Let's see your latest mailbox score - 2020!

[Haravex]

Excuse the mess about 50 dinosaur teeth from the elhraz formation 

[Misha]

Lately I have been really interested in the Maotianshan shales and the incredible fossils preserved in them.

This is a chengjiang fossil worm from the Early Cambrian, it is a partial and I don't have an exact ID for the fossil. But either way the detail preserved is amazing.

 

[Tidgy's Dad]

2 hours ago, Misha said:

Lately I have been really interested in the Maotianshan shales and the incredible fossils preserved in them.

This is a chengjiang fossil worm from the Early Cambrian, it is a partial and I don't have an exact ID for the fossil. But either way the detail preserved is amazing.

Lovely.

[fossilsonwheels]

14 hours ago, Haravex said:

Excuse the mess about 50 dinosaur teeth from the elhraz formation 

That is a great score !

[Wrangellian]

8 hours ago, Righteous said:

Added this piece to my Alabama collection. 
Straight Shelled Cephalopod

bangor Limestone formation Alabama 

Mississippian era

 

I saw that one and was tempted. I've already got an example from that same formation but I think yours is better. It goes right down to the tip.

[Righteous]

5 hours ago, Wrangellian said:

I saw that one and was tempted. I've already got an example from that same formation but I think yours is better. It goes right down to the tip.

There was two on there and to me this was the better of the two 

[ziggycardon]

Got this small fossil in the mailbox yesterday.  

A Nothosaurus marchicus tooth found in Chrzanow area, Lower Muschelkalk, Poland (Triassic, 240 mya)

[connorp]

21 hours ago, Misha said:

Lately I have been really interested in the Maotianshan shales and the incredible fossils preserved in them.

This is a chengjiang fossil worm from the Early Cambrian, it is a partial and I don't have an exact ID for the fossil. But either way the detail preserved is amazing.

 

Cricocosmia jinningensis. Palaeoscolecid worms can be difficult to distinguish, but the sclerites along the trunk are indicative of Cricocosmia.

 

 

Here's a useful discussion.

 

[Darktooth]

Today I received a package from forum member @siteseer. I had purchased a nice Hexanchus agassiz I tooth from him. Once again a forum member has went above and beyond. Jess did tell me that he would send me some extra Sharktooth Hill teeth. I was not expecting all of the wonderful goodies that were in that package. While I don't have time to take nice pics of all individual teeth here is a pic of everything together.

[Darktooth]

Here is the tooth that was the original purchase.(I love it!)

[Darktooth]

And here is a Hexanchus andersoni that was an extra surprise! Thank-you so much @siteseer! I truly appreciate your generosity and kindness!

[Darktooth]

I forgot to add that I just purchased a new display cabinet. Once I get all of my shark related fossils settled in to it I will post pics. Here it is empty for now.

[FossilNerd]

 

@Darktooth Now we know what you are doing with all your extra money from not smoking Dave! Congrats on the awesome acquisitions! 

Also, Kudos to Jess @siteseer for being so generous! 
 

Things like this is why I love TFF! 

[Wrangellian]

Acquired this Redlichia chinensis recently, from the usual venue... all I know is it's from the Lower Cambrian of Hunan province, China. If anyone has any more specific location/stratigraphic info I'd appreciate knowing it!

 

Now this is not a mailbox score per se, but was given to me by one of the members of our rockhound club, who had a few pieces and could spare one. Piece of Rhynie chert from Scotland. This stuff has been on my wishlist for some time, so now I can cross it off!

The early-land-plant-bearing Rhynie chert was discovered in the early 20th century, and apparently it's not an impressive outcrop - just a small field with a trench dug in it. Lower Devonian (Pragian). The rough surface is not very pretty either, but you can make out what look like stems. Too bad someone had to write 'rhynie chert' in jiffy-marker on it, but if that saved it from being unrecognized, mixed up with other stuff and lost, then it's fine! Next step is to get the sliced surface polished. I have wetted it for this pic.

[Yoda]

I have a soft spot for Mazon Creek plants.

Here is my latest addition.

Only 1/2 the nodules, but wasn't too expensive so I added them to the collection. 

 

 

 

[digit]

5 hours ago, Yoda said:

Only 1/2 the nodules, but wasn't too expensive so I added them to the collection.

Nice concretions. Plant material (fern fronds) often preserve with lots of nice detail so it is easy to see at a glance what they are. Mazon Creek concretions of soft bodied animals like the jellyfish Essexella asherae often require strong side lighting, squinting, and some imagination to see. I have a number of half concretions in my limited collection which were found already split by the natural freeze-thaw cycling of the seasons (which we attempt to reproduce with buckets of water and a shelf in our freezers). Quite often one half of the concretion can be found eroded out and lying on the surface with the other half nowhere in sight. I remember collecting a nice half concretion and finding out when I got home and washed the mud off my finds that I had also collected the matching half (likely further down the slope) in the same area.

 

 

Cheers.

 

-Ken

[fifbrindacier]

On 1/24/2020 at 8:53 PM, Misha said:

Lately I have been really interested in the Maotianshan shales and the incredible fossils preserved in them.

This is a chengjiang fossil worm from the Early Cambrian, it is a partial and I don't have an exact ID for the fossil. But either way the detail preserved is amazing.

 

You're right, this peservation is shows amazing details, congratulations.

 

On 1/25/2020 at 6:04 PM, Darktooth said:

And here is a Hexanchus andersoni that was an extra surprise! Thank-you so much @siteseer! I truly appreciate your generosity and kindness!

Pretty teeth there, that's nice from @siteseer to be so generous.

[fifbrindacier]

On 1/15/2020 at 1:27 PM, 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

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

Great Will, Santa has been kind with you.

[Righteous]

Platycrinites Pencillus

Monteagle Formation Alabama 

Mississippian age

I chose this one because of the way it looks, I think it’s awesome and nice addition to the Alabama collection. 

[Righteous]

[Tidgy's Dad]

1 hour ago, Righteous said:

Platycrinites Pencillus

Monteagle Formation Alabama 

Mississippian age

I chose this one because of the way it looks, I think it’s awesome and nice addition to the Alabama collection. 

Gorgeous crinoid.  

[Darktooth]

So far 2020 has started off as a good year for mailbox scores. Today I received a nice package of Bakersfield Matrix teeth from @caldigger. He said that these were to fill up some of the empty spaces in my new cabinet. Thank-you very much, Doren. I love these pieces.

[FossilNerd]

2 hours ago, Righteous said:

 

Platycrinites Pencillus

Monteagle Formation Alabama 

Mississippian age

I chose this one because of the way it looks, I think it’s awesome and nice addition to the Alabama collection. 

 

 

Your collection just keeps growing! Beautiful crinoid! 

[Bobby Rico]

2 hours ago, Darktooth said:

Bakersfield Matrix teeth from

I got some of these beauties for my birthday last year off Doren too. I really like them on the matrix the display nicely.  

[Darktooth]

3 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said:

I got some of these beauties for my birthday last year off Doren too. I really like them on the matrix the display nicely. Very nice 

They are even more special knowing that he found and prepped them as well.