Mike Owens Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 6 3/4" Georgia meg with enamel replaced on centre. So your the one with all our big Megs! -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Owens Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 6 5/8" Summerville meg 6 1/2" Wilmington meg You ought to post photos of your fossils in your Gallery. I'm sure I wouldn't be the only person who would like to drool over them. -----"Your Texas Connection!"------ Fossils: Windows to the past Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THobern Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 You ought to post photos of your fossils in your Gallery. I'm sure I wouldn't be the only person who would like to drool over them. Yeah, that's one of those things that I've got to get around to at some point. Probably in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Here is a large trilobite molt 9"long x 6" wide Isotelus Trilobite, this was my first trilobite and biggest that got me started on this fossil collecting hobby... I also found a negative fossil mold measured almost 1' which I gave to a friend BH too bad no pictures and then tragically the quarry closed to collectors shortly after. Colborne ON. As discovered in the field.... Extracted See a fossil crazed beginner's attempt story of extraction ...... http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?showtopic=10454 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 this is my beautiful Colossal pincer from a Tumidocarcinus giganteus . and a nice large Tumidocarcinus giganteus still unprepared taranaki nz land of the giants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigade Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Some fantastic fossils guys. I'm thinking, I live in the wrong country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaggle Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Whale vertebrae, don't know if it is baleen or toothed whale. Makes a great door stop. I'm putting it in colossal as it's the largest I've ever seen at the one site we've ever collected at. My perspective is limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 (edited) Hey Chaps..... Ive been away hunting for ammonites on a difficult section of coast and come back to this thread...... There are some 'Serious' fossils in peoples collections ..... Then you start talking about ammonites as big as a car.... Id love to find a massive ammonite, but Im having to settle for 'Big'..... Heres my biggest specimens.... 23" Paracoroniceras - Lyme Regis Dorset 22" Vermiceras - North Somerset coast 22" Paracoroniceras - Lyme Regis Dorset 20" Sulciferites - Lyme regis Dorset Edited March 8, 2010 by Terry Dactyll Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dirtdauber Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Maybe not colossal, but the largest "Muffin crab" (Avitelmessus grapsoideus), that I've collected and prepped. The carapace is about 4 inches in diameter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 Terry, While I am not personally into ammos, I have seen my fair share. Your stuff is truly outstanding. (I don't use this emoticon very often) :bow: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted March 8, 2010 Share Posted March 8, 2010 By the way, Smilodon, you have a PM. www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 This pet wood is part of my field collection. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Smilodon..... and looking at your collection I am really chuffed you think so.... I try to do them justice....Thanks Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daryl McEwen Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 This used to be huge but over time mother nature has taken her tole on it I totally snapped one of those aluminum cultivator teeth off the other week digging in a quarry. And totally thought it would be tougher than that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infidel Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 This pet wood is part of my field collection. I have an awesome collection of fossils, I keep them spread in various places around the world. Perhaps you've seen it? Take it easy, but take it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 I have an awesome collection of fossils, I keep them spread in various places around the world. Perhaps you've seen it? I have. Hey! That's mine! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danielp Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 It measures 3.27"tall 2.95" wide and 1.6 inches thick. Marcaster Texanus I do believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 Carcharodon carcharias Pliocene of NC 3 1/16" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 I just acquired a "biggest type"; an example of the largest egg known, which was laid by an Elephant Bird, Aepyornis maximus (now extinct). The specimen is a composite, pieced together from shell fragments found in the sand dunes of Madagascar, and is a sub-fossil (probably no more than 1,000 years old). It is 12" (306mm) long and 9" (230mm) in diameter! B'gawk, y'all! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 OK, I'll add my fish. All 17 feet of him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 (edited) OK, I'll add my fish. All 17 feet of him! That's fantastic !!! Edited July 31, 2010 by FF7_Yuffie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 OK, I'll add my fish. All 17 feet of him! If anybody has something that can top this, I would love to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megalodon1 Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 (edited) One Upper 3 + Mako One 6+ Meg One Lower 3+ Mako Edited July 31, 2010 by Megalodon1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 If anybody has something that can top this, I would love to see it. We may be in for a long wait... Six years were spent prepping and mounting this thing! "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixflood Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 I just acquired a "biggest type"; an example of the largest egg known, which was laid by an Elephant Bird, Aepyornis maximus (now extinct). The specimen is a composite, pieced together from shell fragments found in the sand dunes of Madagascar, and is a sub-fossil (probably no more than 1,000 years old). It is 12" (306mm) long and 9" (230mm) in diameter! B'gawk, y'all! Wow, I wouldn't want to have met the bird that laid that The soul of a Fossil Hunter is one that is seeking, always. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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