missingdigits Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) Ptychodus are my favorite teeth and I recently came across a place that seemed to have an unusual number of them. There are a few with a nice red tint to them that is new to me. I like them very much. However what I really love is a larger(for the site and age) tooth with an extremely worn crown. I have a lot of ptychodus with worn crowns but this tooth just hurts to even look at. He's the guy in the top left. Probably occidentalis. There is just something about seeing a worn tooth that makes a 95 million year old creature seem more real, if that makes sense. Edited May 31, 2014 by missingdigits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingdigits Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 (edited) With a couple of the smallest ones from the site on it. Edited May 31, 2014 by missingdigits Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Auspex Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 That big boy chewed its share of oysters, I'd say! Pretty neat. "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...
missingdigits Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 That big boy chewed its share of oysters, I'd say! Pretty neat. No doubt! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
missingdigits Posted May 31, 2014 Author Share Posted May 31, 2014 Also, I made a new friend on the road right by the site. I named him Mr. Cuddles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Precambrian Man Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Also, I made a new friend on the road right by the site. I named him Mr. Cuddles. image.jpg Deadly photo!! Just how deep is deep time?..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Jamie, Love those fingerprint wrinkles on those. Weird how most don't have any sign of wear at all isn't it? Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Very nice collection! I have a few dozen micros, but i could always use more. If you ever come across some micro matrix i wouldn't mind buying some from you. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 Jamie Wow you have found a great number of beautiful specimens. The preservation of those Ptychodus is as good as it gets. I still have trouble identifying especially posteriors to a species. With all the specimens that you are seeing you should get pretty good at the species ids. I have seen a number of two inch specimens from Texas and heard that they get even bigger. Marco Sr. "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creto Posted May 31, 2014 Share Posted May 31, 2014 That is a pretty nice haul and a pretty massasauga. The massasauga is a pigmy rattlesnake that from my experiences with them are quite fiesty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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