Archie Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 And after prep: 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 12 minutes ago, Archie said: But after a good clean and sticking both halves back together to dig out from one side it turned out really nice, the tooth is in labial view and is 28mm x 14mm. The jellyfish is to the left of the tooth and is only really visible as a vague circle with radial lines. WOW! What an awesome association fossil! Beautiful tooth, and jellyfish imprint! Thanks for posting all of these wonderful new finds, Sam! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted May 5, 2017 Author Share Posted May 5, 2017 3 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: WOW! What an awesome association fossil! Beautiful tooth, and jellyfish imprint! Thanks for posting these wonderful new finds, Sam! Regards, Thanks Tim! This is my favorite bit of Carboniferous seabed Ive ever found so far! Regards, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted May 5, 2017 Share Posted May 5, 2017 4 hours ago, Archie said: This is my favorite bit of Carboniferous seabed Ive ever found so far! Easy to see why! Nice finds and prep on them! Thanks for the glimpse into Scotland's fossil. 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...
deutscheben Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 9 hours ago, Archie said: And after prep: That's a wicked looking tooth! Great prep on that one and that remarkable find with the jellyfish as well, really excellent finds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t-tree Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Jellyfish and tooth awesome. John Be happy while you're living for you're a long time dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Those are some extremely impressive finds. May I ask, what do you use to prep these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted May 7, 2017 Author Share Posted May 7, 2017 On 05/05/2017 at 10:39 PM, ynot said: Easy to see why! Nice finds and prep on them! Thanks for the glimpse into Scotland's fossil. Tony Thanks Tony! On 05/05/2017 at 10:39 PM, ynot said: Easy to see why! Nice finds and prep on them! Thanks for the glimpse into Scotland's fossil. Tony Thank you! On 06/05/2017 at 11:48 AM, t-tree said: Jellyfish and tooth awesome. John Cheers John! 20 hours ago, TNCollector said: Those are some extremely impressive finds. May I ask, what do you use to prep these? Thanks Jim! To prep these I used small grinding discs to remove the matrix till I was very close to the teeth then let them soak in vinegar till the remaining matrix was weakened then used a sharpened needle under a microscope to remove the rest. I'd like to try air abrasion but haven't gotten round to getting a kit yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 A couple of my latest finds from the past few weeks, first of all an unusual Petalodont like tooth Ive identified as Pristodus benniei, this is a presumed lower tooth and is 13mm across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted May 28, 2017 Author Share Posted May 28, 2017 And another specimen of my favorite marine tooth, a 28mm lateral Ctenopetalus serratus in labial view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 28, 2017 Share Posted May 28, 2017 Great finds, Sam! I am especially fond of the Pristodus benniei tooth. It's great to be able to see things I didn't know about here on the Forum. Thanks for posting these. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carl Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 I LOVE THESE THINGS!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 On 28/05/2017 at 7:37 PM, Fossildude19 said: Great finds, Sam! I am especially fond of the Pristodus benniei tooth. It's great to be able to see things I didn't know about here on the Forum. Thanks for posting these. Thanks Tim! That's what I love most abut the Forum! The Pristodus teeth are fairly new to me too, there seems to have only been a single upper and lower tooth with the two forming a sort of beak, that example is a lower tooth the upper teeth are multicuspid and pretty stunning! Here's some other examples Ive found over the past couple of years, the only upper tooth I ever found shattered into pieces sadly so Ive only got the impression from the counterpart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 On 30/05/2017 at 2:35 PM, Carl said: I LOVE THESE THINGS!! Haha me too Carl! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 8, 2017 Share Posted June 8, 2017 Ouch!! Well another will pop up someday. Beautiful teeth. Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 My latest find from yesterday, a tiny juvenile Petalodus tooth, found this loose on a spoil heap right at the last minute before leaving so was really chuffed with it I'm amazed its still almost complete with all the fractures running through it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted June 8, 2017 Author Share Posted June 8, 2017 3 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Ouch!! Well another will pop up someday. Beautiful teeth. I almost wanted to give up on the shark teeth for good when that one broke haha! Heres hoping Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TNCollector Posted June 9, 2017 Share Posted June 9, 2017 You are really finding some nice petalodonts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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