-Andy- Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 First up, let me say that without the paleontologist Don Miller, I could not have completed this. He provided me with an Ichthyosaur tooth, and I had only showed him this completed set days ago. I am sorry to share that he has just passed away. Here is his obituary > http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/delawareonline/obituary.aspx?n=donald-s-miller&pid=171846695 After watching Nat Geo's Sea Monsters where they declared the Cretaceous Seas to be the most dangerous of all times, as well as surfing the Oceans of Kansas website, I knew I had to create a collection of teeth for myself. This box here took me well over 3 years to compile, and is a result of not just my own work, but the efforts of many of my friends as well. From left to right, top to bottom, the creatures insides include - 1) Mosasaur (Liodon anceps) 2) Pterosaur (Siroccopteryx moroccensis) - Gary Greaser 3) Shell-eating Mosasaur (Globidens phosphaticus) 4) Terrible Crocodile (Deinosuchus rugosus) (actually much closer to an Alligator) - George Williams 5) Crow Shark (Squalicorax pristodontus) 6) "False Mosasaur" (Pachyrhizodus caninus) - Kris (KansasFossilHunter) 7) Ginsu Shark (Cretoxyrhina mantelli) - Richard Benefield (Vertman) 8) "Sabertooth Herring" (Enchodus lybicus) 9) Marine "Crocodile" (Elosuchus cherifiensis) - Veomega 10) Pliosaur (Polyptychodon sp.) - Calvin Chu 11) Ichthyosaur (Platypterygius kiprijanovi) - Don Miller 12) Giant Vampire Squid (Tusoteuthis longa) (this is not a tooth, this is its squid pen) - Kris (KansasFossilHunter) 13) "Bulldog Fish" (Xiphactinus audax) - Richard Benefield (Vertman) 14) "Nessie" (Zarafasaura oceanis) - Joe Aaronson 15) Giant Sawfish (Onchopristis numidus) (this is not a tooth, this is a rostrum tooth) - Han Yang Tan (Han. T) 2 Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Size of box > Close-up of 1) 2) 3) 4) > Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted July 27, 2014 Author Share Posted July 27, 2014 Close-up of 4) 5) 6) 7) > Close-up of 8) 9) 10) 11) > Close-up of 12) 13) 14) 15) > Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Really nice specimens!!!! I especially like the labels. 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...
jcbshark Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Really awesome set you've assembled! The display looks great Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hokiehunter Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Wow! That is an awesome display. Great job. I want one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilselachian Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 What a great basis for a collection! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JWarren Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Very nice...great way of displaying them... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 that is waaaaay cool! I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Congratulations on your outstanding collection of prime specimens! This is a fascinating assemblage "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...
Fossildude19 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 What everyone else said! Great collection. Regards, 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...
vertman Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Very nice! I really like the way you put that together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lissa318 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 What a fabulous display and specimens!!!!!! Great job!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeroen A. Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I'll take one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 I love it. Now I'm going to have to try and make a similar one! 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...
AJ Plai Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Great collection with great display! The small specimens beautifully arranged and spaced out with labels make the riker box look with showy whether for personal viewing or educational exhibit. Congratz on completing the collection! PS: Sad to hear about the passing of Don Miller, may he rests in peace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megatooth Collector Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Stellar job! Really love the way you decided to display them. Congrats on such a nice collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Great work! I love everything about it! Im sure this was a labor of love. I too, love the Cretaceous sea predators. ~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...
Down under fossil hunter Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Killer job Andy! I am with everyone else on the quality and diversity of your display, I can really appreciate the time and effort it takes to create such an awesome collection. but what next??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Thank you everyone for your kind words and compliments. It is feedback like these that motivates me to spend my time creating such displays. I shall post more of my collection soon as soon as my cabinets are completed. Killer job Andy! I am with everyone else on the quality and diversity of your display, I can really appreciate the time and effort it takes to create such an awesome collection. but what next??? Thank you Elliot. A box of beautiful Madagascar ammonites would be next. I predict it would take me a much shorter time to complete Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carcharodontosaurus Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 (edited) Thank you everyone for your kind words and compliments. It is feedback like these that motivates me to spend my time creating such displays. I shall post more of my collection soon as soon as my cabinets are completed. Thank you Elliot. A box of beautiful Madagascar ammonites would be next. I predict it would take me a much shorter time to complete Maybe a collection of fossils from extant animal species from locations where the animal is now extinct, like spectacled bear and jaguar teeth from Florida and the American and European lion subspecies? Just an idea. Edited July 28, 2014 by Carcharodontosaurus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonebone Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Nice collection!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted July 28, 2014 Author Share Posted July 28, 2014 Maybe a collection of fossils from extant animal species from locations where the animal is now extinct, like spectacled bear and jaguar teeth from Florida and the American and European lion subspecies? Just an idea. Interesting. Mayhap I shall start such a set when I have enough mammal teeth. Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 Andy, that is a great set. Amazing specimens, very cool labels. Thanks for sharing it with us. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmaley Posted July 30, 2014 Share Posted July 30, 2014 What a cool collection and presentation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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