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On 3/25/2018 at 6:07 PM, PFOOLEY said:

Invertebrate

 

Acanthoceras amphibolum

Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Paguate Sandstone Member

Dakota Formation

Sandoval County

New Mexico, USA

Discovered: March 23, 2018

Love the spines! 

Life's Good!

Tortoise Friend.

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53 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Love the spines! 

It is what sets it apart from my other specimens...intact living chamber with complete tubercles.

 

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12 hours ago, PFOOLEY said:

Invertebrate

 

Acanthoceras amphibolum

Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Paguate Sandstone Member

Dakota Formation

Sandoval County

New Mexico, USA

Discovered: March 23, 2018

Size: 16.5 cm

 

That's one horny shell!

 

 

 

 

 

(NO PUN INTENDED) 

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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(second entry)

Invertebrate

 

Angulithes sp. 

Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Paguate Sandstone Member

Dakota Formation

Acanthoceras amphibolum ammonite zone (Western Interior)

Sandoval County

New Mexico, USA

Discovered: March 23, 2018

 

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"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

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On 3/25/2018 at 6:07 PM, PFOOLEY said:

Invertebrate

 

Acanthoceras amphibolum

Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Paguate Sandstone Member

Dakota Formation

Sandoval County

New Mexico, USA

Discovered: March 23, 2018

Size: 16.5 cm

I love that one.

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On 3/25/2018 at 7:01 PM, PFOOLEY said:

It is what sets it apart from my other specimens...intact living chamber with complete tubercles.

What adhesive did you use to glue on those Ptychodus teeth?

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1 hour ago, PFOOLEY said:

(second entry)

Invertebrate

Coiled Nautiloid

Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian)

Paguate Sandstone Member

Dakota Formation

Acanthoceras amphibolum ammonite zone (Western Interior)

Sandoval County

New Mexico, USA

Discovered: March 23, 2018

Serious envy Mike...makes me want to quit my day job and go a-hunting!!!!

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1 hour ago, Pilobolus said:

What adhesive did you use to glue on those Ptychodus teeth?

It wasn't glue...I used Mindeurown Beeswax. :)

 

"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins    

 

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1 hour ago, Pilobolus said:

Serious envy Mike...makes me want to quit my day job and go a-hunting!!!!

I was glad you there to share it with me...that was fun.

 

 

"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

New Mexico Museum of Natural History Bulletins    

 

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Invert choice this month is gonna be hard as rock! (See what I did? Heh.) :ighappy:

Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such.

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From my first hunting trip 2/23/2018 and prepped on 3/28/2018 by Markus Martin. This is a very rare find for New York and a first for me. Gennaeocrinus nyassa (Crinoid) with Platyceras erectum (gastropod) Middle Devonian, Moscow formation, Livingston County, New York. Size - 27mm. The snail Platyceras would climb up the crinoids stem and attached itself over the animals anus for free food. Yummy. Its a moment in time of two different species interaction frozen for 380 million years.Thanks

 

Collected: 2/23/2018    Prep completed: 3/28/2018

Scientific/common name: Gennaeocrinus nyassa (crinoid) with attached Platyceras erectum (gastropod)

Age/formation:  Middle Devonian/Moscow Formation

Locality: Livingston county, NY.

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On 12/03/2018 at 5:35 PM, ynot said:

Your about 1000 years early on Your entry!:hearty-laugh:

 

On 12/03/2018 at 5:43 PM, KimTexan said:

Oops thanks for pointing that out. Fixed it.

She looks old for her age !

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"We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes."

 

In memory of Doren

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On Saturday March 24th I accompanied a UGA paleontology (actually "Historical Geology") class on a field trip to a quarry in Lacon, Alabama.  Here thick pure limestones of the Mississippian Bangor Formation are quarried, but thinner more shaly/sandy layers are dumped to the side. It was this material we were allowed to search.  And, it was here I found this set of teeth, my best find to date of Mississippian shark teeth:

 

Collected: 3/24/2018

Scientific/common name: Helodus sp. (shark tooth whorl, 5 articulated teeth)

Age/formation:  Mississippian/Bangor Formation

Locality: Lacon, Alabama

Specimen is 8.7 mm in longest dimention.

 

note: the darker grey tinted photo is most realistic about natural color.  The others are more tan than the fossil is in person, due to the microscope lights.

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16 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

 

...Helodus(?) sp. ...

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Helodus 8.jpg

 

Stunning!

"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

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Great Googly Moogly! :faint:

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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16 hours ago, FossilDAWG said:

On Saturday March 24th I accompanied a UGA paleontology (actually "Historical Geology") class on a field trip to a quarry in Lavona, Alabama.  Here thick pure limestones of the Mississippian Bangor Formation are quarried, but thinner more shaly/sandy layers are dumped to the side. It was this material we were allowed to search.  And, it was here I found this set of teeth, my best find to date of Mississippian shark teeth:

Helodus(?) sp. tooth row (5 teeth)  (Note: I'm not 100% sure about the ID, suggestions are welcome.)

Bangor Formation, Mississippian, Lavona, Alabama.  Collected March 24, 2018.

Specimen is 8.7 mm in longest dimention.

 

note: the darker grey tinted photo is most realistic about natural color.  The others are more tan than the fossil is in person, due to the microscope lights.

Now that's cool.

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On 29 mars 2018 at 11:30 PM, FossilDAWG said:

 

Helodus 8.jpg

Amazing !

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"We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes."

 

In memory of Doren

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Killer finds this month but where's the poll to vote?

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Yes, it would be great if the admins would create poll topic. :) Where is it?

 

 

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2 minutes ago, D.N.FossilmanLithuania said:

Yes, it would be great if the admins would create poll topic. :) Where is it?

 

 

I am sure it is in the works. Please keep in mind that Admins and Mods are here performing work here on a voluntary basis. ;) Many of us have full-time careers and other obligations, so your patience is appreciated. :) 

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2 hours ago, D.N.FossilmanLithuania said:

Yes, it would be great if the admins would create poll topic. :) Where is it?

 

 

We also had a holiday on Sunday, so, things are a bit behind. 

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