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Show Us Your Wide Boys! A Thread For The Widest And Fattest Megalodon Teeth
Kurufossils posted a topic in Member Collections
Heres a fun thread for those to show off their widest and fattest looking megalodon teeth fossils in thier collections. I'll set the tone with the widest fat boy in my collection, I don't have digital calipers but it measure roughly 5.4 inches wide by 6.1 inches long. When I close my hand together it looks even more monstrous. Share yours and join the wide boyclub Got the idea while thinking about what the widest megalodon tooth ever found measures, if anyone does know do share in this thread!
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Hello everyone. It's been a number of years since I started collecting, and I must offer my sincerest thanks to this forum for ever being so helpful and supportive, to the traders for the amazing exchanges, and to the mods for making this such a pleasant place to stay. Allow me to present some of my fossil collections. I hope you guys will enjoy them as much as I. I shall update this thread over the months as I continually photograph and update my specimens. Overview of my primary fossil cabinet
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I don't know if I'm posting this in the right place but I figured I'd show off my collection. I don't have many of my own finds cleaned up enough so I'll start with the ones I have bought or have been gifted. I don't have much, but I'm proud of what I do have (except that spino tooth). Note: I just figured out how the label pictures. If I made any mistakes please let me know. Zarafasaura oceanis Zarafasaura oceanis (Unknown fish jaw) Prognathodon Spinosauridae Amber with ants in it (I got it at a gift shop back in 2017 and have no information about it)
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I have a small collection of fossils I've bought, but mostly wanting to post my own finds here. Below is the first piece I've actually extracted and cleaned, from a marine Carboniferous fossil bed on the shores of the Firth of Forth, Scotland. Quite happy with the result, especially for my first time cleaning and exposing a piece with a dremel... wondering whether there's anything else I can do to clean it up a bit more. Any tips/hints gratefully received! :-) Also wondering what the odds of identifying a fossil like that are beyond 'brachiopod'?
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One of my favourite fossils in my collection: a Cleoniceras sp. ammonite
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This is one of my favourite fossils of my collection. Hope you like it too! ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Species: Cleoniceras sp. Size: 6,6 cm x 5,3 cm x 1,9 cm Age: 145,5 mya (Lower Cretaceous) Origin: Tulear, Madagascar About the fossil: the beautiful red color of the shell and the more "white" one near the center of the specimen are a product of opalization (more specifically, the type of opal that formed in this specimen is red opal). Edit: It's not opal, it's aragonite.
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While my prime focus is essentially learning how to accurately describe Nature in the precise language of mathematics, I've always been intrigued by natural history - it's actually what started me on the path to physics. The sort of interrogation that paleontology practices provoked me to think and question even further, down to the fundamental science which makes it all work. Collecting fossils has brought a large amount of enjoyment to my life, and is often a welcome distraction from what can sometimes be straining work. The knowledge that I accumulate along the way is also part of the fun. Here is my collection, which will always be a work-in-progress. There's still many things I haven't photographed yet, but I feel comfortable saying this is the majority. I don't have many big things, but I'm certainly pleased with the many small things I have so far. Links to albums: Dinosaurs Sharks North Sulphur River Post Oak Creek Permian Aguja Formation Harding Sandstone Devonian Galveston Fossils Miscellaneous Highlights / Personal Favorites: The ones underlined are linked to their respective fossil page in the Fossil Forum Collections, which has more information and photos. Infant Tyrannosaurus rex posterior tooth If I could keep only one fossil, it would be this one. It's from my favorite animal that has ever lived, and being from a young'un is just so darn cool. A true crowning jewel in my eyes. Juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex maxillary tooth Again, you can't go wrong with T. rex. It doesn't have the best preservation but regardless, there's a lot more to love. Tylosaurus proriger tooth (self-found) Undoubtedly my favorite find to-date. Finding fossils yourself adds that extra value to its place in your collection. I'll remember the moment I first saw it for a long time. Triceratops prorsus tooth Triceratops is another one of my favorite dinosaurs, I think we all grew up playing with toys of T. rex and Triceratops. Unique circumstances