Bobby Rico Posted March 25, 2022 Author Share Posted March 25, 2022 (edited) Ok going back to last week’s theme of prehistoric memorabilia. I received a cool collection of “ flash card” from 1962 made by McGraw Hill Book Company and they were called “ Teach me about Prehistoric Animals. They are lovely and of course I got a fantastic Dimetrodon card. Thank you Ralph @Nimravis they are a great addition to my vintage card collection. Much appreciated Bobby Edited March 25, 2022 by Bobby Rico 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 I found this part of a turtle plastron many years ago on the Jurassic coast not far from Portland . It was quite a surprising find for me as it Is only one of a small number of reptiles fossils that I have found. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 26, 2022 Author Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) Cockroaches are a very successful group of animals and have been on this. Planet for over 300 million years, This one is from Cretaceous of Brazil . Edited March 26, 2022 by Bobby Rico 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 Reminds me of married-student-housing (old Army barracks with lots of cracks/gaps in flooring and walls) we lived in while I attended UT, Austin. As I recall the 'inhabitants' with which we shared the 'hut' with were about that size too - and indestructible! Thanks for sharing. Brings back good times, good memories. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 That is a very lovely collection, Bobby! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 10 hours ago, grandpa said: Brings back good times, good memories. Haha the youngsters nowadays don’t know how lucky they are. I am glad you are enjoying my thread and thanks for telling me it is much appreciated. cheers Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 9 hours ago, fossilhunter21 said: That is a very lovely collection, Bobby! Thank you very much . Lots more to come. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) Now from Silurian of Shropshire a nicely detailed cephalon of Dalmanites caudatus that to nice not to keep. Edited March 27, 2022 by Bobby Rico 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 16 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Now from Silurian of Shropshire a nicely detailed cephalon of Dalmanites caudatus that to nice not to keep. Very beautiful specimen! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 Something fun a little bit of Triceratops bone that is really cool. It is from an known specimen called “Donna” that is in the Fisk Museum. I framed it with the with the original label . This was a gift from my friend and great model maker Tony @Peat Burns. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted March 27, 2022 Share Posted March 27, 2022 On 3/26/2022 at 4:36 PM, Bobby Rico said: Cockroaches are a very successful group of animals and have been on this. Planet for over 300 million years, This one is from Cretaceous of Brazil . Good piece......I love the presentation, it's funny..... Waiting more to see..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 27, 2022 Author Share Posted March 27, 2022 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Paleorunner said: Good piece......I love the presentation, it's funny..... Waiting more to see..... Thank you , I feel some silliness at this moment in time is much needed. So I am trying to make my posts as fun and visually interesting as I can. So I am pleased you are enjoying my posts. Cheers Bobby Edited March 27, 2022 by Bobby Rico 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Napped flint tool found Sahara Desert, Roses Kasbahs -Morocco . 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 28, 2022 Author Share Posted March 28, 2022 Calamites or giant horsetail. Unknown location. Top Trumps vintage 1980s and plant specimen part of an old 1930s collection. Annularia from Yorkshire. Finally from Lee Creek micro matrix shell. North Carolina. Annularia with macro lens 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 (edited) This is a nice piece of Coniopteris. Found near Whitby, Yorkshire . Edited March 30, 2022 by Bobby Rico 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 29, 2022 Author Share Posted March 29, 2022 Found on the Norfolk coast a fossilised clam and blister pearl. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 30, 2022 Author Share Posted March 30, 2022 Hope some of you might like to see some of my fossil plant seeds from isle of sheppey. Sheppey is one of the best places in the world for plant seeds. the Isle of Sheppey are of Eocene age. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 (edited) This wonderful coral plate was a gift. It is beautiful and somewhat otherworldly. Including Aulopora, Dibunophyllum, Koninckophyllum. Diphyphyllumis Diphyphyllum in the top half is quite obvious, one single corallite of Actinocyathus, That makes 6 species. Edited March 31, 2022 by Bobby Rico 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted March 31, 2022 Share Posted March 31, 2022 2 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: This wonderful coral plate was a gift. It is beautiful and somewhat otherworldly. Including Aulopora, Dibunophyllum, Koninckophyllum. Diphyphyllumis Diphyphyllum in the top half is quite obvious, one single corallite of Actinocyathus, That makes 6 species. ooooh, wow!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 31, 2022 Author Share Posted March 31, 2022 21 minutes ago, Paleorunner said: ooooh, wow!!! Thanks mate maybe I do a coral themed week of posts soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 1, 2022 Author Share Posted April 1, 2022 (edited) Cetacean / Dolphin? Mid Miocene, Tombloa formation, Round Mountain silt, East of STH Bakersfield, California USA Edited April 1, 2022 by Bobby Rico 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted April 3, 2022 Share Posted April 3, 2022 I like those Yorkshire plants... nice preservation. I've got a couple of Whitby ammos (one of my ancestral home regions), now I should find a plant fossil to go with them. Is that going to be a difficult task I wonder? The pearl and seeds are interesting too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 3, 2022 Author Share Posted April 3, 2022 5 hours ago, Wrangellian said: I like those Yorkshire plants... nice preservation. I've got a couple of Whitby ammos (one of my ancestral home regions), now I should find a plant fossil to go with them. Is that going to be a difficult task I wonder? The pearl and seeds are interesting too. Hi thank you. Regarding the plant material from Yorkshire I personally have not found very much but it not that rare and can be purchased easily enough. Lots of great fossils from Yorkshire coast . All the best Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 4, 2022 Author Share Posted April 4, 2022 (edited) Perfect Pinus brevis cones - Miocene - Chłapowo, Poland t is not a bad bit of British Carboniferous Lepidodendron Fossil. Found in Shropshire many years ago. This Lepidodendron and calamities from an old collection that dates from the earliest is at 1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939 then the at 1944. It does possible look like they may have gone and came back from the war. Not the best specimen but I like the human part of their history. Found in Yorkshire Robins Hood Bay. Edited April 4, 2022 by Bobby Rico 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 4, 2022 Share Posted April 4, 2022 Great photographs, Bobby. That slab of polished coral with half a dozen species is fantastic. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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