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  2. Coco

    Mines

    He put "Alabama" in the labels. Coco
  3. Coco

    Florida Fossil IDs

    Hi, This little sea urchin is too globose for the species I mentioned. Sorry, I can’t help any more. Coco
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  5. Rockwood

    Help with Bone identification

    All I can say is that it doesn't look like the marine mammal bones found there. Perhaps a terrestrial mammal. With the ends in such poor shape, it may be hard to tell.
  6. I agree--Oviraptor types are usually longer and thinner. These look quite short and squat.
  7. Rockwood

    Is this a fossilised bone?

    The texture seems to indicate that it could be a burrow cast. It's hard to be sure of it though.
  8. Fin Lover

    Is this a fossilised bone?

    I'm also not seeing evidence of bone.
  9. Ludwigia

    Buffalopterus pustulosus

    Thanks very much for sharing. Too bad that Ridgemount is no longer accessible.
  10. M3gal0don_M4n

    Is this a fossilised bone?

    My thoughts exactly. Thanks for reinforcing it!
  11. Brevicolis

    Is this a fossilised bone?

    I dont think its a bone. I dont see there any bone texture, structure, and shape. So it migth be just a curiously shaped rock.
  12. M3gal0don_M4n

    Is this a fossilised bone?

    I just went fossil hunting today and found this. Is it a bone or just a rock? If so what is it? It is found in Beaumaris in Victoria. A majority of fossils are 6-5 million years old. I have theories as to what it is if it is a fossil, but I am unsure. I was thinking a an extinct penguin upper wing bone or a Pelagornis shin bone, maybe even a seal metatarsal. This is a link to a list of fossils found in Beaumarishttps://www.bayside.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2021-08/beaumaris_fossil_book_museum_victoria.pdf Personally, I am sceptical as to whether it is a bone but my Mum and Dad believe it is.
  13. mbarco

    I ask for artistic advice

    thanks everyone for their advice! I think the photos inserted by you have too powerful lighting from above, I put an example of a seabed at 15m depth: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Moorea_Aito_Depth_15m_Samuel_Etienne.JPG I could imagine a light facing the viewer that illuminates the scene, preserving the closest warm tones and then gradually disappearing. Probably increase the texture of the terrain, general contrast, darken,...
  14. Thanks for the help everyone
  15. Obvious clue it isn't real...the teeth should be 'baby teeth' instead of adult teeth. Not gonna fool anyone with that cuss word mistake! And talk about robust...this critter is so heavy it would be slithering through the seabed mud, imo.
  16. The seller describes this as Rare Natural Untreated Madagascar specimen. Sure looks unpolished to me.
  17. Brian James Maguire

    Lower Carboniferous fossils of Ireland

    All fossils have been collected and prepared by myself from the east coast of ireland. Carboniferous limestone makes up a good portion of the Malahide formation which yields good specimens of different species of Brachiopods, Bryozoans, both solitary and colonial Corals, Gastropods, Bivalves, Goniatites, both coiled and orthoconic Nautiloids, Crinoids, and if your lucky, Trilobites!
  18. MrBones

    Can I prep Moroccan Trilobites?

    I see. Eventually I will upgrade my tools, maybe I can give it a shot then. Thanks for the responses.
  19. Anomotodon

    Mazon Creek trips

    Just got back today from my first trip to Mazonia-Braidwood (pit 11) this year! I unfortunately couldn't make it on the opening weekend, and was afraid we won’t find anything this late - but I ended up being pleasantly surprised. By this point I ran out of concretions to freeze-thaw from last year, so I’m very excited for the next few months We decided to go back to the Tipple hill area. Here is what it looks like now - open, barren fields of rocks 99.9999% of which are not what we are looking for. What I found especially challenging about this area, is that there are numerous concretions that have perfect shapes, but are not actually the right type of rock - yellow/light orange. I haven’t seen them at other places within Mazonia. I tried cracking a few last year, but they just have quartz (?) crystals on the inside. I guess they are not actually from Francis Creek shale? I forgot to take pictures, but would be curious to hear from people familiar with this. And of course, here are a few dinosaur eggs (the right type of rock) in situ Here is the total haul. Probably not a lot for this site, but this is definitely the most productive pit 11 trip I’ve had so far. Even better, unlike my previous visits, this time I found quite a few fossils in already open concretions. Here is a shrimp molt Both halves of a Calamites I think this is a Cyperites leaf These two halves of Annularia whorls cracked on the drive home And, of course, a neat anemone - Essexella ascherae. Surprisingly, this is the only one we found (so far). Will keep this thread updated with new fossils as I freeze-thaw the remaining concretions. I will also be back to Mazonia this weekend, but will probably go to a different site. I’m hoping this will become a mega-thread of all of my future Mazon creek trips. Out of all of the fossil sites I ever collected at, this is genuinely one of my favorites, if not the favorite - amazing fossils you can’t find anywhere else, plus instant gratification from finding concretions is always followed by delayed gratification over months of opening them. Here are my past trips to Mazonia and Braceville in 2023:
  20. Alex S.

    Hell creek rib restoration question

    Thank you @Doctor Mud! I agree it was a good experience.
  21. Notidanodon

    Post oak creek finds

    Could we get more angles of 9 please I suspect it is a carcharias but need to have a closer look at other root angles
  22. Doctor Mud

    Hell creek rib restoration question

    Looks great! Much nicer to look at, and close enough to the original color to look good, but different enough to show what is original and what is restored
  23. Doctor Mud

    Baby Mosasaur

    Got me thinking from what is a baby Mosasaur called….thought should be what we call its closest living relative. Snakes and monitor lizards - hatchling. But did mosasaurs lay eggs? https://eartharchives.org/articles/a-new-beginning-for-baby-mosasaurs/index.html# A tangent but - that’s how my brain works sometimes! Especially after coffee
  24. Alex S.

    Hell creek rib restoration question

    Finished! I'll start with saying of all the arts I'm bad at painting so going into it I really just wanted to highlight the texture, that being said I still think it turned out good. all in all I'm fairly pleased with how it turned out it is obviously restored but I think it helped a lot from the base clay. All in all it was a great learning experience thanks for tagging along!
  25. Doctor Mud

    Baby Mosasaur

    It must be all good it’s sitting on a field jacket. And the Mosasaur younglings had no need for ribs or flippers, better defense . Just solid vertebra all the way! What do you call a baby Mosasaur? E.g. a baby cow we call a calf. I guess this one is a mess-osaur overall
  26. Doctor Mud

    Big Brook Mosasaurus Tooth

    Nice find! We can be spoilt by seeing the multitude of Mosasaur teeth coming from other places in world - but in some places they are a rare treat.
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