also allow for me to say it's Triceratops and not Torosaurus with some confidence. It's not perfect, but still a significant part of the collection. Avisaurus archibaldi tooth A bird tooth? Doesn't get much cooler or more uncommon. Dimetrodon cf. limbatus tooth I've always been drawn to "icons of life," since those are the ones we remember from childhood. Dimetrodon is definitely an icon, and I'm glad to have found one of these uncommon treasures (in micromatrix - it was a very nice surprise). Cretoxyrhina mantelli tooth One of my favorite shark species, the "ginsu" had sleek-looking teeth, ate mosasaurs and dinosaurs, and was overall a formidable animal worthy of admiration. Cretodus crassidens tooth (self-found) Another one of my favorite sharks. It's not big or complete, but the preservation is so rare for the locality (POC) - the gloss on the enamel is as if it fell out of the shark's mouth yesterday. Saurornitholestes langstoni tooth I'm currently working on growing the dinosaur component of my collection, and this is my first Dromaeosaurid. Dromaeosaur tooth (Hell Creek Fm.) My most recent addition (as of Sept. 4, 2021), and it's my best dinosaur tooth for sure. Unfortunately it will be labeled as only a Dromaeosaurid tooth for now, but it still is just a great tooth from a cool family of dinosaurs. Shark Tooth Riker Display I've got one riker that I've tried to squeeze as many teeth into as possible. I need to get a couple more, probably; there's a lot of teeth that deserve a riker, but are just lying around. I'll try to update this thread semi-regularly as I make acquisitions in the future.
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I know there are a lot of fossil collectors on here so I figured I would start this discussion. Collectors new and experienced which fossil in your collection is your favorite and why.
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Here is some of my first 6 months of fossil collection ! ( some still in transit oversea ...) First of all I really enjoy spending time in this forum and I feel very lucky to be member of this forum ! some of my collection was ID by you guys Soooo...LET get started ! KEM KEM the mystery - My First Dinosaur fossil .... Abelisauridae tooth ! MY BEST theropod tooth in my collection ! My Mystery vertebra from Kem kem ... possible Theropod vertebra Sauropod tooth << Rebbachisaurus tooth from kem kem Another Abelisauridae tooth < I personally love the color of enamel > Little Carcharodontosauridae tooth from kem kem < quite nice enamel and I love that feeding damage on the tip !!>
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Hello everyone Making use of the last few months of my maternity and the upcoming lock down I'm planning on cataloguing my small fossil collection at some point after Christmas. I would love to know how other people number or index them? Hoping for some really nerdy answers :-D Hollie
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Recently, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a ban of 100% of non- essential workforce in New York State. Tomorrow evening, what he calls a "Pause" will go into effect. This means we will only be able to go to the grocery store, gas station, pharmacy, solitary exercise, and that's about it. I found out that my company falls under constuction, which makes us an essential workforce. So I will continue to work as well as my wife. We have already been staying home as much as possible but the prospect of this "Pause" going on indefinitely is kind of a bummer. I have seen some great diversion threads recently, so I decided to create another one. For the duration of this "Pause" I will post atleast one pic, maybe more everyday until the pause is over. Pics will be something fossil related, unless this goes on for so long I run out off fossil related items. At that point pics will be like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get. Anybody can add to this thread and I encourage others to do so. I do not have an item picked out to post yet so pardon me for a few moments while I search for something to show.
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Escanaba man ‘digs’ fossils ( Escanaba, Michigan, fossil collector )
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Escanaba man ‘digs’ fossils Deborah Prescott, Daily Press, Escanaba, MI https://www.dailypress.net/news/local-news/2020/03/escanaba-man-digs-fossils/ Yours, Paul H. -
Hopefully I am doing this correctly. My 7 year old grandson has developed an interest in fossils. I bought him the National Geographic fossil collection for Christmas. We worked together in removing them from the block and trying to identify them. When we finished trying to identify the fossils we had 3 we couldn't identify, we had identified all the ones the in book, so I am assuming we have misidentified some. Hopefully someone can identify these and we can we look in the book. Thanks Gary and Charlie
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So, I'm new to fossil collecting and I would like to know what are the top 10 best online sites for me to buy fossils. Can anyone help me?
