gigantoraptor Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Hello all, I recently saw a whole lot of collections on this forum, and they were all beautifel. Now I cleaned up my room (what's a hell of a task to me, I spended 8 hours) and I deceided to take pictures of the nicest part of my fossil and mineral collection. It's by far not as nice as most members here, but I still have decades to get a nice collection . It's a bunch of everything older then the cenozoicum, because I find it hard to choose what group of fossils I want to collect, trilobites or dinosaurs/ reptiles. Dinosaurs are pretty hard to get here without paying high import and shipping costs. So let's start then. The trilobites are the firsts. Selenopeltis longispinus. Upper: Flexicalymene ouzregui 2 X Elrathia kingi Flexicalymene ouzregui Lower: Minicryphaeus sarirus Cyphaspis agayuara Crotalocephalina gibbus Upper: Cyphaspis walteri Boeckops boecki Combination of Cyphaspis sp., a very tiny kettneraspis sp. and two phacops sp. Coltraneia oufatenensis Lower: Kettneraspis pigra Cornuproetus sp. Gerastos tuberculatus Stapeleyella inconstans Trinueleus fimbriatus Elrathia kingi Phacops latifrons Foulonia sp. Right upper corner: Phacops sp. with bite mark A whole block with partials of Stenarocalymene celebra (I don't find much about this species so I'm still not 100 % sure if this is correct) and a ventral prepped Ogygiocarella debuchi The personal high-light of my trilobites (pictures don't do it justice). A Kettneraspis williamsi with a couple of free-standing spines. Personally the best I have ever seen. So far my trilobites. Next my Khouribga fossils: Lytoloma elegans ( a bit of restoration but most is real) A roothed Mosasaurus globidens tooth. Enchodus fang (there is a jaw in the stone also) Pretty big Mosasaurus sp. tooth Two verts of Otodus obliquus. Partial Mosasaurus globidens jaw Mosasaurus sp. partial jaw. 3 Weltonia ancistrodon teeth Otodus obliquus tooth Roothed Prognathodon tooth a box with misc fossils from Khouribga My two only teeth that are not from Morocco or Europe Denversaurus schlessmani Indet. Croc from Patagonia More to follow 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bone guy Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Awesome collection I love the trilos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Some Kem Kem stuff now From left to right: Carcharodontosaurus saharicus tooth Sauropod indet. Huge Siroccopteryx moroccensis tooth Normal sized Siroccopteryx moroccensis tooth Spinosaurus tooth The lower one is a beak of Alanqa saharica or Xericeps curvirostris Not the rarest, not the most expensive, but hell, I love this jaw. Aidachar sp. with some erupting teeth. Definitly one of my favourites. Misc stuff Just saw I forgot some Khouribga stuff. A couple of Otodus obliquus teeth (no composites) and a pathological one. a bunch of everything, Kem Kem bones, Turitella from Indonesia, tektite, Insect coccoon, Amber and copals, Dastilbe, Dinosaur eggshells, coprolite, Sea-urchins, ammonite. Some Liaoning insects Parasite from inner Mongolia (china), Qiyia jurassica A whole bunch of ammonites from Europe, Asia and Africa. Lytoceras sp. from France Ammonites from the south of France Aegocrioceras raricostatum, my favourite ammo Lycoptera davidii I hardly have any mammal fossils, but these pleistocene bat bones were too nice to pass one. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 Some other stuff (no replicas) Next are the minerals, althought I'm more a fossil guy, I have collected minerals for about 5 years. I bought a couple of hundreds but I only display my best only 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 The fun thing of my display lights is... It has an incredible amount of possible colours, what gives the minerals sometimes amazing colours. Some examples given below. So, these were all my fossils I think are nice enough to post here, the rest isn't displayed. Not as nice as some of the adult members here, but I'm too young to have such an amazing collection like they have. Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoyed. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Great collection love your ammonites and very cool lighting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Well, you have many more years ahead of you, but this is a very impressive start. Some of those pieces are most enviable. Love your collection and the displays. Thank you very much for sharing! Don't forget to add to this page as you acquire more stuff. Just adore that Aegocrioceras! Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Wonderful collection! Thanks for showing it. 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...
