Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2018!

[Fossil-Hound]

On 12/22/2018 at 6:47 PM, Runner64 said:

Glad to see it arrived okay!  For everyone else maybe curious, it comes from the Hell Creek Formation  

Theropod? I've been dying to get to that formation. Was this recovered from Montana, Wyoming, S. Dakota, or N. Dakota?

[Fossil-Hound]

@Bobby Rico wow those are some very nice fossils from @caldigger Somebody got spoiled this Christmas! 

[Fossil-Hound]

My wife gifted me with this lovely Ludwigia from the Isle of Skye in Scotland for Christmas. This fossil was recovered by the legendary Byron Blessed from England. @Ludwigia approved of the ammonite before purchase.

[Fossil-Hound]

This other side isn't as complete as the previous posted side but I still like it. The sutures are well defined. Ludwigia reflua from the Murchisonae Zone, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic, Bearraraig Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 170 Million Years Old

[Fossil-Hound]

Side view. The ammonite has permineralized and hardened. A rare find indeed.

[Runner64]

1 hour ago, Fossil-Hound said:

Theropod? I've been dying to get to that formation. Was this recovered from Montana, Wyoming, S. Dakota, or N. Dakota?

Yep Theropod and most likely from Acheroraptor based on how compressed it is and small. Was found in Montana  

[Ludwigia]

2 hours ago, Fossil-Hound said:

My wife gifted me with this lovely Ludwigia from the Isle of Skye in Scotland for Christmas. This fossil was recovered by the legendary Byron Blessed from England. @Ludwigia approved of the ammonite before purchase.

 

Good old Byron. Great specimen!

[Bobby Rico]

2 hours ago, Fossil-Hound said:

This other side isn't as complete as the previous posted side but I still like it. The sutures are well defined. Ludwigia reflua from the Murchisonae Zone, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic, Bearraraig Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 170 Million Years Old

I have found quite a few multi blocks of Ludwigia from Skye but they are always small specimens. That is a real beauty and rare. 

[ziggycardon]

And got some more fossils in the mail today!

A Halisaurus tooth from Oued Zem, Morocco (70 million years old)
A piece of Dominican Amber with an ant inclusion (30 - 25 million years old) 
A piece of Burmite Amber with a Pseudoscorpion and insect larvae inclusion (95 million years old)

[Fossil-Hound]

2 hours ago, Runner64 said:

Yep Theropod and most likely from Acheroraptor based on how compressed it is and small. Was found in Montana  

That's a real beauty. If you have anymore I would certainly be open to trades. Very nice tooth.  I need to get out there.

[Fossil-Hound]

1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said:

I have found quite a few multi blocks of Ludwigia from Skye but they are always small specimens. That is a real beauty and rare. 

I bet those multi blocks look nice. That's the problem with large ammonites. The natural weathering processes just don't favor larger specimens. That seems to be the case wherever you look for fossils, hence the larger fossils trend for rarity and value. I find it interesting how online a Megalodon tooth that's six inches sells for thousands whereas a tooth that's five inches sells for hundreds. Someday I'll put these fossils in my will to be donated to the Museum of Ancient Life in Lehi, UT or the nearest natural history museum.

[Fossil-Hound]

On 12/24/2018 at 1:24 PM, FossilFrenzy said:

 

I really want one of these, if anyone could PM me some tips on how to buy a good one I would appreciate it!

@FossilFrenzy I believe this specimen is of Russian origin. These are regularly priced on online. You can setup a triggered alert to notify you whenever any new specimens show up. A quick Google search will reveal how to do that.

[Bobby Rico]

8 minutes ago, Fossil-Hound said:

bet those multi blocks look nice

Here is  one 

[Adam86cucv]

10 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

Here is  one 

That looks lovely to me. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 12/26/2018 at 12:31 PM, Bobby Rico said:

I have been waiting for Christmas to open this one. It is a gift off probably the kindest of our members @caldigger .  A mixed pack of goodies including  postcard , a  lovely C. Megladon from South Carolina . My first meg  and two other incredible shark teeth in the matrix. I had this postcard when I a kid , it was part of a set that made a big panoramic  view of prehistoric creatures, I think.