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Hello everyone! I had already posted a short introduction on the new members subforum, but then I thought it might be nice to start a diary of our latest adventure here. I am an amateur fossil hunter and prepper from Belgium and recently have been put in charge of securing my husband's grandfather's secondary fossil collection, together with my husband and little brother in law. Or in other words; the non displayed and non prepped fossils which he collected during the sixties and seventies (although we did find some younger specimens as well). The task is a daunting one, and very challenging as well, since the fossil storage is very poor, and there is little to no light or heating when we work. The picture above shows a very small fraction of the attic as we found it after moving piles of other things. As we dug through boxes who haven't been moved in 50 years, we discovered most of the boxes and covers used to store the fossils had been eaten by rodents. Boxes soaked with feces and moisture, others completely filled with what once must have been beautiful pyrite samples, completely oxidized and obliterated through the ages. At some points gloves and masks had to be worn to dig through it safely. Apart from fossils the collection also includes minerals and shells of amazing quality, though many of them have broken due to instability, and some boxes had been caved in because they had been stacked so high the boxes touched the ceiling. Once aware of the actual size of the secondary collection, we decided upon buying several magazine racks just to be able to store it all. This is about 1/4th of the racks set up. As of today 3 of them are up and almost completely filled, as I guess we have secured 60% of the collection... Since a good number of fossils have been moved, and we are working with a tight schedule, I won't always be able to take pictures of my finds, but I will try to post some shots of the most interesting finds of the day as we progress. Same for when I start prepping the specimens collected. So, without further ado, onto today's finds. Enjoy! Crates full of Dinosaur poop! I found a couple of bags full of nodules containing ammonites. These were found in 1974! Fern leaves from a nearby coal mine. Shark teeth! I'll be back soon with more discoveries during our different kind of fossil hunt!
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Hi! I would love to know your suggestions for having a fossil appraiser. My Father found MANY fossils in Greene River, Wyoming and many of the specimans went to Museums. We have a number of them (he passed in 2001) and was wondering where I might have his biggest/most valuable one appraised for insurance purposes? Thank you! I live in MN.
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My first fossil to show off on The Fossil Forum is my trilobite, Elrathia kingii. It is mearly the carapace of a shed skin of a juvenile, but I still think it's pretty cool. Luckily, I got these photos before my sisters cat, Nala, got to it and broke it in half. At least it's not shattered I guess. Any way, I hope you guys like my Elrathia kingii. Also, any advice for where I should put my fossils? I have my two trilobites in a rock collection, as well as a Staghorn Coral, I have my sharks teeth it two small boxes, just piled up on top of each other, and I have my fossils from Lake Huron in a bag with some geodes. Any advice on any box or something I should put them in?
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Fossil hunter from Belgium, facing a daunting task!
lildragon posted a topic in Member Introductions
Hello everyone! I'm an amateur fossil hunter from Belgium, ready to join the ranks on this lovely forum. Me, my husband and little brother in law usually form a team as we travel to fossil hunt. We've travelled to France and England, and made a few pretty decent finds when we got lucky after winter storms. We hope we can go fossil hunting soon again, but currently we are facing a fossil hunting task of a different kind, and it's rather daunting. Toegther we've been put in charge to secure my husband's grandfather's secondary fossil collection. He is a rather well trained fossil hunter who went fossil hunting during the sixties and seventies, but continued on as he aged. He has built a tremendous collection over the years, with an enormous quantity of fossils, some of exquisite quality. These past days we've been slaving away securing it all, and we had no idea of the magnitude of the collection untill we saw it with our own eyes. Sadly the quantity and poor storage means many specimens have been damaged, and a good number have simply been destroyed beyond repair. Most of the specimens contain someform of determination or ID scribbled on old boxes or papers, but there are many lacking ID still. I hope I can may count on your help and expertise to aid us during this task of ours, both with ID and preparation. Attached you can find pictures of the secondary collection, and the state of storage.(1).png.fa18274723457b8369a4a7e99e34977b.png)
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I am not sure the correct place to post this. Please feel free to move this topic to a more appropriate place. I know there are members who do not have fossil collections of their own or if they do they may not have much. This may due for a variety of reasons. I was wondering if there were any other members out there that would like to join forces and be willing to help get small collections together for those in need. I realize there are individuals that have done this on their own. I thought it might be nice to start a group that could work together to do this on a larger scale and reach more individuals. I have some ideas on how this could work but before I get to far into it I would like to hear others opinions on it. So please share your input.
