indominus rex Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Hello, I am quite curious as to what your prized possessions are. You can post about 2 images. I will start with mine. My personal favorite is my Tethysaurus vertebrae, it was either this or my Keichousaurus but I felt like this was more "special" than my Keichousaurus. 3 Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Nice topic, curious what will show up. Those vertebrae are very beautifel. It's indeed a very special fossil. Mine was a hard choice, but I think I'll choose my Denversaurus tooth from Hell creek. I have cooler, rarer and more beautifel fossils. But this one feels kinda special. I remember the feeling when I took it out of my mailbox, my first no-so-common dinosaur tooth. I still love this one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 28, 2018 Author Share Posted March 28, 2018 3 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: Nice topic, curious what will show up. Those vertebrae are very beautifel. It's indeed a very special fossil. Mine was a hard choice, but I think I'll choose my Denversaurus tooth from Hell creek. I have cooler, rarer and more beautifel fossils. But this one feels kinda special. I remember the feeling when I took it out of my mailbox, my first no-so-common dinosaur tooth. I still love this one. Those special teeth must've belonged to a very special dinosaur. But that's a really nice ankylosaurian tooth. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 These verts are beautiful where are they from and how big? @indominus rex Nodosaur teeth are some of my favorites considering how small they are considering the size of the skull. Very cool. @gigantoraptor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 Just now, Troodon said: @indominus rex Nodosaur teeth are some of my favorites considering how small they are considering the size of the skull. Very cool. @gigantoraptor Yeah, this one measures only 1,7 centimeter. I forgot to mention. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 28, 2018 Share Posted March 28, 2018 4 minutes ago, gigantoraptor said: Yeah, this one measures only 1,7 centimeter. I forgot to mention. That is a nice size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 My coral Lepidophyllia sp. Lower Lias, Kilve Beach, Somerset, UK. Found when i was just 5 or 6 years old and my first rare and fabulous find. Still love it just as much today! 4 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pachy Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Another coral. Unusually large. Leptomussa variabilis d'Achiardi 1867 Eocene Lutetian NE Spain 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doushantuo Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 nice ones,Adam,Pachy!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 These two specimens have accompanied me on every trip to schools, libraries and museums, fascinating countless children and adults alike. Theropod Egg (Oviraptorid) Macroolithus yaotunensis 71 - 66 mya Nanxiong Basin, Guangdong Baltic Amber Caddisfly sp. 50 - 30 mya Poland 3 Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 I have 2 possessions I prize over all others, 1 for verts and 1 for inverts. First off, there's my first Megalodon tooth from Summerville I found July last year: My favourite invert is the best of the best from the Georgia bugs: 3 Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Stunning @Tidgy's Dad @-Andy- @Pachy @MeargleSchmeargl and @indominus rex all beautiful. My favourite is this Gallator footprint from France that Mrs Rico got for me. I found this beautiful Dactylioceras toxophorum and Harpoceras Isle Skye uk 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 My bigger baryonyx tooth is probably my favourite 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 Thanks for you guys sharing all of your fossils and leaving such positive remarks! @Troodon: I only know that it is from the Errachidia province of Morocco. I bought it from a Museum that was selling other cool things like a prehistoric amphibian skull. These vertebrae are together about 15 cm. Really happy with them. @Tidgy's Dad: That's a lovely coral ! Probably one of the best I have seen, and props to you for managing to keep it in mint condition when you found it when you were only 6! @Pachy: Another awesome coral! Does seem unusually large, quite a rare acquisition. @-Andy-: Wow! I always wanted an raptor egg, looks amazing. And the amber has some of the best colorings I have ever seen, I also have an amber with a moth in it, but those are some awesome fossils. @MeargleSchmeargl: That Megalodon tooth is beautiful! And it has some awesome serrations. The trilobite is really nice as well, I am a huge fan if trilobites. @Bobby Rico: I have seen quite a few Grallator footprints before, however never bought them because they were normally painted. But that's a nice footprint, good sized as well. That's a nice ammonite mortality piece, could you tell me the size as well? 1 Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, paulyb135 said: My bigger baryonyx tooth is probably my favourite Wow a Baryonyx tooth!Never seen one this big before because they are normally quite rare. Congrats, I hope to one day own one as well. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 17 minutes ago, indominus rex said: I only know that it is from the Errachidia province of Morocco. I bought it from a Museum that was selling other cool things like a prehistoric amphibian skull. These vertebrae are together about 15 cm. Really happy with them. Probably Goulmima area. As far as I know it's the only place it's described. Tethysaurus nopcsai 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: My coral Lepidophyllia sp. Lower Lias, Kilve Beach, Somerset, UK. Found when i was just 5 or 6 years old and my first rare and fabulous find. Still love it just as much today! Absolutely beautiful no wonder youre in love with it. 1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said: My favourite is this Gallator footprint from France that Mrs Rico got for me. I found this beautiful Dactylioceras toxophorum and Harpoceras Isle Skye uk Understand why these are your favorites both are very nice but those ammonites are special. @-Andy- seen it before but that a very spectacular egg. 1 hour ago, MeargleSchmeargl said: I have 2 possessions I prize over all others, 1 for verts and 1 for inverts. First off, there's my first Megalodon tooth from Summerville I found July last year: Summerville megs are super and finding it 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 Hard to make a choice, all of the things I find are special to Me. I guess the Allodesmus kernesi mandible with upper incisor from the miocene round mountain silt is My favorite vert. fossil. And My wheeler shale cambrian eocrinoid (Gogia spiralis {?}) is My favorite invert.. 5 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...
indominus rex Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/29/2018 at 1:52 PM, ynot said: Hard to make a choice, all of the things I find are special to Me. I guess the Allodesmus kernesi mandible with upper incisor from the miocene round mountain silt is My favorite vert. fossil. And My wheeler shale cambrian eocrinoid (Gogia spiralis {?}) is My favorite invert.. The mandible is just....Wow... ITS AWESOME!!! Really rare fossil, and the preserved squid is also amazing. 1 Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 minutes ago, indominus rex said: preserved squid is also amazing. Not a squid, it is a crinoid ancestor, ie. eocrinoid. (but it does kinda look like a squid.) 1 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...
gigantoraptor Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 4 minutes ago, indominus rex said: The mandible is just....Wow... ITS AWESOME!!! Really rare fossil, and the preserved squid is also amazing. It isn't a squid, it's an eocrinoid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indominus rex Posted March 29, 2018 Author Share Posted March 29, 2018 10 minutes ago, ynot said: Not a squid, it is a crinoid ancestor, ie. eocrinoid. (but it does kinda look like a squid.) Oops my bad, it's just that I have seen preserved belemnites that look so similar. Well it's still an awesome fossil. Life started in the ocean. And so did my interest in fossils. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 @ynot both beautiful fossil but Allodesmus kernesi is stunning and would grace the best of anyone’s collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 On 3/29/2018 at 1:52 PM, ynot said: Hard to make a choice, all of the things I find are special to Me. I guess the Allodesmus kernesi mandible with upper incisor from the miocene round mountain silt is My favorite vert. fossil. And My wheeler shale cambrian eocrinoid (Gogia spiralis {?}) is My favorite invert.. Love that Gogia. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: @ynot both beautiful fossil but Allodesmus kernesi is stunning and would grace the best of anyone’s collection. Thanks. 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...
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