The Growing Collection of Ziggycardon

[ziggycardon]

On 12/10/2022 at 3:42 PM, Yoda said:

@ziggycardon

Your displays look really good 

Thank you, I am very pleased with the result!  
can't wait to fill up the newly created space  

[Praefectus]

On 12/10/2022 at 7:30 AM, ziggycardon said:

My first large North American mosasaur tooth found in the North Sulphur River, Ozan Formation, Fannin Country, Texas, USA. (Cretaceous, Campanian, 77 mya)

 

Nice tooth! 

[ziggycardon]

Hi everyone, here are my latest new fossils from the past two months  

 

I'll first start off with the amazing fossils I've got from @Coco during the 2022 secret santa event on the forum. 
Again, I really love these fossils, so many thanks Coco!

 

 

An ammonite found in Airvault, Dép. Deux-Sèvres, France (Jurassic, Toarcian, 182 - 174 mya)

Could it be an Haugia variabilis?

 

 

An ammonite found in Montreuil-Bellay, Dép. Maine-et-Loire, France (Jurassic, Callovian, 166 - 163 mya)

Perhaps a Choffatia sp.?

 

 

Amazing chocolat coloured ammonites found in Belmont-de-la-Loire,  Dép. Rhône, France (Jurassic, 183 -170 mya)

Grammoceras sp.?

 

 

An ammonite found in Burton Bradstock, Inferior Oolite, Dorset, Jurassic Coast, UK

Could this be Leioceras cf. opalinum or Darellia sp.

 

 

A pair of nice devonian gastropods (Straparollus sp.) found in stbr. Müllerkalk, Üxheim, Rheinland-Pfalz, Eifel, Germany (Devonian, Eifelian, 393 - 387 mya)

 

A pair of Hormotoma sp. gastropods found in the Galena formation, Fillmore, Minnesota, USA (Ordovician, 467 - 453 mya)

 

 

A lobster burrow found in the London Clay Formation, Minster, Isle Of Sheppey, Kent, England, UK

 

 

A mammal bone found in the Peace River, Florida, USA (Miocene or Pleistocene)

Kinda resembles a horse metacarpal, but I am not really much of an expert on horse bones.

 

 

A piece of petrified wood found in the Greensand Formation, Shanklin, Isle of Wight, UK 

 

 

A plate with bivalves and brachiopods found in Dogger deposits, Łęczyca, near Kutno, Poland (Jurassic, 170 - 166 mya)

 

 

A Brachiopod (Protochonetes ludloviensis) found in Burge, Gotland, Sweden (Silurian, 420 mya)

 

 

A large mystery brachiopod of which I have no information but I am quite certain the it is in paleozoic in age (Ordovician - Devonian probably). 
It's not a Stringocephalus or Gigantoproductus and I doubt it is Spiriferid. 
Perhaps @Tidgy's Dad expertise might unlock the secret of this magnificent brachiopod.

 

 

And then here are my latest purchases:

An Halisaurine mosasaur tooth, due to it's relatively large size I suspect it might be a Pluridens serpentis, found in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 70 mya)

 

 

A horse tooth (Equus caballus) found in the North Sea, the Netherlands (Pleistocene, 20 000 years old)

 

 

A Hipparion concudense found in Teruel, Spain (Miocene, Burdigalian, 20 mya)

 

 

A Mastodonsaurus meyeri tooth found in Keuper, Kirchberg an der Jagst, Baden Württemberg, Germany (Triassic, Carnian, 228 mya)

 

 

A Hybodontid tooth (Polyacrodus sp?) found in the Upper Muschelkalk, Heldmühle, Zemmer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Triassic, Ladinian, 235 mya)

 

 

An Acrodus lateralis tooth found in the Upper Muschelkalk, Heldmühle, Zemmer, Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (Triassic, Ladinian, 235 mya)

 

 

 

A Nothosaur bonebed with rib found in the Muschelchalk, Rüdersdorf, Germany (Triassic, Ladinian, 340 mya)

 

 

A Hypsilophodon foxii tooth found in The Wealden Clays, Wessex Formation,The Wealden Group, Atherfield, Isle Of Wight, England, UK (Cretacous, Barremanian, 125 mya)

 

[Troodon]

Nice, especially that Hypsilophodon being a dinosaur person

[Praefectus]

10 hours ago, ziggycardon said:

An Halisaurine mosasaur tooth, due to it's relatively large size I suspect it might be a Pluridens serpentis, found in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 70 mya)

 

Nice additions! I also think this is Pluridens serpentis based of the size and shape of the crown. 

