PaleoPutz Posted September 14, 2011 Share Posted September 14, 2011 Amazing stuff.... Out of all the incredible fossils the Huntonia is what caught my eye the most........ Fantastic piece. If you ever get tired of it, let me know........ I will search high and low for enough change to buy it.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitron Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 Fantastic fossil collection. Huge inspiration. THX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMNH Posted September 18, 2011 Share Posted September 18, 2011 :pic: :fainting-smiley: :bow: I don't know what else to say... Amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 19, 2011 Author Share Posted September 19, 2011 Thank you guys for the nice comments! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indy Posted September 19, 2011 Share Posted September 19, 2011 Hi Scott Just took a tour of your wonderful fossil museum To refer to it as a collection is an understatement :bow: I'm at a loss for words...Which says a lot Outstanding, mouthwatering, jaw dropping fossils KUDOS PS: I spent a lot of time "Right Click - Save as..." Barry Flash from the Past (Show Us Your Fossils)MAPS Fossil Show Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfergirlatx Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 here is a closer photo of a shelf with mostly trilobites. macro shots are in the hopper - especially the spiny bugs the lighting is difficult with the mirrored surface behind the fossils. Amazing and breath-taking!!!! "The road to success is always under construction." Author Unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfergirlatx Posted September 28, 2011 Share Posted September 28, 2011 Here are a few interesting fossil seaweed specimens. They are from the Order Phaeophyta (brown algae/kelp) These are found in associated depositions with fossilized pipefish from the Miocene Monterey Formation, Santa Ynez Valley, CA. UCMP Berkeley has a good website and section on this topic. Phaeophyta are very unusual and rare in the overall fossil record. Julescraneia grandicornis Paleocystophora acuminata Paleocystophora plumosa Indeterminate sp RE: Parker, B.C. and E.Y. Dawson. 1965, Nova Hedwigia 10:273-295. Non-calcareous marine algae from California marine deposits. Yet again...breath-taking....simply amzing!!!! Jealous!!!! Great finds!!! thanks so much for sharing!!! Kind Regards Kim "The road to success is always under construction." Author Unknown. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 28, 2011 Author Share Posted September 28, 2011 Thank you so much Kim, Barry, and all who have enjoyed this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint seiya Posted September 29, 2011 Share Posted September 29, 2011 Your collection is truly, absolutely gorgeous. How long have you been collecting? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted September 29, 2011 Author Share Posted September 29, 2011 Your collection is truly, absolutely gorgeous. How long have you been collecting? I recently discovered a box with fossils and minerals from a Field Museum class outing when I was still in grade school at age 10. Haha... I suppose that qualifies me as a lifer of sorts. Thanks for the great compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemiarges Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hi piranha, The Xiangxiia yongshunensis that is 23 cm long is a beautiful specimen. Underneath the lower right part of the pygidium is another trilobite. At one point the extoskeleton of these trilobites, after deposition, could literally drap over other fossils when compression of the sediment above them was occuring. You have one of the finest Ordovician trilobites from that part of the world. I know. I prepped it. the weekend starts off with a few high profile bugz: here's another trilobite with nomenclatural issues - when i bought it in the late 90's it was called Asaphopsis brevica. By the treatise (1959 ed) Moore et al described it as Asaphopsoides. thanks to an expert on Chinese trilos who informs that these are actually Xiangxiia yongshunensis and are a junior synonym of Asaphopsoides. the name game....banana nana no nana fee fi fo fana Xiangxiia yongshunensis 23cm Xiangxiia yongshunensis 11cm Psilocephalina lubrica (2) 8.5, 7.5cm Ordovician - China Arctinurus boltoni 15cm (6 INCHER ) Silurian - New York [pyritized pygidium] Phacops wad (4) 4.5cm Devonian - Ohio Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 28, 2012 Author Share Posted July 28, 2012 Hi piranha, The Xiangxiia yongshunensis that is 23 cm long is a beautiful specimen. Underneath the lower right part of the pygidium is another trilobite. At