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I have collected quite a few interesting fossils from the Redonda formation, and I will be posting to this thread as I take photos. Two very large vertebrae to start- likely belonging to the Phytosaur Redondasaurus.

I have gone through all of my Redonda formation teeth, and think these ones are likely theropod, possible Coelophysis. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! Tooth 1: 7mm long, serrations ~8/mm along middle of posterior edge.

Last week I stumbled upon a deposit that might be yielding a bit more. Several bone fragments, a vertebrae (I think), lots of boney plate material, and a small tarsal bone. I have collected this area for years an never found as much in one spot as I did last week. Going back with proper tools for looking further. Wish me luck.

Ichthyosaur fossil found in Nevada named for brewery founder Jim Krajewski, Reno Gazette Journal, Jan. 11, 2022 Central Nevada ichthyosaur fossil reveals surprising information KOLO, Channel 8, Nevada, Dec. 25, 2021 Papers are: Delsett, L.L. and Pyenson, N.D., 2021. Early and fast rise of Mesozoic ocean giants. Science, 374(6575), pp.1554-1555. Sander, P.M., Griebeler, E.M., Klein, N., Juarbe, J.V., Wintrich, T., Revell, L.J. and Schmitz, L., 2021. Early giant reveals faster evolution of large body size in ichthyosaurs than in cetaceans. Science, 374(6575), no. eabf5787. Related paper is: Kelley, N.P., Motani, R., Embree, P. and Orchard, M.J., 2016. A new Lower Triassic ichthyopterygian assemblage from Fossil Hill, Nevada. PeerJ, 4, p.e1626. Peer j. web page with link to PDF Yours, Paul H.

Hi y'all, found this partial tooth in micromatrix from the Triassic-aged Bull Canyon formation. Serration density looks to be 9-10 / mm on the dc. Could it be dinosaurian?

Hi Guys, I'm taking advantage of this period of staying at home to recheck and better identify the fossils from my collection. Someone can tell me the genus and species of these triassic fossils of Epidaurus. Thanks in advance and please stay home if you can !!

Hello everyone! Been almost 2 years since I last visited that site and left in situ a nice multiblock. I was thinking again and again @taj reply and tried to correct that mistake. However, every year the site seems to be less accessible and there are rumors that it's forbidden to search there for fossils due to the proximity of the archeological site of the theater, regardless the fact the outcrop is located within private land. Nevertheless, last Saturday 13/11 we visited the place with a friend. Visited 3 possible outcrops without much results. 1. Carnian exposure with partially pyritized ammonites - overexploited, zero finds. 2. Ammonitico Rosso quarry, no finds but for some slices on marble blocks. 3. Around the theater, near that private place. One nice slice of the Rosso early Jurassic quarry. 100kgs of boulders collected in order to be cleaned. This outcrop has very high density of fossils, due to the absent of sediments, leading in amazing multiblocks full of ammonites, nautiloids and orthoconics. The obvious characteristic of this formation is th presence of Mn oxide, which gives this lovely dark brown/rusty color. Smaller blocks were also collected. Presence of fossils indicate high possibility to find more after abrasion. Before leaving, we visited the museum and bought some prepared ones. You can see how packed are. I tried to find another exposure of Hallstatt facies so I had to find a map, which does not exist online. Found a governmental library and bought it! Next Saturday 20/11 we visited again Epidaurus area. Using a ruler, I put all possible outcrops on my phone, so we were prepared. Unfortunately, all these outcrops were not accessible or altered due to agriculture, buildings and so on. Out of 13 visited locations, none gave fossils. We found another Ammonitico Rosso, but the quality was poor due to tectonic dynamics and extreme deformation. Sunday 21/10, a third visit to the place with another friend. We started locating an outcrop with Miocene gastropods. Near that place, we found another site with some Cretaceous imprints of Pectenoids Then we joined with another guy and headed to search again in that overexploited locality. My friend found a partial Carnian ammonite replaced by jasper and gave it to me. I don't keep partials anymore, but this is really beautiful and rare. The same guy found a nice 4-5cm Johannites sp laying on the ground. It was steinkern but still lovely! Moved further to explore the place a little more and we found something like stromatolites, composed of Mn oxide, limestone of the same fossiliferous site around the theater and possibly, ammonites with complete replacement with Mn oxide.