[ziggycardon]

On 2/5/2023 at 5:54 AM, Praefectus said:

 

Nice additions! I also think this is Pluridens serpentis based of the size and shape of the crown. 

Thank you!  That would be my first Pluridens tooth then  

 

Edited February 6, 2023 by ziggycardon

[ziggycardon]

On 2/4/2023 at 10:51 PM, Troodon said:

Nice, especially that Hypsilophodon being a dinosaur person

Thanks! It was quite an unexpected addition. 
I've been wanting a british dinosaur for quite some time and one day one of my favorite shops had this one up for sale for an ok price.
And with the large demand on dinosaur fossils I know this stuff usually sells within the day. So I bought it without a hesitation and I am very glad I did since the other british teeth that were up for sale were gone within 2 days.
Not the mention that the tooth is of quite good quality, better then most I seen come up for sale from this species.
I am happy I didn't hesitate, missed out on far too many nice dinosaur specimens due to waiting to long.

[ziggycardon]

Recieved my own (early) birthday treat today! 

 

A partial lower jaw from Nimravus bumpensis the "false sabre-toothed cat" found in the White River Group, Brule Formation, Niobrara County, Wyoming, USA - Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 - 30 mya

 

 

A Leptictis (Ictops) dakotensis skull found in the White River Group, Brule Formation, Pennington County, South Dakota, USA - Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 - 30 mya

 

 

An Hyracodon nebrascensis (Running Rhino) jaw fragment found in the White River Group, Brule Formation, Fall River County, South Dakota, USA - Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 - 30 mya

 

 

A Subhyracon occidentalis molar found in the White River Group, Brule Formation, Fall River County, South Dakota, USA - Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 - 30 mya

 

 

Some sails (Pseudolisinoe leidyi) found in the White River Group, Brule Formation, Dawes County, Nebraska, USA - Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 - 30 mya

 

 

These acquisitions have filled up my White River display quite nicely:

 

 

A Teleoceras molar found in the Ogallala Formation, Optima, Oklahoma, USA - Pliocene, 5,3 - 4,9 mya

 

 

A Palaeoniscum freieslebeni found in the Kupferschiefer, Bad Sachsa, Harz, Niedersachsen, Germany - Permian, Wuchiapingian, 259 - 256 mya

 

 

A pos/neg plate with an insect and a bird feather found in Céreste, Dép. Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France - Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 - 30 mya

 

 

A Kettneraspis seiberti found in the Rupbach Schiefer, Heckelmann Mühle, Steinsberg, Germany - Devonian, Emsian, 407 - 393 mya

 

 

A belemnite (Hibolites hastatus semisulcatus) found in the Solnhofen Limestone, Mühlheim, Altmühltal, Bavaria, Germany - Jurassic, Tithonian, 150 mya

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 2/4/2023 at 5:58 PM, ziggycardon said:

A Brachiopod (Protochonetes ludloviensis) found in Burge, Gotland, Sweden (Silurian, 420 mya)

A large mystery brachiopod of which I have no information but I am quite certain the it is in paleozoic in age (Ordovician - Devonian probably). 
It's not a Stringocephalus or Gigantoproductus and I doubt it is Spiriferid. 
Perhaps @Tidgy's Dad expertise might unlock the secret of this magnificent brachiopod.

Hi, Ziggy, hope that you had, or have, a very 

Yes, I agree that it's not a spiriferid or Gigantoproductus, both would have much longer and straighter hinge lines. 

Although Stringocephalus is a much better match for the shape and hinge-line, it would not have ribbing like your specimen. 

I believe this to be a pentamerid, though i wouldn't like to guess which one without knowing from where or when it came. 

It's a gorgeous specimen though. 

I love the genus Protochonetes which was very successful through the Middle and Late Silurian., I think your specimen is more likely P. striatellus, which has been considered a synonym of P. ludloviensis, but is nowadays generally separated from it and, if this is correct, only sP. striatellus and P. minimus are recorded from Gotland as far as I'm aware.  

 

[ziggycardon]

On 2/20/2023 at 1:17 AM, Tidgy's Dad said:

Hi, Ziggy, hope that you had, or have, a very 

Yes, I agree that it's not a spiriferid or Gigantoproductus, both would have much longer and straighter hinge lines. 

Although Stringocephalus is a much better match for the shape and hinge-line, it would not have ribbing like your specimen. 

I believe this to be a pentamerid, though i wouldn't like to guess which one without knowing from where or when it came. 

It's a gorgeous specimen though. 

