Fossildude19 Posted May 23, 2018 Author Share Posted May 23, 2018 @LSCHNELLE Thank you. 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...
JarrodB Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 On 5/9/2018 at 12:32 PM, Carl said: Cretodus crassidens tooth (with bonus fish vertebra) Catoma Creek, Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Alabama Upper Cretaceous (Upper Santonian) Tombigbee Sand Member, Eutaw Formation Found 2 May 2018, prep completed 9 May 2018 Now that's cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 1. Coprolite 2. Upper cretaceous, Maastritchian 3. South-West of France 4. Found May 15 Coprolite with marks of predation. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 25, 2018 Share Posted May 25, 2018 I found and prepped a really cool fossil that will give caterpillar a challenge. Will post later but for now... Fait gaffe Monsiuer caterpillar, il y a un petit croco qui viens bouffer ton immense crane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 I spent a few days in the Eocene of southwest Wyoming this week. Took a few days off from work before the summer rush. I went to a few favortie spots and tried a few new ones. This is my entry for May 2018. Found on 23 May, prepped on 24 May. Alligator jaw from the Wasatch Fm. at Patrick Draw. Years ago I would have called it Allognathosuchus, but Chris Brochu has renamed most Eocene crocodilians from around here and I would have to look it up. A few folks have been to this site with me... caterpillar and nando (who we has gone AWOL from this forum). The prep work was done under the microscope, air abraded with fine bicarb at 20 to 60 psi and took two listenings to Dark Side of The Moon, so about 1 1/2 hours. My pictures are kinda lousy; I am learning to use a new camera and haven't figured out the indoor stuff yet. Here is the mess of mudstone and the jaw as it was unearthed. Bone is brown,teeth are facing left. Two of the teeth, including the big one, are missing and were found in the rock that had the impression of the jaw. They had to be surgically re-attached. And here are a few views of it prepped including one with a scale thumb . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Bien joué JP. Avec tes gros doigts, tu arrives à préparer un si petit croco? http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 Insane finds... @jpc incredible find and great prep job for this tiny jaw of an awesome predator! @thelivingdead531 that is a very nice, and very thick-shelled gastropod! Very cool find! Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilSniper Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 11 hours ago, jpc said: This is my entry for May 2018. Found on 23 May, prepped on 24 May. Alligator jaw from the Wasatch Fm. at Patrick Draw. Years ago I would have called it Allognathosuchus, but Chris Brochu has renamed most Eocene crocodilians from around here and I would have to look it up. Awesome find! I really do appreciate the effort you put into prepping this tiny yet perfect jaw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 @jpc What an immaculate little jaw! Great job on the prep! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted May 26, 2018 Share Posted May 26, 2018 My invert entry, 2 inches longest side, 1 1/2 widest. More than fifty Tentaculites sp. and many ostracods. Sunday, May 20, 2018 Ostracod and Tentaculites sp. Hash Plate McKenzie Formation/Rochester Shale Allegany County, Maryland “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elcoincoin Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Hi all, will enter the fray with a double trilobite block : Specie : Ectillaenus giganteus Found : may 8th End of prep : may 30 th Place : La Dominelais (Brittany - France) Era : ordovician ( Llandeilian - 460 MY) Size : 11 X 4 cm and 6 X 7 cm As found : Preped : Detail on both Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Here are my two last-minute entries! Gastropod (unidentified --> I think Truncatollidea superfamily) The Hague, Netherlands Eem Formation; Eemian, Pleistocene; 120'000 y Found 14/5/2018 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Astarte bivalve (Astartidae indet.) The Hague, Netherlands Eem Formation; Eemian, Pleistocene; 120'000 y Found 14/5/2018 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Good luck to everyone! A smashing selection again this month Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Here is my first entry ever into the competition: a Pennsylvanian sponge from the Naco Formation located north of Payson, Arizona. The sponge, 10 cm long, is preserved in red chert that I dissolved from limestone. This is the best piece that I have personally collected or seen. Collected: May 22, 2018. Chaunactis Olsoni sponge Pennsylvanian Naco Fm. north of Payson, Arizona My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Striatolamia Posted May 31, 2018 Share Posted May 31, 2018 Another last minute entry. Date of discovery : 29th May 2018 Scientific or Common name : Mammoth species, medial phalange Geologic Age or Geologic Formation : Pleistocene (Wroxham Crag?) State, Province, or Region found : East Runton beach, Norfolk, Great Britain As found, before picking it up. Please see here for details of the fossil hunting trip on which it was found: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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FossilSloth Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 I spent all of May preparing this and am submitting it minutes before the deadline! Paleozoic sea floor plate with crinoid stems, Anthacospirifer brachiopod, Derbyia brachiopods, Composita brachiopod, Phillipsiidae indet trilobite pygidium. Found August 2017 Prepared May 2018 Naco Formation, Upper Pennsylvanian South-Central Arizona https://imgur.com/a/k07l8XC https://imgur.com/Pna87u4 https://imgur.com/qCPR2IN https://imgur.com/Cwblvsq This thing was super hard to prepare. The matrix was almost the exact same hardness as many of the fossils. It was painstaking. I'm so glad to be done with it. EDIT: Inserted images from external links. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted June 3, 2018 Share Posted June 3, 2018 There's going to be a slight delay getting this month's polling threads up. They should be done sometime tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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