ynot Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 15 minutes ago, siteseer said: That's a fantastic piece, Tony, and Ptychodus64 did great prep on it. Were those postcanine teeth in place when you started prepping it? Jaw sections are found with the canine still in place but almost always the postcanine teeth have fallen out and long gone. It's also unusual to get the canine in nice condition like that - usually very worn down. Jess Thanks. I agree, Kris did a wonderful job on it. Yes the postcanine were in place when found. (The back one is actually visible in the initial prep. picture above.) Tony 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...
Ptychodus04 Posted January 24, 2017 Share Posted January 24, 2017 7 hours ago, siteseer said: That's a fantastic piece, Tony, and Ptychodus64 did great prep on it. Were those postcanine teeth in place when you started prepping it? Jaw sections are found with the canine still in place but almost always the postcanine teeth have fallen out and long gone. It's also unusual to get the canine in nice condition like that - usually very worn down. Jess 7 hours ago, ynot said: Thanks. I agree, Kris did a wonderful job on it. Yes the postcanine were in place when found. (The back one is actually visible in the initial prep. picture above.) Tony Thanks guys. For the record, Tony did all the hard work of bulk matrix removal. I just got to do the fun part! Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 26, 2017 Share Posted January 26, 2017 I don't recall ammonites being over represented on the invert side of this contest, so I'll humbly submit one for y'all's expert consideration. Taxon: Pachydiscus c.f. maconensis Age: Maastrichtian Formation: Somewhere 'twixt the Kemp and Neylandville (specimen disturbed from bed of origin) Locality: Texas Date of Collection: 01/02/17 Significance: Rare form, exceptional preservation, striking sutures. More complete than what I've seen documented. 4 Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wetwilly Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 Invertebrate: First attempt here... Hope it's worthy of consideration. * Hoploparia gabbi (Pilsbry) * Navesink Formation * Cretaceous of New Jersey - Monmouth County Found what I thought was a concretion the last week of December 2016. My first ever attempt at removing matrix from a fossil and was surprised to see what was revealed. Finished prep on January 7, 2017 1 Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 On 20 janvier 2017 at 4:15 PM, Ptychodus04 said: What? The last time I went into a volcano with him he bit my finger off! On 20 janvier 2017 at 5:24 PM, ynot said: You must be confusing Ynot with someone that warships golden rings. Ynot would never do something like that, He would not leave a witness! Ynot/Tony "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 My participation of this month with a Cyclothiris (Rynchonella) vespertilio from the Senonian of Touraine, France, found the 23th of this month. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 27, 2017 Share Posted January 27, 2017 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Found this little rock on January 25 along the side of a county road being use as road fill, and I though it should have a better home. I put it out back and two rains washed in off in a couple of days, then it has been lightly trimmed. The large partial Crinoid id Aphelecrinus randolphensis, to the upper right is a beautiful Pulaskicrinus campanulus, to the lower left is an outstanding Phanocrinus bellulus. Lower Bangor Limestone, Middle Chesterian, upper Mississippian of NW Alabama. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted January 29, 2017 Share Posted January 29, 2017 Geez , I wish I could find fossils like that laying on the side of the road! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vieira Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 My entry for invertebrate category. A Clypeaster found in 4 of December and prepared this month. This piece still have some elements of the matrix over the fossil, but for now I prefer leave on. Clypeaster (?) Miocene - Burdigalian Sesimbra - Portugal Pictures of the fossil before the preparation: The various steps of preparation: After preparation: Some more pictures of my entry. I took these photos yesterday but they did not turn out as well as I expected 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 So, it's going to be one of those months! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted January 30, 2017 Share Posted January 30, 2017 On 29/01/2017 at 9:50 PM, darctooth said: Geez , I wish I could find fossils like that laying on the side of the road! So do I. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PFOOLEY Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Invertebrate Prionocyclus hyatti (4.25 cm) Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) Blue Hill Member of the Carlile Shale (Mancos) Rio Puerco Valley, New Mexico, USA Discovered and Sunday, January 29th, 2017 "I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?" ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archimedes Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 On 1/29/2017 at 2:50 PM, darctooth said: Geez , I wish I could find fossils like that laying on the side of the road! Yes it was nice to find something nice at that spot again. When building these outlying county roads in the late 1960,s they used whatever rocky rip-rap was available to level the road way and fill in around the drain pipes that runs under the road, the resulting low road cut from digging the rocky rip-rap was a nice locality in the late 1970's but is now very over grown and I rarely find anything at this spot. I still check the area and occasionally find something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strepsodus Posted January 31, 2017 Share Posted January 31, 2017 Hi. Here's my plant entry. Plant spore (probably a megaspore) Upper Carboniferous Pennine Middle Coal measures formation West Yorkshire, UK Found Saturday, 28th of January 2017 It measures around 1.5mm long Thanks, Daniel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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