pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 38 minutes ago, FF7_Yuffie said: I'm in a pterosaur mood lately---so treated myself to this very small, Triassic pterosaur tooth from Aust Cliffs. I didn't know of any Triassic pterosaurs being found from there, so tried to get more info from an expert at the National History Museum, who couldn't give a more specific species beyond it being a pterosaur tooth because, apparently, only very fragmentary remains have been found from the Triassic beds there. Cool! Didn't know they were finding this stuff at Aust Cliff! Learned something new today! 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 16 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Cool! Didn't know they were finding this stuff at Aust Cliff! Learned something new today! It's pretty rare it seems---the seller I got it from has only found two pterosaur teeth in all his time collecting there. I'm glad I picked this one up. Hopefully, one day a more specific species gets identified so I can put a name to it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brett Breakin' Rocks Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 7 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: There is so many members on TFF whom purchased such thoughtful gifts for themselves, it lovely to see. Very nice Thanks ! .... it has been a rough year to say the least. Fossil therapy is real. B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 43 minutes ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Fossil therapy is real. I wholeheartedly agree! 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 1 hour ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: Thanks ! .... it has been a rough year to say the least. Fossil therapy is real. B You deserve it and a real good additions to your collection. I treated myself with a Lot from the Christmas auction. Saved up all year and well not much else to do, Christmas Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clint08 Posted December 17, 2020 Share Posted December 17, 2020 20 hours ago, Brett Breakin' Rocks said: An early Christmas gift to myself. More from Kazakhstan has arrived .... I think I see some of the same material on this thread, haha. An O. auriculatus and a string of associated shark verts from Kazakhstan Mangyshlak, Ustyurt plateau. This tooth had some interesting pathology at the tip. It ends in a malformed nub with a pair of bumps at the end. String of associated verts. It would be nice to get them professionally prepped at some point. Cheers, Brett That is a gorgeous tooth! Awesome verts too, would be cool to see what it’d look like prepped some! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Winter Hobby Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 On 3/25/2017 at 5:50 AM, Bobby Rico said: For me fossil collecting is not just about the understanding of life though the filter of evolution. It is also about the collector . Collectors are Artists and their collections are the masterpieces of their artistic practice. A life's work is to be had by placing the right objects on a shelve harmoniously. Bobby Well said. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 I have received another outstanding box of goodies from the incredible Ralph @Nimravis Absolutely tons of amazing brachs and much, much more. Yes, I know the ancient label on the right is wrong, but it is a Vinlandostrophia brach with an interesting bryozoan on it and the top brachiopod is a Devonian spiriferid with hederellids on it. To add to my growing collection of specimens from Lawrenceburg, Indiana, another nice species of Vinlandostrophia and the wonderful spiky bryozoan Parvohallopora ramosa. Brachs, gastropods and trilobits to add to to my St. Leon collection. My first hypostome, I think. Corals and brachs from Garr Hill, Brookville, Indiana : A coral, a snail and brachs including a couple completely covered in encrusting bryozoa from Bon Well Hill, Brooksville, Indiana: The bottom group are from the James Dick Cement Quarry in Brechin, Ontario, which I believe is now closed to the public. The three in the middle are Merissa tennesseensis from the Brownsport Formation, Decatur County, Tennessee. Particularly exciting as these are my first brachiopods from the US Silurian! The top six are Early Devonian from the Bois d'Arc Formation of Oklahoma. f Silica Shale specimens including a lovely pyritized coral and Paraspirifer bownockeri : And finally, some gorgeous specimens from Poland and a pile of unlabelled brachs, but I think they might be Cupularostrum saxatilis from the Late Devonian Martin Formation of Pine, Arizona. Am I close, Ralph? Then there are four beautiful Pentremites blastoids from Vienna, Illinois, Ralph? A load of wonderfully weird Girtyocoelia beedi sponges, Upper Pennsylvanian, Bridgeport, Texas and last, but by no means least some dung beetle balls from Douglas, Wyoming! Ha de ha, these are great! So a million thanks once again, Ralph, that'll keep me busy over the holiday season! 12 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossilis Willis Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 23 hours ago, Bobby Rico said: There is so many members on TFF whom purchased such thoughtful gifts for themselves, it lovely to see. Very nice Now I feel like jerk for not getting something for myself. Oh well, I can make it up to me next year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 35 minutes ago, Fossilis Willis said: Now I feel like jerk for not getting something for myself. Oh well, I can make it up to me next year. Haha And so you should feel ashamed about forgetting a loved one at Christmas, Make sure you make it up to yourself next year, Merry Christmas Bobby 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 56 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: have received another outstanding box of goodies from the incredible Ralph @Nimravis Absolutely tons of amazing brachs and much, much more. Yes, I know the ancient label on the right is wrong, but it is a Vinlandostrophia brach with an interesting bryozoan on it and the top brachiopod is a Devonian spiriferid with hederellids on it. Wow Ralph is a great friend to have. The brachs from Garr Hill are just lovely. Nice collection of goodies. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said: Wow Ralph is a great friend to have. The brachs from Garr Hill are just lovely. Nice collection of goodies. Thanks, Bobby, old chap You are certainly right about Ralph, and also correct about those Garr Hill brachs. Several species from a new location for my collection. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 7 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Thanks, Bobby, old chap You are certainly right about Ralph, and also correct about those Garr Hill brachs. Several species from a new location for my collection. If I remember rightly Ralph made one off his interning fossil hunting trip posts about Garr Hill road cut site. . