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  2. The Legendary Hamzino

    What type of Teeth are these? They seem Crocodilian. Hope they're not restored lol.

    Okay I know this is gonna ###### a lot of people off. But I polished it. Cuz I wanna turn it into a cool pendant.
  3. I am guessing you don't mean 80 cm for the Isotelus. That would make it well over two feet long.
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  5. I agree, it does look like a Pentlandia @rocket nice specimen
  6. Doctor Mud

    Cetacean bone

    Not clear in the above slices, but after some more adjustment I could see what look to be sutures inside the bone. Amazing series of fine canals branching off the main canals that run the length of the bone
  7. Doctor Mud

    Cetacean bone

    I was at the hospital getting some other fossils scanned and slipped this one in
  8. cngodles

    Let's see your rarest specimen!

    I would easily say this large coiled cephalopod from the Glenshaw Formation (Kasimovian, late Pennsylvanian). I haven't really found a coiled cephalopod that was half this size. Scale bar = 10 cm.
  9. Jared C

    Let's see your rarest specimen!

    I have a couple ties for the title of rarest in my time hunting, so I'll put a few in: On the vertebrate side, this mosasaur "Olive" co-found with my step brother. Olive is looking to be a new species so far . Story of this find below: Other vertebrates that come to a tie include this articulated Coniasaur (still unprepared) and partial plesiosaur that hasn't been fully excavated yet - waiting on mother nature to weather the site a bit more so it's not as dangerous. These were found on a great hunt with @Ptychodus04. The Coniasaur is rare because they're almost never found articulated, and the american species is not known from much cranial material besides occasional dentaries. The plesiosaur is rare because it's potentially the second specimen of an undescribed species found in this horizon. Lastly on the vert side, this partial Hadrodus cf. priscus premaxilla, bearing an incisor. Hadrodus is a genus of late cretaceous fish closely related to Pycnodonts, but form their own family, the Hadrodontidae. Isolated pharyngeal teeth are all they're usually known from, but even then the attribution of such teeth to the genus is tricky. The genus is known from skeletal material in Alabama, supposedly Mississippi, and one beat up specimen from Kansas. This is the first occurrence of Hadrodus skeletal material in Texas that I'm aware of, humble as it may be. On the invert side, I have a contender that can tie the options above, which is a pair of Cidarid echinoids that share some affinity with the European taxon Stereocidaris sceptrifera, but likely represent a unique species since this is a transatlantic occurrence (all of these finds are Texan). @Ptychodus04 did most of the prep on these, with @JohnJ doing some more detailed prep on the toothed specimen and taking the gorgeous photos below:
  10. LSCHNELLE

    Let's see your rarest specimen!

    Shhhh! That's the teaser. Coming up soon.
  11. Here is some Pennsylvanian cordaitid wood with a similar pattern:
  12. Jared C

    Let's see your rarest specimen!

    I always love to see pictures of this thing. But c'mon, I can think of a fossil you've found that's rarer
  13. fossillarry

    Oligocene fossil jaw

    I also have not read about any Eocene age deposits in Oklahoma, nor Oligocene deposits for that matter. The lower molar is certainly a perissodactyl, most likely an equid. could be " Hyracotherium " or perhaps Orohippus. The tooth does not look exactly like any specimen in my collection of Early Eocene equid lower teeth, so I am not a hundred per cent certain as to the identity of this specimen. To bad it does not have better locality data.
  14. Hello, New to the forum. I’m taking a trip to San Antonio with my family in April. We like to go exploring around. My sons and I started to find fossils locally near San Diego and love getting out. I’m wondering if anyone has any insight on fossil hunting San Antonio.If anyone has any locations that would be appreciated. Also was looking for any info on laws or regulations to follow. Any wisdom is appreciated.
  15. Brandy Cole

    Invertebrate Paleontologist

    Welcome! We're glad to have you!
  16. Hey guys, just found this spinosaurus foot claw for sale. It seems good to me but I really don’t know much about claws. May I have your opinions on this one? Thanks a lot!
  17. Isotelus2883

    Quick Stops throughout Canada-NY, Focusing on Toronto

    4. Last, on the way back from Canada, I saw some fill blocks at a rest stop. Hoping for some trilobite fragments, I went over to inspect. I was not disappointed. The shalier rocks had Spinatrypa, Rhipidomella, Amplexiphyllum, and others which makes me believe the rocks were Hamilton Gr. A chonky crinoid stem, from the limestone. I found this odd thing. I shall not be as hopeful as to definitively assign it to this, but maybe a fish plate? A big Aulocystis jacksoni cluster, which might prep well. A partial phacopid cephalon and thorax, I think is Eldredgeops rana on account of the age. This was a fun trip, many sites I was not planning to visit, and I will certainly return to Toronto when I get a chance.
  18. Fossildude19

    Anyone able to id please?