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Looking for a good fossil related summer program
mattbsharks posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hi Everyone, I am trying to figure out my summer plans right now. I'm going to be going into my senior year of highschool. I'm hoping to spend the summer or part of the summer focusing on fossils and paleontology. My dream would be to find a program where housing is provided that i could be out in the field collecting fossils. In my dream world, fossils to study and keep for myself, but again, realistically, just any work out in the field collecting and searching for fossils. I am especially interested in fossils from the miocene period but I would be perfectly content to go collecting and maybe even study fossils from other periods. I'm not terribly interested in plant fossils, but everything from ammonites to trilobites to shark teeth to mammals is of great interest to me. I live in Massachusetts so it would most likely have to be out of state in which case it would need to be something that could provide housing. Doesn't have to be an official job with a specific museum or anything. Maybe a job or internship at a fossil quarry or something like that. Maybe working with a museum to go on collection trips. That kind of thing would be amazing. Any advice or leads would be a tremendous help. Thanks in advance! -
If you have a couple of hours you might check out the below YouTube video of my son Mel’s fossil collection. It really is worth the time. The end of the video also has some of my son Marco’s collection. There maybe a YouTube advertisement in the beginning that you can skip after a few seconds. Let me know what you think of the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aNgZnEaTDY&feature=youtu.be Marco Sr.
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Halloween is coming up soon so lets share our fossil related horror stories! They can range from Preparation accidents, missed opportunities, breaking specimens, close encounters with a dangerous animal hunting, near death experiences, or even receiving a fossil from an old haunted collection, pretty much anything a hunter and collector would find horrifying. One of my personal fossil horror stories involves a a terrifying bump in the night! I had recent found and started a to use a new plastic shelf I found to store my finds from a recent new spot. I started to notice a few days in the shelf was already nearly filled to capacity, so I decided I would add no more after today's load. Sometime after mid-night I heard a sudden loud bang and woke up to the plastic shelf tipping over forward, one of the support wheels had poped out! Luckily the shock awakened my superhuman reflexes of seeing my fossils in danger so I leapt up and was able to save the shelf from crashing down. I was shaken but since then stabilized the shelf, it was truly horrifying to see that moment when my fossils could've been severely damaged or destroyed
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Budget Meg/Shark Teeth Collection Part 2 US Common Megs
Kurufossils posted a topic in Member Collections
Hello everyone, I'd like to share my extreme budget collection of megs for the US as requested, I've have been collecting shark teeth and other for a little over a year and a half now on a budget and have been surprised by what I was able to get a hold of so far. Condition doesn't bother me hence the budget but I have been able to find some megs from from interesting locations over the short period of time I've been collecting with a little bit of luck. I estimate I spent no more than $1,100 in total for this small collection. Tag me if there's any teeth you'd like to take a closer look at. In order: 1) Ace Basin, Ashepoo River SC 2) Lee Creek, Aurora, NC 3) Ocean teeth likely from offshore SC 4) Georgia??? 5) 7 inch+ meg fragment likely from offshore SC 6) Virginia Red Site (repaired) 7) Georgia??? 8) Virginia 9) St. Mary's??? 10) Georgia??? (repaired) 11) Summerville 12) Ocean teeth likely from offshore SC 13) St. Mary's Last photo: 6inch+ Calvert Cliffs, Maryland (restored) I'll do bone valleys for part 3 sometime soon! @ynot @WhodamanHD @snolly50 @sixgill pete
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Until recently, I've never actually gotten anything via TFF, but now I've aquired my first ever TFF fossils, Courtesy for @Ash for offering me the bargain for Niobrara fish bones (and miocene shark teeth), and even more for @Nimravis for generously offering to give me some extras he didnt need from an auction without any charge. So, here is my new acquisitions thanks to those guys. Canadian Baculites. For some reason, my dad thought these were disgusting lol For some reason I really like the shape of one end in the baculite below. It looks so squishy. Pleistocene American Alligator teeth (assuming no other species of alligator existed in florida at the time) Theres some metallic dust in the pulp cavity. I first thought that was gold dust lol Second gator tooth Gator scute from the same location as the teeth I really like this one. A partial