JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Sooo the postman bought me a box today from a dealer friend who goes to Kem Kem...... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And in the box were some bones Some bits of bones... Some good bones (turtle/croc?) Some long bones John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And some very thin and dainty bones. Some have a thin grove maybe to keep the weight down without losing strength maybe....? And a weird bone... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Those are the best deliveries to get. Looks like you'll have some ID work in front of you. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And some lungfish teeth.... And some sawfish teeth.... And some, mostly, fish scales... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And some jaws..... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Including a weird one! (no idea) John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And then there was one or two teeth.... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And yet more teeth! And even more! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Wow! It's Christmas in July! :-) Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And verts... (turtle/fish I guess mostly but whats the one bottom right?) John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And there's weird.... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 And weirder.... John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Cool huh? 200 euros! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sir.tommy.the.toad Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Wow!! Is all I can say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 (edited) And verts... (turtle/fish I guess mostly but whats the one bottom right?) verts.JPG Shark second from left bottom row and top rightVerts on top may be dinosaurian Edited July 29, 2016 by Troodon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 That's a great way to hunt fossils. In... you know... a box of fossils. :-D Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted July 29, 2016 Author Share Posted July 29, 2016 Wow! It's Christmas in July! :-) Yep. Went to work to procrastinate today, it's a problem being self employed John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mediospirifer Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Very cool! I love getting boxes of who-knows-what. You got some great pieces there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraigHyatt Posted July 29, 2016 Share Posted July 29, 2016 Yep. Went to work to procrastinate today, it's a problem being self employed Yeah, my wife still works... poor thing. I just get to play all day. I figure I went to school and worked for 2/3 of my life, so I earned a vacation for the remaining 1/3. :-) Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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