Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2019!

[Tidgy's Dad]

21 hours ago, Abstraktum said:

Today this beautiful piece arrived safely at my place. 

It's a bone from a Pteranodon indet. from Kansas

Sold by our dear friend Kris @KansasFossilHunter and shipped within no time from USA to Germany. 

You can read all about it in this topic, it also shows the position within the Pteranodon skeleton

I'm very happy to get my hands this rather rare fossil and it is surley now the highlight of my fossil collection 

Very glad it got there so quickly and in one piece! 

It's a wonderful specimen. 

[Kane]

Back from the post office to pick up this Scabriscutellum furciferum. The seller generously included a Spanish brachiopod surprise to perk the package.  

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, Kane said:

Back from the post office to pick up this Scabriscutellum furciferum. The seller generously included a Spanish brachiopod surprise to perk the package.  

Lovely trilobite and what a gorgeous freebie! 

[Joe_17]

10 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

WOW ! ! 

That looks great! 

Thanks!

[Bobby Rico]

7 hours ago, Kane said:

Scabriscutellum furciferum.

Incredibly beautiful specimen   

[caldigger]

This evening I came home to a package in my mailbox.

Two gorgeous Jurassic ammonites from the UK. Purchased in a recent Forum sale by our member "Ammonite Connoisseur" Ludwigia.

Here's another snapshot of them and I don't have small hands either!

Brasilia bradfordensis

Oppelia subradiata

 

Thank you very much Roger, they are going to look nice in my display.

[Bobby Rico]

4 hours ago, caldigger said:

Brasilia bradfordensis

Both very nice ammonites and good additions to your collection.

The Brasilia are becoming rarer the UK, one of the main sites where you find them has now been built upon, so a lost location . Good purchases  

[ReptileTooth]

Nice specimen,

that Brasilia has a very nice texture.

[Tidgy's Dad]

7 hours ago, caldigger said:

This evening I came home to a package in my mailbox.

Two gorgeous Jurassic ammonites from the UK. Purchased in a recent Forum sale by our member "Ammonite Connoisseur" Ludwigia.

Here's another snapshot of them and I don't have small hands either!

Brasilia bradfordensis

Oppelia subradiata

 

 

Thank you very much Roger, they are going to look nice in my display.

Lovely ammonites, though we only have your word for it that you don't have tiny hands. 

[caldigger]

On 1/23/2019 at 3:48 AM, Tidgy's Dad said:

Lovely ammonites, though we only have your word for it that you don't have tiny hands. 

You know what they say about guys with large hands...

They wear XL  size gloves! 

[Manticocerasman]

I got a nice ammonite in my mail today from a trade with @Ludwigia.

Thx Roger, I suspect your new piece wil arive tomorrow.

 

Ancolioceras opalinoides

 

[ricardo]

Hello TFF,

I’m a lucky man! Today, in my mail box I had these beauties sent by Monica. Monica, many thanks for your gentleness and generosity! I really didn´t expect this. 

 

 

 

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

16 minutes ago, Manticocerasman said:

I got a nice ammonite in my mail today from a trade with @Ludwigia.

Thx Roger, I suspect your new piece wil arive tomorrow.

 

Ancolioceras opalinoides

 

Very nice! 

[Tidgy's Dad]

12 minutes ago, ricardo said:

Hello TFF,

I’m a lucky man! Today, in my mail box I had these beauties sent by Monica. Monica, many thanks for your gentleness and generosity! I really didn´t expect this. 

Lovely! 

The Ordovician is my favourite period and Monica is always kind and thoughtful. 

[ricardo]

4 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

The Ordovician is my favourite period

I see... you  GOBE

5 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Monica is always kind and thoughtful

Totally agree 

[Monica]

16 minutes ago, ricardo said:

Hello TFF,

I’m a lucky man! Today, in my mail box I had these beauties sent by Monica. Monica, many thanks for your gentleness and generosity! I really didn´t expect this. 

 

You're very welcome, Ricardo!  You sent so many additional fossils for my kids (mainly Viola, since William isn't yet interested in fossils ) during our original trade that I wanted to send a few extra as a little "thank you" 

 

I hope you enjoy them!

 

Monica

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 minutes ago, ricardo said:

I see... you  GOBE

Totally agree 

Indeed! 

Go GOBE ! ! ! 

And the Hirnantian Ice Age and extinctions. 

[ricardo]

1 minute ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Hirnantian Ice Age

LOGC 1-3 

[Ludwigia]

1 hour ago, Manticocerasman said:

I got a nice ammonite in my mail today from a trade with @Ludwigia.

Thx Roger, I suspect your new piece wil arive tomorrow.

 

Ancolioceras opalinoides

 

 

I'm glad to see that it's arrived safe and sound. I'll post the Goniatite here once it arrives.

 

[DeepTimeIsotopes]

I just received this piece of Burmese Amber with a small mosquito in the mail from one of our favorite auction sites today. I was skeptical at first but it was an ok price with free shipping so I took a chance. After verifying that it was genuine amber (specific gravity, smell when rubbed and heated, looked under a microscope for any cuts and insertions, UV light for glue, resin, and fluorescence, etc), fortunately I can say that taking the risk paid off and I’ve got a nice chunk of 100 MYO amber from Burma. It also came with the nice “floating” case free of charge. Sometimes risks pay off

[Tidgy's Dad]

7 minutes ago, UtahFossilHunter said:

I just received this piece of Burmese Amber with a small mosquito in the mail from one of our favorite auction sites today. I was skeptical at first but it was an ok price with free shipping so I took a chance. After verifying that it was genuine amber (specific gravity, smell when rubbed and heated, looked under a microscope for any cuts and insertions, UV light for glue, resin, and fluorescence, etc), fortunately I can say that taking the risk paid off and I’ve got a nice chunk of 100 MYO amber from Burma. It also came with the nice “floating” case free of charge. Sometimes risks pay off

Very nice indeed! Bargains are always welcome. 

The poor mosquito was struggling so hard, one of his legs fell off. 

I hate it when that happens. 

[caldigger]

6 hours ago, Monica said:

William isn't yet interested in fossils

He just hasn't been "turned" yet!

[DeepTimeIsotopes]

18 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

Very nice indeed! Bargains are always welcome. 

The poor mosquito was struggling so hard, one of his legs fell off. 

I hate it when that happens. 

It’s doubly bad if he’s agnostic and breathes through his legs.

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 minutes ago, UtahFossilHunter said:

It’s doubly bad if he’s agnostic and breathes through his legs.

Well played, sir! 

[Ludwigia]

The Goniatite from @Manticocerasman arrived today as predicted. Exactly what I was expecting plus a nice little extra. Thanks Kevin! I think I'm going to have a go at preppng this down some more. I can see that the piece at the mouth aperture has been glued back on and that there may not be any more fossil substance within it, but I think I can at least sculpt out the form. I'm also curious to see how the preservation is on the reverse side, so even though the matrix apears to be extremely hard, I think I may have a peek there too.

 

 

And here's the nice little surprise he included. A pyritized Goniatite still in the matrix. Looks like I'll have to use the stylus on this one too. Kevin, can you please tell me the provenance on this one? Is it the same as the one above?