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OK then, the heat here this week reminders me of a summer in bakersfield/Phoenix. This triple diget heat reminded me of collecting at shark tooth hill in august. So if anyone might want to share images of treasures they have found there, please feel free to post them here.

Here, ill startt them off

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ynot Regular Member

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Hey PRK,

I have been posting My recent finds from STH all over the forum. So most of what I have has been shown already, but I would like to see what others have found there also. Having A collective posting on one string sounds really good. I hope others will too.

This is the best find that I have found there

Allodomus mandible.

7 x 2.5 inches.

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Good luck on the hunt,

Tony

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Yes tony, a shark vert

As opposed to---

A fish vert. Or a whale vert

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This is stuff from 2 different trips a year or two ago.. Here is a matrix in different stages of prep. Didn't realize i had a 2 and a half inch tooth, just the tip was sticking out.

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My main interest from STH is the micro shark and ray specimens. I have a good number of posts on TFF of STH micros. I've probably already posted these before but here are a few of the micros.

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I also have a good number of macro specimens that I personally collected. Here is a 3.13" C. hastalis that I collected in 2010 on the Ernst Ranch.

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My family fossil website     Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros     My Extant Shark Jaw Collection

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ynot.... when you say "Here are some porpoise / whale periodics...", can you explain what a periodics is please?

I am sorry, I am really new at this and am trying to learn.

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ynot.... when you say "Here are some porpoise / whale periodics...", can you explain what a periodics is please?

I am sorry, I am really new at this and am trying to learn.

The periotic is part of the inner ear structure in the skull.

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>May your wonders never cease!

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ynot.... when you say "Here are some porpoise / whale periodics...", can you explain what a periodics is please?

I am sorry, I am really new at this and am trying to learn.

Auspex beat Me to it, but it is a bone from inside the ear. (I did not know this a year ago, so do not feel bad. Hang around here and You will learn all sorts of neat things!!)

Tony

Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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And this is a Miocene bullae. An amplification bone of a whale inner ear

It seems strange to Me-- I have found 14 whole periodics but only 1 broken bullae.

Are the bullae more fragile and less likely to fossilize?

Tony

PS That is a nice one -Paul!!

Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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I am like Tony, in all the digs I have done there, I have found many periodics and only one bullae.

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It seems I find one each trip I go. Here's one from my very last trip. I had good luck that trip; bullae, seal canine, and a meg

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Here are the items I found at ant hill that day, that I consider to be "good luck". It was only a matter of a couple hours

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That is an amazing day's finds!!! LOVE the meg-- although the others are just as nice!!

Here is My best so far -- an Alamodeus jaw...

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Tony

PS ( a senior moment-- I already posted this--ahrrr).

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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.

 

 

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I agree tony--- if only people would pay more attention to the wonderful bones, Just a little care collecting and preparing will produce great treasures. It's hard to identify which bone it is, in cross section. Kind of a surprise pkg.

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Here are the items I found at ant hill that day...

Could you explain what these lucky items are?

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