The Daily Fossil Record

[Bobby Rico]

12 hours ago, FossilNerd said:

I love all the gastropods, Bobby. 

Thanks mate much appreciated. I have neglected this thread the last few days as MrsR and I have been raising money for Europe’s refugees crisis.  Finishing the last weeks posts with a few more Gastropods .

 

Eopleurotoma gentilis 

family Turridae

Lutetian, Eocene - Upper Bracklesham Beds

[Bobby Rico]

Trachelochetus desmius family Turridae    

Bartonian, Eocene
Latchmoor Brook U.K. 

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Turricula Attenuata?

Bracklesham Beds, Brackslesham. U.K. 

 

about 7mm

[Bobby Rico]

This week I have gone fishing

 

Lycoptera davidi , probably from the lower Cretaceous, Liaoning, China.

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

Another Lycoptera is ventro-dorsally preserved - you are looking at the underside of the fish. I do like this one.

 

 

 

 

[Yoda]

@Bobby Rico

Lycoptera are one of my favorite fossil fish. 

Have to be careful what you buy - a lot of them are heavily dyed. 

[Bobby Rico]

2 hours ago, Yoda said:

@Bobby Rico

Lycoptera are one of my favorite fossil fish. 

Have to be careful what you buy - a lot of them are heavily dyed. 

Thanks you. I purchased a job lot of fish, very cheap. Here one more for you.

[Fossildude19]

Those are beautiful Lycoptera, Bobby!

A bit of pin vise work around the edges might expose more of the fins. 

[Bobby Rico]

9 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said:

Those are beautiful Lycoptera, Bobby!

A bit of pin vise work around the edges might expose more of the fins. 

Ok I do that over the weekend. 

Cheers Mate

[Bobby Rico]

Diplomystus dentatus, Green River Formation. USA.

 

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

Next is beautiful Knightia painting , along with a great Knightia eocaena ( Green River) that was the actual artist’s inspiration for this work ,  This is a gouache watercolor painting on watercolor paper. It really something special and I love it. @Pagurus gifted this wonderful painting .  It will be displayed in our living room . We have an idea to display it with one of my seascapes and my grandpas water colour of the Mayflower ship. 
 

 

 

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

Tiny little fish 

Serranus budensis

Carpathian basin,.

Oligocene of Poland.

 

 

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[Bobby Rico]

From the celebrated Cretaceous deposits of the Santana Formation of Sierra de Aripe, Brazil, is a very ugly 18cm complete fish: Rhacolepis brama, on one half of a split nodule. I say it is ugly but under the macro lens it is quite beautiful with its crystal preservation ,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

hypural bone form London clay, isle of Sheppey.

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Diplomystus dentatus Fish Fossil From The Green River Formation:

 

 

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

This ID is off Tim @Fossildude19  of my Diplomystus dentatus, with labelled identifying features.
 

[Bobby Rico]

Articulated Fish Verts.

Cretaceous

Niobrara Form- Smoky Hill Chalk

Grove County, Kansas.

Edited March 12, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

More fish in the coming weeks. Next week I am going to take a break from fossil photography but I will do some posts of my postcards, coins and other fossil related memorabilia, 

 

Finally two Knightia 

Green River formation 

 

Edited March 12, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

This week is memorabilia week as don’t have much time to do all the nice photos of my fossils that I enjoy doing .

First up is the Dinosauria Collection of coins. Featuring a design by palaeo-artist Robert Nicholls .

The is a joint project with The Royal Mint and NHML Tomorrow I will show the Mary Anning coins. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[jpc]

nice coins... I have a couple from the Canadian mint.  they are fun.  

[Tidgy's Dad]

I do love your anal plates, Bobby! 

[Bobby Rico]

15 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I do love your anal plates, Bobby! 

Well Adam they are a crowd pleaser. 

[Bobby Rico]

On 3/14/2022 at 7:53 PM, jpc said:

nice coins... I have a couple from the Canadian mint.  they are fun.  

Thank you I also have the Mary Anning Collection 2021 uncirculated three-coin series.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

A set of vintage prints of prehistoric history . Zdeněk Burian (February 11, 1905 in July 1, 1981 ,) was a Czech painter and book illustrator. His work played a central role in the development of palaeontological reconstruction of his time. Even today with our deeper understanding of dinosaur’s postures, Burian’s work is still regarded by many as one of the most influential palaeoartists of the modern era. I think as an Landscape Artist working in the sublime I appreciate as much as the subjects matter is that the scenes are very atmospheric portraits of prehistoric dramas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited March 16, 2022 by Bobby Rico

[doushantuo]

I love the fact that you see the brush stokes with Burian.

Nice one ,Bobby!