 

Thank you so much Doren for my fantastic gifts.

 

From the top:  a lower tooth, either from a C. hastalis or I. planus ( both spieces have virtually identical lowers). Mid. Miocene, Temblor Formation,  Round Mountain Silt Member, Bakersfield, California.

On the right is a Isurus planus ( Hook tooth white shark) upper tooth. Same information as top.

Bottom is of course the C. Megalodon from Summerville, South Carolina. Miocene/ lower Pliocene.

 

 

WOW, Bobby! 

So glad you got your meg tooth! 

Doren comes up trumps again. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 12/27/2018 at 5:34 PM, Fossil-Hound said:

This other side isn't as complete as the previous posted side but I still like it. The sutures are well defined. Ludwigia reflua from the Murchisonae Zone, Aalenian, Middle Jurassic, Bearraraig Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland, 170 Million Years Old

 

That's a really beautiful specimen! 

[Zapsalis]

On 12/26/2018 at 12:47 PM, ziggycardon said:

Got these as a Christmas gift from my girlfriend! 
A NHM book about Meteorites, A piece of Astrophyllite from Greenland, A Beluga vertebrae from the North Sea (40 000 years old) and "Star Dust" from a Muonionalusta Meteorite on a magnet.

Awesome! I have some meteorites in my collection! They’re my favorite thing to collect after fossils and tektites!  (I have a few pallasites, as well. A couple of them chipped, sadly.  One got repaired, but the other still needs some repairing.)

[Zapsalis]

On 12/27/2018 at 1:12 PM, ziggycardon said:

And got some more fossils in the mail today!

A Halisaurus tooth from Oued Zem, Morocco (70 million years old)
A piece of Dominican Amber with an ant inclusion (30 - 25 million years old) 
A piece of Burmite Amber with a Pseudoscorpion and insect larvae inclusion (95 million years old)

That burmite is a beauty! 

[connorp]

My favorite Christmas gift and what is now my favorite specimen in my collection. An Anomalocaris saron appendage from the Chengjiang biota, along with a partial redlichid cephalon. You really don't see many appendages that are as well preserved and detailed as this guy.

[Nimravis]

After getting back from Georgia, I found a nice package waiting for me from @KimTexan.

 

 Thanks Kimberly-

 

Flora- Pecopteris (?), Annularia and a piece of bark.

 

 

Mosasaur pieces and a Shell-

 

 

A beautiful septarian piece.

 

 

Her famous pound cake and a cute card.

 

 

[Wrangellian]

1 hour ago, connorp said:

My favorite Christmas gift and what is now my favorite specimen in my collection. An Anomalocaris saron appendage from the Chengjiang biota, along with a partial redlichid cephalon. You really don't see many appendages that are as well preserved and detailed as this guy.

Wow! I never get anything like that for Xmas! (But that's ok)

 

A lot of nice acquisitions you people are getting. I'm going "oooh!" "aaah!" as I scroll thru.

[Tidgy's Dad]

3 hours ago, connorp said:

My favorite Christmas gift and what is now my favorite specimen in my collection. An Anomalocaris saron appendage from the Chengjiang biota, along with a partial redlichid cephalon. You really don't see many appendages that are as well preserved and detailed as this guy.

 

WOW ! 

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 hours ago, Nimravis said:

After getting back from Georgia, I found a nice package waiting for me from @KimTexan.

 Thanks Kimberly-

 

Flora- Pecopteris (?), Annularia and a piece of bark.

Mosasaur pieces and a Shell-

 

A beautiful septarian piece.

 

Her famous pound cake and a cute card.

What a kind thought! 

[Bobby Rico]

On 27/12/2018 at 4:31 PM, Fossil-Hound said:

@Bobby Rico wow those are some very nice fossils from @caldigger Somebody got spoiled this Christmas! 

Hi I did indeed, I am very pleased . It’s has been a good Christmas for fossils for me and looking at this thread others too.

[Bobby Rico]

On 30/12/2018 at 2:42 AM, Tidgy's Dad said:

WOW, Bobby! 

So glad you got your meg tooth! 

Doren comes up trumps again. 

Yeah still can’t believe it , what a great box of gifts ,@caldigger is a legend among members.