Malcolmt Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Adam, your identifications are as you suspect correct... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 6 hours ago, Darktooth said: This Brittle Star from Morocco is one of my favorites. That's an interesting one. And good detective work, otherwise I think this could have been a hard one to guess. Anyone gonna have a go at guessing this one? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 5 hours ago, BellamyBlake said: I received my Secret Santa, exciting! Very generous with material I didn't have, mostly from France. The highlight was a gorgeous amphibian footprint, my first footprint. There was an adorable ammonite plushie too! Thank you Great footprint and the plushie is adorable. Could you please post the rest of the photos from what was obviously a wonderful package from Santa Sophie? @fifbrindacier Them's the rules.......... 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 13 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: That's an interesting one. And good detective work, otherwise I think this could have been a hard one to guess. Anyone gonna have a go at guessing this one? I'll guess @Fossilis Willis (for the gift that @Darktooth opened) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 2 hours ago, TOM BUCKLEY said: Will I never learn? Is that a question? Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Malcolmt said: Adam, your identifications are as you suspect correct... Nice to be right every now and again! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilis Willis Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Monica said: I'll guess @Fossilis Willis (for the gift that @Darktooth opened) I wish I could take credit for that generous gift and that handwriting. Wasn't me. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 Quite a tricky one, I think. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Monica said: I'll guess @Fossilis Willis (for the gift that @Darktooth opened) 50 minutes ago, Fossilis Willis said: I wish I could take credit for that generous gift and that handwriting. Wasn't me. 27 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Quite a tricky one, I think. I was leaning towards @Fossilis Willis at first. But as Adam said this is a tricky one. 2 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 10 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: What a fantastic package! You must have been very good this year. Thank you very much @Malcolmt Another Good Santa! Though one of those Ordovician corals looks much like a Devonian Microcyclus button coral to me, and some of the others look more Devonian, Hungry Hollow, Arkona, as well. The next photo shows some ramose tabulate corals (the ones with apertures in the sides) and some lovely little Bactrites arkonensis naulitoids, I think. Next, I reckon this is a positively excellent specimen on the gastropod Spiniplatyceras arkonense. Nice. Your observation Adam is correct! There were two small bags and a description for them 8. Small bag, assorted, Verulam, Brechin Ontario Ordovician 9 Bag small microfossils, Devonian Hungry Hollow fm, Arkona Ontario. I accidentally typed wrong description when I was editing the photos. I am prepping right now the bug. As @Malcolmt said, it would be pretty soft matrix. Indeed it is the softest matrix I have ever had, while the trilo is much harder. It is partially enrolled, I will send pictures of the progress a little later. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2020 Author Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Dimitris said: I am prepping right now the bug. As @Malcolmt said, it would be pretty soft matrix. Indeed it is the softest matrix I have ever had, while the trilo is much harder. It is partially enrolled, I will send pictures of the progress a little later. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 Darktooth Santa is @haravex 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fifbrindacier Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 9 hours ago, Darktooth said: I was leaning towards @Fossilis Willis at first. But as Adam said this is a tricky one. And i say @PFOOLEY 1 "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 That's what I have exposed so far. I think the pigdium is on the right side of the matrix. I don't know yet if the bug is 360 degrees enrolled or less. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 3 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: Darktooth Santa is @haravex Definitely not. 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 2 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: And i say @PFOOLEY Nope 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 4 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: Darktooth Santa is @haravex nope 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 23 hours ago, Malcolmt said: Seeing all these goodies is making me not want to wait till Xmas.........getting tougher by the day to hold out...... This year has been a bit errr of a coprolite, treat yourself and open it early 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Darktooth said: Nope Adam? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 8 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: Adam? Nope, not Adam either! 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 I followed @Darktooth steps to try to figure out who it is, I wrote down everyone sending packages to the USA from Adam's list although it was hard to read. Then I looked at what darktooth got and it was all from morocco washington and texas, morocco and texas seem to be pretty common fossil locations so I looked for someone who lives in Washington, after I found one I tried searching their trip reports to see their handwriting but couldn't find it. I found @OwlEyes lives in Washington and has taken trips to both Texas and Morocco so that is my guess, hand the points over @Tidgy's Dad 1 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darktooth Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 26 minutes ago, Top Trilo said: I followed @Darktooth steps to try to figure out who it is, I wrote down everyone sending packages to the USA from Adam's list although it was hard to read. Then I looked at what darktooth got and it was all from morocco washington and texas, morocco and texas seem to be pretty common fossil locations so I looked for someone who lives in Washington, after I found one I tried searching their trip reports to see their handwriting but couldn't find it. I found @OwlEyes lives in Washington and has taken trips to both Texas and Morocco so that is my guess, hand the points over @Tidgy's Dad @OwlEyes is who I believe my Secret Santa is as well. What say you, Adam? 1 I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 46 minutes ago, Darktooth said: @OwlEyes is who I believe my Secret Santa is as well. What say you, Adam? I used to live in Washington state but it’s not me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 We’ve started putting the decorations up. Probably a bit early but I think it’s ok under the circumstances. The ichthyosaurs got his hat on: 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 1 hour ago, Welsh Wizard said: We’ve started putting the decorations up. That’s the right idea all the colour and whimsy will bring a few much needed smiles. Beautiful fossil my friend. This is in our shed or fake trophy wall . 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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