one point the extoskeleton of these trilobites, after deposition, could literally drap over other fossils when compression of the sediment above them was occuring. You have one of the finest Ordovician trilobites from that part of the world. I know. I prepped it. Hi Charlie, Great to hear from you again after so many years ago acquiring that incredible trilobite. I have made a point to highlight the mysterious trilobite underneath the Xiangxiia in another post here at TFF. I'm so glad you spotted it and replied. This trilobite continues to be one of my all-time favorite fossils and as you mentioned is easily is one of the best from the Ordovician of China. Thanks a million for the amazing prep and the opportunity to place it in my collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted July 28, 2012 Share Posted July 28, 2012 The centerpiece of Oregon plant fossils and after winning the FOTM a little extra flower power fun to my collection thread. Florissantia speirii Little Butte Volcanic Series Oligocene, North-Central Oregon Hi Scott, really glad this thread popped up again! Missed more awesome stuff! So what kind of matrix is that gorgeous specimen in....is that a white ashfall/tuff of some kind, a diatamaceous shale?...simply magnificent. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemiarges Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Hi Charlie, Great to hear from you again after so many years ago acquiring that incredible trilobite. I have made a point to highlight the mysterious trilobite underneath the Xiangxiia in another post here at TFF. I'm so glad you spotted it and replied. This trilobite continues to be one of my all-time favorite fossils and as you mentioned is easily is one of the best from the Ordovician of China. Thanks a million for the amazing prep and the opportunity to place it in my collection. Hi Scott, Great to hear from you too. I hope all has been well with you in the past several years. You are very kind in your compliments. You are a great guy. Your collection is outstanding. I hope you have many, many good years enjoying your collection. Thanks for sharing the photos with everyone. Sincerely, Charlie "Life is a journey of seeking what is in one's heart" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prehistoria Posted July 29, 2012 Share Posted July 29, 2012 Stunning! I am impressed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 29, 2012 Author Share Posted July 29, 2012 Charlie, Chris, IDigDinos, thanks again for the nice comments Hi Chris, The matrix is silicified chert. Here is the official description on that section of LBV: Stratigraphically below the fossil deposit, the Little Butte Volcanic Series is characterized by a pumiceous tuff-breccia which contains blocks and fragments of a volcanic flow rock. This exposure, the base of which is not exposed, underlies the fossil deposit for a thickness of more than 400 feet. The deposit containing the fossil leaves is composed of a thinly laminated tuffaceous material which has been silicifed to varying degrees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiranhaPirate Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 What an amazing collection! Thank you for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Charlie, Chris, IDigDinos, thanks again for the nice comments Hi Chris, The matrix is silicified chert. Here is the official description on that section of LBV: Stratigraphically below the fossil deposit, the Little Butte Volcanic Series is characterized by a pumiceous tuff-breccia which contains blocks and fragments of a volcanic flow rock. This exposure, the base of which is not exposed, underlies the fossil deposit for a thickness of more than 400 feet. The deposit containing the fossil leaves is composed of a thinly laminated tuffaceous material which has been silicifed to varying degrees. Thanks Scott, a chert, cool! Last time I ran across that rock type was down south near the Gold Gate Bridge north end, San Francisco...used to be some lackluster, reddish brown, radiolarian rich ribbon chert deposits...I want to say maybe some greenish Franciscan Fm. serpentines too...many many decades ago....Maybe it was just foggy and cold and terribly windy when we were there--my memory was that I was freezing and just wanted to find mega fossils and our guide was showing us microscopic radiolaria with a hand loop and he was descibing the radiolarians raining down to the sea bottom thru the ocean depths! I guess he did really make an impact on me and did teach me something even if I couldnt see the little dudes at the time! Your specimen is so much more striking though and that flower! Oh Dang! Appreciate the details! