DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Amazing preservation, see closeup images for detail of ornamentation. This near complete specimen is large; about 20 cm in cranial-caudal dimension. At the end of the search, I was sitting in the ATV drinking water, and happen to glance out to the right, when to my shock there was a complete scorpion (Proscorpius Osborni) sitting within easy reach in plain sight!! Mr Lang kept the scorpion in order to try to find the mirror image fossil counterpart, and said he'll let me know if/when he might make it available for sale. I have right of first refusal, at least. On plate I took had both a small Pterygotus claw and the coxa of a giant Pterygotus. 5 cm make sure you click on the image and zoom in to see the detail of the carapace surface Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 What great luck (on both those excellent finds)! Thanks for posting these, and hopefully you'll get reunited with that Pterygotus claw. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 closeup of swimming arm of eurypterus remipes Proscorpius Osborni, a Silurian aquatic scorpion. The Pterygotus claw I have; it's the scorpion I left behind! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDudeCO Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 great finds, what a trip! Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Coxa/teeth of giant Pterygotus. This is about 6 cm. I believe it belonged to an individual approaching 2 meters in length based on chart below. This is on the same plate as the partial claw of a smaller Pterygotus. There are teeth at the proximal aspect of the swimming leg and smaller ones associated with walking legs. Morphologically, my specimen appears to be swimming leg coxa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Closeup of one of the two identical complete trophy specimen: 15 cm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 What beauties! “...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...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Unknown arthropod part, I think it is proximal walking leg and maybe swimming leg of a ventral part of a small e remipes molt, about 4 cm. Any other opinion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 On 8/7/2017 at 11:50 AM, DrDave said: Unknown arthropod part, I think it is proximal walking leg and maybe swimming leg of a ventral part of a small e remipes molt, about 4 cm. Any other opinion? Could it be the last tail segment and a crushed "stinger"? “...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...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Using a soft gum eraser to remove minimal matrix and increase contrast of the fossil to the matrix, while my 'sisstant looks on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 Or another partial scorpion?? (closeup of the Proscorpius Osborni specimen) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Simply spectacular finds! ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 @DrDave Happy Birthday! Congratulations on some great finds! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 16 minutes ago, Darktooth said: @DrDave Happy Birthday! Congratulations on some great finds! Thanks, man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Fantastic!! Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Absolutely stunning finds, what a birthday! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 What a fantastic collection of finds! You must be a "MD" type of "Dr", most of us "PhD" type of "Dr's" would be bankrupted by that haul at Lang's. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 My wife was very generous with the gift, and I paid his base rate for the haul. He said I could keep the others after I found the complete specimen once I found the Proscorpius. Yes, I am an MD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 The Proscorpius was a fantastic find, even more so coming on top of all your other great finds. Considering what people pay for "thrill of a lifetime" experiences such as a tandem skydive, I'd say you got your money's worth! Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrDave Posted August 7, 2017 Author Share Posted August 7, 2017 I'm thrilled and grateful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelonly Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Wow! What fabulous specimens! I love your purrfectly attentive assistant. She/he is a little beauty. Leah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Happy birthday. Nice way to celebrate! Congratulations on the wonderful finds. 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...
Wrangellian Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 WOW. I'm surprised by the sizes of those things. Does anyone know anyone who has found them at these sizes, even parts of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted August 7, 2017 Share Posted August 7, 2017 Simon Braddy and Markus Poschmann 8 minutes ago, Wrangellian said: WOW. I'm surprised by the sizes of those things. Does anyone know anyone who has found them at these sizes, even parts of them? Simon Braddy and Markus Poschmann described and found an 18 inch mouth part. This came from the largest known eurypteriod (and arthropod) jaekelopterus. I know that probably wasn't what you were looking for.... “...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...
Jeffrey P Posted August 8, 2017 Share Posted August 8, 2017 Quite the birthday gift, Dave! Those are the finest euryterid specimens I've seen in quite while. Congratulations and thanks for sharing your special day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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