Anomotodon Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Starting as a shark tooth collector a long time ago, last year I became interested in dinosaur fossils and decided to start collecting them. Despite dinosaur material, especially from rare locations, being usually very expensive for a college student, over this year I managed to get some interesting specimens through numerous trades, sales and purchases, some of which I want to organize in this topic. So, let's begin with Early Cretaceous (Aptian-Albian). All of my material from this time comes from Cloverly formation in Montana and Wyoming. Tenontosaurus tilleti - a large basal ornithopod, I have tooth and a vertebra with ?bite marks And a rare Nodosaurid tooth - Sauropelta is the only one described, although there could potentially be more than one species Cenomanian stage (early Late Cretaceous) is not that well represented in North American dinosaur fossil record, I have a hadrosaur and dromaeosaurid teeth from Woodbine formation, Texas A very significant portion of dinosaur fossils from North America comes from Campanian deposits of various stages. Let's begin with Judith river formation in Montana. Got some nice theropods - Tyrannosauridae indet. (potentially present Daspletosaurus and Gorgosaurus cannot be differentiated based on teeth) on the left and Saurornitholestes sp. on the right. And a nice Ceratopsian tooth (again, cannot be identified to the genus level, too many of them present) There is another formation in Montana of a similar age - Two Medicine formation. Recently got some nice material from there I can show here. First, a maxillary tooth from a hadrosaur Gryposaurus latidens - easily identifiable by the presence of denticles near the crown apex. Unidentified hadrosaur tooth with a complete root 10 The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 In addition a Hadrosaur rib from the same location - it has some restoration but I got it from a really good trade so I am happy anyways Also got some material from Campanian of Southwestern states - Kirtland formation (New Mexico) tyrannosaur Bistahieversor sealeyi... ...and Kaiparowits formation (Utah) hadrosaur toe phalanx Aguja formation of Texas is also of a similar age with similar fauna - Very nice undescribed Tyrannosaurid tooth that I traded in Tucson 2 weeks ago Dromaeosaurid tooth, likely Saurornitholestes due to vertically pointing denticles (left) and a Hadrosaurid tooth (Angulomastacator is the only one described but there are also rumors of Kritosaurus) A Nodosaurid tooth and a practically complete ?Ornithomimid phalanx 9 The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anomotodon Posted February 18, 2019 Author Share Posted February 18, 2019 Right after Campanian comes the Maastrichtian stage, early part of which is well represented in Canada by Horseshoe canyon formation. I have two tyrannosaur teeth, likely from Albertosaurus sarcophagus and hadrosaur tooth and ungual. Late Maastrichthian is present in Wyoming (Lance formation)... ...and Montana, South and North Dakotas (Hell Creek formation). Still don't have that much interesting stuff from there, just generic species A - Thescelosaurus neglectus premaxillary tooth B - Denversaurus schlessmani C - Nanotyrannus lancensis D - Richardoestesia isosceles E - ?Crocodile vertebra F - Edmontosaurus annectens spitter tooth G - Ceratopsian spitter tooth H - Crocodile osteoderm I - Borealosuchus sternbergi tooth J - Brachychampsa montana tooth K - Myledaphus stingray tooth 7 The Tooth Fairy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilsonwheels Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Fantastic fossils. You have picked up some cool stuff from a diversity of formations. Dinosaur material is expensive and being a single dad means my budget is not that different than a college student lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Very impressive start to your dinosaur collection. Some really attractive and interesting pieces there. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Andy- Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Amazing fossils. I've always been interested to see what you had. I wasn't disappointed. Looking forward to meeting my fellow Singaporean collectors! Do PM me if you are a Singaporean, or an overseas fossil-collector coming here for a holiday! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Very nice collection of dinosaur material -Christian Opalised fossils are the best: a wonderful mix between paleontology and mineralogy! Q. Where do dinosaurs study? A. At Khaan Academy!... My ResearchGate profile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebu Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Great collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Excellent collection from some very interesting localities. I also started as a shark tooth collector but soon fell in love with Dinosaurs. Thanks for sharing always good to see new collections. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Awesome fossils! “...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...
Runner64 Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Nice! Hope to see some more of your collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Down under fossil hunter Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Great collection mate! You take really nice detailed pictures too. Your Cloverly stuff is my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted February 18, 2019 Share Posted February 18, 2019 Looks pretty good so far! Keep at it. Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaleoNoel Posted February 19, 2019 Share Posted February 19, 2019 Awesome fossils from a nice array of formations! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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