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 It's been over two years since posting any fossils in my collection thread, so time for a long overdue update! Since then I have collected and acquired a lot of different fossils posted elsewhere at TFF, and eventually I will endeavor to get those added to this thread. I also noticed when I was busy first installing all the photos and descriptions, I was still clinging to dear old 'Phacops' as the genus for many of my phacopid trilobites. Science marches on, regardless! A good friend recently gifted this amazing cluster of Eldredgeops that he collected in Genesee County, New York. A couple of excellent papers discuss the different types of middle Devonian phacopid clusters. Because this example is comprised of complete individuals, it's a body cluster. In contrast, an assemblage with cephala and thoracopygidia is referred to as a moult cluster. What they were gathered for exactly, is always a great topic of discussion; synchronous moulting / reproduction, or perhaps another form of gregarious behavior? The Paterson et al. paper is available for free download as part of 450 page volume of trilobite papers at this: LINK Please send me a PM with email address if you're interested in reading the Speyer / Brett paper. Enjoy! Eldredgeops rana Centerfield LS, East Bethany, NY Middle Devonian, Hamilton Group Paterson, J.R., Hughes, N.C., & Chatterton, B.D.E. (2008) Trilobite clusters: What do they tell us? A Preliminary Investigation. Cuadernos del Museo Geominero, 9:313-318 Speyer, S.E., & Brett, C.E., (1985) Clustered trilobite assemblages in the Middle Devonian Hamilton Group. Lethaia, 18:85-103 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 11, 2014 Author Share Posted February 11, 2014 Getting this thread updated with some of the best Oregon Oligocene plants I've personally collected. Cunninghamia chaneyi - Late Oligocene - 27 Mya Little Butte Volcanic Series, Lane County, West-Central OR 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Here is an excellent assortment of plants I collected at a different locality of the Oligocene Little Butte Volcanic Series of north-central Oregon. Included in this group is a nice Ginkgo and Florissantia flower. The first photo is an amazing specimen with callus reaction from insect feeding traces. The final photo in this group is a fantastic 5.5" Tilia fossilensis, which is named for the type locality of Fossil, Oregon in the Bridge Creek Flora of the John Day Formation. All of these plant fossils are noteworthy as they are preserved in silicified chert. When the matrix is split it's a dark-purple color and turns white-grey after a few moments in the sun as the water content evaporates. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Marvelous preservation and variety, Scott. Is that a Florissantia Quilchenensis I see? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Ahhh, Scott! It's great to see some of your produce here once again! Keep them coming please! Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 (edited) Fantastic Flora, Scott! Thanks for posting these beauties! Regards, Edited February 12, 2014 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Chas, Roger, Tim, Thanks! On 2/12/2014 at 9:12 AM, Auspex said: Marvelous preservation and variety, Scott. Is that a Florissantia Quilchenensis I see? Florissantia Fun Facts The Oregon species of Florissantia are ashwillii and speirii, the latter accounting for all the examples I have posted at TFF. Florissantia speirii had a distribution ranging from coastal Oregon as far inland as central Colorado. Some of the localities, such as the Lyons flora of western Oregon, were probably within 200 m of sea level, whereas the paleoaltitude of Florissant has been estimated at about 2,450 m (Meyer, 1986). Florissantia speirii spans the Eocene-Oligocene boundary of Oregon, extending from subtropical / tropical vegetation of the Clarno flora to temperate vegetation of the Bridge Creek flora. Florissantia quilchenensis is well represented in the middle Eocene from the Quilchena, Princeton and McAbee floras of southern British Columbia and from the Republic flora in northeastern Washington (Manchester, 1992 & 2008). Manchester, S.R., & Pigg, K.B. (2008) The Eocene mystery flower of McAbee, British Columbia. Botany, 86(9):1034-1038 Manchester, S.R. (1992) Flowers, fruits, and pollen of Florissantia, an extinct Malvalean genus from the Eocene and Oligocene of western North America American Journal of Botany, 79(9):996-1008 Meyer, H.W. (2003) The fossils of Florissant. Smithsonian Books 258 pp. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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