Recent acquisitions

[hxmendoza]

On ‎6‎/‎21‎/‎2017 at 11:20 AM, Wowbnjijdat said:

I am really a novice dinosaur fossil collector so I have to ask, how do you get such beautiful and rare teeth?! (or is that against the rules? ) are they self collected or from a action website or something?

 

I am really in love with the Brachiosaurus teeth, my favorite dinosaur!! First time I see it in someone's private collection.

 

Kind regards,

 

JK

 

Thank you. These were purchased by me around two decades ago. The Morrison Formation material usually directly from the digger. I had sold off most all of my collection several years ago. Regretted it and have been slowly rebuilding it. I've been fortunate that I sold off most of my original collection to a good friend that is now letting me buy back some of my old pieces. That was the original agreement that I had put in place. So I'm very fortunate.

 

I also buy from dealers. I do restoration work on the side and have at times been paid with fossils for the work.

I've also collected my own dinosaur fossils as well.

[Wowbnjijdat]

Thank you for the explanation!

[hxmendoza]

I just found this posterior Tyrannosaurus rex tooth on June 22, 2017 on a Lance Creek dig near Newcastle, Wyoming.

 

It appears to be the very last tooth position in the rear of the dentary.

 

 

Tyrannosaurus rex

Posterior right dentary tooth

Late Cretaceous 

Lance Formation

Near Newcastle

Niobrara County, WY

USA

[Down under fossil hunter]

Good looking tooth!

 

[hxmendoza]

16 minutes ago, Down under fossil hunter said:

Good looking tooth!

 

 

Thanks!

[siteseer]

On 6/24/2017 at 1:43 AM, hxmendoza said:

 

Thank you. These were purchased by me around two decades ago. The Morrison Formation material usually directly from the digger. I had sold off most all of my collection several years ago. Regretted it and have been slowly rebuilding it. I've been fortunate that I sold off most of my original collection to a good friend that is now letting me buy back some of my old pieces. That was the original agreement that I had put in place. So I'm very fortunate.

 

I also buy from dealers. I do restoration work on the side and have at times been paid with fossils for the work.

I've also collected my own dinosaur fossils as well.

 

 

You certainly have some cool fossils and also a good friend who keeps a promise several years later.

[ynot]

That is some nice fossils!

Glad You could get the old ones back, while adding some great new pieces!

Tony

[zekky]

So jealous of that Stego tooth, been searching for years. And I even work with a morrison quarry!

[hxmendoza]

Thanks @ynot

[hxmendoza]

Just acquired and prepped this Maiasaura foot ungual. 

 

 

Maiasaura peeblesorum 

Pes ungual

Late Cretaceous 

Mid to late Campanian

Two Medicine Formation

Teton County, Montana

USA

[ynot]

Cool toe!

Nice find.

[hxmendoza]

10 hours ago, ynot said:

Cool toe!

Nice find.

 

Thanks!

[hxmendoza]

Also was able to reacquire my old Diplodocus tooth:

 

Diplodocus sp. tooth

Late Jurassic

Morrison Formation

Bone Cabin Quarry West

Albany County, WY

USA

[-Andy-]

2 hours ago, hxmendoza said:

Also was able to reacquire my old Diplodocus tooth:

 

Diplodocus sp. tooth

Late Jurassic

Morrison Formation

Bone Cabin Quarry West

Albany County, WY

USA

 

What a pretty and rare tooth. I like how it's photographed.

[hxmendoza]

26 minutes ago, -Andy- said:

 

What a pretty and rare tooth. I like how it's photographed.

 

Thanks Andy.

[LordTrilobite]

Both great fossils and photos

[hxmendoza]

 

I recently acquired three Morrison Formation dinosaur claws.

Juvenile Allosaurus foot claw, Dryosaurus foot claw, and Othnielosaurus foot claw.

 

The juvenile Allosaurus fragilis claw is a reacquisition. I originally owned it and had parted with it in 2003.

 

So is the Othnielosaurus consors foot claw. I was the original owner and parted with it in 2004. Very happy to have both back in my collection again. 

 

[ynot]

cool acquisitions.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Those are tremendous claws! 

[bcfossilcollector]

Beautiful claws!!! Just stunning!!!

[-Andy-]

Glad to hear you got them back again! Great claws!

[hxmendoza]

A recent and new acquisition. 

 

Dromaeosauridae sp. indet. foot claw

(Acheroraptor temertyorum?)

 

Late Cretaceous

Hell Creek Formation

Fallon County, Montana

[hxmendoza]

Thanks @ynot, @bcfossilcollector, @Tidgy's Dad, and @-Andy-.

[ynot]

And another wonderful acquisition!

Keep them coming.

[hxmendoza]

Edmontosaurus annectens tooth row battery

 

Edmontosaurus annectens

 

Late Cretaceous 

Hell Creek Formation

Fallon County, Montana