caldigger Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 A recent online purchase. The only thing I know is it was shipped from China. Any chance on at least some sort of ID beyond "insect"? Seller doesn't give any information on it. Link to post Share on other sites
Al Tahan Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 For some reason I though China got strict on shipping fossils outside the country? I thought I heard somthing like China now considers their fossils “national treasure” Cool fossil either way! Link to post Share on other sites
doushantuo Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 listoij12293.pdf Fossil protection legislation: Chinese issues,global problems JEFF LISTON Yunnan Key Laboratory for Palaeobiology, Yunnan University, Kunming, Yunnan Province 650091, China Biological Journal of the Linnean Society, 2014, 113, 694–706. With 5 figures 2 Link to post Share on other sites
daves64 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Making online fossil purchases with minimal information? Link to post Share on other sites
Rockwood Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Grasshopper ? Link to post Share on other sites
Bobby Rico Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) +1 Grasshopper I darkened it a little I hope it helps . very nice Edited December 15, 2018 by Bobby Rico Link to post Share on other sites
Echinoid Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 +2 grasshopper Link to post Share on other sites
minnbuckeye Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 6 hours ago, doushantuo said: listoij12293.pdf Interesting! Makes me rethink my opinions of the fossil market. Mike 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Fossildude19 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with the Grasshopper ID. I see no evidence of the backward positioned rear legs one would expect on a grasshopper or cricket. Only 2 legs appear to be visible. I do see what appears to be a wing or wings. Not sure there is enough detail to ID it further than insect. 2 Link to post Share on other sites
caldigger Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 7 hours ago, daves64 said: Making online fossil purchases with minimal information? It was only 14 cents! Grant you it is not museum worthy, but I felt it was worth the purchase price just for curiosity show aspect alone. Link to post Share on other sites
caldigger Posted December 15, 2018 Author Share Posted December 15, 2018 2 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I do see what appears to be a wing or wings. Not sure there is enough detail to ID it further than insect. Me thinks that upper "wing" was painted in to give the appearance of such. If it comes down to just "insect" for a label, I guess I can live with that. Thank you everyone that has given a look see and tried to give this little "bugger" a name. Link to post Share on other sites
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Derek. Link to post Share on other sites
Bobby Rico Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 You could call it a rappers name like 14 cents . 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RJB Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Looks very much like a grass hopper with missing hind legs. RB 1 Link to post Share on other sites
daves64 Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 hour ago, caldigger said: It was only 14 cents! Grant you it is not museum worthy, but I felt it was worth the purchase price just for curiosity show aspect alone. Yeah, well.... don't get it wet. You might end up with 14 cents worth of blank 2 tone rock. The whole "bug" looks like it could have been painted on, at least to me. Link to post Share on other sites
Rockwood Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 5 hours ago, Fossildude19 said: I see no evidence of the backward positioned rear legs one would expect on a grasshopper or cricket. You would need to see the counterpart. The could be an eye with it. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Mike from North Queensland Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 (edited) Is the fossil enhanced as it appears to be shown on at least two different layers. There are only two legs but others could be missing or hidden. there are two distinct colours in the fossil. I would like to hold this in the hand to be sure and I hope I am wrong. My suspicion is we have the outline of a leaf leaving some staining. That would make this art on a common plant fossil and a legal export. the insect would be a Leafcutter. Edited December 15, 2018 by Mike from North Queensland two colours 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Rockwood Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 1 hour ago, Mike from North Queensland said: the insect would be a Leafcutter. Fossil of, or fraudulent artistic rendering of ? Link to post Share on other sites
caldigger Posted December 16, 2018 Author Share Posted December 16, 2018 Ah well, real or not, 14 cents isn't going to break me. Although I may have to live on ramen noodles for the next couple of months Thanks for everyone's help, except for Daves64, you weren't any help at all! Link to post Share on other sites
daves64 Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 2 hours ago, caldigger said: Thanks for everyone's help, except for Daves64, you weren't any help at all! Oh! I was supposed to help? Whoops... Link to post Share on other sites
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