Approximately 70 million years ago, during the Late Campanian Age of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth's oceans were teeming with a diverse array of wildlife. The streams and tributaries where these fossils are found go by many names: New Jersey, United States, and North America. Yet, these designations for the Earth are simply concepts created by humankind; they are arbitrary when held against the eons of nature and life that have preceded humans and that will come after humans. Through fossil collecting, a new appreciation for life on Earth is had. A humbler stance on existence is usually taken by those people who take the time to postulate the intricacies and wonders of nature. These fossils I present to you in this album are a small but beautiful glimpse into one of the many lost worlds that our Earth once was. I hope you may find use for or enjoyment from this album.
Example of an 8.5 hour fossil collecting trip (mixture of surface scanning and gravel sifting):
A snapshot of one drawer from my growing collecting as of (May, 2020):
Artifacts are uncommon, but can be found in many of the streams where fossils are found.
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By JamieLynn · Posted
@Mikrogeophagus - these were finds from last year! Just finally getting them uploaded to the albums.....I am hoping to go back in January...that seems the best time to find em
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By rocket · Posted
Sorry for a little confusion. The fish is NOT Palaeoniscum, it is Paramblypterus... Better to do not too many things at the same time..., photographed and archieved lot of Permian Material from Harz (Kupferschiefer with Palaeoniscum) and Permian Material from Pfalz Region (with Paramblypterus)... So, due to this and because I've always been a bit absent-minded , things got mixed up...
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By ThePhysicist · Posted
Interesting, it does look like it could be the same morphology. Too bad the enamel's gone.
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By anonaddict · Posted
I meant like how when you go to make a new entry in Collections it provides a ton of fields for you to fill in but it also allows you to add multiple images of the same specimen to an entry so for example if i search "RWC1" it would show a single entry for the rock designated RWC1 like heref
https://www.thefossilforum.com/collections-database/chordata/amphibians-reptiles/pterosphenus-sp-r2380/
from the way it looks currently if i were to add additional images to the album each photo will be treated as a separate entry and id have to manually copy paste the specimen data for it to appear on both pictures
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By anonaddict · Posted
im experimenting atm. just trying to figure out how it works. Is there any way to add entries with detailed info like in the Collections? or adding several images of the same specimen with one overall entry? so the file structure is
>collection
>specimen 1
>description
>photo 1
>photo 2
instead of
>collection
>image 1
>specimen 1
>description 1
>image 2
>specimen 1
>description 2
with two separate descriptions for specimen 1
there is a description on the other photo of the specimen currently but it doesnt show up on this one
I do want to add detailed info regarding taxonomic id, date, location, leg, etc but first off im trying to establish the structure so the process will be uniform without double entries
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By Jaybot · Posted
UPDATE: I now believe that this might be a Ctenacanthus sp. tooth with feeding wear.
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