Notidanodon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 Done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 3 minutes ago, will stevenson said: Done Thanks, Will. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manticocerasman Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 (edited) On 7/16/2021 at 11:49 PM, connorp said: Lovely If you don't mind me asking, what kind of chemical prep was used? It was prepped with potassium hydroxide. It works well on thin layers of claystone. But it is nasty stuff, you have to be very careful using this. Always use gloves and safety goggles. Edited July 19, 2021 by Manticocerasman 1 growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilcrazee Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 @will stevenson I want to go hunting on the Isle of Wight with you! Many many trips when I lived in London - nothing ever so nice!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 4 hours ago, fossilcrazee said: @will stevenson I want to go hunting on the Isle of Wight with you! Many many trips when I lived in London - nothing ever so nice!!!! Wish i could visit there more often as well! it was amazing, i will be writing a report sometime soon on what i did, it will be in a few weeks though as i am away, i had about 5 other finds i wanted to enter!, and there are some that will be getting prepped that i can enter next month i was quite lucky though, if you are ever in the area, message me and ill see if we can arrange something i would always love to return 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 19, 2021 Share Posted July 19, 2021 11 minutes ago, will stevenson said: and there are some that will be getting prepped that i can enter next month Be sure you take pre-prep photos. 1 1 The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captcrunch227 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 After hundreds and hundreds of hours at my site here in North Texas, I FINALLY found a Protohadros tooth. I’ve found over a dozen dinosaur bones, but it’s taken forever to finally find what has turned out to be that ever elusive tooth. And it’s a jaw dropper at that. Protohadros byrdi tooth Found 7/22/21 in the Woodbine formation of Denton, TX 3 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 23, 2021 Author Share Posted July 23, 2021 Persistence pays off (sometimes). Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePhysicist Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 2 hours ago, Captcrunch227 said: After hundreds and hundreds of hours at my site here in North Texas, I FINALLY found a Protohadros tooth. I’ve found over a dozen dinosaur bones, but it’s taken forever to finally find what has turned out to be that ever elusive tooth. And it’s a jaw dropper at that. Protohadros byrdi tooth Found 7/22/21 in the Woodbine formation of Denton, TX Holy Hadrosaur that's amazing. The enamel is in beautiful shape! 2 "Argumentation cannot suffice for the discovery of new work, since the subtlety of Nature is greater many times than the subtlety of argument." - Carl Sagan "I was born not knowing and have had only a little time to change that here and there." - Richard Feynman Collections: Hell Creek Microsite | Hell Creek/Lance | Dinosaurs | Sharks | Squamates | Post Oak Creek | North Sulphur River | Lee Creek | Aguja | Permian | Devonian | Triassic | Harding Sandstone Instagram: @thephysicist_tff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captcrunch227 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 11 hours ago, digit said: Persistence pays off (sometimes). Cheers. -Ken Haha, ain’t that the truth! It’s better to be lucky than good and I finally had some Lady Luck on my side for a change 10 hours ago, ThePhysicist said: Holy Hadrosaur that's amazing. The enamel is in beautiful shape! Thank you! It’s literally been my top want since day 1. I love teeth, and for it to be in this amazing of shape is just incredible. I couldn’t have drawn it up any better Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Runner64 Posted July 23, 2021 Share Posted July 23, 2021 On 7/22/2021 at 8:50 PM, Captcrunch227 said: After hundreds and hundreds of hours at my site here in North Texas, I FINALLY found a Protohadros tooth. I’ve found over a dozen dinosaur bones, but it’s taken forever to finally find what has turned out to be that ever elusive tooth. And it’s a jaw dropper at that. Awesome find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captcrunch227 Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 2 hours ago, Runner64 said: Awesome find! Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted July 24, 2021 Share Posted July 24, 2021 You found a small, but pretty gem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caterpillar Posted July 25, 2021 Share Posted July 25, 2021 Found last month and finished to prep the 07/23/2021 Chlinocephalus demissifrons Zanclean (lower Pliocene) Southwest France Before After 1 12 http://www.paleotheque.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 IPFOTM entry • Date of Discovery (month, day, year): April 8, 2021; preparation in the month of July • Scientific and/or Common Name: Rielaspis elegantula • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Mid Silurian, Thornloe Fm State, Province, or Region Found: Northern Ontario This is a plate of uncommon encrinurids (up to 11 individuals in varying states of completeness). Although found in April, I entrusted this to our own prep-master @Malcolmt who started work on it last week, revealing much more than I anticipated. The trilobites appear in various orientations, including some in ventral position showing the hypostome. The significance of the piece is not just the rather aesthetic marvel of an assemblage filled with encrinurids (themselves fairly rare). It is thought that the fauna at this location is similar to that of Anticosti Island (which is now off-limits to collecting). The plate also contains a small crinoid and a number of ostracods. A photo of the find in its original state: A photo of the current, prepared result: I am told there is still a bit more preparation to do, but I won't have reliable internet access for the next while. If I do, I can replace the prepared image with the most recent one. 3 11 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieLynn Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I found a little floating crinoid. Well, two actually! They are fairly rare in the Cretaceous Period. • Date of Discovery - July 24 2021 • Scientific and/or Common Name : Free Floating Crinoid (Cormatulid) Solanocrinites sp. • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation : Cretaceous Period - Glen Rose Formation • State, Province, or Region Found - Texas USA Size: 1/2 inch 13 mm Side View: Top View: Bottom View: They look like bottle caps..... 2 6 www.fossil-quest.