Ash Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 Beautiful tooth, another for me to look up "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 8, 2019 Share Posted August 8, 2019 14 hours ago, Jesuslover340 said: Nor have I, but I have seen the publication quoted in other publications as a reference. I've shown some professionals the 'artifacts'; some say they are artifacts, others say they're not. But it's not my area of expertise. Looking at geological maps of Oklahoma, however, does indicate the general area to be Pliocene in age. Yeah, I've seen the reference cited as well. It looks like it might be tough to find outside of the USGS library in Denverr or Restion (Virginia). They closed the one near me. I can try contacting Woodburne directly. I don't know artifacts either. Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Here's a crocodile osteoderm from the late Cretaceous, Hell Creek Formation, Dawson County, Montana. It's just over 2 inches long. It was collected by a member of the Franklin family who used to sell at Tucson in the 80's and 90's. The husband and wife (Harold and Delma) have since passed away but I remember them, two of the nicest people I've ever met in my travels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 Here is a crocodile tooth in matrix from the Haile Quarry near Gainesville, Florida. It think it was in the 70's that someone discovered a temporary site there where crocodile remains were very common. I've seen a lot of teeth and a couple of jaw sections from there. The tooth is sticking up out of the matrix with the tooth being about 1 1/2 inches long and the matrix just under 3 inches wide. I think the age is Late Miocene. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 1 hour ago, siteseer said: Here is a crocodile tooth in matrix from the Haile Quarry near Gainesville, Florida. It think it was in the 70's that someone discovered a temporary site there where crocodile remains were very common. I've seen a lot of teeth and a couple of jaw sections from there. The tooth is sticking up out of the matrix with the tooth being about 1 1/2 inches long and the matrix just under 3 inches wide. I think the age is Late Miocene. Yes, Haile XIX, the "croc hole," now long buried in the reclamation cycle. Lots of croc material, but also some land mammals. 4 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Thanks, Harry. Yes, Haile XiX. I always forget the number for some reason. I bought the tooth I have from George Lee back in the 90's. I thought it was a cool display piece. I used to pick up crocodilian material especially when it was from places they don't live today. Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 On 09/08/2019 at 5:13 AM, siteseer said: Yeah, I've seen the reference cited as well. It looks like it might be tough to find outside of the USGS library in Denverr or Restion (Virginia). They closed the one near me. I can try contacting Woodburne directly. I don't know artifacts either. Jess If you do, could you forward it to me? I'd love to have a read of it. @PaleoNoel it's not the biggest osteoderm we have! 6 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 That's a monster of an osteoderm! Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 46 minutes ago, -Andy- said: That's a monster of an osteoderm! It is! Found it upside-down and was in disbelief at how large it was! Found our largest isolated Pallimnarchus tooth to date-rare as it is, and when we do find them, they're typically buggered like this one. But still-take what we can get! 1 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Skye didn’t mention she also found this. Diprot bone with croc bites. 1 "Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe" - Saint Augustine"Those who can not see past their own nose deserve our pity more than anything else." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 Possible turtle jaw, @Harry Pristis? "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harry Pristis Posted February 2, 2020 Share Posted February 2, 2020 Turtle mandibles have foramina. This looks like a fragmentary bivalve with the solid convex side and the delaminating convex side. 3 http://pristis.wix.com/the-demijohn-page What seest thou else In the dark backward and abysm of time? ---Shakespeare, The Tempest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted February 2, 2020 Author Share Posted February 2, 2020 1 hour ago, Harry Pristis said: Turtle mandibles have foramina. This looks like a fragmentary bivalve with the solid convex side and the delaminating convex side. We don't find fossil bivalves This is the suspected tortoise jaw it might match: "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiros Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 On 5/3/2018 at 8:26 PM, StevenJD said: Bissekty Formation croc Did you get them identified? Because I also have three crocodilomorphs teeth from bissekty. Looking for mor information I found that there are at least 4 different crocodilomorphs taxa. My biggest teeth is 4,7 cm the second 4 cm and last 2 cm 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crocophile Posted May 11, 2020 Share Posted May 11, 2020 On 7/27/2019 at 5:42 PM, siteseer said: An occurrence of alligators in the Pleistocene of Oklahoma strikes me as unlikely but not impossible. There were still alligators in Nebraska in the Late Miocene but they were rare. Alligators can tolerate cooler temperatures than crocodiles. Do you have locality data for that specimen? We think of the Pleistocene as the ice Ages but during the interglacial intervals, it might have been warmer and wetter in that region than it is now. If gar fossils are found at the site as well, it's possible. It's a very interesting fossil. Jess Alligators are found there now in the Holocene..."bottom right corner" of the state (McCurtain County). 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSCHNELLE Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 Upper Cretaceous crocodile osteoderm(?) from October 2019 in Travis County, Texas - South Bosque Member of the Eagle Ford Shale (Early to Middle Turonian). Not sure of the genus - could it be Bayomesasuchus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSCHNELLE Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 One more - turtle scute my wife found on our hunt in the Upper Cretaceous Corsicana marl, Travis County, Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted August 4, 2020 Share Posted August 4, 2020 I never really got many crocs--been more of a focus on dinosaur. But, I read a book about prehistoric crocs and it got me interested in adding a few. So, recent purchases. 1 and 2 - An unknown croc jaw from Kem Kem 2 and 3 - A pair of sets of Kem Kem crocodile scutes -- I'm probably gonna get some of the assorted croc teeth and have all these displayed in a frame together with them. 4 - A small Theriosuchus tooth from the Hastings Beds in the UK. I've got my eye on a few more interesting-looking croc teeth to hopefully add soon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 As I cannot compete in the FOTM because of insufficiently recent photos, I still want to share with you one of my last preparations Lower eocene of southwest France 2 1 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSCHNELLE Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 On 7/29/2020 at 10:56 PM, LSCHNELLE said: Upper Cretaceous crocodile osteoderm(?) from October 2019 in Travis County, Texas - South Bosque Member of the Eagle Ford Shale (Early to Middle Turonian). Not sure of the genus - could it be Bayomesasuchus? It has been suggested that this may be a large ray denticle rather than a crocodile scute. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I don't see a croc scute http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSCHNELLE Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 6 minutes ago, caterpillar said: I don't see a croc scute Expand the thread or go back to my 7/29/2020 original post. Do you see a 50 cm wide dark brown fossil? I was told by a professor that it was a large ray or skate denticle instead. What do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 A crocodile osteoderm has a flat, smooth side and an ornate side. Here I don't see a smooth side http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 I just saw that you found the identification. Thousand excuses http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 10 hours ago, caterpillar said: As I cannot compete in the FOTM because of insufficiently recent photos, I still want to share with you one of my last preparations Lower eocene of southwest France Spectaculaire, catrepillar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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