Troodon Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Nice collection, great variety, like the bat bones but my favorite continues to be the Denversaurus tooth. Thanks for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Douvilleiceras Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 On 4/10/2018 at 2:19 PM, gigantoraptor said: Upper: Diacalymene ouzregui Diacalymene ouzregui is invalid. The correct name is Flexicalymene ouzregui. Regards, Jason "Trilobites survived for a total of three hundred million years, almost the whole duration of the Palaeozoic era: who are we johnny-come-latelies to label them as either ‘primitive’ or ‘unsuccessful’? Men have so far survived half a per cent as long." - Richard Fortey, Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 (edited) I am very impressed. You have a very nice diversity of fossils and minerals. I would be willing to bet that your collection is probably better than most adults, so don't sell yourself short. Also I wanted to add that I like the way your specimens are displayed and the lights are a nice touch. Edited April 10, 2018 by Darktooth Wanted to add content I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrewer Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 What a great collection! John Map of UK fossil sites Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 Very very nice collection! You must have a big room! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John I had a friend once, but the wheels fell off. Sad, very sad. - Nightwing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted April 11, 2018 Author Share Posted April 11, 2018 On 10-4-2018 at 8:34 PM, Bone guy said: Awesome collection I love the trilos. Thank you On 10-4-2018 at 9:02 PM, Bobby Rico said: Great collection love your ammonites and very cool lighting. Yeah I like them too, thank you On 10-4-2018 at 9:10 PM, Tidgy's Dad said: Well, you have many more years ahead of you, but this is a very impressive start. Some of those pieces are most enviable. Love your collection and the displays. Thank you very much for sharing! Don't forget to add to this page as you acquire more stuff. Just adore that Aegocrioceras! Okay, I'll update this topic every time I get new, nice fossils. Thanks for the kind comment On 10-4-2018 at 9:23 PM, ynot said: Wonderful collection! Thanks for showing it. Thank you On 10-4-2018 at 9:25 PM, Troodon said: Nice collection, great variety, like the bat bones but my favorite continues to be the Denversaurus tooth. Thanks for sharing. I don't know, is Denversaurus even rare in Hell Creek? I heard it's the only described nodosaur described, so I guess teeth are quit common. Thank you On 10-4-2018 at 10:26 PM, Douvilleiceras said: Diacalymene ouzregui is invalid. The correct name is Flexicalymene ouzregui. Thanks for the correction 23 hours ago, Darktooth said: I am very impressed. You have a very nice diversity of fossils and minerals. I would be willing to bet that your collection is probably better than most adults, so don't sell yourself short. Also I wanted to add that I like the way your specimens are displayed and the lights are a nice touch. Thank you for the very kind comment. 23 hours ago, JohnBrewer said: What a great collection! Thanks 21 hours ago, JohnBrian said: Very very nice collection! You must have a big room! Depends what you call big. I am out of space already to display everything, the rest is in boxes. Thank you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 @gigantoraptor To address your question, Is Denversaurus even rare in Hell Creek? I heard it's the only described nodosaur described. Correct its currently is the only described nodosaur in the Hell Creek/Lance Formation so the teeth are common but crisp ones like yours are not, most are very worn. I suspect that new discoveries will uncover additional species like we see in older campanian formations. Unfortunately if that ever occurs you will not be able to differentiate the teeth between species but thats down the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DevonianDigger Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 You have a very nice collection going! You've got some very nice trilobite pieces for sure. That multi with the Cyphaspis, Phacops, and Kettneraspis has me drooling Keep it going!!! Jay A. Wollin Lead Fossil Educator - Penn Dixie Fossil Park and Nature Reserve Hamburg, New York, USA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 I love your collection, i wish i had that much display room. Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malcolmt Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Awesome I probably only had a few fossils at your age and they were pretty much junk from what I recall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 What is the skull to the left of the Sabortooth Cat (which is an incredible thing to have no matter what your age is, by the way)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted April 12, 2018 Author Share Posted April 12, 2018 10 hours ago, caldigger said: What is the skull to the left of the Sabortooth Cat (which is an incredible thing to have no matter what your age is, by the way)? It's a lion skull and the skull on the left is a recent pig skull. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 Pretty impressive collection for your age! "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted April 12, 2018 Share Posted April 12, 2018 That is an excellent collection, thanks for sharing Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bcfossilcollector Posted April 16, 2018 Share Posted April 16, 2018 Great collection! Magnificent fossils and minerals! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantoraptor Posted May 14, 2018 Author Share Posted May 14, 2018 Time for an update. I've received some fossils/minerals lately. Most of them are already showed in another topic. 1: 45-50 cm long Campanile giganteum. Damery, Eocene of France. 2: Cockroach (4mm) and Pseudoscorpion (1mm) In burmite. 3: A beautifel and pretty big amethyst. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 14, 2018 Share Posted May 14, 2018 Very nice additions to anyone's collection! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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