Antarctic Fossils

[Carcharodontosaurus]

Although rare, fossils from Antarctica do occasionally show up on the market, usually collected by old expeditions. I know of petrified wood, shark teeth and some invertebrate material in private collections, assuming the provenance is genuine. Does anyone else here know more about this?

 

 

[Yoda]

I have read about early polar exploration quite extensively. 

 

Glossopteris material was collected on the Scott and Shackleton expeditions. 

Would love a piece of that 🙏

[piranha]

Here is a spectacular assortment of fossils from Antarctica that I photographed at the University of Oregon.  Collected by: Greg Retallack

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[izak_]

I've never seen Antarctic fossils for sale, but this does remind me that there is an impressive amount of placoderm material from Mt. Ritchie in the Australian Museum collection. The mountain seems to have been named after the collector of this material, the late Alex Ritchie, who sadly passed away very recently. I will try to get some photos next time if you're interested but I realise it may be unhelpful in a museum collection! 

6 minutes ago, piranha said:

Here is a spectacular assortment of fossils from Antarctica that I photographed at the University of Oregon.  Collected by Greg Retallack.

This material is amazing, thanks for sharing. 

[Yoda]

19 minutes ago, piranha said:

Here is a spectacular assortment of fossils from Antarctica that I photographed at the University of Oregon.  Collected by: Greg Retallack

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for sharing

Some fantastic fossils, and especially considering the provenance    

[Yoda]

15 minutes ago, izak_ said:

I've never seen Antarctic fossils for sale,

Nether have I

Considering the provenance, it would probably be very expensive ☹️

[JamieLynn]

There was a fantastic exhibit of Antarctic Fossils at the White Museum in San Antonio a few months ago when our Paleo Society went for our annual museum visit. I had not heard of anything from Antarctica so was absolutely astounded. There was Permian amphibs and a variety of Dinos. The extraction of fossils is EXTREMELY difficult because the matrix is so hard. 

 

 

 

 

[trilobites_are_awesome]

Just to add I have also seen ammonites from Antarctica.

[piranha]

I almost forgot that I was extremely fortunate to acquire these petrified wood specimens from Andrew Wendruff  @paleozoicfish back in 2009.

 

Collected by the Institute of Polar Studies of Ohio State University in the early 1960's. The Ohio Range & Buckeye Table are named in their honor.

 

 

Permian, Discovery Ridge

Ohio Range, Antarctica

[North]

Considering how hostile place Antarctica is, I assume new material is not easy to get and would rather go for reaserch purposes.

If I remember correctly, weather centers at harshest area change crew only one time at the year.

[LiamL]

Any Ichthyosaurs from Antartica?

[North]

9 hours ago, LiamL said:

Any Ichthyosaurs from Antartica?

There is article: First definitive evidence of Late Jurassic ichthyosaurs from Antarctica and their dispersion routes.

 

Apparently some Ichtyosaur specimens were found from Ameghino Formation.

[Jared C]

There have been some mosasaurs described from Antarctica as well, such as Taniwhasaurus antarcticus from the upper campanian-lower maastrichtian of James Ross Island, and the dubious late-maastrichtian genus Kaikaifilu.

[RuMert]

Heteromophs