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July 2019 - Finds of the Month Entries


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1 hour ago, Fossildude19 said:

Great trackways, Frank! Are these considered Gwyneddichnium ?

 

Thank you!  :)

 

I do believe they are Gwyneddichnium tracks. 

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Before it's too late I'll submit a find for Vertebrate Fossil of the Month- I found it yesterday!

Date Of Discovery: 7/30/2019 (prepped on the same night)

Name: Tyrannosaurid tooth (cf. Gorgosaurus libratus)

Age: Late Cretaceous (Campanian)

Formation: Judith River fm.

Location: Valley County, MT

 

This tooth is just under 3 inches long and I found the rear end sticking out of a hillside while hunting on a private ranch in Northern MT w/Paleoprospectors.

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Y'all are working overtime to get some great entries packed into this month. What a feast for the eyes.

 

:envy:

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

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On 7/27/2019 at 10:10 AM, Wolf89 said:

Date of Discovery: 7/14/19

Carcharodon carcharias, Great white shark

Neogene, Yorktown formation

Green Mills Run, Greenville, NC

This is THE best fossil I have ever found. Ths day I found it, we had found nothing worth mentioning so far, I rolled over a massive pipe in the river, and it was laying half out of the water. Out of all or the hours of digging that I, and others have done and posted pictures of, i have never seen anyone find white teeth in GMR. Let alone the size and condition. 

Size is ~2.8"

 

 

Thats a really nice find!

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On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus!

 

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Decided to enter this before its too late! Its by far the best specimen of this species I've found so far with no damage whatsoever, just turned over a rock and there it was with the trickiest parts already prepped by nature! The tooth is 21mm x 21mm.

 

Date of Discovery: 23/07/19

Name: Saivodus striatus (Agassiz, 1843)

Age: Mississippian/Lower Carboniferous, Visean

Geological Formation: Blackhall Limestone

Location: Fife, Scotland

 

 

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On 7/29/2019 at 9:44 PM, paleoflor said:

Herewith my entry (with apologies for the poor smartphone image quality):

 

Date of Discovery: Sunday, July 28

Scientific and/or Common Name: unidentified (trigonotarbid?) arachnid

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D), Osnabrück Fm.

State, Province, or Region Found: Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany

Specimen dimensions: about 20 mm wide (as fossilized).

 

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Photographs of specimen illuminated from different angles.

 

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Photograph of counterpiece.

This is absolutely fantastic!! 

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5 hours ago, Archie said:

Decided to enter this before its too late! Its by far the best specimen of this species I've found so far with no damage whatsoever, just turned over a rock and there it was with the trickiest parts already prepped by nature! The tooth is 21mm x 21mm.

 

Date of Discovery: 23/07/19

Name: Saivodus striatus (Agassiz, 1843)

Age: Mississippian/Lower Carboniferous, Visean

Geological Formation: Blackhall Limestone

Location: Fife, Scotland

Great find @Archie ! I am really a fan of the stuff you find :)

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

Regards Sebastian

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25 minutes ago, Archie said:

Thanks @belemniten! I'm very much a fan of your finds! :D 

Haha thanks :D 

So here is a last minute entry: 

An Ichthyosaur fossil I found and prepped this month. Its from the quarry Kromer in Holzmaden. At first you could only see two cross sections on both sides of the stone. During the prep I was able to reveal four paddle bones, another Ichthyosaur bone and some belemnites. The paddle bones are about 5 cm long so not too small. I prepped it with my air pens and an air abrasive. The prep took about six hours. 

 

Found: 14/07/19

Finished prep: 29/07/19

Ichthyosaur bones (4 paddle bones and one other bone) and some belemnites 

Lower Jurassic, Posidonia Shale 

Holzmaden, Germany

 

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

Regards Sebastian

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On 7/29/2019 at 1:44 PM, paleoflor said:

Date of Discovery: Sunday, July 28

Scientific and/or Common Name: unidentified (trigonotarbid?) arachnid

Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D), Osnabrück Fm.

State, Province, or Region Found: Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany

Specimen dimensions: about 20 mm wide (as fossilized).

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What an amazing bunch of entries this month! I am in awe of all of them. I have a little unexpected fossil to enter too, I was slowly prepping this piece and it just popped out. 

 

Date found: 5/13/19

Date prep finished: 7/29/19

Scientific name: Sandalodus sp.

Geological age and formation: La Salle Limestone Member of the Pennsylvanian Bond Formation

Location: Near Oglesby in LaSalle County, Illinois

 

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