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[Bobby Rico]

Some ripples marks fossil in the Wirrel in the uk. The geology of the Wirral peninsula is dominated by glacial till overlying Triassic sandstone  A fantastic place for bird watching. 
 

 

 

Edited June 28, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[JulieNC]

Fantastic finds guys

[Bobby Rico]

Today I thought I just randomly pick a fossil off my shelves . A very generous Secret Santa gift from 2018. 

Pulalius Vulgaris crab, Lincoln Creek, Washington

 

 

Edited July 7, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

On 6/29/2023 at 12:51 AM, JulieNC said:

Fantastic finds guys

Thanks very much 

[Bobby Rico]

I have shown this before but some maybe interested who have not .

 

I do wonder why it was cast either for education or as a replacement to the donor ? 

 

I don’t normally go for cast but with this beautiful old label I was tempted . I thought this was an odd specimens to cast  I contacted our expert  @piranha  Scott as he  is always generous with his time and knowledge and very quickly came back with some information. Piranha said “that is certainly a classic specimen and will make a very fine addition to your collection . There is a well documented history on this trilobite from the Bokkeveld Group of South Africa. Woodward 1873 first described "Encrinurus cristagalli".  It has had a few name changes along the way and finally Rennie 1930 reclassified it as Bainella cristagalli  –and it has remained unchanged ever since. Cooper 1982 published the most recent and thorough work on the Bokkeveld trilobites....coincidentally in the part about B. cristagalli  he even included a photo of the Woodward holotype that you are adding to your collection! “
 

 The cast looks much nicer than it does in the photos. So here is my cast and photo of  the original trilobite  in the British Museum (the photo is from a paper called is “ Annals of the South African Museum )

 

 

 

Edited July 8, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

This is probably one of sweetest fossils I have seen. At under 6mm this tiny crab claw from the Paw Paw Formation in Texas . The strata date back to the late Albian stage of the Early Cretaceous. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 7/8/2023 at 12:10 PM, Bobby Rico said:

 

I don’t normally go for cast but with this beautiful old label I was tempted . 

I agrre, I can't resist those lovely old labels. 

Much nicer than my own hand-written label I see in the bottom left of your display! 

[Bobby Rico]

Ok I have by chance found a small box of small fossils. Collected probably in the late 80s. They are labelled but I don’t if they are correctly identified. Any help would be great, 

 

1. is maybe a marine Crocodile tooth. Jurassic-Kimmeridge Clay, Weymouth, Dorset. 10mm or 11mm size .

 

2. is a small but fat Ammonite Jurassic- Bajocian, Dorset. I think it is Cadomites sp. 

 

3. Summer holiday find in 1991 a beautiful Gastropod

Middle Eocene-Lutetian. France 5mm
 

4 . Brachiopod, Jurassic- inf. Oolite, Gloucester. Rhynchonella sp 

 

More of theses small box of finds to come soon. 
 

have a lovely weekend Bobby.

 

@Tidgy's Dad any thoughts. 

Edited July 21, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[Fossildude19]

Truly enjoy seeing your collection, Bobby! It is a great variety - thanks for sharing it with us. 

[Bobby Rico]

4 hours ago, Fossildude19 said:

Truly enjoy seeing your collection, Bobby! It is a great variety - thanks for sharing it with us. 

Thanks very much Tim . Lots more to come but I just got to get the time to photograph. I did by mistake post a couple twice .
 

have a nice weekend.
 

cheers Bobby  

Edited July 21, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

We are talking the T. .rex of the sea  today at least I heard Mosasaurs called this way before .

 

Mosasaurs were first discovered in 1764,

'Mosa' stands for the lizard of Meuse river. The first fossils of Mosasaurus were found as skulls in a chalk quarry near the Dutch city of Maastricht .
 

MrsR was interested to know what a Mosasaurus looked like.  After a google search she described it as a crocodile and dolphin’s love child, so wrong but still an amusing observation. 

This inspired purchase ( inspired by the bargain master himself @Yoda) is my first Mosasaurus tooth to be added to my collection. I am pretty pleased with it. It is nice size with feeding ware on the tip.

 

Liodon anceps now called Thalassotitan atrox

Mosasaur tooth fossil.

