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bone2stone Regular Member

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My avatar needs little explanation. 

Trilobite

Palladin marrowensis

Pennsylvanian

Bridgeport Texas

BTW: There is another less obvious specimen of Ditotomyge on the bottom.

Bone2stone

 

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DPS Ammonite Regular Member

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I remember hearing about Palladin, wasn't his motto (and mine) "have rock hammer, will travel?" ^_^

My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned.   

See my Arizona Paleontology Guide    link  The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere.       

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Hi

 

Great topic.

 

Mine is a reconstruction of Dracoraptor hanigani, the oldest Jurassic theropod, as found by me and my brother. The full size reconstructed model and bones can be found in Cardiff Museum.

 

Nick

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On 10/14/2016 at 3:28 PM, tmaier said:

Yes, you can modify that space right above your avatar to say whatever you want. I made mine say "Chief Comedian", but you could put some words to describe your avatar.
 

 

 

Mine title is officially "Village Idiot". It sets the expectations at a level I am reasonably able to achieve.

Regards,

Kris

 

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Mine is a self-portrait from a ceramics class in college.  It exploded into a million pieces in the kiln.  I glued it back together and gave it a brown patina.  Its me, fossilized... 

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"Men became scientific because they expected Law in Nature, and they expected Law in Nature because they believed in a Legislator." - C.S. Lewis

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Great story--great avatar.

 

Thick ceramic pieces will tend to have problems heating in the kiln and can be like bombs. I remember someone's piece in a high-school class exploding and littering everybody's pieces with shrapnel that lodged in the glaze and ruined a lot of pieces.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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I like to change my avatar from time to time but my current pic is a Mammoth tooth as found when I pulled it out of the creek : )

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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On 10/28/2016 at 5:11 AM, jcbshark said:

I like to change my avatar from time to time but my current pic is a Mammoth tooth as found when I pulled it out of the creek : )

Love it! Did you find it in Florida?

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yeah , a creek here in SW Florida. It's a very tough place to

hunt because of all the sand. Been there about half a dozen times and went about 3-4 miles searching and only found a small handful of spots to hunt but it does give out nice colors and a good variety, enough to make me hunt it sometimes: ) that Mammoth tooth is by far my best personal find there so far, it did come out in two pieces and about 10 pieces of roots of which I as able to attach about half

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Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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Fun topic!!!:D

 

So here's my contribution: it's an Aspidorhynchus sp. fish from Agadir, Morocco. It dates from the late Cretaceous period, more precisely the Turonian stage (90mya).

Well, I recently heard that it's actually a Rhynchodercetis from somewhere in south-east Morocco, and dates from the Cenomanian stage...

Anyways, this is my best fossil fish, and I really love it so much, so that's why I chose it as my avatar^_^

 

Warm regards,

 

Max

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Max Derème

 

"I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day."

   - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier

 

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On 10/29/2016 at 5:40 PM, jcbshark said:

yeah , a creek here in SW Florida. It's a very tough place to

hunt because of all the sand. Been there about half a dozen times and went about 3-4 miles searching and only found a small handful of spots to hunt but it does give out nice colors and a good variety, enough to make me hunt it sometimes: ) that Mammoth tooth is by far my best personal find there so far, it did come out in two pieces and about 10 pieces of roots of which I as able to attach about half

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Wow that thing is massive!! How much does a tooth like that weigh?

On 10/30/2016 at 0:50 PM, Max-fossils said:

Fun topic!!!:D

 

So here's my contribution: it's an Aspidorhynchus sp. fish from Agadir, Morocco. It dates from the late Cretaceous period, more precisely the Turonian stage (90mya).

Well, I recently heard that it's actually a Rhynchodercetis from somewhere in south-east Morocco, and dates from the Cenomanian stage...

Anyways, this is my best fossil fish, and I really love it so much, so that's why I chose it as my avatar^_^

 

Warm regards,

 

Max

Absolutely love it.

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1 hour ago, TyrannosaurusRex said:

Absolutely love it.

Thanks!^_^

Yours looks great too!

 

Max

Max Derème

 

"I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day."

   - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier

 

Instagram: @world_of_fossils

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Here's my imitation of a Florida fossil collector, complaining about a hard collecting day...

"Yeah, I had to bend over and pick it up. There was some sand on it, so I had to wipe it off. Woosh! Am I beat! Then I took a swim."

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58 minutes ago, tmaier said:

Here's my imitation of a Florida fossil collector, complaining about a hard collecting day...

"Yeah, I had to bend over and pick it up. There was some sand on it, so I had to wipe it off. Woosh! Am I beat! Then I took a swim."

:)

 

LOL That sounds about right! ; ) It was about 17 lbs, thought I may have to have a chopper airlift it out for me but after some debate figured the canoe could handle the extra load : )

Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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2 hours ago, jcbshark said:

That sounds about right! ; ) It was about 17 lbs, thought I may have to have a chopper airlift it out for me but after some debate figured the canoe could handle the extra load : )

:rofl: 

Tony

Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

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

 

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Hey All,

I was thinking that it may be nice if You could post the avatar picture. That way when (if) You change Your avatar Your post will still have a correct identification.

 

Mine is 2 male Anna's Hummingbird. It has a ways to go before it becomes a fossil.

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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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8 hours ago, ynot said:

Hey All,

I was thinking that it may be nice if You could post the avatar picture. That way when (if) You change Your avatar Your post will still have a correct identification.

 

Mine is 2 male Anna's Hummingbird. It has a ways to go before it becomes a fossil.

Oh, so that's what your avatar is!

 

Also, I agree it's a good idea to post the actual pic, so here's mine (with the old info).

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Max Derème

 

"I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day."

   - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier

 

Instagram: @world_of_fossils

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On 10/24/2016 at 9:18 PM, dre464 said:

Mine is a self-portrait from a ceramics class in college.  It exploded into a million pieces in the kiln.  I glued it back together and gave it a brown patina.  Its me, fossilized... 

Whoa, I have had days when it felt as if my head was about to explode!

 

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Mine is a Prodactylioceras Davio found on Golden Cap in Dorset the other year, it is a cracking ammonite it is complete in a cannon ball nodule.

 

Where are you Ichthyosaur.  

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