Manticocerasman Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 2 hours ago, Pixpaleosky said: Dinosaur caudal vertebra Date of discovery: May 2019 Name: Titanosaurid indet Age: Campanian, Upper Cretaceous Location: Provence, France Size: 15 CM long Super find Nicolas 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max-fossils Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 @Scylla @Pixpaleosky two superb finds!!! Wow! 2 Max Derème "I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day." - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier Instagram: @world_of_fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted May 23, 2019 Share Posted May 23, 2019 Double Pair of Mamenchisaurid Sauropod Ischium May 17th, 2019 Middle Jurassic (Bajocian, 170 mya) Xinghe formation, Gansu, China Size: 1.1 meter long Found on expedition, bones identified by dinosaur paleontologists 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSirmon Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Psammichnites Carboniferous Kilkee Ireland ((Trilobyte feeding trail?) Found 5/19/19 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 7 hours ago, MSirmon said: Psammichnites Carboniferous Kilkee Ireland ((Trilobyte feeding trail?) Found 5/19/19 Psammichnites is a molluscan trace. Psammichnites records the feeding activities of a subsurface animal using a siphon-like device... ...The analysis of the meniscate structure and trace boundaries of Carboniferous Psammichnites indicates that sediment was transported backward, through the ventral part and along the sides of the animal, resembling sediment transport in modern molluscs... ...In short, based on morphologic evidence, the possibility of a molluscan producer for Upper Paleozoic Psammichnites has been clearly reestablished. Mángano, M.G., Buatois, L.A., Rindsberg, A.K. 2002 Carboniferous Psammichnites: systematic re-evaluation, taphonomy and autecology. Ichnos, 9:1-22 PDF LINK 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSirmon Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 8 minutes ago, piranha said: Psammichnites is a molluscan trace. Psammichnites records the feeding activities of a subsurface animal using a siphon-like device... ...The analysis of the meniscate structure and trace boundaries of Carboniferous Psammichnites indicates that sediment was transported backward, through the ventral part and along the sides of the animal, resembling sediment transport in modern molluscs... ...In short, based on morphologic evidence, the possibility of a molluscan producer for Upper Paleozoic Psammichnites has been clearly reestablished. Mángano, M.G., Buatois, L.A., Rindsberg, A.K. 2002 Carboniferous Psammichnites: systematic re-evaluation, taphonomy and autecology. Ichnos, 9:1-22 PDF LINK The reason I am leaning to trilobyte feeding lines is that all of the Psammichnites I am finding have raised centers and smooth edges but this clearly has marks along each side that appear to be leg or feet markings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 15 minutes ago, MSirmon said: The reason I am leaning to trilobyte feeding lines is that all of the Psammichnites I am finding have raised centers and smooth edges but this clearly has marks along each side that appear to be leg or feet markings. First, let's lean on the correct spelling: Trilobite! In any event, your ichnofossil does appear to match well with a diagnosis for Psammichnites. All the ichnofossil specialists concur that Psammichnites most likely have molluscan origins. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSirmon Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 5 minutes ago, piranha said: First, let's lean on the correct spelling: Trilobite! In any event, your ichnofossil does appear to match well with a diagnosis for Psammichnites. All the ichnofossil specialists concur that Psammichnites most likely have molluscan origins. I am good either way and thank you for the clarification. For the record Inwent with the spelling of trilobyte since I’m in a country that spells tires as tyres. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted May 24, 2019 Share Posted May 24, 2019 Trilobyte= the amount of information the first computers could handle. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSCHNELLE Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 (edited) As a renewed fossil enthusiast, I have enjoyed dreaming of that next fun find. It differs greatly for each person, what they consider to be an excellent fossil. One tosses away a fossil that a newby might cherish. About four years ago, I started hunting fossils again after 35 years away and found a 35 mm Ptychodus tooth. I have not lost my interest in this creature and now pester Shawn Hamm fairly regularly about my new finds. Bless him for putting up with me. But, he loves Ptychodus just as much as I do - if not more. Sometimes he reciprocates by sharing his recent finds. Mainly, it is a one-sided friendship. I had a dream last week about finding a nearly flawless large Ptychodus tooth. On May 22, 2019, I took a spontaneous lunch break at a recently flooded creek and then saw a nearly perfect tooth exposed in a shale matrix outcrop of the Eagle Ford. Not where I expected to find one at all. So, here it is. Day of find pics and final display picture taken May 24, 2019. DATE OF DISCOVERY: 5/22/2019 SCIENTIFIC NAME: PTYCHODUS MARGINALIS GEOLOGIC FORMATION/AGE: CRETACEOUS EAGLE FORD SOUTH BOSQUE MEMBER - TURONIAN LOCATION FOUND: TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, UNITED STATES SIZE: 35MM TOOTH WIDTH, 10 MM CROWN HEIGHT, ROOT IN MATRIX BUT LIKELY AT LEAST PARTIALLY MISSING 12 RIDGES - NEARLY FLAWLESS CONDITION A tooth is added to the amazing vertebra bone collections. Respectfully, Lee Schnelle, Geologist Edited May 25, 2019 by LSCHNELLE Wrong age 13 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierre le bouscatier Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Discovered 2019/05 crab indet Eocene France Provence 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 17 hours ago, MSirmon said: I am good either way and thank you for the clarification. For the record Inwent with the spelling of trilobyte since I’m in a country that spells tires as tyres. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 Wow, Gus @Scylla - OUTSTANDING find!!!!!!!!!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted May 25, 2019 Share Posted May 25, 2019 1 minute ago, Monica said: Wow, Gus @Scylla - OUTSTANDING find!!!!!!!!!! Thanks Monica, it did put a smile on my face 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glu Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 On 5/25/2019 at 3:12 AM, pierre le bouscatier said: Discovered 2019/05 crab indet Eocene France Provence I would say Coeloma vigil, nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pierre le bouscatier Posted May 27, 2019 Share Posted May 27, 2019 glu ok thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilsAnonymous Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 So many cool finds! It's going to be hard to vote! 1 On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/21/2019 at 1:23 AM, Scylla said: Date found: September 5, 2018 Date prep completed May 17, 2019 Name: Triarthrus eatoni Geologic age: Ordovician Locality: Beecher's beds, Walcott quarry, near Rome, NY The circled parts are trilobite eggs. Needless to say there is soft tissue preservation of the legs and antenna as well. Wow; we have the winner! What mineral has replaced the soft tissues and exoskeleton; a phosphate, pyrite? My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 5 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said: Wow; we have the winner! What mineral has replaced the soft tissues and exoskeleton; a phosphate, pyrite? These are pyrite. Here is a New Yorker article on the site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiamL Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 Date of Discovery / 16th May Ichthyosaur jaw, possibly lower Jaw Lower Jurassic Found in Whitby, Yorkshire Coast, Prepared by Mark Hawkes 6 Yorkshire Coast Fossil Hunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted May 30, 2019 Share Posted May 30, 2019 On 5/21/2019 at 1:23 AM, Scylla said: Date found: September 5, 2018 Date prep completed May 17, 2019 Name: Triarthrus eatoni Geologic age: Ordovician Locality: Beecher's beds, Walcott quarry, near Rome, NY Quite a story behind this one. In the late 1800's Valiant discovered this quarry, later, Beecher started scientific study of it but Walcott (of later Burgess Shale fame) started to dig only a few feet away. For more detail click here. Fast forward 120 or so years. I got an invite to a paid day digging in this quarry with one of my fossling buddies, Gary V. Markus was a great host and taught us so much about trilobites and how to see them with his x-Ray vision. Gary found a complete bug within the first 5 minutes. I took 3 hours to find my first one. By the end of the day I had managed to find five. Markus' son prepped these for me and I just picked them up yesterday on my way home from the Penn Dixie dig. Two of the five had eggs and one had a 3 part terminal claw (foot?). Wish I could post more than 4 pics here. The circled parts are trilobite eggs. Needless to say there is soft tissue preservation of the legs and antenna as well. I'm posting a trip report with more pictures HERE but it will take me some time, be patient please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebaileyuk Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 I am very new to fossil hunting and collecting but I have a good eye for seeing patterns in the rocks on the beach. I was lucky enough to have several lovely finds at the weekend but am most proud of this one due to its sheer size. At first I could not believe what I was seeing and wondered if I was imagining it but it was real. I have already arranged to go into the local primary school and show it to some children there. You never know, it could help to inspire them to be interested in fossils too. I found it on 25/5/19 nautoid Cenocerus Early Jurassic on the beach at Mappleton, Yorkshire 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LSCHNELLE Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 5 minutes ago, Sebaileyuk said: I am very new to fossil hunting and collecting but I have a good eye for seeing patterns in the rocks on the beach. I was lucky enough to have several lovely finds at the weekend but am most proud of this one due to its sheer size. At first I could not believe what I was seeing and wondered if I was imagining it but it was real. I have already arranged to go into the local primary school and show it to some children there. You never know, it could help to inspire them to be interested in fossils too. I found it on 25/5/19 nautoid Cenocerus on the beach at Mappleton, Yorkshire That is a wonderful fossil! I have volunteered to show fossils and discuss rock types at elementary schools and chaperoned kids to a fossil museum. This is a very important thing - to share your passion for paleontology - whether amateur or professional. This planet is an amazing place for us to live. Fossils help us to understand how much more amazing it has been during the past. And, where we may be heading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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