(Maastrictian) 70 Million years old, Benguerir, Marrakesh, Morocco

 

Zdeněk Burian‘s cool but a little outdated painting of Tylosaurus . Finally some photos  I took from a fantastic museum in Holland called Teylers Museum showing one of the first discoveries  from Maastricht.

 

 

 

Edited July 25, 2023 by Bobby Rico
Edited with new name.

[Yoda]

@Bobby Rico

That is a nice addition to your collection. 

[North]

Mosasaurs are one of my favorite prehistoric animals. Very interesting creatures.

That is an nice tooth, but as much I know, Moroccan Liodon/Prognathodon anceps is now called Thalassotitan atrox.

[Bobby Rico]

2 hours ago, North said:

Mosasaurs are one of my favorite prehistoric animals. Very interesting creatures.

That is an nice tooth, but as much I know, Moroccan Liodon/Prognathodon anceps is now called Thalassotitan atrox.

Thanks so much I am a newbie to the Mosasaurs . I see Liodon is a dubious  genus , so change the label. . In the future i like to add another Mosasaurs tooth to the collection, maybe I can ask some advice near to the time. Thanks again Bobby 

[North]

13 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Thanks so much I am a newbie to the Mosasaurs . I see Liodon is a dubious  genus , so change the label. . In the future i like to add another Mosasaurs tooth to the collection, maybe I can ask some advice near to the time. Thanks again Bobby 

I recommend that, most my fossils are mosasaurs. Sadly those are often missidentified, so some knowledge is needed.

Jjoun11 has made info page about Moroccan mosasaurs if you want to take a look.

Also pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon and Praefectus have been helping me with my mosasaur issues.

[Bobby Rico]

2 hours ago, North said:

 pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon and Praefectus

Yes, they are so many great people on TFF will spend their sometime helping members out. 
 

cheers Bobby 

[Bobby Rico]

Graptolites sorry no more of an ID than that.

Abereiddy, near the famous Blue Lagoon in Pembrokeshire

[Bobby Rico]

Rare British Carboniferous Plant in a Pebble from Wigan, Lancashire, England Sphenopteris sp. 

This Is part of a 1930s to 1940s collection .

[Yoda]

@Bobby Rico

Very nice. 

 

This is Crock Hay ??

[Bobby Rico]

2 minutes ago, Yoda said:

@Bobby Rico

Very nice. 

 

This is Crock Hay ??

I would say so as it is from Wigan , it was part of  a job lot . It is nice little tactical piece about 3 cm . 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 7/21/2023 at 5:37 PM, Bobby Rico said:

 

2. is a small but fat Ammonite Jurassic- Bajocian, Dorset. I think it is Cadomites sp. 

 

3. Summer holiday find in 1991 a beautiful Gastropod

Middle Eocene-Lutetian. France 5mm
 

4 . Brachiopod, Jurassic- inf. Oolite, Gloucester. Rhynchonella sp 

Lovely fossils, Bobby!

 

2. I think Cadomites sp. is a good call. 

3. Maybe Planorbis sp? 

4. I think Kallirhynchia sp. but I need to see it from all angles. 

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

@Yoda another piece from this collection. Small but fine specimen from an lost location a disused colliery in County Durham U.K

 

Edited July 27, 2023 by Bobby Rico

[Bobby Rico]

4 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I think Kallirhynchia sp. but I need to see it from all angles. 

Hi Adam, thanks very. Tomorrow in better lighting I take some more photos. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

9 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

Graptolites sorry no more of an ID than that.

Abereiddy, near the famous Blue Lagoon in Pembrokeshire

This is a lovely piece containng several gorgeous examples of the classic "tuning fork" graptolite, Didymograptus murchisoni.

And it's Welsh, so gotta be good. 

Edited July 25, 2023 by Tidgy's Dad

[Bobby Rico]

6 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

 "tuning fork" graptolite, Didymograptus murchisoni.

Thank again I always called it tuning fork but I thought it was a really old fashioned term. I am really pleased I updated the label now. I will get my macro lens out tomorrow and if I get any good photos I post them here.  Pembrokeshire Is a stunningly beautiful place.