Jackson g Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 1 hour ago, Kane said: Opting for rarity over beauty, I would be remiss not to enter what, for some trilobite collectors, is a once in a lifetime find. Comparative black and white image from Ludvigsen, R. (1979) Fossils of Ontario Part 1: The Trilobites. Found: August 23, 2019 Name: Terataspis grandis (pygidium fragment) Location: London, Canada (imported fill) Geologic Age/Formation: L. Devonian, Bois Blanc Fm. Looks like you and Malcomt both hit the payday on trilo bits! Crazy awesome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted August 25, 2019 Share Posted August 25, 2019 As I finally got the ID on one of the fishes I found at the beginning of the month, I can enroll this entry Date of Discovery: 03.08.2019 Scientific and/or Common Name: Holosteus sp Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Oligocene State, Province, or Region Found: Rogi, Poland Photos of Find 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 On 25/08/2019 at 2:09 PM, Kane said: Opting for rarity over beauty, I would be remiss not to enter what, for some trilobite collectors, is a once in a lifetime find. Comparative black and white image from Ludvigsen, R. (1979) Fossils of Ontario Part 1: The Trilobites. Found: August 23, 2019 Name: Terataspis grandis (pygidium fragment) Location: London, Canada (imported fill) Geologic Age/Formation: L. Devonian, Bois Blanc Fm. I'm glad for you Kane, nice find. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdp Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 22 hours ago, Kasia said: As I finally got the ID on one of the fishes I found at the beginning of the month, I can enroll this entry Date of Discovery: 03.08.2019 Scientific and/or Common Name: Holosteus sp Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Oligocene State, Province, or Region Found: Rogi, Poland Photos of Find Whoa! very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 56 minutes ago, jdp said: Whoa! very nice. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 I'm glad for you too @Kasia. "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasia Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 5 minutes ago, fifbrindacier said: I'm glad for you too @Kasia. Merci Sophie I was really excited when I learned it's the species I didn't have yet in my Oligocene collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historianmichael Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Perhaps not the rarest of discoveries for the location but still something I thought was really cool. This plate is massive and it was just sitting there. Included is also an in-situ photo of how I found it. Found: August 21, 2019 Name: Texigryphaea graysonana death plate Geologic Age/Formation: Cretaceous, Duck Creek Formation Location: Lake Texoma, TX 8 Follow me on Instagram (@fossil_mike) to check out my personal collection of fossils collected and acquired over more than 15 years of fossil hunting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 26, 2019 Author Share Posted August 26, 2019 2 hours ago, historianmichael said: but still something I thought was really cool. A fossil doesn't have to be a fully articulated T. rex skeleton, for it to be interesting. If you found the fossil to be cool enough to collect, photograph, and submit for the FOTM contest, then we're happy to have it as part of the gallery of this month's special finds by our members. Cheers. -Ken 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randyw Posted August 26, 2019 Share Posted August 26, 2019 Wow! Going to be a difficult choice again this month! they all look Great! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 OK. I've been deliberating over whether to enter this or not. I've never entered a fossil into the FOTM mainly because I rarely have a contender, and when I do I only think about the FOTM when it's too late! This was a last minute find on the last day of my trip to the Kootenays earlier this month (date of find: Aug 9.) and it sure made the trip worthwhile. Tuzoia (polleni?) Lower Cambrian (Lower or Mid-Dyeran, I read) Eager Fm. Rifle Range site at Fort Steele, B.C. 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 Very cool! We've got a nice diversity of entries again this month and a few days left before the end of the month. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jackson g Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 18 hours ago, Wrangellian said: OK. I've been deliberating over whether to enter this or not. I've never entered a fossil into the FOTM mainly because I rarely have a contender, and when I do I only think about the FOTM when it's too late! This was a last minute find on the last day of my trip to the Kootenays earlier this month (date of find: Aug 9.) and it sure made the trip worthwhile. Tuzoia (polleni?) Lower Cambrian (Lower or Mid-Dyeran, I read) Eager Fm. Rifle Range site at Fort Steele, B.C. Had no clue what I was looking at, so I had to look up pictures of what this organism was believed to look like lol. What a crazy, cool looking creature. A great find to put in here in my opinion! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Thanks... here's a reconstruction I found online: I was not exactly sure what I was looking at, either, and I bet it was dismissed as a mangled trilobite by the last person to see it, if anyone saw it. (I found it just by flipping loose pieces over, so I don't have the counterpart. It might still be up there! I did try hard to find it but only had a few minutes left) My ID is based on the cracked mud pattern on it, and the knowledhge that Tuzoias are found at that spot. But it still looks odd to me - the other specimens I've seen are just the carapaces, usually with spines around the edge. This one seems to have a tail or body section - ? And maybe eyes to the left in the last pic?? 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MeargleSchmeargl Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 15 hours ago, Wrangellian said: Thanks... here's a reconstruction I found online: I always found it tough to figure out what phylocarids and guys like this looked like as living organisms. Whenever I see them posted I always squinted dumbly at the screen trying to see what everyone else saw. 2 Every single fossil you see is a miracle set in stone, and should be treated as such. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Amateur Paleontologist Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 10 hours ago, Wrangellian said: This was a last minute find on the last day of my trip to the Kootenays earlier this month (date of find: Aug 9.) and it sure made the trip worthwhile. Tuzoia (polleni?) Lower Cambrian (Lower or Mid-Dyeran, I read) Eager Fm. Rifle Range site at Fort Steele, B.C. Amazing find!! That's a beautiful specimen 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...
Monica Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 It looks like you had success in your fossil-hunt, Eric @Wrangellian!!! Congrats on the awesome find!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natalie81 Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 My entry for this month: Found on 17th August 2019 Allopleuron hofmanni (Sea-turtle) 4 verts in association with the back of the shield Maastrichtian - Emael formation Eben-Emael ( Belgium ) as found: preppwork: the end result: 16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Wow, there's really great entries this month ! 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 21 hours ago, Wrangellian said: OK. I've been deliberating over whether to enter this or not. I've never entered a fossil into the FOTM mainly because I rarely have a contender, and when I do I only think about the FOTM when it's too late! This was a last minute find on the last day of my trip to the Kootenays earlier this month (date of find: Aug 9.) and it sure made the trip worthwhile. Tuzoia (polleni?) Lower Cambrian (Lower or Mid-Dyeran, I read) Eager Fm. Rifle Range site at Fort Steele, B.C. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but these are disarticulated pieces of Wanneria sp. The reticulate surface ornamentation is confusing because it is similar in appearance to Tuzoia. The long "tail" section is actually a partial thoracic segment, the anterior flange, axial ring and axial furrows in evidence. The crescent-shaped fragments are cephala, one showing the characteristic doublure with terrace ridges. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 Oh. That must be why it was not picked up by someone else. I must retract my entry, then! Maybe I'll post one of the trilobites I found. I had no idea Wanneria had that same ornamentation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted August 27, 2019 Author Share Posted August 27, 2019 I love it when I learn something new on this forum. Looking forward to any alternative entries. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, digit said: I love it when I learn something new on this forum. Sometimes I don't! Here's my replacement: Looks dirtier in the photo than it did to the naked eye... but I'm afraid to brush the bug off for fear that parts of it will flake off. I'd prefer to get it into the hands of a good preparator. It looks like the skeleton itself came off on the piece to the right, and we're looking at the ventral surface. Anyway it's probably the best find of the trip. Collected Aug 6, 2019. Olenaspella chrisnewi (or Chrisnewi?) - according to Chris Jenkins Upper Cambrian McKay Group (don't know the formation or stage) Site 15, Bull River Valley, BC. 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted August 27, 2019 Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Wrangellian said: Sometimes I don't! Here's my replacement: Olenaspella chrisnewi (or Chrisnewi?) - according to Chris Jenkins Upper Cambrian McKay Group (don't know the formation or stage) Site 15, Bull River Valley, BC. Collected Aug 6, 2019. Looks dirtier in the photo than it did to the naked eye... but I'm afraid to brush the bug off for fear that parts of it will flake off. I'd prefer to get it into the hands of a good preparator. It looks like the skeleton itself came off on the piece to the right, and we're looking at the ventral surface. Anyway it's probably the best find of the trip. Good replacement! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I agree with Gus/Scylla - that's a beautiful trilobite, Eric @Wrangellian!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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