Jesuslover340 Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Captivating starfish and Orthoceras! "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeepTimeIsotopes Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Found this insect wing at a new locality Date found: January 17, 2015 Geologic age: lower permian of Oklahoma Scientific name: Asthenohymen sp., most likely A. latus 20150121_143627-1.jpg Carpenter's work on lower permian insect fossils shows how it looks if it were whole: Screenshot_2015-01-23-20-21-15-1.png That is some spectacular preservation on that wing there! Each dot is 50,000,000 years: Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic........... Paleo......Meso....Ceno.. Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here Doesn't time just fly by? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echinoman Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 (edited) WOW...what a beautiful specimens...especially starfish - it is my Favorite! So - here is my entrance: A huge irregular echinoid, found by myself at 15 January, 2015. "In situ" and after cleaning pictures. Scientific name: Echinocorys cf. edhemi Geological Age: Plaeocene (Danian) Formation: Byala Formation Locality: Bulgarian Black Sea coast, Byala, Bulgaria Edited January 25, 2015 by echinoman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Wow! That's a beautiful echinoid. Just seeing that pile of rock in the in situ photos makes my pulse quicken with dreams of wandering over it with my head turned down scanning for beauties like this. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted January 25, 2015 Share Posted January 25, 2015 Wow! That's a beautiful echinoid. Just seeing that pile of rock in the in situ photos makes my pulse quicken with dreams of wandering over it with my head turned down scanning for beauties like this. -Ken +1 ...and to be found in such great shape amongst boulders, other like-sized rocks and in a "open air" environment is amazing. ~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...
izak_ Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 What an echinoid! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeffrey P Posted January 26, 2015 Share Posted January 26, 2015 That sure is a beautiful echinoid. Makes me want to rush right over and collect there. Big congratulations! Thanks for entering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
izak_ Posted January 30, 2015 Share Posted January 30, 2015 Hi guys I just want to acknowledge the awesome entrees so far. Before I show you my find, I think some people may not think this find is too big, but I thought it was cool enough to enter Please no criticising in the bad way :I Remember this is my first entry So. Lets get to the find Taeniopteris (yes lol I checked spelling ) sp. Triassic The Skillion Headland (Terrigal headland near Sydney) NSW, Australia. We found it on the 25th of January. The day before Australia day Original post: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/52063-taeniopteris-sp/?hl=taeniopteris Thanks to the people who helped identify I hope you enjoyed my first post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Hey folks, just a few more hours to enter. We need another vertebrate find to make this a 'horse race'. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
believerjoe Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Globidens Alabamaensis Mosasaur January 10, 2015 Upper Cretaceous Ozan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 1, 2015 Author Share Posted February 1, 2015 Nice. Anyone else? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Pteranodon Ulna Discovered: January 24 Late Cretaceous Smoky Hill Chalk SE Gove County Kansas -KansasFossilHunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KansasFossilHunter Posted February 1, 2015 Share Posted February 1, 2015 Original discovery: Extent of material: Before prep: After prep: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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