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 2 hours ago, Kane said: IPFOTM entry • Date of Discovery (month, day, year): April 8, 2021; preparation in the month of July • Scientific and/or Common Name: Rielaspis sp. cf. elegantulus • Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Mid Silurian, Thornloe Fm State, Province, or Region Found: Northern Ontario These are not 'cf' "With the exception of Rielaspis elegantula, which also occurs in the Thornloe Formation (late Llandovery) of Ontario, none of these species is known to occur outside Anticosti Island." Chatterton, B.D.E., Ludvigsen, R. 2004 Early Silurian Trilobites of Anticosti Island, Québec, Canada. Palaeontographica Canadiana, 22:1-264 Congrats on finding this museum quality association plate! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 @piranha Corrections made with my thanks! I was operating under some misinformation, and really ought to have stuck with the Chatterton & Ludvigsen reference. ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingo2 Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 I've spent a lot of time running around the badlands and scouring google earth this summer, and finally got the specimen I've been looking for. Before today, the longest tooth I've personally found was around 2.5 inches. Some of the teeth around here are so blue that they almost appear to glow in the sediment. When you see the colour out of the corner of you eye, you immediately know what it is. The first piece I found was the tip, and even that was larger than any other tooth in my collection. At least a minute was spent gawking at its appearance before realizing that there was more to be found. I gathered as many additional pieces as I could from from about 8 feet below where the tip was. It was found in the first hour of designated hunting time, so I was pretty much ineffective at searching for the rest of the day because I was just thinking about the tooth in my backpack the entire time. I ended up cutting the trip short because it had taken over my mind like gollum with the ring of power. After assembly, the tooth is 4 inches and a beauty. I haven't done anything except glue the pieces together due to fear of doing something irreversible. I've noticed that the stone polishing wax that many people use for teeth tends to remove the blue markings that are signature to the teeth found in this area. •Date of Discovery: July 23rd, 2021 •Scientific and/or Common Name: Tyrannosaurus Rex •Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Cretaceous, Scollard •State, Province or Region Found: Alberta, Canada 2 15 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted July 26, 2021 Share Posted July 26, 2021 6 hours ago, dingo2 said: I ended up cutting the trip short because it had taken over my mind like gollum with the ring of power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper559 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 (edited) This is my first ever Mazon Creek spider find !! It was found open. The frequency of finding a spider (according to the Richardson Book) is 1 in 10,000 concretions !! Lucky me !! This one was a creek find !! Found Sunday, 25 July 2021 Spider, Architarbus rotundatus Pennsylvanian, Francis Creek Shale, Mazon Creek, Morris, IL USA Edited July 28, 2021 by flipper559 better pictures, I hope 3 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicnfossils Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 On 7/26/2021 at 3:08 PM, dingo2 said: I've spent a lot of time running around the badlands and scouring google earth this summer, and finally got the specimen I've been looking for. Before today, the longest tooth I've personally found was around 2.5 inches. Some of the teeth around here are so blue that they almost appear to glow in the sediment. When you see the colour out of the corner of you eye, you immediately know what it is. The first piece I found was the tip, and even that was larger than any other tooth in my collection. At least a minute was spent gawking at its appearance before realizing that there was more to be found. I gathered as many additional pieces as I could from from about 8 feet below where the tip was. It was found in the first hour of designated hunting time, so I was pretty much ineffective at searching for the rest of the day because I was just thinking about the tooth in my backpack the entire time. I ended up cutting the trip short because it had taken over my mind like gollum with the ring of power. After assembly, the tooth is 4 inches and a beauty. I haven't done anything except glue the pieces together due to fear of doing something irreversible. I've noticed that the stone polishing wax that many people use for teeth tends to remove the blue markings that are signature to the teeth found in this area. •Date of Discovery: July 23rd, 2021 •Scientific and/or Common Name: Tyrannosaurus Rex •Geologic Age or Geologic Formation: Late Cretaceous, Scollard •State, Province or Region Found: Alberta, Canada Scollard, Alberta? That’s north of Drumheller isn’t it? That would be an Albertosaurus tooth then I believe, not rex, but I could be wrong. Beautiful tooth though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingo2 Posted July 27, 2021 Share Posted July 27, 2021 2 minutes ago, musicnfossils said: Scollard, Alberta? That’s north of Drumheller isn’t it? That would be an Albertosaurus tooth then I believe, not rex, but I could be wrong. Beautiful tooth though. The only large theropod in the Scollard Formation is Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Horseshoe Canyon formation is probably what youre thinking of, which is the more well known formation in the Drumheller area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicnfossils Posted July 28, 2021 Share Posted July 28, 2021 49 minutes ago, dingo2 said: The only large theropod in the Scollard Formation is Tyrannosaurus Rex. The Horseshoe Canyon formation is probably what youre thinking of, which is the more well known formation in the Drumheller area. Ahh, cool. I’ve never heard of that formation before. I’ve only ever avidly hunted in the DPF and foremost formations. If you have or know of land there I could potentially hunt on, please PM me I’d love to check it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 Ok well now my little Isle of Wight tooth is looking slightly insignificant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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