Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2020!

[britishcanuk]

Some recent mailbox finds, Cretoxyrhina teeth from North Texas. 

[Darktooth]

8 hours ago, britishcanuk said:

Some recent mailbox finds, Cretoxyrhina teeth from North Texas. 

Absolutely  beautiful Russ!

[Tidgy's Dad]

And I had my prize from a competition arrive for Christmas run by Guy @marguy

He really did me proud, I am absolutely delighted, just some quick photos, better ones to follow in my threads in the future.

The two on the left are Upper Carboniferous plants from Bort-les-Orgues, France.

You can't really see how lovely the one top right is in this photo, but it's the trace fossil Helminthoides,  St Jean d'Aulps, France,

And the other two are orthid brachiopods  from the Lower Ordovician of Le Foulon, also France; Hesperonomia landeyranensis and as such are among my oldest brachiopods. 

Next up a nice Monograptus, Lower Silurian of Challones, France.

Two pieces with fish scales, one from Autun and the other from Brive, France, both Autunian, Lower Permian, which is great as I'm sadly lacking in Permian fossils. 

And the piece bottom left is also from Brive and is a shark coprolite. Yaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @GeschWhat

And in the last photo we have a piece of black 'fir gypsum' from Durban, France. 

Two species of ammonite from the Lower Jurassic of Fresney le Puceux

Two different types of coral from the Middle Jurassic of Turenne 

And last but no means least the Oligocene crustacean burrows from Clermont-Ferrand

All French and thank you very much, Guy, a truly unexpected and excellent prize 

 

[marguy]

15 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

I am absolutely delighted

hello Adam,
we are delighted that you appreciate the lot that we sent you (my wife and myself).
happy new year 2020 and look forward to future discussions.
Marguy (Mar. and Guy)

[caldigger]

On 12/31/2019 at 8:37 AM, Welsh Wizard said:

I treated myself to this iguanodon vertebra for Christmas.

Aww, you always seem to know just what to get yourself! 

[caldigger]

The other day member @Righteous posted his collection he is building for the grand-daughters.  I sent him some smalls for the girls to enjoy and in return he sent me this insect ( March Fly? ) from I am assuming Eocene, Green River Formation.

I have been wanting a decent specimen of these and now I have a good one.   I'm happy.

Thank you Jeff!!! 

[Righteous]

Glad you like it and glad I could actually help someone acquire what they need for there collection. 

[MSirmon]

Not from the mailbox but all picked up as I wandered through the western side of Arkansas. It was an incredibly successful day even though all my new treasures aren’t fossils. 

[Tidgy's Dad]

4 hours ago, MSirmon said:

Not from the mailbox but all picked up as I wandered through the western side of Arkansas. It was an incredibly successful day even though all my new treasures aren’t fossils. 

Nice brachiopods! 

[Righteous]

Here are two pinecones / fruit pods that came in the mail today from Morocco. They say they haven’t been named yet and some discussions on what they are. Some say they think they are fruit and that’s why the worms made holes in them.  Seems logical. Got them off a auction site with Made a offer option. I made a cheap offer and the buyer said he had two and ask if I wanted it. Heck yea. Both for $10

[Yoda]

I was given the following items as a Xmas gift from a close family member. 

Not wanting to sound ungrateful, but the person didn't get the info (providence etc) that came with each item 

 

I believe this is Elrathia

 

And this is Lycoptera

[Righteous]

On 3/7/2017 at 2:17 PM, Bguild said:

I've been trying to budget a little better as of late, but this little guy and his not so complete friend were such a good deal I couldn't pass it up! Here's my latest score from a land far far away. The smaller, complete Eurypterid is about 3" long.

 

Balteurypterus tetragonophtalmus: Silurian. Podolski Region, Ukraine

 

 

I was watching that one also 

[Righteous]

We were able to add to my granddaughters collection with the help of @caldigger

Everything you see with a label is what he sent me in exchange for the March fly. 
I need to make labels for everything else now   

[Kane]

Received a package yesterday, but as I wasn't home when it was delivered, it had to wait for pickup at the postal outlet today.

 

Inside were both unexpected surprises. @digit has been kind and helpful in providing me with marine IDs of my Caribbean underwater fish-bothering in the nature photography thread, and has sent this spectacular, luridly illustrated identification guide. Not only does Ken play an essential function in this book as editor and among the photo contributors, but the book is personally autographed to me by one of the co-authors as well. Absolutely wonderful! And, as the package was passing through @Monica first for some fossil micro-mix from Ken, Monica delightfully perked the package with these Cambrian trilobite partials from the famed Cranbrook area, and the other a cranidium of the Famous French tectonically twisted Nesereutus tristani! Thank you!

 

A new trilobite species (the first for 2020), and a lovely guide that will be coming with me in February to the Lesser Antilles -- Couldn't ask for more.  

 

 

[digit]

51 minutes ago, Kane said:

a lovely guide that will be coming with me in February to the Lesser Antilles

Let's see how well the book helps your identifications for your trip next month. Sadly, it will be of little use in identifying trilobites and brachiopods--but then I think you have that part covered already.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[fossilsonwheels]

In December we decided to add some dinosaur claws to our collection. The kids had been asking about claws so it made sense to take the plunge. We ended up finding three, all Hell Creek Maniraptorians. The first of the three arrived today, a 1.5 inch Oviraptorosaur claw, most likely from Anzu. It’s partial and worn but still not a bad deal for us. 

