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Stylemys nebrascensis, prepped by snolly 20 years ago.

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Bird eggs, Nebraska, referred to an ancestral Limpkin:

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Bird egg and tarsometatarsus, on a matrix of caddisfly larva tubes that are composed of tiny fresh-water snails, St. Gerend le Puy, France:

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That's a nice piece!

Thank you.

Here is a brace of Oreodont, prepped by snolly

Merycoidodon gracilis

M. culbertsoni

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Bird eggs, Nebraska, referred to an ancestral Limpkin:

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Bird egg and tarsometatarsus, on a matrix of caddisfly larva tubes that are composed of tiny fresh-water snails, St. Gerend le Puy, France:

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Wow!

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Thank you.

Here is a brace of Oreodont, prepped by snolly

Merycoidodon gracilis

M. culbertsoni

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I like the

M. culbertsoni!

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Bird eggs, Nebraska, referred to an ancestral Limpkin:

attachicon.gifBird Eggs Olig. NE 1.jpg

Bird egg and tarsometatarsus, on a matrix of caddisfly larva tubes that are composed of tiny fresh-water snails, St. Gerend le Puy, France:

attachicon.gifEgg Fossil.jpg

Those eggs in the first pic are so cool!
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Hey william... Nice titanothere jaw. Hate to be the one to tell you, but about 10 or 20 years ago, radioisotopic studies found that the bottom of the White River Fm is actually latest Eocene. So contrary to the title of the post... titanotheres went extinct at the end of the Eocene. But hey, not many of us have a titanothere jaw.

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Testudo thomsoni

Less than 5% restoration (probably closer to 3% but I'd rather quote higher)

I have an oreodont skull somewhere around here, but its getting late.

Maybe tomorrow!

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NICE!. Most of the Oligocene material from here is marine. Nothing in this class.

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Testudo thomsoni

Less than 5% restoration (probably closer to 3% but I'd rather quote higher)

I have an oreodont skull somewhere around here, but its getting late.

Maybe tomorrow!

Wow!
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