Pictures: 2018 Tucson Fossil Show (PICTURE HEAVY)

[akazaran]

@Troodon:

Did you have a chance to have a close look on the dromaeosaur foot claw and digit from Horseshow canyon? The claw looks suspicious no?

[Troodon]

17 minutes ago, akazaran said:

@Troodon:

Did you have a chance to have a close look on the dromaeosaur foot claw and digit from Horseshow canyon? The claw looks suspicious no?

The digit is a composite and the front of the claw was restored.  Only the proximal end of the claw is real. The seller was very upfront on this.

[akazaran]

Thanks for your answer... and for your amazing job reporting from Tucson. You are better than CNN!

[Troodon]

8 minutes ago, akazaran said:

Thanks for your answer... and for your amazing job reporting from Tucson. You are better than CNN!

Thank you

[Troodon]

On 1/30/2018 at 6:59 PM, Nimravis said:

Frank, I hope that you bought a pair of those spurs. Those would great for walking around collecting fossils. 

 great for stomping on Rattlers before they get you 

[akazaran]

Whaz about this huge black ichtyosaur skull? Is it a cast?

[Troodon]

2 minutes ago, akazaran said:

Whaz about this huge black ichtyosaur skull? Is it a cast?

Which one

[akazaran]

I mean the one on page 8 of this topic. It s the 12th pic starting from the top. Sorry I dont know how to re-post the pic.

[Kane]

On 1/28/2018 at 12:17 AM, Troodon said:

Saturday the show was a very busy place with lots of locals attending some pictures from the Fossil Co-Op which is open all year long.  Its comprised of a number of dealers some are permanent others just there for the show.

 

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For ease of reference, I believe @akazaran is referring to this one.

[akazaran]

Thank you Kane. That s the one. I assume it s a replica but who knows?

[Troodon]

I did not take a close look so I do not know but looking at the stand it's probably a replica.  If I go back to that venue I can check.  Most everything they sell is real.

[akazaran]

By the way here is a detailed description of the preparation process of the other ichtyosaur skull (the one in nthe nodule).

 

ICHTHYOSARUS LARKINI PREPARATION.pdf

 

 

[Shamalama]

On 1/31/2018 at 11:54 AM, BadlandTraveller said:

 

 

I'm going to take a stab here and say those "eggs" are fake assemblies of egg shell pieces.  

[Shamalama]

15 hours ago, Troodon said:

There are some fantastic fossils at the Tucson Show this year but according to Pete Larsen president of the BHI tweets the star of the show, and the fossil of the day is this Middle Eocene Limnofregata, an extinct frigate bird from the Green River Formation of Lincoln County Wyoming.  The feathers are still under preparation, but in my estimation, it is the most spectacular fossil bird yet discovered.

 

 

 

Well, now I have a drool river and a flooding problem in my house. Amazing fossil. Is that from 18" layer?

[*THEO*]

21 hours ago, Troodon said:

 

 

Thats awesome nearly how big is it?

BTW thanks for postings all those amazing specimens!This show is far better than many museums!

[Troodon]

45 minutes ago, Shamalama said:

 

I'm going to take a stab here and say those "eggs" are fake assemblies of egg shell pieces.  

Nope that's how eggs from France are typically found.  Very real.

[Troodon]

47 minutes ago, *THEO* said:

Thats awesome nearly how big is it?

BTW thanks for postings all those amazing specimens!This show is far better than many museums!

Thanks, happy you liked them.  Guess around 1 meter

[LordTrilobite]

Yeah it can't be said enough. Thanks for posting all these photos. Very nice to see all these amazing fossils.

[HamptonsDoc]

3 hours ago, Shamalama said:

 

I'm going to take a stab here and say those "eggs" are fake assemblies of egg shell pieces.  

These are actually very real and always look like that. They’re called Cairanoolithus dughii and are thought to be from a type

of titanosaur from southern France. They’re very different looking from other dinosaur eggs and even other eggs from France. 

[oldtimer]

Thank you again so much for the continued posting of such great pictures. Enough cannot be said and there are not enough thank yous to be said.

As has been said this show is better than the museums I have been to.  Glad that someone like you is around and attended this show and has so much

expertise to add to the pictures and question we all have.  This thread has been absolutely fantastic. Thank you Troodon.

[Troodon]

 

 

 

Excellent replica of Dromaeosaurus 

Killing Claw on Foot

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

I would love that Hesperotestudo but Tidgy would get tortoise envy. 

Is that for sale, or just display?

[Troodon]

3 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I would love that Hesperotestudo but Tidgy would get tortoise envy. 

Is that for sale, or just display?

Everything is for sale in Tucson these weeks...

[Troodon]

Had difficulty uploading these but finally success.  Images quite small hard to read labels.

 

 

British dealer at Tucson  hotel

 

 

 

 

 

[ynot]

Hey Frank,

Thanks for taking the time to show the fossils on display in Tucson.

Really enjoying the show!

 

Tony