 

We we also got a fantastic Carboniferous shark tooth. This tiny tooth belonged to Akmonistion, a Stethacanthid known only from the Manse Burn formation from Bearsden Scotland. These strange little shark-like critters had the anvil like spine complex covered in denticles that other anvil sharks had but took the weirdness to another level. Apparently they had teeth on their lips ! Truly a strange shark and one we think the kids will love learning about. I also suspect this might be a fairly rare specimen  

[ziggycardon]

Recieved the first new fossils of the new decade! Thanks to @Yoda who recommended the store to me 

A Glossopteris leaf found in New South Wales, Australia (Permian, 260 mya)

A Ductina vietnamica found in the Nandan formation in the Western Guangxi Province, China (Devonian, 390 mya)

A Dastilbe elongatus found in the Santana Formation, Serra De Araripe, Brazil (Cretaceous, 125 mya)

A set of seed ferns found in New Fancy Colliery, Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire, UK (Carboniferous, 313 - 304 mya)

A Saltasaurus loricatus eggshell found in Patagonia, Argentina (Cretaceous, 70 mya)

A Pseudodontornis bone fragment found in Sidi Daoui, Khouribga, Morocco (Eocene, 50 mya)

Trigonocarpus seed fern seeds in nodule found in Birkdale, Yorkshire (Upper Carboniferous)

A Carcharocles angustidens found in North Carolina, USA (Oligocene)

A Tapirus veroensis molar found in Northern Florida, USA (Pleistocene)

A Silurian Wenlock Seabed slab with brachiopods & bryozoa found in the Wenlock Series, Dudley, UK (Silurian, 433 - 427 mya)

A collection of 25 shark teeth found in the Lesnes Shell Bed, Blackheath Beds, Abbey Wood, South East London (Eocene, 52 mya)

A Holmesina septentrionalis scute found in St Mark's River, Florida, USA (Pleistocene, 1,5 mya)

A shark tooth listed as Carcharias twiggsensis (not sure if it's a legit name as google search finds nothing on it, but still a very nice tooth) found in Dakhla, Western Sahara, Morocco (Eocene, 40 mya)

A Metasequoia branch found in Beaver head county, Nebraska, USA (Oligocene)

[Righteous]

Hadrosaur Vertebra Centrun from Alberta Canada. 
came with a disposition certificate number from the Royal Tyrrell Museum where they approved it. This was from a older collection and was grandfathered in.  I really like this one !!

[Troodon]

9 minutes ago, Righteous said:

Hadrosaur Vertebra Centrun from Alberta Canada. 
came with a disposition certificate number from the Royal Tyrrell Museum where they approved it. This was from a older collection and was grandfathered in.  I really like this one !!

 

 

Nice centrum do you have locality where it was found

[Troodon]

20 hours ago, fossilsonwheels said:

In December we decided to add some dinosaur claws to our collection. The kids had been asking about claws so it made sense to take the plunge. We ended up finding three, all Hell Creek Maniraptorians. The first of the three arrived today, a 1.5 inch Oviraptorosaur claw, most likely from Anzu. It’s partial and worn but still not a bad deal for us. 

 

 

Nice adds for you collection, great claw.  Shoot me a photo of the other side and ventral side I'll try to ID it.

[Tidgy's Dad]

On 1/7/2020 at 2:29 AM, Righteous said:

Here are two pinecones / fruit pods that came in the mail today from Morocco. They say they haven’t been named yet and some discussions on what they are. Some say they think they are fruit and that’s why the worms made holes in them.  Seems logical. Got them off a auction site with Made a offer option. I made a cheap offer and the buyer said he had two and ask if I wanted it. Heck yea. Both for $10.

I have a couple of these myself. I think the holes are where some of the seeds in the cones have fallen out. I have been led to believe they are cones from horsetails. 

And from Catawiki :

[Righteous]

22 minutes ago, Troodon said:

Nice centrum do you have locality where it was found

Only that it came from inside Alberta 

[Darktooth]

Today I received a nice package from @sharkdoctor ! Awhile back I had mentioned in a thread that I was trying to build a collection of Meg ancestors to show the evolution of the lineage. I stated that I was lacking a chub. Aaron was generous enough to fill the void with 3 examples! As an added bonus he also sent me some micro matrix from the Calvert Formation. I look forward to search it. Thank-you so much Aaron, I really appreciate your kindness!

[Troodon]

8 minutes ago, Righteous said:

Only that it came from inside 

They did not provide you a location? Alberta is just to vague since there are a multiple dino formation of different  ages.

[Righteous]

11 minutes ago, Troodon said:

They did not provide you a location? Alberta is just to vague since there are a multiple dino formation of different  ages.

No. This is part of a collection from decades ago. 
it’s possible they might not know themselves. 
This specimen is part of a collection of dinosaur material that was collected by a single individual (Steve Walchina) decades ago, prior to the current law. Because it was collected before the law went into effect, the collection was "grandfathered" in. 

The collection was reviewed by the Royal Tyrrell Museum and a disposition certificate issued for portions of it that were not considered scientifically significant. This moved the fossils into private ownership and allowed them to be removed from the province. The disposition certificate (#000024-25) is on file with the Royal Tyrrell Museum.