the early photo of helodermoides scutes.  A quick correction.. the huckleberry seed you have back there is a hackberry seed.

Now where are my 3d glasses.

  

[Bobby Rico]

22 minutes ago, jpc said:

huckleberry seed you have back there is a hackberry seed.

Thank you it was definitely my mistake I read the original label wrongly. If you remembered you iD the helodermoides scutes . I appreciate your help . Please dig out them 3D glasses because I was thinking about doing some 3D images of hash plates. 
 

 

[Bobby Rico]

Odocoileus Virginanus White Telled Dear.

Pleistocene Gilchrist County Florida. USA 

Rodent gnaw marks on this piece.

Edited February 25, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

Nice partial Mastodon americium from the Pliocene of Maryland, USA.

[Bobby Rico]

Pieces of Oreodont jaw and partial scull , Oligocene

Brule Formation, white river , badlands, South Dakota, USA

 

 

Edited February 25, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Nimravis]

Love the echinoids Bobby.