heteromorph ammonite, which as one author puts it "the rarest and most bizarre of ammonites" Assorted shark teeth from the southeast US coast, most are modern fauna. Fish jaw from Niobrara Kansas. Troy said that its probably from a barracuda-like fish, which makes me guess it could be a Cimolichthys, but I'll make confirmation Ids later. Fish tail also from Niobrara Kansas. Unrelated to the jaw above. Two sets of fish vertebrate from Niobrara Kansas associated with its row, with the jaw and tail on the bottom. I know that the jaw is probably upside-down, but I purposely put it like that for balance. Alight, heres the fossils in the current setup on the second shelf until I get myself to go order some riker mounts. The glass is quite dirty, which is because I was too lazy to clean off the rock particles from my other fossils (I used to have all of them in this display, but it was taken down by an earthquake and I really haven't put all of them up every since except for a few really good ones) Oh, and if you want to see my top shelf, here it is. Its all of my older fossils which I like the most. From left-to-right, theres a 3 inch pacific meg, a Knightia fossil with a grade so bad that the scattered bones make it resemble more like a shrimp than a fish, a set of morroccan fish-and-reptile teeth, a 4-inch meg from south carolina, a great white tooth from florida, a Pliosaurus andrewsi tooth (which is by far my favorite because of the fact that pliosaur teeth are never in the market, much less a rarer species), an unidentified mosasaur jaw partial from morocco, a basilosaurid tooth also from morrocco (This is by far the single most expensive fossil I've ever gotten, 200+ bucks for a small tooth, though I've specifically wanted a premolar/molar. The id is still indeterminable, but I'll assume it as Basilosaurus cf. isis for now, and trust the seller's id for this), a large partial mosasaur jaw with tooth in matrix from morrocco as well, some fern from mazon creek (the one right of it is associated. It used to be one giant nodule until it broke apart during the earthquake. At least it reveals the fern now), a tyrannosaur tooth from two-medicine formation, pyritized ammonites, a smaller fern from illinois, and a large trilobite (not an expert on invertebrates, but any id would be greatly appreciated).
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A recent topic has indirectly provided me the opportunity to highlight a world class collection. A few years ago, Thomas (oilshale) was one of several members that were passionate, instructive, and extremely patient in the development of The Fossil Forum's Collections section. As a benefit of its creation, we have been steadily and quietly exposed to his incredibly diverse collection. High quality specimens, specimens from world-renown locations, and rare specimens are very well documented in a collection of personal finds and acquisitions. We are honored that Thomas has chosen to share these fossils on TFF. On rare occasions and on a purely subjective basis, Admins on TFF will award The Golden Drool Bucket. The award has evolved to encompass 'off the charts', museum-worthy finds; a best of the best, stunning and well documented collection; or world class preparation on a world class find. Thomas, your Collection is "stunning and well documented", "world class", "museum-worthy" and deserves the recognition of The Golden Drool Bucket. Thank you for sharing it, and congratulations, sir! @oilshale
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I address this to my fellow Fossil Forum members. For years, I have been looking for a venue to showcase my private fossil collection. I was hoping a college, school, shop, science and art institution or whoever would have interest in exhibiting a long term display of fossils. I am not asking for compensation, merely looking of a year or two of exposure. I am not interested in short term loans; I need over 6 months duration. The display will have 12 Cincinnati style cases, custom built to be high end quality. The displays will be stand alone and self explanatory in nature. The display themes can be according to Geological age, Taxon groups, Fossil localities or however would appeal most to the public. It is such a shame that the cabinets and fossils sit in storage where I, nor anyone else ever gets to see them. The size requirement would be to accommodate the displays at eye level and hold the 12 cases which are 4 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot. 8 standard size rectangular folding tables can hold all 12 cases. See the pictures below. My end would be to deliver the cases and specimens, set up the displays according to theme, take down the display after an agreed time interval. Transportation would be by 26 foot trailer pulled by a full size truck. I live in Western New York and I am not interested in traveling to the west coast, as the expenses would be very prohibitive. Insurance for the loan will need to be negotiated. If there is any interest, PM me. If anyone has ideas, I look forward to your replies.
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