Last week I had the chance to go for a short fossil hunting trip to the area called the Polish Jura – famous for limestone formations, which take several fantastic shapes and have their very own names. Here are some instances: The camel The Hercules club The Trolls It’s also the area with numerous stone castles from the 14th and 15th century – the are located along the so-called Trail of the Eagle's Nests Here are some examples: But my main interest were of course fossil sites. First we visited the so-called Karniowice travertine – academic description says: “they form several lenticular bodies (up to more than 10 m thick) in the lower part of the Permian conglomerates and volcanic tuffs, discordantly overlying the Carboniferous sandstones. Light-grey travertine is locally highly porous or cavernous. It is formed of sparry calcite containing dispersed chalcedone aggregates and impregnations of iron and copper sulfides.“ According to the description it was supposed to be the locus classicus of Dendropupa zarecznyi – one of the oldest gastropods. Nowadays it looks like this: We brought home a few pieces of the rock, but no Permian gastropods (or anything else, for that matter), in them. They just have really fantastic shapes The second location en route was Płaza quarry – the Triassic site I have already visited before. The place didn’t change much from last time: except that there were very little fossils available, mainly brachs and crinoids: I found these two fossils – do you think the white stuff are pieces of bones? The other Triassic quarry in the area was unfortunately turned into a shooting range and is no longer accessible The next day we went to Tarnogórski Canyon – which is a former dolomite mine. It’s quite big: and a bit overgrown not to mention a little lake in the middle We searched the rubble for quite a time, but again – only pieces of crinoids: After such a disappointment, we went to see the Black Trout Adit, which is one of a few Unesco sites in Poland. It’s the only still operating drainage adit in Poland and one of the longest underground boat flows in Europe. We went 30 m underground and then had a 600-metre “cruise” in metal boats: When we emerged back to surface, we decided to stop by the Błędów Desert – yes, we do have a desert in the middle of the country The Błędów Desert is actually Central Europe's largest accumulation of loose sand in an area away from any sea, deposited thousands of years ago by a melting glacier. The aerial view: The next day we started from visiting the former capital city of Poland – Kraków: the home of the Wawel Dragon: Then we stopped at the Jurassic Mirów quarry: We were hoping for an abundance of ammos, however there were not so many as in the nearby Niegowonice and several of them partial and very flattened: They usually are very small: Nevertheless, we managed to find a few things: Plus a mystery fossil? The last stop was Młynka quarry – also Jurassic: The most interesting place however was a little ravine next to the entrance – with Callovian rocks: which turned out to be full of goodies: And the cherry on top – the crab That's it - thanks for reading, I hope you liked it

This piece is found along with Keichousaurus in Yunnan, China. That is, it’s Triassic. Any idea what is that? The “spines” measure about 10cm in length.

Triassic scute, shell or paper weight? Found roadside with mixed road stones in NJ midway between Flemington and Lambertville Rt 202. This is part of the Newark supergroup sedimentary rock deposited during the Triassic period. I can't put this down because it feels biological not geological. All help greatly appreciated. My first post.

Idaho State University Paleontologist’s Fossil Finds Shed Light on Life after Permian Mass Extinction Idaho State University, November 5, 2021 The open access paper is: Smith, C., Laville, T., Fara, E., Escarguel, G., Olivier, N., Vennin, E., Goudemand, N., Bylund, K.G., Jenks, J.F., Stephen, D.A. and Hautmann, M., 2021. Exceptional fossil assemblages confirm the existence of complex Early Triassic ecosystems during the early Spathian. Scientific Reports, 11(1), pp.1-12. Yours, Paul H.

I’ve moved up to the higher levels of my property where I’m finding bones and coprolites. Still hoping for a big score of a full skull.

I got out again to gather a few small specimens of pet wood. Found in the Triassic of the Newark supergroup deposits in southeastern Pennsylvania.

Hello! I am assisting a friend identifying this tooth. He found it in Anisian limestone and so far has not managed to find any further information, since there is not a single publication. The environment is marine, since there are shell imprints, without any shell preserved, so he assumes it belongs to a fish. Another friend said that it might even belong to a reptilian and the teeth have crushing form. It's size is around that of a dime, maybe slightly larger. Any help would be appreciated!

Hi! I've recently acquired unidentified fossil. It's from triassic location in Silesia, Poland. Can you give me some ideas on ID?

Vaderlimulus - 245-Million-year-old Horseshoe Crab Fossil named after Star War’s Darth Vader. New Mexico Museum of Natural History & Science First Triassic Horseshoe Crab Fossil Found in North America, SciNews The paper is: Lerner, A.J., Lucas, S.G. and Lockley, M., 2017. First fossil horseshoe crab (Xiphosurida) from the Triassic of North America. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie-Abhandlungen, pp.289-302. An open access paper is: Bicknell, R.D. and Pates, S., 2020. Pictorial atlas of fossil and extant horseshoe crabs, with focus on Xiphosurida. Frontiers in Earth Science, 8, p.98. Yours, Paul H.

Bought this piece at a Rock and Mineral show and according to the specimen labels that were included with the specimen. It has passed through at least 3 different fossil dealers. Each one stating the following information: Crocodile Scapula Locality: San Juan, NM, (USA) Now I suspect this piece is from the Triassic time period and could possibly belong to a large Temnospondyl amphibian and is a skull fragment not a scapula. Does anyone here recognize the patterning and thickness change enough to give an educated guess as to what it might actually be from? Also, the glue attached to the specimen is fairly thick and hard. Any suggestions regarding how to remove it without causing harm to the fossil? As you can see my attempts at trying to pick off the glue, takes the surface of the fossil with it leaving an annoying white spot. I may have quickly tried acetone if I remember correctly but nothing happened.

Finally found a good Chirotherium rex - the largest chirothere. Most of them have been pretty smudgy.

Hi, I was wondering if this could be a Pachystropheus bone? Although it is damaged, it looks similar to pictures of Pachystropheus femurs, could it be a femur? It measures 4.5cm. There's a tooth next to it, the closest possiblity I could find was Ichthyosaur, but I couldn't find anything that similar, so could this be an Ichthyosaur tooth? On the other side, there's some other things. I think the larger tooth could possibly be Severnichthys, and one slightly lower down to be Lissodus minimus I'd appreciate any help, Many thanks