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3 hours ago, Peat Burns said:

TaxonRedondasaurus (?) Phytosaur tooth

 

Oh wow... That's really cool!!! :D Absolutely love the tooth!

-Christian

Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy!

 

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3 minutes ago, The Amateur Paleontologist said:

Oh wow... That's really cool!!! :D Absolutely love the tooth!

-Christian

Thank you.  It was only my second sojourn into the Triassic.  My first was in east Germany.

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@Peat Burns now that's quite a find! Wow! :wub:

Max Derème

 

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11 minutes ago, Max-fossils said:

@Peat Burns now that's quite a find! Wow! :wub:

Thanks, Max. It was definitely a trip maker.  I have about 50 smaller teeth and other fossils from that trip that I'll be posting on the hunting trips forum one of these days when I get them all prepped and sorted.

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34 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Great find Tony @Peat Burns , congrats.

Thanks, Ralph. I still need to reply to your PM. Sorry for the delay.  Will try to respond this evening. 

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8 minutes ago, Peat Burns said:

Thanks, Ralph. I still need to reply to your PM. Sorry for the delay.  Will try to respond this evening. 

No worries

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That phytosaur tooth is an awesome find! I hope to go hunting in the triassic for fossils like that someday.

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I love the phytosaur tooth. I just read your post on the overall haul as well! Amazing how many specimens you found. I agree with PaleoNoel, hunting in the Triassic would be great indeed.

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On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus!

 

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my entry for this month:

 

found in 2018, removed from matrix and prepped on 15 january 2019

Manticoceras sp. ( Goniatite )

late Devonian, Frasnian Matagne formation

Chimay area ( Belgium )

 

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23 minutes ago, Manticocerasman said:

Manticoceras sp. ( Goniatite )

 

Nice! And good prep-job too :) 

-Christian

Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy!

 

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A. At Khaan Academy!...

 

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Hello super prep nice

J collecting only fossils since 30 years old,ammonites,heteromorphe ammonite,crabs,fish trilobit, sea urshins, mammals, etc...J am married . Sorry for my enghish

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Date of Discovery: January 20, 2019

Name: Mortoniceras ammonite

Age: Late Cretaceous, Duck Creek Formation

Location: North Texas

 

My second significant prep, with a humble tack hammer and a steel nail. 

 

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On 1/20/2019 at 10:57 AM, Manticocerasman said:

my entry for this month...

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"I am glad I shall never be young without wild country to be young in. Of what avail are forty freedoms without a blank spot on the map?"  ~Aldo Leopold (1887-1948) 

 

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This month I wanna participate with a Nothosaur vertebra from a quarry in southern Germany (Baden-Württemberg). Its from a thin layer where you can find many bones and teeth from various animals (a triassic Bonebed). I found this one in 2018 but I finished prepping in this month. Its my biggest Nothosaur vertebra until now with a length of a little bit more than 6 cm. Overall the prep work took about 4 hours. 

 

Date of Discovery: 11/05/2018

finnished prep 27/01/2019

Scientific and/or Common Name: Nothosaur vertebra

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Triassic (Bonebed)

State, Province, or Region Found: Germany, Baden-Württemberg

Unprepped:

 

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Many greetings from Germany ! Have a great time with many fossils :)

Regards Sebastian

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Here is my FOTM entry! I’m going to join Kane on the trilobite train :). I finally figured out this is a Kainops invius trilobite (no pun intended haha). 

 

I found this on January 9th 2019 and prepped it on January 26th 2019. 

 

Kainops invius

Geologic formation: Bois D’Arc Formation 

Geologic age: Lower Devonian 

Location: Clarita, Oklahoma (Theisons quarry)

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this is what it looked like out of the ground and after I took off some over burden...all I had was a ball of rock with a trilobite well hidden inside.092838C2-F47F-40F1-86D6-6FE5843865F5.thumb.jpeg.3e69995def6230bab36aa527c7b2b576.jpeg

Aaaaaand here’s the final product!!!! My first prep job ever. Im still a rookie and I see where I could have done more but I’m still happy with it :)

 

That’s all for my FOTM entry. Good luck everyone! 

 

Al:trilo:

 

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Found on December 12, 2018, Self Prepared January 27, 2019

Ogygiocarella sp. (debuchi?) trilobite

Middle Ordovician, Llanvirn Series

West Shropshire, UK

 

Found during a weeklong venture in the UK. 

The small bug seems to have molted and the inverted molt separated into two pieces.

Unfortunately, I failed to take a specific "before" pic so I included a "sample".

It is in the pile seen in the pic but too small to be discerned...;)

Update! Found the counterpart for "unprepared" condition.

 

 

Ogygiocarella Plate

 

 

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8 minutes ago, TNGray said:

Found on December 12, 2018, Self Prepared January 27, 2019

Ogygiocarella sp. (debuchi?) trilobite

Middle Ordovician, Llanvirn Series

West Shropshire, UK

 

Found during a weeklong venture in the UK. 

The small bug seems to have molted and the inverted molt separated into two pieces.

Unfortunately, I failed to take a specific "before" pic so I included a "sample".

It is in the pile seen in the pic but too small to be discerned...;)

 

Lovely plate! :)

Good find indeed.

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Very nice! And a good prep job as well.:dinothumb:

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Hi,

 

Your coin is interesting, but foreigners don't know it size...

 

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5 hours ago, ynot said:

@digit, @Fossildude19, @Kane

I think this is an entry for FotM contest, but it is in the wrong place?:headscratch:

@TNGray

Moved to the correct Topic.

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Hi everyone,

Since this month contest lacking a bit of trilobite, i will add my entry.

 

Nobiliasaphus Nobilis (Barrande 1846)

Geologic age : Ordovician / Dariwillian

Location : La Dominelais - France

Found on Jan 3rd - No prep at all

Size : 9 cm

 

Positive and negative :

 

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