ynot Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Nice find(s)!!! 4 in one year-- Y'all going to get spoiled. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 Just now, ynot said: Nice find(s)!!! 4 in one year-- Y'all going to get spoiled. I blame the raptor tooth necklace @Ash had made for me for our wedding! Every time I have worn it, we've found something nice! Kidding aside, this season has been a bountiful one. "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...
JarrodB Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 Turtle & croc material are pretty rare where I hunt in North Texas but here's a nice Cretaceous turtle vert I found at the North Sulphur River Texas. I average 1 turtle vert for every 100 Mosasaur verts I find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 I found this part of a turtle shell many years ago on the Jurassic coast . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted October 2, 2017 Share Posted October 2, 2017 4 hours ago, JarrodB said: I average 1 turtle vert for every 100 Mosasaur verts I find. Goodness me! Great find! And same to everyone else! "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 October 2, 2017 Author Share Posted October 2, 2017 4 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: I found this part of a turtle shell many years ago on the Jurassic coast . Love the color on this one! 5 hours ago, JarrodB said: Turtle & croc material are pretty rare where I hunt in North Texas but here's a nice Cretaceous turtle vert I found at the North Sulphur River Texas. I average 1 turtle vert for every 100 Mosasaur verts I find. Wow! I would have thought turtle would have been more common in the area. "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...
JarrodB Posted October 3, 2017 Share Posted October 3, 2017 11 hours ago, Jesuslover340 said: Love the color on this one! Wow! I would have thought turtle would have been more common in the area. I find shell pieces nearly every trip but verts & skulls are rare finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted October 7, 2017 Author Share Posted October 7, 2017 On 03/10/2017 at 9:30 PM, JarrodB said: I find shell pieces nearly every trip but verts & skulls are rare finds. Shell pieces aren't terribly common for our area, especially ones with nice texture, so we tend to keep them. Never have found a skull or vert of a turtle! "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...
JarrodB Posted October 7, 2017 Share Posted October 7, 2017 6 hours ago, Jesuslover340 said: Shell pieces aren't terribly common for our area, especially ones with nice texture, so we tend to keep them. Never have found a skull or vert of a turtle! Here's a piece of Protostega Plastron I found recently while artifact hunting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted October 13, 2017 Author Share Posted October 13, 2017 On 08/10/2017 at 5:36 AM, JarrodB said: Here's a piece of Protostega Plastron I found recently while artifact hunting. That is SWEET! "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...
Jesuslover340 Posted October 21, 2017 Author Share Posted October 21, 2017 Obtained two specimens of another Aussie croc today-Kambara sp., Eocene, Queensland, Australia "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...
Brittle Star Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Here is a croc toe bone from the Isle of Wight. They were not huge beasts. Also a few teeth from the same area. Scale is in cm's. Never ask a starfish for directions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Wow, definitely some incredible pieces in here from several of you I find tons of turtle bits here and a good bit of gator with just a few little pieces of croc in my collection. I did want to share this rare for here articulated giant land tortoise foot which I pieced together as best I could. Also found about 100 dermal denticles and some associated shell too 2 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 That's a BIG turtle! "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...
jcbshark Posted November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 1 hour ago, Ash said: That's a BIG turtle! Thanks.... no doubt lol. I’m not sure where this one relates in terms of size but a lot bigger than the gopher tortoises running around here now Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted November 1, 2017 Author Share Posted November 1, 2017 That turtle is just amazing... How do you plan to display it? "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 November 1, 2017 Share Posted November 1, 2017 Skye put up our latest croc jaw "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...
jcbshark Posted November 2, 2017 Share Posted November 2, 2017 11 hours ago, Jesuslover340 said: That turtle is just amazing... How do you plan to display it? Thank you Skyelar, I have museum wax holding it together now and hope to slide it off the plate into my cabinet in one piece the wax would work well for holding a couple pieces together but this thing has 20 + bones in it so I have to handle it very gently. I’m not sure what I’m going to do with the denticles yet and I have a good bit more shell in smaller pieces that I’m going to try to fit together too. It may end up in its own display if I piece the shell back enough to get a large chunk Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 On 02/10/2017 at 11:59 PM, ynot said: Nice find(s)!!! 4 in one year-- Y'all going to get spoiled. Got 5 on the weekend.. either getting super lucky or they're getting more common "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 November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 7 minutes ago, Ash said: Got 5 on the weekend.. either getting super lucky or they're getting more common Seven, actually "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 November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Ah yes, 5 on one day "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...
Ash Posted November 7, 2017 Share Posted November 7, 2017 Here's the 5 from yesterday. And one of the two from Saturday. "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 November 7, 2017 Author Share Posted November 7, 2017 Apart from eight specimens, these are all new acquisitions for this year (not all from Australia; some pieces we've obtained this year are not pictured): "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...
jcbshark Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 On 11/6/2017 at 8:29 PM, Jesuslover340 said: Apart from eight specimens, these are all new acquisitions for this year (not all from Australia; some pieces we've obtained this year are not pictured): Getting a pretty large collection of croc material there pretty ironic how they’re relatively rare there when almost every wildlife show I see about Australia has hordes of them nowadays lol. I’ve never found a croc osteoderm here yet but they do find them occasionally. I think I’ve found 1/2 a dozen teeth but gators out number them by at least 20 fold Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted November 8, 2017 Share Posted November 8, 2017 I've had this croc piece for a while. But I've finally finished prepping and scanning it. So here is the final scanned model. This is a left postorbital of an Elosuchus, a large crocodile from the Late Cretaceous of the Kem Kem beds. Part of the left frontal and squamosal bones are also attached where the bone is broken on the medial and posterior side. On this 3D model I have mirrored the fossil to create the right postorbital as well. I've added in the 2D image as well for clarity, as it shows where the bone is situated. Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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