Tidgy's Dad Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 4 hours ago, Douvilleiceras said: The mailman had some interesting packages recently. Inside, an Asaphus lepidurus and an Asaphus punctatus - two beauties from the Volkhov river valley of Russia - were waiting. They'll be part of an ongoing project to collect all the eyestalk lengths of Ordovician Russian asaphids Both bugs (larger is about three inches long, smaller guy is two): The A. lepidurus (notice the fine terrace ridges all over the exoskeleton): Cute A. punctatus (a rather effaced trilobite): The larger bug has a little surprise on the underside: a preserved hypostome with terracing! Wow! I love the hypostome! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douvilleiceras Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Wow! I love the hypostome! 4 hours ago, JohnBrewer said: Wow! Exquisite! 6 hours ago, Coco said: Hi, Marvelous ! Coco Thank you all! I was originally planning to buy an Asaphus kowalewskii, but once I saw the hypostome on this trilobite, I delayed the purchase of the other bug and bought this one instead 6 hours ago, Nimravis said: Very nice fossils. Your fossils are amazing too! Mazon Creek nodules sure are pretty, and as a trilobite fanatic, I enjoyed seeing your Georgia bugs as well Regards, Jason "Trilobites survived for a total of three hundred million years, almost the whole duration of the Palaeozoic era: who are we johnny-come-latelies to label them as either ‘primitive’ or ‘unsuccessful’? Men have so far survived half a per cent as long." - Richard Fortey, Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 Nice trilos! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baryonyx Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 I didn't buy it on the internet but I just wanted to show you my most recent addition to my fossil collection. It was sold to me as a Spinosaurus tooth for 47$. It was found in the Kem Kem beds in Morocco. I know that it's not a Spinosaurus tooth, it's a Carcharodontosaurus tooth. It is about 8cm big and a bit of the root is still preserved. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted November 23, 2017 Share Posted November 23, 2017 14 hours ago, Baryonyx said: I didn't buy it on the internet but I just wanted to show you my most recent addition to my fossil collection. It was sold to me as a Spinosaurus tooth for 47$. It was found in the Kem Kem beds in Morocco. I know that it's not a Spinosaurus tooth, it's a Carcharodontosaurus tooth. It is about 8cm big and a bit of the root is still preserved. That’s a great buy in my opinion for a carch of that size. Great purchase! 2 John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baryonyx Posted November 27, 2017 Share Posted November 27, 2017 On 23.11.2017 at 10:55 PM, JohnBrewer said: That’s a great buy in my opinion for a carch of that size. Great purchase! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sagebrush Steve Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 On 11/21/2017 at 9:26 AM, Tidgy's Dad said: Back. Here i am with my present. And inside some lovely Elrathia kingii trilobites to replace the ones i used to have but lost during my move to Morocco. And there's a Peronopsis (or whatever they're currently called) or two as a bonus as well ! ! ! I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but is that really an Itagnostus interstrictus or is it a different but similar species? Doesn't look quite right but maybe it just needs more prep. Did it come from the Wheeler shale in Utah? If so, the ID is correct. If not, it might be something else. For reference, here is an Itagnostus interstrictus I dug and prepped in September. The cephalon appears to be different and possibly the pygidium, too. Here's a link to another recent thread on this trilobite: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 10 minutes ago, Sagebrush Steve said: Did it come from the Wheeler shale in Utah? Yes it did. Unfortunately it is upside down in the matrix. 2 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...