I love the genus Protochonetes which was very successful through the Middle and Late Silurian., I think your specimen is more likely P. striatellus, which has been considered a synonym of P. ludloviensis, but is nowadays generally separated from it and, if this is correct, only sP. striatellus and P. minimus are recorded from Gotland as far as I'm aware.  

 

Thank you very much! 

I'll have to do some research on pentamerid brachiopods to see if I can learn more. 
Thanks for the correction in the Protochonetes ID!  

[ziggycardon]

Here I am again to share some of my latest fossils from my collection.
Got some nice and rare pieces these few months, so I'm sure most of you'll like them.

Let's start up with the dinosaur and reptile material:

 

An Tyrannosaurid indet tooth (poss Daspletosaurus or Gorgosaurus) found in the Judith River Formation, Hill County, Montana, USA (Cretaceous, Campanian, 80 - 75 mya)

Been looking for one for a couple of years now, got lucky when I spotted this at paleotime at the second stall I visited from a friend from the club/forum.

Really love this one as it was very reasonably priced, of decent quality and of a nice size.

 

 

Next one is another bargain from paleotime, an Eocarcharia dinops tooth found in the Elrhaz Formation, Gadoufaoua, Tenere Desert, Niger (Cretaceous, Albian, 112 mya) 

Another one I got very cheap which is of a great size and quality especially for this species.

 

 

This little gem I got from a good friend who also had a stall at paleotime.
It's an Abelisauridae indet tooth from the Dekkar Formation, Kem Kem Group, Talsint, Figuig Province, Atlas Mountains, Morocco. (Cretaceous, Cenomanian, 95 mya)
My first Talsint tooth, love the color an the fact that it's still in the matrix.

 

 

Here is a piece of bone which was found in the Maevarano Formation, Berivotra, Mahajanga Province, Madagascar. (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 70 - 66 mya)

Not sure whether it's dinosaurian or crocodile, perhaps @Troodon might shed a light on this one.
Whatever it is, it's a nice piece from a rare location which costs me less than a movie ticket 

 

 

Next one is probably one of the favorite pieces in my collection.

A Razanandrongobe sakalavae tooth found in Sakaraha Formation, Ambondromamy, Madagascar (Jurassic, Bathonian, 167 - 165 mya)

Got this one on a whim, wasn't really looking for it but I saw it for sale with one of my regular shops so I dind't hesitate and bought it. Best impulse by ever as the teeth is quite larger than I anticipated and is of superior quality, not the mention the beast to which it belonged was an absolute monster.

 

 

Another one frop paleotime which I got for a bargain.
A large Sarcosuchus imperator tooth found in the Elrhaz Formation, Gadoufaoua, Tenere Desert, Niger (Cretaceous, Albian, 112 mya).
This tooth has been on my wishlist for years now, glad I finally managed to cross it off the list. Paleotime was truly a candyshop for me.

 

 

A Stolokrosuchus lapparenti tooth which I got as a freebee from a mate at paleotime, it was found in the Elrhaz Formation, Gadoufaoua, Tenere Desert, Niger (Cretaceous, Albian, 112 mya)

 

[Troodon]

Nice example of a Raz tooth, they are pretty cool.  No idea on that bone fragment unless its hollow. 

[ziggycardon]

Here is my updated dinosaur teeth display (though I will need a bigger riker soon)

 

 

A nice Zarafasaura oceanis vertebra found in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 70 mya)

 

 

A small Nothosaurus marchicus bone found in the Muschelchalk of Winterswijk, the Netherlands (Triassic, Ladinian, 235 mya)
Another item which has been at the top of my wishlist for years, ever since I started collecting I've wanted bone material from this location and I was lucky enough that paleotime delivered on it!  

 

 

An Acrodus lateralis tooth found in the Muschelchalk of Moselle, France (Triassic, Ladinian, 240 - 230 mya)

 

 

A Hybodus plicatus tooth found in the Muschelchalk of Moselle, France (Triassic, Ladinian, 240 - 230 mya)

 

 

A Cretalamna tooth found in the Ciply-Malogne Phosphatic Chalk Formation, Obourg, Mons, Hainaut, Belgium (Campanian, 73 - 70 mya)

Not the best tooth in quality but from a very rare Belgian locality, the some rocks and region in which the famous Hainosaurus bernardi was found.

