PRK Posted July 21, 2015 Author Share Posted July 21, 2015 (edited) I think it is about time to resurrect this post. This is a fun thread. Lets keep it rolling! ---- OK? Edited July 21, 2015 by PRK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted July 21, 2015 Share Posted July 21, 2015 I found this little tooth fragment inside the city limits of San Francisco. The material between the plates was so waterlogged it was soft as clay and just washed out when I cleaned it up. That was back in the 80's, when I knew even less about fossil preservation than I know now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I recently finished reassembling this one, from my local Santonian Haslam Fm, Mt Tzuhalem. One of the better examples of ?Glyptostrobus I have found. I have the counterpart somewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hey Tony. That cone may not have any opal but it sure is a nice lookin cone!!! RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Here is another gastro but from the state of Washington this time. I met a guy in Utah to dig for trilos and he brought along this rock. He had wacked it in half and I could tell instantly it was a snail and when I told him that he wasn't interested in it any more and simply gave it to me. it took about 7 hours to prep but it was a gastropod I didn't have in my collection so was very happy to put some time in it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Here are a couple of clams from the Scotia Sandstone Formation in northern cal. I used to find soooooooo many fossil clams way back when that I decided one day to try and polish some. These came out Purdy darn good. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hey Tony. That cone may not have any opal but it sure is a nice lookin cone!!! RB That is a very nice snail! It is nice when an unloved fossil can find a loving home, especially from so far from its bed !! Thanks for the comment , I have two more to show that do have opal, just no photos yet. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 PS Clams are nice also! Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted July 27, 2015 Author Share Posted July 27, 2015 Wow, Ron, that IS a sweet gastropod. Any info on it? ESP. What, where, how old? I too have a couple similar gastros but they look a little different. BTW those polished clams look great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Hey-lo Y'All, Here are two pine cones from the Virgin Valley Nevada. This one is complete cast but the top and tip are not preserved in this cast. It is 1.5 x 0.75 inches. This one has a common opal exterior with a black opal interior. Part of the exterior has fallen off to show the inside nugget. It is 1 x 0.5 inches. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 Hey Paul, that turbin gastro comes from Washington. I do not know the name of it or how old it is. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This lower seal jaw set was found by yours truly in Northern California at Scotia Bluffs. I donated this specimen after I prepped it out. Here is a before and after picture. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boesse Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 (edited) This lower seal jaw set was found by yours truly in Northern California at Scotia Bluffs. I donated this specimen after I prepped it out. Here is a before and after picture. RB And don't forget! I published on this paper in 2011 in Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology - it's a late Pliocene specimen of the small fur seal Callorhinus gilmorei: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02724634.2011.550362#.VbkC2_lBn-k Edited July 29, 2015 by Boesse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted July 29, 2015 Share Posted July 29, 2015 This lower seal jaw set was found by yours truly in Northern California at Scotia Bluffs. I donated this specimen after I prepped it out... Very cool...well done, sir. "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted July 29, 2015 Author Share Posted July 29, 2015 Very nice Ron. Ive quite the soft spot for fossil marine mammals. BTW my gastropod Is also from the N coast of washington Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted July 30, 2015 Share Posted July 30, 2015 Here is something you don't find everyday. I found this in the Scotia Sandstone Formation in northern California. Pliocene. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted July 31, 2015 Author Share Posted July 31, 2015 Looks like a rare intact razor clam valve??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRK Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 This is one of the nicest Isurids I've seen. I found this tooth at STH Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Cool tooth You have there Sir! I like the color of it, and in matrix to boot!! Here are some of My Shark tooth hill finds... Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hi Tony, Wow a lot of teeth, just a question from the ignorant is Shark tooth hill made of Sharks teeth, if so it must be considerably smaller now, ha ha Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hi Tony, Wow a lot of teeth, just a question from the ignorant is Shark tooth hill made of Sharks teeth, if so it must be considerably smaller now, ha ha Regards Mike Thank You, and that is just the larger teeth in My collection. Shark Tooth Hill is 99.99999999% silt, the rest is a lot of bone fragments and a few pinniped and cetacean teeth, with a smattering of shark teeth. It is a very fun place to dig! Tony PS Here are some close-ups of previous photos... Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Pocock Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hi Tony, Thanks for that explanation Natures diversity has always fascinated me, each species of shark developed different types of teeth to fit an evolutionary gap. Thanks for the close ups, I don't have any fossil teeth in my collection yet, I tend to only collect what I find, I know that this will take me longer to grow my collection but I accept that Thanks again Regards Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Hey-hi Mike, I am also a "self-collector", And it does add up, if You keep looking. Even a blind dog finds a bone once in a while. Good luck with the hunt, Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 Here are a couple of very nice Heterodontus (Horn shark) laterals that came from Sharktooth Hill. I just found these in some micro matrix from My last trip there. Scale in mm... I would like to see more people contribute to this string. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 14, 2015 Share Posted August 14, 2015 (edited) Hey All, Here is an anterior tooth from a heterodontus (horn shark) from the same micro matrix as the previous post. Length is 3.5 mm... Tony Edited August 15, 2015 by ynot Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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