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New Year, New Topic! 2023! LINK to previous years' topics. Some super cool teeth arrived in the mail: some baby GW's from Peru (Pisco Fm.). Really great condition (razor sharp) and nice baby blue color on these rarer teeth. Upper left anterior (A1/A2) ~20 mm slant height. It's marginally larger than that of a full-term embryo, and comparing it to measurements of modern specimens in Dr. Hubbell's collection, the shark was probably less than 1.5 m (5 ft) total length. Neonatal GW's are typically narrower than the adults', and can have small, highly variable "cusplets" which disappear as the shark ages. Upper left anterior (A1/A2) 22 mm slant height. This one is from a slightly older individual, still likely less than 2 m (6.6 ft) total length. You'll notice that the crown has broadened, and the cusplets are already gone. Lateroposterior 13 mm slant height.
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PSA: Actions to take whenever you buy, sell or trade any fossils
-Andy- posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Stay a while and listen, because I don't want you to make the same mistakes I made First story - I bought a fossil. I wanted to reduce shipping costs so I asked for shipping with no tracking despite seller's concerns. Obviously, the fossil was lost and the seller refused responsibility Second story - My friend bought a fossil. He did not ask the seller to send a photo of the address on the parcel. Item was tracked and marked as "Delivered" but my friend never got the item. Conclusion was that the seller wrote the wrong address and whoever got the item decided to keep it (it was a lovely ammonite) Third story - I was trading a fossil. I took a photo of the parcel but I forgot to ensure that the tracking code was in the photo. And of course I also somehow lost the tracking slip (since I just moved house). The very expensive item is now lost and I have no way to track it (It's what inspired me to make this post) --- So here are the actions I recommend you take if you sell or trade any fossils 1) Take a photo of the parcel with the clear address. Send it to the other party and make sure they acknowledge it is correct 2) Take a photo of the tracking code. You should also type out the tracking code to the other party 3) Keep the tracking slip. Keep it somewhere you would remember e.g. a file specifically for tracking slips --- Here are the actions you should take as a buyer 1) Ask for a photo of the address on the parcel. You might want to ensure your phone number is on the parcel too 2) Ask for the tracking code --- I'd also recommend both buyer and seller to include phone numbers on the parcel. I had thousands of dollars saved because a confused postman called my phone number to ensure my address was correct (seller had wrote a '9' as a '7' on my address by mistake) Good luck -
Ordered a few palaeontology books over the festive season This is the first to arrive :
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My first fossil of the new year. Hopefully the first of many. A Hadrosaur vertebra from the Judith River Formation. Quite worn, but well priced and I've been keeping an eye out for a decent priced Hadrosaur vertebra for a while
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Some recent mailbox finds, Cretoxyrhina teeth from North Texas.
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Hi everyone, I was surprised to find a few nice mongolian fossils availables for sale on a well-known website (I dont know if it is allowed to give the name of the website here). including a protoceratops skull and a tarbosaur toe with claw. I am very surpised that they take the chance to put that for sale on theyr website (especially since I think that it is a us seller) and I was wondering if everything has changed regarding the fossil legislation in Mongolia...
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I was in Graf…. for Ordovician Maquoketa shale! Not really, I found it in my mailbox thanks to Mike.
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Gorgeous George The Globetrotting Gorgosaurus' Travel Blog
DevonianDigger posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
A while back, I received a package from our good friend Adam, better known as @Tidgy's Dad. In said package was a small plastic dinosaur that had apparently been gifted to him by none other than @JohnBrewer. This means that this little fella had started his journey in England, made his way to Morocco, and had since travelled to the United States. It was decided after careful consideration that his name was to be Gorgeous George the Globetrotting Gorgosaurus. Now he is traveling the globe spreading joy and cheer to members of TFF! If you are fortunate enough to play host to Gorgeous George, here are the rules: 1. George must be photographed in his host's collection. 2. He must then be sent to an unsuspecting TFF-er along with any trade. (You can't notify the recipient that they are getting him, he must be an unannounced visitor!) 3. He should be accompanied by a note in case the recipient is not familiar with proper Globetrotting Gorgosaurus procedure. 4. In order to increase the odds of surprising his new host, his visit photo should be uploaded only AFTER he has been received at his new temporary home. *NOTE: The hope is that in addition to having fun, this will also give members the chance to share their collections and have their prizes be seen. That being said, he must be photographed with his host collection. This does not mean that he cannot also take field trips to collecting sites and other landmarks and be photographed there as well! (Thank you to @DPS Ammonite for the suggestions!) Let's see how many miles we can put on this little plastic dino! Don't forget to have fun! -
2012 Meet-up 2013 Meet-up 2014 Meet-up 2015 Meet-up 2016 Meet-up 2017 Meet-up 1 2017 Meet-up 2 2018 Meet-up The Singapore Fossils Collector recently had a Chinese New Year meet-up at the house of Han Yang, our top collector here. Here's some pics to showcase his stuff.
