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Dear fellow forum goers, I am on fall break from college in Ohio and I decided that I needed to do some fossil hunting. In about a week's time I managed to get out four times. The first trip was to a KT Boundary site. For those who do not know what that is, it is a transitional period between the Cretaceous and Paleogene. There were very few fossils at the site and the collecting conditions were less than optimal but it was nonetheless fun exploring. Next I went to an Eocene/Miocene site and struggled to get any real traction with the finds. I came out okay considering that I didn't stay too long. The last two hunts were both at Cretaceous sites and this is where I found most of my finds. Of the two, the latter was on Friday October 26th and was with Frank (frankh8147) and Jeff (Jeffery P). Frank found a cool mosasaur vertebrae and Jeff found some rare species of ammonite whose name evades my mind. I thought the day was pretty nice and overall optimal for fossil collecting. Thank you for reading this and I hope you have a nice day wherever you are & have a productive next hunt. Kind regards, Trevor
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Taxonomy from Khalloufi et al. 2010. So far this fish was only known from Ein Yabrud, Ramallah. Description by Khalloufi et al. 2010, p. 47: "The diamond-shaped body of ca. 70mm in standard length is almost twice higher than long (the standard length represents 51% of the total depth). The axial skeleton comprises 33-34 vertebrae, with abdominalcentra anteroposteriorly constricted. The last abdominal vertebrae possess elongated parapophyses which support small ribs. The posterior predorsal scutes have elongated lateral wings, and the last scute is claw-shaped. The ventral scute series is formed by about 35 scutes with very elongated lateral wings. The scutes located posteriorly to the apex of the ventral profile possess a strong posteriorly oriented spine." Identified by B. Khalloufi, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle Paris. References: B. Khalloufi, R. Zaragüeta-Bagils, and H. Lelièvre (2010) Rhombichthys intoccabilis, gen. et sp. nov. (Ellimmichthyiformes, Clupeomorpha, Teleostei), from the Cenomanian (Upper Cretaceous) of Ein Yabrud, Middle East: anatomical description and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 30(1):57-67. Bouziane Khalloufi, Didier B. Dutheil, Paulo M. Brito, Théo Mora and René Zaragüeta Bagils (2017) Mesozoic clupeomorphs of North Africa: diversity and phylogeny. RESEARCH & KNOWLEDGE. Vol. 3 No. 2 page 46-49. DOI: 10.14456/randk.2017.25
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Does anyone know what kind of bone this is? We found it today in Post Oak Creek in Sherman, TX. Thank you in advance.
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We found this in Post Oak Creek in Sherman, TX. Is it a turtle shell fragment possibly? Thank you.
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In case anyone's interested, there are two rather nice quadrate skull bones from a Spinosaurus for sale on our favourite auction site. These are definitely quadrate bones from a theropod. And I'm fairly sure they are from Spinosaurus aegyptiacus as well as the morphology is very consistent. Note that the bones are upside down in the photo. It seems it's both a left and right bone. Though I doubt these are associated.
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From the album: Denton County, TX
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From the album: Denton County, TX
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From the album: Denton County, TX
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From the album: In-Situ Shots(various locations)
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I was seven miles south of Glendive; Montana on October 12, 2018; time 1400; exploring a drainage cut into the Pierre Shale Formation while looking for concretions. This scaphites was partly exposed on the surface of a concretion. Later, I removed most of the surrounding matrix.
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From the album: Denton County, TX
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Hi TFF friends, how are you? I would like to ask you few questions about a tooth I found last week in Japan. This tooth comes from the late cretaceous (Santonian) Hinoshima formation where I usually go. This formation yield about 13 different species of shark tooth, comprising Ptychodus mammillaris, Hexanchus microdon, Hexanchus sp., Notidanodon dentatus, Sphenodus sp., Echinorhinus wadanohanaensis, Cretalamna appendiculata, Protolamna sp., Squalicorax sp., Cretodus sp., Paranomotodon sp., Dwardius sp., and Synechodus sp. I found this tooth which looks like to be a Cretodus sp. but I would like to have a confirmation. In fact, I have already found Cretodus tooth at the same location but they looked a little bit different. To explain it simply, they just looked like Cretalamna teeth with fold on the crown. The tooth I've found last week, has a lot of long ridges (running from the base of the crown to half of the it) and is more "tougher" (round) than the previous one I have found. Can you confirm me or infirm me the ID? Last question: If this is a Cretodus tooth, how can we explain that this tooth has a lot of ridges but the previous one I've found have "only" fold? Is it pathologic or ontogenic? Thank you very much for your help. David
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Been going to the brooks of NJ for over a year now so once I go through my phone I’ll post some more pics on top of my better finds from there. Today I was fortunate to meet @Trevor and do a little hunting with him. Thanks for showing me some new spots and techniques. Didn't have the best of days but went home with quite a few. Not quite sure what this is. I think it might be a part of a ghost shrimp but could be a concretion. Hopefully @Trevor will post his finds from today in here. All are more than welcome to share experiences and their trips in here also. Thanks for looking - Paul
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From the album: Denton County, TX
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I did some fossil hunting with @Krystal in the cretaceous brooks of New Jersey, and we managed to find what we think is a Pseudocorax affinis, but since I've never actually had one in hand, I thought I'd appeal to the experts for confirmation. Thanks!
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From the album: Cretaceous
Leptosolen biplicata (cast of bivalve shell) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattawan Group Big Brook Colt's Neck, New Jersey A gift from frankh8147. Thanks Frank.-
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From the album: Cretaceous
Trachyscaphites pulcherrimus (ammonite body chamber section) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattawan Group Big Brook Colt's Neck, New Jersey-
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Turtle Shell Piece from Big Brook, New Jersey
Jeffrey P posted a gallery image in Member Collections
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Turtle Shell piece Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattawan Group Big Brook Colt's Neck, New Jersey-
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From the album: Cretaceous
Fish vertebra Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattawan Group Big Brook Colt's Neck, New Jersey-
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