ynot Posted May 16, 2018 Share Posted May 16, 2018 On 5/14/2018 at 1:35 AM, Archie said: there's another couple of teeth right next to it Fantastic!! Look forward to seeing it prepped out. 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...
Archie Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 Hey guys not had a chance to post any finds in a while as works been crazy busy but found a few interesting things over the past months I wanted to share. First of all my latest find from last weekend, a plate with a nice Petalodus acuminatus anterior tooth and an unusual tooth that could possibly be Copodus. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 And from the same day and block another Petalodus acuminatus, this one a 23mm lateral with nice colors from sun bleaching. The block these came from had upwards of 30 teeth all Petalodonts except for a single Cochliodus still being prepped. Most of them were however tiny and many just partial. I'll post some more over the next few days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Fantastic finds, Sam! You must have been ecstatic to find that block with so many teeth! Thanks for posting, mate. 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...
FossilDAWG Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 You find the nicest teeth! With that many petalodids in one block, do you think they might have come from one animal, or are they more likely just concentrated by water currents? Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 53 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Fantastic finds, Sam! You must have been ecstatic to find that block with so many teeth! Thanks for posting, mate. Thanks Tim! I really was! Its great to just come home with one tooth as I often don't even manage that but this was a rare find!! 47 minutes ago, FossilDAWG said: You find the nicest teeth! With that many petalodids in one block, do you think they might have come from one animal, or are they more likely just concentrated by water currents? Don Thank you kindly Don I suspect they are more likely just concentrated by currents as they are a mix of a few different species, they're also largely fragmentary as are the brachiopods etc. so I think they may have been transported some distance? I've just prepped some teeth that are most definitely associated I'll get some pics of shortly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Hi, Sam. I absolutely love this thread! Do you have any go to resources for identification, or is it a lot of researching and accumulation of different sources? Or, just plain experience? Thank you, Steve Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malts Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Particularly fond of the Poecilodus. Thank you for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 2 hours ago, Bullsnake said: Hi, Sam. I absolutely love this thread! Do you have any go to resources for identification, or is it a lot of researching and accumulation of different sources? Or, just plain experience? Thank you, Steve Thanks Steve I'm glad you like it! I use quite a few different resources online as well as literature I've collected over the years, I'd highly recommend the Handbook of Paleoichthyology Volumes 3A (Paleozoic Elasmobranchii) and 4 (Holocephali)!! Best Regards, Sam 2 hours ago, malts said: Particularly fond of the Poecilodus. Thank you for sharing Thank you, its definitely one of my favorite teeth! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Nice finds! Looking forward to seeing more. 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...
Ludwigia Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 That first Petalodus is scrumptious! Thanks for sharing your nice finds. Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilized6s Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Wow! Nice piece! Can't wait to see more pictures. ~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...
Archie Posted September 30, 2018 Author Share Posted September 30, 2018 1 hour ago, ynot said: Nice finds! Looking forward to seeing more. 23 minutes ago, Ludwigia said: That first Petalodus is scrumptious! Thanks for sharing your nice finds. 11 minutes ago, fossilized6s said: Wow! Nice piece! Can't wait to see more pictures. Thanks guys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 A couple more of another petalodont species, Ctenopetalus serratus. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Helodus didymus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Archaeocidaris sp. from the same well laminated limestone I find the teeth, I've only ever found these isolated before would love to find a whole one! 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Three associated teeth I havent ID'd but I'm thinking are likely an Orodus sp. of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Wonderful pieces. Really like the serrations on the Ctenopetalus serratus tooth. 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...
Archie Posted October 1, 2018 Author Share Posted October 1, 2018 Thanks Tony, I really like them too always think of them as being more like steak knives while Petalodus acuminatus are more like butter knives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deutscheben Posted October 3, 2018 Share Posted October 3, 2018 More great finds, I am in awe! Thank you for posting the Archaeocidaris as well, I believe I have found isolated fragments of that in the Pennsylvanian deposit where I find shark teeth, but couldn't figure out what they were until now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted October 4, 2018 Author Share Posted October 4, 2018 Thank you that's great I'm glad it was of help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 A few more finds from the last few weeks, first up two new Ctenopetalus serratus teeth found last Friday and prepped over the last few days. The damaged one is 30mm across, the other is 37mm which is the biggest Ive found yet! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 I also picked up this little Ureocrinus sp. crinoid calyx with a Productus sp. brachiopod. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimB88 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Wow! Awesome teeth! I continue to be amazed at the variety of shark like fish in Scotland! And the associated cidaris plates are a very rare find from my experience (with a spine no less!) The little crinoid is a gem too! Awesome finds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archie Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 Some Psephodus magnus teeth I picked up on another hunt a few weeks ago along with a sadly broken but still lovely little 4mm Poecilodus jonesi tooth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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