Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2019!

[Misha]

Recently received a Palaeoniscus freieslebenensis from @Strepsodus, it is a Permian ray finned fish preserved in slate and found near Durham, England.

 

 

[Misha]

Here are some close-ups of the body and tail

[Misha]

And the skull, do you guys think this is the ventral side which is visible?

 

[fossilsonwheels]

On 12/13/2019 at 4:57 AM, Troodon said:

Very nice tooth

Thank you Frank We are pretty happy with it

[fossilsonwheels]

Not a mailbox score but rather a front door delivery  

 

We got our very large Diplodocus partial pubis today and it is pretty awesome. 23” x 10” x 4” and close to 30 lbs. It is really quite beautiful and has great texture. A great Morrison Sauropod piece and one the kids will absolutely love. 

[Troodon]

Big bones no matter what critter always work with kids..  congrat.

[fossilsonwheels]

10 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Big bones no matter what critter always work with kids..  congrat.

I absolutely agree ! Thank you Frank. 

[FossilNerd]

38 minutes ago, fossilsonwheels said:

We got our very large Diplodocus partial pubis today and it is pretty awesome

Very nice! The kids will love it!  I really enjoy seeing the new acquisitions for your classes. Thanks for sharing.  

[Nimravis]

Not the best piece, but I do love cave bear stuff.

 

Ursus splaeus maxilla

Brasov, Romania

 

[caldigger]

So glad it showed Ralph.  Your pictures look great. 

[Nimravis]

1 hour ago, caldigger said:

So glad it showed Ralph.  Your pictures look great. 

Thanks Doren.

[Randyw]

Here’s what the mailman brought me yesterday! It’s my first piece of mammoth material!

[FossilNerd]

6 hours ago, Randyw said:

Here’s what the mailman brought me yesterday! It’s my first piece of mammoth material!

Congrats Randy! Nice one! Are you going to do any prep work on it? A mammoth tooth is on my bucket list. I’m a little 

[fossilsonwheels]

On 12/17/2019 at 2:19 PM, FossilNerd said:

Very nice! The kids will love it!  I really enjoy seeing the new acquisitions for your classes. Thanks for sharing.  

Thank you. I think this one will get their attention lol

[Nimravis]

I received this piece in the mail today, it is a large 9 1/2” partial humerus, possibly from the Cave Lion Panthera spelaea. This piece was dredged from the North Sea off of France.

 

[fossilsonwheels]

And now for something completely different, for us anyway. We have another program in Paradise coming up and it is a general fossil program so we got a Trilobite. We got this specifically for this program. It is an Austerops from the Lower Devonian of Morocco. A really nice fossil for the kids to touch. 

[FossilNerd]

56 minutes ago, fossilsonwheels said:

And now for something completely different, for us anyway. We have another program in Paradise coming up and it is a general fossil program so we got a Trilobite. We got this specifically for this program. It is an Austerops from the Lower Devonian of Morocco. A really nice fossil for the kids to touch

I’ve found that kids just LOVE the “bugs”. Well... My son and his little friends do anyway. 

[ziggycardon]

8 hours ago, Nimravis said:

I received this piece in the mail today, it is a large 9 1/2” partial humerus, possibly from the Cave Lion Panthera spelaea. This piece was dredged from the North Sea off of France.

 

That's a very nice aqcuisition! Cave Lion fossils are very rare finds in the North Sea, you don't see them pop up for sale very often. 
Thanks for sharing this amazing piece.  

[Randyw]

On 12/18/2019 at 7:03 AM, FossilNerd said:

Congrats Randy! Nice one! Are you going to do any prep work on it? A mammoth tooth is on my bucket list. I’m a little 

There’s not much needing to be prepped on it. Other then consolidating and making a stand for it I think it’s good to go. And it’s the same here. A mammoth tooth was high up on my bucket list too!

[FossilNerd]

13 minutes ago, Randyw said:

There’s not much needing to be prepped on it. Other then consolidating and making a stand for it I think it’s good to go. And it’s the same here. A mammoth tooth was high up on my bucket list too!

Nice! I couldn’t tell if there were bits of matrix left on it or if I was just looking at it wrong. I have 4 eyes and still can’t see sometimes! Lol  Very nice acquisition. Congrats on knocking one off the bucket list!  

[caldigger]

Not a fossil, but related to the subject matter none the less.

This evening I recieved a large envelope with a thank you note and picture of fossil hunting at Shark Tooth Hill from @FossilsAnonymous for some stuff I sent him a while back.

Thank you for the note and picture!!! 

 

I also want to state that included was a note from Mom Anonymous as well.

A big thank you Mom for instilling the common courtesy into your son to acknowledge receiving and thank someone for a gift. That is something we rarely see in today's youth.

Kudos to your parenting skills! 

 

P.S. I so wish I could have x-ray vision to be able to see where the good fossils are like in the picture. That would be a superpower I can enjoy. 

[Darktooth]

17 hours ago, caldigger said:

Not a fossil, but related to the subject matter none the less.

This evening I recieved a large envelope with a thank you note and picture of fossil hunting at Shark Tooth Hill from @FossilsAnonymous for some stuff I sent him a while back.

Thank you for the note and picture!!! 

 

I also want to state that included was a note from Mom Anonymous as well.

A big thank you Mom for instilling the common courtesy into your son to acknowledge receiving and thank someone for a gift. That is something we rarely see in today's youth.

Kudos to your parenting skills! 

 

P.S. I so wish I could have x-ray vision to be able to see where the good fossils are like in the picture. That would be a superpower I can enjoy. 

I truly believe that Doren probably appreciates this more then receiving a package of fossils.

[fifbrindacier]

Last weeks i received several packages :

 

An Hypselocrinus from Alabama

 

A lot of fossils from the department of Herault, mostly ammonites

 

From @Pixpaleosky :

Dinosaurs egg shells, South-East of France :

 

Erismatopterus, Green River Formation

 

Paramblypterus, Odernheim, Germany

Superb fossils, thank you very much Nicolas 

 

From @holdinghistory, two pieces of Burmese amber :

A blattoidea

 

A Palaeoclavaria burmitis

My first fungus !

 

[Coco]

Hi,

 

Sure ?

 

Coco

[paulyb135]

Christmas came early for me!

 

Camarasaurus and Theropod indet (highly likely this is marshosaurus given the fact it is a megalosaur tooth)

Johnson County

Wyoming

Morrison Formation