Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2020!

[FossilNerd]

15 hours ago, Bobby Rico said:

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

 

 

 

Nice bug Bobby! I also like the shark tooth display.  

[Bobby Rico]

10 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said:

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). 

Thank mate 

and wifey done you proud with that lot.  

[Bobby Rico]

5 hours ago, FossilNerd said:

 

 

Nice bug Bobby! I also like the shark tooth display.  

Cheers yes it is a pretty nice bug and I do seam to like putting fossil into bell jars,

[Yoda]

I try really hard to stick to my 4 main groups of interest....

But this Mamites Ammonite was too tempting.

 

 

[Bobby Rico]

12 minutes ago, Yoda said:

try really hard to stick to my 4 main groups of interest....

I here you I gave up trying to edit my collection years ago, fossils are just to tempting.  Nice ammonite .

[Notidanodon]

I haven’t posted my fossils from December but my family gave me some money so here is some of what I got

1. ammo from Yorkshire cannot remember ID but will edit this post later

2.some nice cow shark teeth from Antwerp 

3.again forgot ammo IDsbut the shark egg case is paleoryxis 

4.on labels + some mammoth hair from Siberia 

5.echinoids from Belgium +Solnhofen stuff

6.everything +nice hildites ammo+fallback teeth+hellcreek bone

7.Unknown wood very nice colours

[Tidgy's Dad]

20 minutes ago, will stevenson said:

I haven’t posted my fossils from December but my family gave me some money so here is some of what I got

 

Very nice, Will. 

Love the echinoid and spines and the Mazon Creek egg case.

[connorp]

8 hours ago, will stevenson said:

 

Can I see some up close pictures of the egg case?

[caldigger]

Some nice looking items Will, at least your money wasn't wasted on video games. 

[fossilsonwheels]

We left town for a day and a half but some pretty awesome fossils we were waiting for us. First up, the second of the three dinosaur claws we found arrived. According to @hxmendoza this is most likely an Avian claw. Hell Creek Formation, Harding County South Dakota. Very small and missing the tip but otherwise in excellent shape. 

 

Next up are some pretty cool Paleozoic fossils. 

Listracanthus “feather” denticle. This was a gift from @connorp . Very generous and a very nice example. 

 

Diplacanthus- a very nice Acanthodian fish from the Old Red Sandstone from Scotland.

 

Denticle from the Harding Sandstone. 

 

Thrinacodus teeth from Iowa. Mississippian. 

 

Micro matrix from Genudewa Limestone, New York. Can’t wait to go through this !!

 

Some pretty small but important fossils to our programs. The shark and fish material really help fill in the early history of sharks. The claw is a big deal in the Dino programs and helps in the bird program we will be attempting to put together. 

[Righteous]

These 3 Crinoid fossils came today. 
Mississipian era, Bankor Limestone formation. 
Franklin county Alabama 

[ziggycardon]

On 9-1-2020 at 9:49 PM, ziggycardon said:

Recieved the first new fossils of the new decade! 

And the last fossil from this parcel did arrive today a bit later than expected but it finally arrived  

A small plate with 4 Knightia sp. found in the Green River Formation (Eocene, 48 mya)

[Nimravis]

Something about this piece caught my eye and I had to get it-

 

Placosmilia vidali from the Cretaceous of Spain. I also used the new 2 cm cube that I received from Ray @aerogrower.

 

[Bobby Rico]

7 minutes ago, Nimravis said:

Placosmilia vidali 

Beautiful coral, it looks like it is made of wicker. Nice addition   

[Wrangellian]

16 hours ago, Nimravis said:

Something about this piece caught my eye and I had to get it-

 

Placosmilia vidali from the Cretaceous of Spain. I also used the new 2 cm cube that I received from Ray @aerogrower.

 

I got one of those too... It looks like a Paleozoic horn coral but it's the same age as my local fossils (Santonian).

[Notidanodon]

On 16/01/2020 at 3:08 AM, connorp said:

Can I see some up close pictures of the egg case?

I will get some ASAP

[Notidanodon]

Here is my beautiful tethysaurus thanks so much @Fitch1979

[Notidanodon]

Sorry for the poor photos I tried my best

i think it’s paleoryxis

[Nimravis]

2 hours ago, will stevenson said:

i think it’s paleoryxis

I am not seeing that, I am seeing something more like a worm.

[Wrangellian]

Looks like a worm to me too.

[connorp]

On 1/19/2020 at 3:57 PM, will stevenson said:

Sorry for the poor photos I tried my best

i think it’s paleoryxis

Did the seller claim it was Palaeoxyris? If so I would see about returning it because, as others said, it’s most likely a poorly preserved worm. Many sellers have incorrect IDs on Mazon Creek fossils, whether it be malicious or not.

[Adam86cucv]

Today's delivery was this lovely Dactylioceras found at Port Mulgrave on the Yorkshire Coast.  

[ziggycardon]

Got a little package with a pair of fossils today  
My first Mazon Creek fern, a Cyathocarpus hemitelioides found in Braidwood, Illinois, Francis Creek Shale, Mazon Creek, USA (309 - 307 mya)

And a small triassic coprolite found in Bull Canyon, Quay County, New Mexico, USA (227 - 208 mya)

[Bobby Rico]

15 hours ago, Adam86cucv said:

Today's delivery was this lovely Dactylioceras found at Port Mulgrave on the Yorkshire Coast. 

One of my favourite ammonites and Port Mulgrave is beautiful place. 

[Righteous]

Added this piece to my Alabama collection. 
Straight Shelled Cephalopod

bangor Limestone formation Alabama 

Mississippian era