fifbrindacier Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 9 hours ago, TOM BUCKLEY said: I could hear my arteries hardening as I read this. Tom What do your arteries say when you see this ? "On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry) "We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes." In memory of Doren Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 1 hour ago, fifbrindacier said: What do your arteries say when you see this ? Cholesterol be damned! Full speed ahead! YUM!!!!! 1 AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGIST STROKE SURVIVOR CANCER SURVIVOR CURMUDGEON "THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGY AND MENTAL ILLNESS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Nice hippopotamus amphibius vert from the ipswichian of norfolk 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 4 hours ago, fifbrindacier said: @DPS Ammonite asked me some precisions and i edited my post. He also precised the measures. Maybe Olb is english and lb american ? 10 g=0.022 lb or 1 tb 400 g=0.88 lb 200 ml=0.84 US cup Close, lbs is the American term. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 16 minutes ago, will stevenson said: Nice hippopotamus amphibius vert from the ipswichian of norfolk Nice! Cool piece! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 30 minutes ago, will stevenson said: Nice hippopotamus amphibius vert from the ipswichian of norfolk That’s nice indeed I found a few nice bits from Norfolk but a hippopotamus vert it on the rarer side. Good buy Will. cheers Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: That’s nice indeed I found a few nice bits from Norfolk but a hippopotamus vert it on the rarer side. Good buy Will. cheers Bobby Thanks Bobby, I like it too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 9 hours ago, will stevenson said: Nice hippopotamus amphibius vert from the ipswichian of norfolk I’ll be honest, I’ve never seen or heard of hippo fossils before, so this is incredibly amazing to me! Nice acquisition! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 12/3/2020 at 12:46 PM, Monica said: Whenever Derek teases me about my fossil obsession collection, I counter with the fact that at least MY collection is based on something that's REAL. WHAT, how can you say Star Wars isn't real?! I've seen all the documentaries and they look real to me 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 10 hours ago, thelivingdead531 said: I’ll be honest, I’ve never seen or heard of hippo fossils before, so this is incredibly amazing to me! Nice acquisition! Thanks! They’re quite hard to get your hands on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Sjfriend said: WHAT, how can you say Star Wars isn't real?! I've seen all the documentaries and they look real to me Mmm hmmm... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Finally some new stuff. A superb KemKem package, thx @Haravex Two Carcharodontosaurid teeth, some beautiful color scheme there Rebbachisaurid tooth. Finally I can add a Reb teeth. Until now I only got Titanosaurids from KemKem Spinosaurid caudal vertebrae, I really like that there is still some small part of the neural process present As much as I got Dino teeth, this is finally my first Dino bone. Really happy about it 2.59 inches A big 11 inch right side ischium from Elosuchus cherifiensis @Haravex packed it really really really well but still shipping company managed to damage it But I could fix it 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 19 minutes ago, Abstraktum said: Finally some new stuff. A superb KemKem package, Nice stuff and mixture. Those big flat bones are very hard to ship since they are not very solid. It looks like it will go back together with minimal repair. I find that double boxing gives it the best chance but creates a big box that is more expensive to ship. Its a cool bone. Congrats on everything 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Abstraktum said: Finally some new stuff. A superb KemKem package, thx @Haravex Two Carcharodontosaurid teeth, some beautiful color scheme there Those Carch teeth are gorgeous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haravex Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 5 hours ago, Abstraktum said: Finally some new stuff. A superb KemKem package, thx @Haravex Two Carcharodontosaurid teeth, some beautiful color scheme there Rebbachisaurid tooth. Finally I can add a Reb teeth. Until now I only got Titanosaurids from KemKem Spinosaurid caudal vertebrae, I really like that there is still some small part of the neural process present As much as I got Dino teeth, this is finally my first Dino bone. Really happy about it 2.59 inches A big 11 inch right side ischium from Elosuchus cherifiensis @Haravex packed it really really really well but still shipping company managed to damage it But I could fix it I'm glad you are happy with the teeth and vert, just still annoyed it had to end up damaged. 