Sagebrush Steve Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 20 minutes ago, ynot said: Yes it did. Unfortunately it is upside down in the matrix. Ah, that explains it. I never thought of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 11 hours ago, Sagebrush Steve said: I'm not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but is that really an Itagnostus interstrictus or is it a different but similar species? Doesn't look quite right but maybe it just needs more prep. Did it come from the Wheeler shale in Utah? If so, the ID is correct. If not, it might be something else. For reference, here is an Itagnostus interstrictus I dug and prepped in September. The cephalon appears to be different and possibly the pygidium, too. Here's a link to another recent thread on this trilobite: Thank you! It's upside down, i think, but it did come from the Wheeler Shale, Antelope Springs,House Range in Utah. One of the Elrathia specimens was also upside down, but I managed to pop it out and am now in the process of cleaning it up. I'm not sure it's a good idea to do it with this Itagnostus though. It seems the undersides of these fossils are less shiny than the upper surfaces. 11 hours ago, ynot said: Yes it did. Unfortunately it is upside down in the matrix. Thanks again. Busy prepping now, more photos to follow when i'm done, I've even unearthed a couple more Elrathia during prep. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Yesterday I received a cast off from the prep bench of the world renowned @RJB. It’s not good enough for him to bother with. I’m ok with the scraps! It’s a great front and back pair of ammonites. Rocky was curious as I had opened the package in the kitchen. He was concerned that I might have received food that he needed to sample. 5 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...
ynot Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 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 December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 20 minutes ago, ynot said: Be careful. You are about to singlehandedly cause a corn shortage. 2 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...
RJB Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 Hey @Ptychodus04, just hope you like it. didnt cost much. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted December 1, 2017 Share Posted December 1, 2017 8 hours ago, Ptychodus04 said: Yesterday I received a cast off from the prep bench of the world renowned @RJB. It’s not good enough for him to bother with. I’m ok with the scraps! It’s a great front and back pair of ammonites. Rocky was curious as I had opened the package in the kitchen. He was concerned that I might have received food that he needed to sample. Have fun! I'm jealous. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ptychodus04 Posted December 2, 2017 Share Posted December 2, 2017 3 hours ago, RJB said: Hey @Ptychodus04, just hope you like it. didnt cost much. RB I love it. I like ammonites almost as much as Roger @Ludwigia does. 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...
Nimravis Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 I love Petrified wood and have many pieces in my collection. Since it is close to Christmas, I figured that I would watch "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" and get a couple pieces of Green Petrified Wood in honor of the Grinch. Clarno Formation Hampton Butte, Oregon Eocene Madasgascar, Africa Triassic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 44 minutes ago, Nimravis said: I love Petrified wood and have many pieces in my collection. Since it is close to Christmas, I figured that I would watch "The Grinch Who Stole Christmas" and get a couple pieces of Green Petrified Wood in honor of the Grinch. Clarno Formation Hampton Butte, Oregon Eocene Madasgascar, Africa Triassic I would say green with envy, but probably won't. Lovely pieces. Malachite? 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 53 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Malachite? I think it is chromite. Edit - Should have said chromium. 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...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 That's very interesting. Why chromite? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 39 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: That's very interesting. Why chromium? Chromium is a common mineral that often causes a green coloration in rocks. (serpentine, chromium schist). Oh yeah - and I have heard from petrified wood collectors, that chromium is the coloring agent in some of Oregon's green petrified woods. 1 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...
Nimravis Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 @Tidgy's Dad and @ynot I am not a mineral person, but what I read about the Oregon wood is that it is jasper and agate- if that helps. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 1 minute ago, Nimravis said: @Tidgy's Dad and @ynot I am not a mineral person, but what I read about the Oregon wood is that it is jasper and agate- if that helps. Jasper and agate are rock types. They are related forms of cryptocrystalline quartz. We were talking about the minute mineral inclusions that cause the various colors in the jasper or agate. Some colors are associated with specific mineral traces. 1 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...
KimTexan Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 Those are pretty cool. The one from Oregon almost looks like a green candle melted over it. Very pretty color. I bet Amazon has adult Grinch PJ onesies in your size. I didn’t even know they had them, but one of my friends took his son Christmas shopping tonight for his mom and the kid bought his mom a Grinch onesie. LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 9, 2017 Share Posted December 9, 2017 On 11/22/2017 at 5:14 PM, GeschWhat said: Slowly changing forum members into poop lickers... Spot on, purchased the book plus obtained a real specimen for my grandson for Christmas. Never too young to learn about poo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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