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[Al Tahan]

@piranha see!!! I readonly  one article and it was not good enough...serves me right lol. Sure enough you come through with 100% accurate info....master yoda of fossils 

[piranha]

On 2/10/2019 at 11:10 AM, Al Tahan said:

....master yoda of fossils 

 

        

 

   

 

      

[Wrangellian]

22 hours ago, Al Tahan said:

@Wrangellian yea unfortunately I won’t know very exact information. I did a very minimal amount of research but they all seem to come from a certain area in Bolivia. I wish I could have more info but for the price I’m happy with the country and species. I bet with research I could probably narrow down a location based on rock lithology. I read one article about the history of the Bolivian trilobites.....locals would hike way up in the mountains for them for years and sold them to tourists.....Scientific expeditions couldn’t really reach the area for a long time cause it wasn’t economical to send a paleontological expedition. Eventually scientists went and described the trilobites. They are quite well known and seem to only be found in Bolivia. Interesting story really. I should read about it more it was pretty fascinating 

I think I read that same article.

 

[Wrangellian]

9 hours ago, piranha said:

Bolivia localities

Belen Formation, Huako, La Paz Department, Bolivia (USNM locality 20010)

Glacial rubble fields of Chacoma, La Paz Department, Bolivia (probably the Belen Formation)

Icla Formation, Pujio near Aiquile, Cochabamba Department, Bolivia (AMNH and USNM collections)

Icla Formation, Padilla, Chuquisaca Department, Bolivia

Lower Belen Formation, Ayo Ayo, La Paz Department, Bolivia (USNM locality 17993)

Sicasica Formation, Cruz Loma, La Paz Department, Bolivia (Type locality)

Upper Belen Formation, Pujravi, La Paz Department, Bolivia

Upper member of the Belen Formation, Belen, La Paz Department, Bolivia

 

GREAT... now I wonder which one my specimens are actually from!  No mention of Calamarca here...

[ziggycardon]

Got some new fossils from my girlfriend for my birthday today!  

A beautiful starfish (Ophiura sp.) from Kataoua Formation in M'ssici, Morocco from the Ordovicium (460 million years old)

 

A schrimp (Carpopenaeus sp.) from Haqel in Lebanon from the Cretaceous (The ID card says it's 75 million years old, but I believe I've read all Haqel fossil are between 100 and 94 million years old)

[Darktooth]

On 2/14/2019 at 7:41 AM, ziggycardon said:

Got some new fossils from my girlfriend for my birthday today!  

A beautiful starfish (Ophiura sp.) from Kataoua Formation in M'ssici, Morocco from the Ordovicium (460 million years old)

 

A schrimp (Carpopenaeus sp.) from Haqel in Lebanon from the Cretaceous (The ID card says it's 75 million years old, but I believe I've read all Haqel fossil are between 100 and 94 million years old)

Love that Starfish!

[Al Tahan]

@ziggycardon your girlfriend is a keeper!!! Nice fossils 

[JarrodB]

I rarely buy fossils but I couldn't pass up this Keichousaurus that @RJB was selling. I look forward to getting it prepped by @Ptychodus04.

[ziggycardon]

20 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Love that Starfish!

Yeah it's a very pretty specimen  

39 minutes ago, Al Tahan said:

@ziggycardon your girlfriend is a keeper!!! Nice fossils 

She sure is!  

[Tidgy's Dad]

20 minutes ago, JarrodB said:

I rarely buy fossils but I couldn't pass up this Keichousaurus that @RJB was selling. I look forward to getting it prepped by @Ptychodus04

Nice!  Don't blame you for purchasing this one.

And you're sure to get a great result with the prepping.

Can't wait to see the results.

[Ptychodus04]

2 hours ago, JarrodB said:

I rarely buy fossils but I couldn't pass up this Keichousaurus that @RJB was selling. I look forward to getting it prepped by @Ptychodus04.

I’m looking forward to the prep. Should be fun.

[Wrangellian]

The other day I received a nice specimen of Astraeospongia meniscus as promised from @Herb

Silurian, Beech River Fm, Perry Co, Tennessee.

Just as good as any of those I've seen on the usual bidding site, I think...  Thanks Herb!

Before I do a search, do you know what stage of the Silurian, or Upper/Mid/Lower?

 

[britishcanuk]

I recently scored this Cretalamna woodwardii tooth from Texas, a new species for the collection.

[Tidgy's Dad]

5 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

The other day I received a nice specimen of Astraeospongia meniscus as promised from @Herb

Silurian, Beech River Fm, Perry Co, Tennessee.

Just as good as any of those I've seen on the usual bidding site, I think...  Thanks Herb!

Before I do a search, do you know what stage of the Silurian, or Upper/Mid/Lower?

 

Very nice indeed! 

And nice one, Herb! 

[Bobby Rico]

27 minutes ago, britishcanuk said:

Cretalamna woodwardii tooth from Texas,

Wow that’s beautiful indeed. 

[Herb]

On 2/18/2019 at 7:37 AM, Wrangellian said:

The other day I received a nice specimen of Astraeospongia meniscus as promised from @Herb

Silurian, Beech River Fm, Perry Co, Tennessee.

Just as good as any of those I've seen on the usual bidding site, I think...  Thanks Herb!

Before I do a search, do you know what stage of the Silurian, or Upper/Mid/Lower?

 

The Beech River is considered the basal formation of the Brownsport group; it overlies the Dixon formation and underlies the Bob formation. Age is Silurian (Niagaran). That would make it middle.

[Wrangellian]

Thanks Herb, I'll add that info.

[The Bob Formation  That sounds like "What are we gonna call it?" "I dunno." "Let's name it Bob"]

BTW I assume I have the orientation right - concave side up?

[sharkdoctor]

Great storyline and photos!

[indominus rex]

I recently received from a collector in France, a super rare French Dakosaurus tooth. Most likely my rarest marine reptile tooth in my collection.

[indominus rex]

It is about 2 inches in length.

[Masp]

39 minutes ago, indominus rex said:

It is about 2 inches in length.

That’s an awesome fossil 

[indominus rex]

4 minutes ago, Masp said:

That’s an awesome fossil 

Thanks mate.

[Adam86cucv]

An online auction bargain arrived yesterday.  It is a Gerastos Granulosus from Morocco. 

[Kane]

Are you sure it is not a Phacops sp.?

 

Gerastos are proetids and will have a cephalic border/edge and holochroal eyes. This specimen here (which looks very nice, btw!) is a phacopid.

[Adam86cucv]

46 minutes ago, Kane said:

Are you sure it is not a Phacops sp.?

 

Gerastos are proetids and will have a cephalic border/edge and holochroal eyes. This specimen here (which looks very nice, btw!) is a phacopid.

I would say you are probably right.  I was just going by what the seller had listed, and we know that can be hit or miss especially considering looking up Gerastos on the auction site also had others sellers selling what appeared to be similar looking trilobites.  I thought it looked nice and it was a cheap price regardless of type.