 

Next up are:

A Hammerhead (Sphyrna zygaena) tooth found at the Calvert Cliffs, Choptank Formation, Calvert County, Maryland, USA (Miocene, Burdigalian, 18 - 12 mya)

A Tiger Shark (Galeocerdo cuvieri) tooth found at Bone Valley, Bartow, Polk County, Florida, USA (Miocene, 15 - 10 mya)

 

 

Next up is an absolutely massive Belemnite (Megateuthis gigantea) found at Germany (Jurassic, Dogger, 175 - 160 mya)

Unfortunately I couldn't make out all of the writing on the information card so I am not entirely sure where exactly this one was found.

 

 

A lovely fossil Cycad (Zamites feneonis) found in Dép. de l’Ain, Orbognoux, France (Jurassic, Kimmeridgian, 157 - 155 mya)

[ziggycardon]

4 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Nice example of a Raz tooth, they are pretty cool.  No idea on that bone fragment unless its hollow. 

Thank you! 

The bone is not hollow on the inside but quite solid.

[Meatasaurus93]

Nice Razanandrongobe tooth. I'm pretty sure I had my eye on the same one. My fossil funds got depleted from something else I picked up recently, so I had to pass it up.

[ziggycardon]

A molar from Metailurus major a Sabre-toothed Cat found at Gansu, China (Miocene, 10 mya)

 

 

A partial Steppe Mammoth Molar (Mammuthus trogontherii) found at pleistocene gravel pits in Bugyi, Pest County, Hungary (Pleistocene, 780 000 - 200 00 years old) 

 

 

A collection of very rare bat bones found at the Zoölithenhöhle, Burggaillenreuth, Bavaria, Germany (Pleistocene, 30 000 years old)

 

 

A Stensiopelta pustulata found in the Dniester Formation, Horodnica, Horodenka Region, Ivano Frankivst Oblast, Ukraine (Devonian, Lochkovian, 419 - 407 mya)

 

 

An Acanthodes bridgei found in the Topeka Limstone Formation, Calhoun Shale, Virgil Series, Hamilton Quarry, Greenwood County, Kansas, USA (Carboniferous, Gzhelian, 305 - 300 mya)

 

 

A slab with a couple of Trilobites (Cummingella belisama) found in Antoing b., Tournai, Belgium (Carboniferous, Tournaisian, 359 - 349 mya)

 

 

An my first Belgian ammonite, an Arnioceras acuticarinatum found in the Lias Group, Etalle, Luxembourg, Belgium (Jurassic, Sinemurian, 198 mya)

[Misha]

Great additions! Those bat fossils are really cool, I don't think I've seen anything like that previously.

And of course the fishes are amazing also, I also got an Acanthodes bridgei somewhat recently and the preservation on those specimens from there is just incredible, yours looks like it's a larger one so you can probably make out some amazing detail.

[Andre Pterosaur]

This is a beautiful collection love it 

[ziggycardon]

I am sure @Tidgy's Dad would love the next few fossils! 

 

Isocrania egnabergensis found in the Trümmerkalk, Ignaberga, Schonen, Sweden (Cretaceous, Campanian, 83 - 80 mya)

 

 

 Cretirhynchia undulata found in the Lixhe Chalk, CPL, Haccourt, Belgium (Cretaceous, Campanian, 80 - 72 mya)

 

 

 

 

The next fossils I've found by myself the past month: 

Magas chitoniformis found in Beutenaken, the Netherlands (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 68 mya)

I've found this one an the next at a famous Belemnite graveyard where brachiopods are not really found often, so I was beyond happy to have found not one but two Brachiopods of different species here (both species which I not yet had in my collection from the Maastricht area)

 

 

Cretirhynchia limbata found in Beutenaken, the Netherlands (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 68 mya)

Probably one of my favorite brachiopod finds to date!  

 

 

Granulolabium plicatum monoliferum found in the Bilzen Formation, Berg Member, Berg, Tongeren (Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 mya) 

I collected these while on a fossil walk organized by my highschool geography teacher, these were found at the egde of a field where they rain out of the dirt. This site is only a 5 - 10 minute drive from where I live.

 

 

Polymesoda subarata convexa found in the Bilzen Formation, Berg Member, Berg, Tongeren (Oligocene, Rupelian, 33 mya) 

[ziggycardon]

4 minutes ago, Misha said:

Great additions! Those bat fossils are really cool, I don't think I've seen anything like that previously.

And of course the fishes are amazing also, I also got an Acanthodes bridgei somewhat recently and the preservation on those specimens from there is just incredible, yours looks like it's a larger one so you can probably make out some amazing detail.

Me neither, as always I do some research after I buy fossils and I found an article from a geological magazine which talked about the bats from that location.
Turns out I've bought them from the guy who excavated and donated the pieces used in said article.

