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On 2020-02-13 at 10:09 PM, Dracarys said:

Too many to choose from but probably my 3.6 inch T rex tooth and an opalized ornithomimid vert from Lightning Ridge. 

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Amazing fossils!! :envy:

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ooh my, I kinda forgot about this topic. 
I aqcuired some more pieces I consider as my most prized fossils since I posted here last. 

 

Most recently is my Opalized Belemnite (Neohibolites sp.) found in the opal fields of the Bulldog Canyon in Coober Pedy (Australia), around 135 mya (Cretaceous)
Simply due to the fact that it's of a high quality opal and that opalised fossils are not that common. 

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My first Tyrannosaurus rec tooth, found in the Hell Creek Formation, Carter County, Montana (USA), 66 mya (Cretaceous) 
Not the best or biggest T-rex tooth on the market, but a perfect beauty for my collection given my budget :) 

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A very rare vert from a Pachyvaranus crassispondylus found in Ouled Abdoun (Morocco), 70 mya (Cretacous)
Never seen them in any other collections or for sale, probably one of the more rare specimens in my collection.

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A walrus jaw (Odobenus rosmarus) found in the seaway channel "The Scheur" in the North Sea (Belgium), 45 000 years old (Pleistocene). 
These walrus fossil from this location are only rarely for sale, but The Scheur is a recently discovered fossil graveyard that was home to the southern-most walrus colony ever discovered. 

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A Mesacanthus pusillus found in the Achanarras Quarry, Caithness, Scotland, UK (Devonian, 385 mya)
Because I love devonian fishes and you don't see this species often preserved as well as this

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A Balteurypterus tetragonophtalmus found in the Bagovitsa formation, Smotrych river, Kamianets-Podilskyi, Khmelnytskyi Oblast (Ukraïne), 427 mya (Silurian)

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A large Cosmopolitodus hastalis tooth found in the Wienerberger quarry in Rumst (Belgium), 20 - 16 mya (Miocene)

We found this tooth during our 2nd fossil hunting trip and it is our best and favorite found to date, a quite big tooth as well.

The scarring on the tooth are due to the time this tooth was in the permafrost during the Ice Ages, a wonder this tooth even survived that.

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I am going to go with this Liopleurodon Pliosaaur tooth from Russia. It's just insane how well the ridges stand out on a tooth this large. I read in a Wiley publication that the function of the enamel ridges and carinae was to enlarge wounds during prey capture and dismemberment (Massare 1987). The ridges may also have helped the tooth penetrate and withdraw from the prey by breaking suction, acting like the ‘blood gutter’ groove on a military bayonet.

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@Jaimin013 incredible tooth! Love the colors. And excellent information too. What's the size? It's not my area but that looks quite large for a Pliosaur.

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30 minutes ago, Huntonia said:

@Jaimin013 incredible tooth! Love the colors. And excellent information too. What's the size? It's not my area but that looks quite large for a Pliosaur.

Thanks! The tooth is 4 inches. They have found fully rooted Pliosaur teeth around 16 inches long but I'm sure they can grow larger than that. I still think the crown of my tooth is pretty large though. Just couldn't imagine if my tooth had a root how large it would be.

 

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I love that pliosaur tooth, such a nice specimen. I wish plesiosaur stuff was more common in the areas I fossil hunt.

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7 hours ago, PaleoNoel said:

I love that pliosaur tooth, such a nice specimen. I wish plesiosaur stuff was more common in the areas I fossil hunt.

Thanks @PaleoNoel! They are just beyond rare now to get and the ones in the UK are so hard to find as the sites for some of the specimens disovered in the past can no longer even be searched for fossils. Pliosaur teeth are far rarer than trex teeth

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Nowhere near perfect like @Jaimin013 Pliosaur tooth but as mentioned teeth from these sea beasts are so rare. This is my fully rooted one from the Oxford Clay Pitt, Peterborough, UK  

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On 14/02/2020 at 3:18 AM, paulyb135 said:

Re opening this thread to hopefully encourage others. 

 

Will add my allosaurus and Suchomimus teeth to the mix. 

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Wow! That suchomimus tooth is gorgeous.

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6 hours ago, FF7_Yuffie said:

 

Wow! That suchomimus tooth is gorgeous.

 

Thank you! They’re very rare in this colour and I’ve personally not seen any others like it before 

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I’ve got a couple favourites but if I’d have to choose it would be this decent plesiosaur tooth from Uzbekistan!

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