4 hours ago, Troodon said: Nice stuff and mixture. Those big flat bones are very hard to ship since they are not very solid. It looks like it will go back together with minimal repair. I find that double boxing gives it the best chance but creates a big box that is more expensive to ship. Its a cool bone. Congrats on everything It looks like the bottom of the box has either been dropped, had something really heavy on it ...or kicked. But I might try this box inside a box for future pieces Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Haravex said: It looks like the bottom of the box has either been dropped, had something really heavy on it ...or kicked. But I might try this box inside a box for future pieces Not an easy solution and there are no guarantees. When I have a big bone prepped I usually pick them up, hard to do with an online business. The prep person does not want to ship bigger bones they have tried everything. To many gorillas out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abstraktum Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 @Haravex packed the fossiles very very well, multiple layers of styrofoam, the fossils itsself also very very well packed. Nothing wrong here. I couldn't do it better. If it would have been handled properly, nothing would have happend. Of course, if you throw it around, anything can break. I'm just glad the Spino Vert and the Carch teeth are unharmed. Well, picking up the fossils in person is right now in Europe just not possible lol. However I would be happy to meet anyone from TFF in person 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicnfossils Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Got a nice chunk of triceratops skull with a nifty stand made out of hadrosaurid bone. I think it might be horridus rather than prorsus though 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, Troodon said: Not an easy solution and there are no guarantees. When I have a big bone prepped I usually pick them up, hard to do with an online business. The prep person does not want to ship bigger bones they have tried everything. To many gorillas out there. Reminds me of this now very un PC American Tourister commercial: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8C-e96m4730 1 My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned. See my Arizona Paleontology Guide link The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sjfriend Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 For shipping bigger flat breakable items (if cost wasn't too much more) after really wrapping the object I tape pieces of wood on either/both sides to help prevent flexing. Not always an option but something to think about. But even gorillas can break boards so not even that can stop them! I even seen boxes with no real damage have broken stuff Always wonder how they can break some stuff???? Glad you were able to repair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordTrilobite Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 3 hours ago, musicnfossils said: Got a nice chunk of triceratops skull with a nifty stand made out of hadrosaurid bone. I think it might be horridus rather than prorsus though T. prorsus and T. horridus are from different times tho. T. horridus is the earlier species. If it's found in layers that has T. prorsus then it can't be T. horridus. 1 Olof Moleman AKA Lord Trilobite Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicnfossils Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 17 minutes ago, LordTrilobite said: T. prorsus and T. horridus are from different times tho. T. horridus is the earlier species. If it's found in layers that has T. prorsus then it can't be T. horridus. I don’t know much about lance fm but apparently horridus is found there so it that’s the case that would make this bone horridus, if I’m wrong feel free to link me to some info that’d make it easier since I won’t have to swap the label lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 In the Hell Creek Fm, T. prorsus is found in the upper layer of the Formation and T. horridus in the lowermost layer so they are stratigraphically separated. A transitional form is in the middle. ( Denver Fowler et al ) 2014. Paper goes on to say neighboring coeval formations (Lance) exhibit morphologies consistent with their stratigraphic position to the HCF. So if one cannot determine what layer it was found and no nasal horns are present, there is no way to determine which species it is and its best described Triceratops sp. Let me also say the other possibility is Torosaurus which is present. I dont know how to distinguish the lacrimals between these genus but paleontologist Denver Fowler might. I would email him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 I don't usually buy fossils but I've developed recently an interest in petrified wood. I can't collect specimens like this in MD/VA. The below pictures show two different lots of petrified wood coming from Indonesia. The first (8.7 kg total) is in the mail. The second (10.7 kg) is being shipped. My fingers are crossed that these make it to me with the Christmas rush on. I really only wanted a couple of pieces in each lot but got a much better deal buying the whole lot. Marco Sr. 8 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 That's some pretty pet wood. Larger than I'd expected as I can see from looking at the images with a hand for scale. Great looking polished slabs. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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