Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2020!

[MSirmon]

Received my very first ever wooly mammoth tooth today. Thank you Nathan @holdinghistory for selling this beauty.

[Troodon]

1 hour ago, Righteous said:

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. 

I know Steve.  Probably from Drumheller area so it would be horseshoes canyon fm.    

[caldigger]

1 hour ago, MSirmon said:

Received my very first ever wooly mammoth tooth today. Thank you Nathan @holdinghistory for selling this beauty.

 

Now you need to make a suitable stand to showcase this beast. 

Nice one Mike, how big is it?

[dinosaur man]

1 hour ago, Righteous said:

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. 

It came from Drumheller valley Horseshoe canyon formation. I bought a Hadrosaur carpal and Ceratopsian vertebrae from the same place. And congrats on the pick up!!

[MSirmon]

14 minutes ago, caldigger said:

Now you need to make a suitable stand to showcase this beast. 

Nice one Mike, how big is it?

Thanks. I plan on it Doren. 19.5 x 7 x 22.5 cm. 

[Righteous]

22 minutes ago, dinosaur man said:

It came from Drumheller valley Horseshoe canyon formation. I bought a Hadrosaur carpal and Ceratopsian vertebrae from the same place. And congrats on the pick up!!

Correct. I found the tag in with all the packing pnuts. 

[Yoda]

17 hours ago, ziggycardon said:

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

 

Very nice. 

Are all these bits from this one supplier??

[dinosaur man]

On 1/8/2020 at 4:59 PM, Kane said:

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.  

 

 

Cool Trilobite pieces!

[fossilsonwheels]

16 hours ago, Troodon said:

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

I will take some photos this weekend. Thank you Frank. 

[fossilsonwheels]

On 1/2/2020 at 7:47 AM, britishcanuk said:

Some recent mailbox finds, Cretoxyrhina teeth from North Texas. 

Those are some gorgeous Ginsu teeth. Congrats on a fine addition 

[ziggycardon]

5 hours ago, Yoda said:

Very nice. 

Are all these bits from this one supplier??

Yes they are! He truly has lot's of cool stuff for sale  

[dinosaur man]

Just got these 3, a Ceratopsian vertebrae and Hadrosaur carpal from Horseshoe canyon formation, Drumheller valley, Alberta, Canada. And a Mosasaur tooth fragment from Khouribga, Morocco!!

[dinosaur man]

[Nimravis]

Today received the very nice 2 cm cube from Ray @aerogrower as part of the Forums Christmas Auction- thanks again Ray.

 

[Righteous]

This beautiful mammoth tooth came to us from Oklahoma ,8" long, 10" tall, and 4.5" thick. My granddaughter had a fit over this one. was told it had a couple of repairs but were well done and well hid. 

 

[Ludwigia]

I was lucky enough to make the winning bid on our favorite auction site. Something I've been wishing for for quite a while and the price was right. Package just arrived today with the Green River Cockerellites liops in it.

 

 

 

[MSirmon]

8 hours ago, Righteous said:

This beautiful mammoth tooth came to us from Oklahoma ,8" long, 10" tall, and 4.5" thick. My granddaughter had a fit over this one. was told it had a couple of repairs but were well done and well hid. 

 

Love it 

[Righteous]

Came from Sand Springs Oklahoma out of the Arkansas river

[MSirmon]

3 hours ago, Righteous said:

Came from Sand Springs Oklahoma out of the Arkansas river

Cop. I’m only about 20 miles from there 

[Bobby Rico]

4 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

Cockerellites liops

Beautiful fish and it is on my wish list too.  

[Righteous]

8 hours ago, Ludwigia said:

I was lucky enough to make the winning bid on our favorite auction site. Something I've been wishing for for quite a while and the price was right. Package just arrived today with the Green River Cockerellites liops in it.

 

 

 

I like this fish. Can’t decide on what to pick up next 

[fossilsonwheels]

A pretty cool new addition arrived today, just in time for a couple of 1st grade fossil education programs on Tuesday. A couple of firsts with this one. Our first Mazon Creek fossil and our first Shark egg case ! Positive and Negative, two for one. Palaeoxyris prendellii is the ID from the seller and we will go with that. I believe that is the egg case associated with Bandringa. 

 

Anyway, a really nice looking fossil and one half can serve as a great touch fossil ! 

[Righteous]

Got this in the mail today. Been a fossil kind of day.  3” long. 

[Bobby Rico]

I don’t collect bugs but when they nice specimens at low cost I can’t help myself.

 

Fine Cedaria minor Trilobite 

Trilobites Order Ptychopariida, Family Cedariidae 

Geological Time: Upper Middle Cambrian 

: Trilobite is 15 mm long by 12 mm wide on a 70 mm by 65 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Weeks Formation, Millard County, Utah

 

it came in a lovely box frame but I don't know if I will remove it yet.

[Tidgy's Dad]

14 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

 

Fine Cedaria minor Trilobite 

Trilobites Order Ptychopariida, Family Cedariidae 

Geological Time: Upper Middle Cambrian 

: Trilobite is 15 mm long by 12 mm wide on a 70 mm by 65 mm matrix

Fossil Site: Weeks Formation, Millard County, Utah

Nice bug, Bobby.

wifey was kind enough to order me a replacement of a blastoid I'd lost during our move to Morocco, and the seller supplied me with three! 

I also got another rarer blastoid species and lots of brachiopods (pictures not included).