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Our First Trade on TFF, our Acheroraptor tooth arrived, and Zuul
fossilsonwheels posted a topic in Member Collections
We had an awesome item show up in our mail box today, an Edmontosaurus jaw fragment. It is the product of our first trade on TFF and it is really the first dinosaur piece we have that is not a tooth. We traded an extra dinosaur tooth for it. A Hell Creek for Hell Creek swap. Thank you @Captcrunch227 for an awesome trade and for being a great trade partner. We are super happy with the process and the end result. The mail brought another pleasant surprise. Our Acheroraptor tooth arrived. It is a beautiful tooth and a great addition. As if our day was not busy enough, we secured ourselves an Ankylosaurus tooth from Judith River and it is not a nodosaur. Right tooth from the right formation. I am not saying it is a tooth from Zuul at all but it gives us a chance to tell the kiddos that it MIGHT be . I think Zuul is the perfect species to discuss armored dinos that a lot of kids will recognize but also I am super fired about it. All and all, a pretty fantastic day off from work for me lol
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This question is directed at those of us who do buy fossils. Would you buy fossils from China? Legally, it seems questionable. They are highly available, which makes me wonder what is going on.
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Seeing as for the foreseeble future Niger looks out of bounds. Suchomimus Tenerensis
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Singapore Fossil Collectors 2017 End-Year Gathering!
-Andy- posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
2012 Gathering 2013 Gathering 2014 Gathering 2015 Gathering 2016 Gathering 2017 Mid-Year Gathering Hi everyone, and Happy New Year! Singapore Fossils Collectors just had our end year gathering at a new location! As usual, there was food, there was laughter, there was trade, and there were so many fossils! Feast your eyes upon Calvin's personal museum collection. -------------------------- First up, a genuine Dimetrodon from USA. There are some restorations to the skull and bone, but the vast majority is original material. A high-quality Ichthyosaurus cast Stegodon tusk, various shark jaws, whale vert, mammal bones etc. The tiger skull is a cast, thankfully Plesiosaur skull from Goulmima Various amazing material. An authentic baby Psittacosaurus. Ammolite with mosasaur bites. Xiphactinus jaw. Pliosaur tooth etc.
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I know I'm not the only one that doesn't live near good fossil deposits, which means that i'm not the only one that has to buy or trade fossils from time to time to build the collection. I thought it would be fun to have an ongoing thread to share our latest great score that we didn't personally find in nature, a thread to share your latest fossil purchase or trade. Let's see what you found at the local fossil show, online or anywhere else other than in the ground.
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I think that I've mentioned in the past that I occasionally do some prep work for a British paleontologist in exchange for some of his raw finds for my own collection which I get to work on myself. Well, another parcel arrived yesterday full of things to do for him and also a few ammonites for myself. I was particularly pleased to see the one pictured below, so pleased that I just had to put my preparation work on my own Callovian finds on hold in order to get this one prepped right away. It's a complete Stephanoceras humpresianum from the type horizon in Dorset with the end peristome at the aperture.
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Hey everyone, Though they may not be very impressive specimens for most of you (especially the sharkteeth collectors), I am still extremely happy with my 2 new additions to my collection: I got my most complete Notorhynchus tooth till now, one with all the cusps present and a majority of the root; and also my very first MEGALODON TOOTH!!! Yes, I didn't have a single megalodon tooth in my collection till now, though I have been collecting for over 7 years. And even though they are both rather small teeth, the megalodon being a posterior tooth too, I am still extremely glad with them. In fact, there is a Dutch proverb that fits this situation perfectly: "klein maar fijn" (small but nice). Both teeth come from the Calvert Cliffs (Miocene). I got them in a trade with the amazing Dave @Darktooth, with whom I have had a great chat thanks to this forum! Therefore: thank you Dave!!! Best regards, Max
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When I got home from work today, I had three surprises waiting for me. Two packages from trades with Maxfossils and Britishcannuk, as well as my Florida fossil permit.Yayyyyy! Here are pics of what I got. The first four teethare from Max. They are from Belgium. From Russ I received Bull and lemon shark Teeth from The Bone Valley formation in Florida. Thank-you very much Max and Russ. These teeth make nice additions to my collection!
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I will be purchasing a few legal fossils with a combined value of a little over $5,000 US from an international dealer and having them shipped to New York. What do I have to expect in regards to customs and taxes? I had heard that fossils are considered antiques by US customs and therefor there are no taxes on importing. Anyone with any experience on this? The fossils will be for my own collection, not for resale.
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Singapore Fossil Collectors 2015 Year End Meet-up!
-Andy- posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
2015 was a great year for fossil-collecting, and as per usual, I was honored to be able to host the end-year meet-up at my place. First up, some pics of my collection.
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Hello, been away from the site for a while, but definitely not the hobby. Made contact with some interesting folks at skullstore.ca (Toronto, ON, Canada) and the collection and knowledge has been growing since. Check out their website and instagram, very neat stuff. Here's some items from my collection. One photo is me holding my new Green River Knightia Plate. Am I wrong or is there 2 kinds of knightia on there? It's cool because there are several cleaves with other unique fossils clearly poking out from underneath, but i wouldn't risk the plate's integrity on a whim. Any professionals near ottawa want to have a look? Here's a Branchiosaurus (Gill Lizard) 225 million year old (permian) from Pfalz, Germany. A large unknown dinosaur species' leg bone portion; cut and polished at the bottom. Can see the marrow and vein cavities. If only I had time to document them all, but just to tease I also have: fossil manatee jaw (10,000yrs old from florida), ammonites, spinosaurus teeth 3" long, giant megalodon teeth, shark and whale vertebrae, mammoth leg portions, awesome petrified wood from ontario with crystallized resin patches, bison bones half fossilized from the holocene, and much much more. More to come anyways, always enjoy sharing. Please post comment and enjoy, any fossil topic encouraged.
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