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Bobby Rico

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Hi All

I though I would do a little post. Sorry if the information is a little lacking but I have been ill and had an emergency operation . I am fine now but still on the meds and I thus get a little confused. 

I purchased to occupy myself some Micro Matrix from the Lower Permian Richard's Spur locality of Oklahoma. Fossils range from fragments to complete and include toe bones, jaws, skull plates, teeth, intercentra, limb bone ends etc. The majority of specimens are Captorhinus magnus and C. aguti but undoubtedly there are other species. I am sorry but I am unable to identify them but I really enjoyed doing the photos so I thought I would share my finds with you guys. Cheers Bobby 

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I really like this vertebrae I think it goes at the base of the skull

 

 

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Very very cool toe bones MrsR fond the tiny bone it is about 2.5mm

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Rib bone that has predatory marks I think? It also looks like it has healed.

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1 minute ago, Wolf89 said:

Super cool!! Do you mind sharing what camera you are using

Thank you an iPhone with a cheep clip on lens works fantastic the biggest bone is about 6mm

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Great site, now closed to collectors.  I had one hyper productive day there a dozen years ago.

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Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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6 hours ago, DanKurek said:

Very nice finds! Those toe bones are pretty cool :)

Thanks they are nice.

 

5 hours ago, Uncle Siphuncle said:

Great site, now closed to collectors.  I had one hyper productive day there a dozen years ago.

Thanks for info that has made them more interesting indeed.  I would love to see your finds from there. :dinothumb:

 

3 hours ago, ynot said:

Wonderful way to pass some recuperation time!

Nice finds too.

Thanks Tony appreciated, 

it is indeed. I may get some different or more of the same matrix in for the cold winter days.

 

1 hour ago, Ludwigia said:

Here's wishing you a good recovery!

Thanks Roger the worst is over so I am slowly getting back to normal. 

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Nice little tooth about 3mm

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Very cool toe bone

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I think it is a vertebra nice bone anyway ?

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I  think the next bones are from the skull?

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11 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Are these predatory marks 

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Great collection, Bobby!


The marks you point out look a bit more like damage post fossilization, to me. :unsure: 

Chips off of the bone. 

Someone else may have better insight, though. 

Cheers!

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A very cool transparent bone . It is amazing that this fragile and tiny bone has lasted 250+ million years :).

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20 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

A very cool transparent bone

Agree. Fantastic thing to find. I enjoyed looking at these! Thanks.

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1 minute ago, Innocentx said:

Agree. Fantastic thing to find. I enjoyed looking at these! Thanks.

I glad you enjoyed them and thank you for taking the time to look at my tiny teeth a bone collection. The Permian was an very interesting period in the earth history.

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Thanks for posting this - some of the specimens are really cool :):) Hope you get better soon!

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Just now, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

Thanks for posting this - some of the specimens are really cool :):) Hope you get better soon!

-Christian

Thank you Christian 

I am on the mend now and thank you for letting me add a link form your post. Cheers Bobby 

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Some old shots from the Dolese Quarry on a special day way back in 2005.  A few things went awry during and after this trip.  One collector disobeyed quarry rules and was caught scaling one of the walls...bad news for future collecting.  Also, one or more people began selling finds online, despite that fact that each of us signed a release stating that we would not sell the stuff.  Again, short sighted decisions for a few fouled relations for many.  I'm just glad that my good buddy Brent called me the week before and said, "Don't ask questions...JUST GET UP HERE!!!!"  The window of opportunity was narrow, but we got in. 

 

As an aside, I'll note that Brent bulk sampled and processed hundreds of pounds of material at home.  As a result, he found so many new species of reptiles, that he named one after me, Cacops woehri!  Sadly, Brent (Boneman007 here on TFF) passed away just a week after the paper went public.  Such a humble act of friendship and generosity marked his final days. 

 

But Brent was a jovial sort of fellow, and would want us to ogle at some finds at this point.  So in his honor, let's do exactly that.  EDIT:  Brent is the big dude crawling solo in the last pic, focused on his "quarry" with laser precision.

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Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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Photos to come are mainly mine, but the skulls represent finds of several of us (if not mistaken, Mark McKinzie, Brent Dunn, Rick Kaiser, and myself... dang...Rick has unfortunately since passed as well...so part of my motivation today is to honor their memory).  I think our group averaged at least a skull per person that day.  Brent got like 20.  I got 2.  Wish I could relive that day, for every reason imaginable.

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Grüße,

Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas

"To the motivated go the spoils."

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That must have been a memorable day!  However if your group averaged a skull apiece, and Boneman got 20, wouldn't that mean 19 people were skunked?

 

Don

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