    Neat little gastropod. Not familiar with the location, but it looks to be Early Jurassic in age. Maybe @Tidgy's Dad or @TqB will be familiar with this?
  19. Isotelus2883

    Quick Stops throughout Canada-NY, Focusing on Toronto

    3. And here, was the object of the trip. I was able to stay a bit longer, 1:03 hours. It was just by the side of the highway, there was a parking spot, and was very readily accessible. At the end of the trip, in the shale cliff, I found a layer packed with bivalves. Sadly, I had to leave and could only recover one Ambonychia as another hash plate I collected crumbled to bits. Here were the finds. I also left a ~ 80 cm complete Isotelus there, I just felt it wasn’t worth taking. Some Ambonychia radiata, from the loose material. Here was the one from the bivalve bed. Here was a very faint ?Diplichnites obscured by other bioturbation. Here was the negative of a Flexicalymene cranidium. Not a good specimen, but I didn’t that find much else. Here was a good hash plate, with several Flexicalymene and Isotelus bits. What species are the Georgian Bay Fm calymenids? F. granulosa? The Ambonychia impression was nice, as it had a few bryozoans encrusting it. Another bit had a nice Isotelus pygidium and some Flexicalymene cranidia. Last, was this awesome Modiolopsis? I picked up from the riverbank, in loose material, simply laying there for me to pick up. Even better, was the bryozoan encrusting it, beautifully prepped by nature. Of course, back at the hotel I flung my arm out accidentally, and knocked it across the floor. Luckily it only broke into two pieces.
  20. Fossildude19

    Lungfish from Scotland: Pentlandia or Dipterus?

    I think it matches better with Pentlandia macroptera. Maybe @oilshale can weigh in on this one?
  21. I’ll be in the Dallas area for the eclipse and plan to add in some fossil collecting. Have been to many areas NSR, Brazos, ect but saw recently about some ammonites and echinoids in the Lake Worth area. Will look in road cuts and construction sites but any recommendations on which roads are best cheers Doc
  22. Jaybot

    Neutache Shoreline

    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
  23. Isotelus2883

    Quick Stops throughout Canada-NY, Focusing on Toronto

    2. The second stop was along the Rideau Canal, near the exit into the Ottawa river. Is this Bobcaygeon Fm? I started with this a decent hash plate, with several brachiopods, and bryozoan bits. The only trilobite fragments on it were a very weathered calymenid cranidium and a cheirurid bit. Also, I found a block with several Isotelus gigas fragments. Here’s a cephalon bit with an eye along with some other bits of shell. And here is a partial free cheek. I aligned the piece properly, though it looks bad. Just high energy conditions, unfortunately. A bit of eye, and the genal area are all to show for my five minute stop. And last, is some kind of gastropod. Any suggestions?
  24. LSCHNELLE

    Let's see your rarest specimen!

    Here is my contribution. Found at base of the Lower Cenomanian age Buda Limestone in 2016. To my knowledge this is the only one known other than the holotype that was found before 1893 within one mile away. That USGS geologist stated it was found in the lower Austin Chalk (Lower Coniacian). His was larger and not compressed. I have another find to post later that (per a knowledgeable professor) is the only one in the world. Still pending genus and species on that one which has been donated to science.
  25. 10jwashford

    Anyone able to id please?

    Found this little guy in a rock in Southerndown, Wales. Anyone able to id please? Thanks!
  26. This week, I had an opportunity to make some very quick (>30 min) stops along the way to a conference in Toronto, and on the way back. 1. The first stop was in Montreal, pretty close to the hotel. It was an exposure of the Tétreauville Formation. A 20 minute stop, coupled with the fact that even fragments of shale had to be pried out of the frozen ground, and that the shale was mostly empty, made this not the most productive stop. I did manage, however, to find some trilobite fragments. Starting with some small shell-less Sowerbyella sp. And of course trilobite bits, negatives, of course because my luck is just like that. Flexicalymene senaria Cheiruridae indet.
  27. Kato

    Nature Photography

    White Sands giant claret cup putting out buds a few weeks early this year
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