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Mixosaurus I bought.
Crazyhen replied to JJ Lavoie's topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
There are smaller ones, but not so common. Like the two below (one is incomplete, one is complete). I hope I could prep them nicely when I have time. The "red plate" is from Luoping, Yunnan. The normal black plate is from Fuyun of Yunnan.
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old bones replied to bockryan's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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Congrats, I hope to get there someday as well.
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Congratulations, Tony!
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A Little Bit of Everything - North Carolina
Bjohn170 replied to bockryan's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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A Little Bit of Everything - North Carolina
bockryan replied to bockryan's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
If it had more Paleozoic outcrops, North Carolina might be the best overall state for fossils on the East Coast. It does have some very early stuff (Ediacaran) that I have not explored at all and then the Mesozoic and Cenozoic material is extremely diverse and abundant. -
Great work! And 4 different species on the same block WOW! somebodies really going to enjoy that!
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Thanks for numbering them!
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sorry for the lousy pictures on the calendar
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From what’s shown I’d say possibly a horse tooth
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Ptychodus04’s Fossil Fish Prepapalooza
FossilDAWG replied to Ptychodus04's topic in Fossil Preparation
Amazing work! Don- 1,056 replies
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so cool to think that that was swimming in our oceans millions of years ago
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Fossils from central USA. I named this album after the Neutache/Missouria tribe. Please note that I am -not- attempting to 'show off' - This album is for reference purposes. Also, don't hesitate to correct me in any mistakes I made with the ID of these fossils I am mostly posting these here for my own id'ing reference, and for anyone else to use as reference material as well. All photos in this album are under: CC BY-NC license. Feel free to download and use these photos for whatever you please, as long as it's a non-commercial use Thank you, -Jaybot
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Starfish is it real?
Hisairness45 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello. I'm right now in Morocco, leaving tomorrow from Marrakech. I have a chance to buy this one... is it a real starfish? I bet 85% it is a real s**t but I'm sort of new member of fossil collector. Please tell me if early morning time, before I leave 'Kesh should I buy this thing?
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Ptychodus04 replied to Ptychodus04's topic in Fossil Preparation
This slab was a blast to prep! I only have around 40 more to prep in this lot!
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I think the confusion was on my end I re-read your post and you were perfectly clear! I read some things this afternoon, I wont pull them back up but from my memory I felt responses from members were great. Very non-confrontational. I think the main thing you want to do is what folks already do, and you already mentioned it - just normalize it and convey it is a "happens to the best of us" phenomenon. Unfortunately, because it is probably a deeper, more engrained characteristic with some individuals, no matter how flowery the language some folks will find a way to take offense. Taking offense is actually related to a variety of psychological characteristics, but one I find interesting is concrete thinking versus abstract thinking. Concrete thinkers have an especially hard time taking advice. Even a harder time being corrected. With some folks unfortunately I think its a "I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you" type of thing....
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Congrats Tony!!! I know I've found quite a number of those posts to be useful! I have a feeling there won't be anyone catching up to you and Chas any time soon, the total amount of posts just between you two is more than the combined total of 91.8% of all members, that's over 40,000 members.
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https://historicjamestowne.org/collections/artifacts/sturgeon/
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Great finds Jamie, the site appears to be a great place to collect!
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Great report and finds JamieLynn! So much good stuff! I didn’t realize rostroconches could be found in the Carboniferous. Very cool!
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Darktooth replied to bockryan's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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Thanks @FossilNerd, that is what I was asking. Sorry for the confusion @nerdsforprez, I should have explained better. I'm trying to find a better way to respond when we get those people who get a little aggressive because we don't see the "petrified snake head" in their rock. When pareidolia is mentioned as the reason they see those things, as you said, some people take offense to that. How do we explain the phenomenon without it coming across as "you're seeing things"? We try to point out that it's a natural thing that we all do, and how it was beneficial to have the ability to recognize patterns, but we often find ourselves on the same dead-end road over and over again. If you search for pareidolia on the forum, I'm sure it will bring up a lot.
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Hello and welcome to the forum from New York! Dave
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Good read and it’s interesting to hear about the phenomenon from a person who deals with pareidolia on a professional level. I think @Fin Lover was asking if you had any suggestions on gentler ways for us to let other folks know that we think they are suffering from a case of pareidolia. Not that your thread would be offensive, but that we often unintentionally offend those that we suggest are seeing things. We often try to explain that everyone has pareidolia from time to time, that it is a normal part of life, and usually reference common things like “bunnies in clouds” or “the man in the moon” to drive home the point, but even that doesn’t go over well with a lot of people. Very few people understand what we are trying to tell them. Many leave in a huff, or at worst the conversation degrades to the point that the topic must be locked.
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Bradford is the closest