 

And yes, the Acanthodes is amazing, I've glanced at the scales with the microscope and the details and preservation are exceptional, glad I choose to buy this piece. 
It's another great one for the paleozoïc fish collection!   

[ziggycardon]

I've also got a couple of new models and updated and redone a couple of displays.

 

I've got nice Psittacosaurus and Therizinosaurus models to accompany the life-sized replica's

 

 

I recently spit up my Paleozoïc fish display as it was getting to full for it's shelf and I still have plans to expand said collection.

But I also got a nice Dunkleosteus model to accompany the paleozoïc fish collection as well as my unidentified Placoderm bone from Lompret which could be Dunkleosteus.

 

 

With the Steppe Mammoth Molar I think the Proboscidean display is getting almost full.

I also added a wooly mammoth model to the display.

 

 

The Triassic display has seen some rearranging to fit some new pieces

 

 

Some new pieces in the Cenozoïc display. 

Really love the bat riker which turned out quite nicely. I got the bat bones all loose in a container and had no real idea how I wanted to display them so I tried and empty riker and I've couldn't have been happier with the result!

 

The European Jurassic Sea display has been steadily growing as well lately

 

[Yoda]

@ziggycardon

New additions are great. 

And your displays are fantastic. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 4/24/2023 at 9:12 PM, ziggycardon said:

I am sure @Tidgy's Dad would love the next few fossils! 

 

You are quite correct, lovely to see these beautiful  brachiopods.

Am very glad that you appreciate them as they deserve.

I have the genera if not the species and the Dutch finds are, as you say, quite uncommon.

Thanks for alerting me.

[ziggycardon]

On 4/25/2023 at 8:59 AM, Yoda said:

@ziggycardon

New additions are great. 

And your displays are fantastic. 

Thank you! I always try my best to make them look as nice as possible 

 

On 4/26/2023 at 5:51 PM, Tidgy's Dad said:

You are quite correct, lovely to see these beautiful  brachiopods.

Am very glad that you appreciate them as they deserve.

I have the genera if not the species and the Dutch finds are, as you say, quite uncommon.

Thanks for alerting me.

Yes, I really love them, they are quickly becoming my favorite inverts to collect along with Cephalopods.  

[ziggycardon]

Some of my latest aqcuisitions.

 

Mosasaur paddle bones found in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 70 mya)

 

 

Mosasaur tail vertebra found in the Ouled Abdoun Basin, Khouribga, Morocco (Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, 70 mya)

 

 

A Marellamorph Furca mauritanica found in the Upper Fezouata Formation, Zagora, Draa Valley, Morocco (Ordovician, Tremadocian, 479 - 472 mya)

 

 

Libellula doris larvae found in Costilole d’Asti, Cuneo, Piëmont, Italy (Miocene, 10 mya)

 

 

A Lace Monitor (Varanus priscus) vertebrae found in the Henschke's quarry, Naracoorte, Australia (Pleistocene, 500 000 years old)

 

 

A malagassy fish found in the Middle Sakamena Formation, Ambilobe, Madagascar (Triassic, Induan, 252 - 247 mya)

It was sold to me as Semionotus sp., but I have very little to no knowlegde about these fish so I have no idea whether the ID is right.

 

 

A urchin found in the Solnhofen Limestone, Painten Formation, Painten, Bavaria, Germany (Jurassic, Tithonian, 152,5 - 151 mya)

 

 

 

A brachiopod (Vinlandostrophia laticostata) found in McMillan Formation, Maysville Group, middle Cincinnatian Series, Dillsboro, Indiana, USA (Ordovician, Katian, 450 mya)

 

 

 

2 Linoproductus cora brachiopods found in the Pueblo Formation, Coleman County, Texas, USA (Permian, 299 - 272 mya)

 

 

I recently also bought a part of a collection of a retired fossil hunter which Included lots of jurassic en devonian Brachiopods, lots of Trilobites, and ammonites

Like these pyrite ammonites found in Falaises des Vaches Noires, Villers-Sur-Mer, Normandy (Jurassic, 166 - 157 mya)

 

 

An ammonite (Orthosphinctes sp.) found in Bischberg, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany (Jurassic, Toarcian, 183 - 180 mya)

 

 

A nautilus found in Bischberg, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany (Jurassic, Toarcian, 183 - 180 mya)

 

 

Some small ammonites found in Bischberg, Nürnberg, Bavaria, Germany (Jurassic, Toarcian, 183 - 180 mya)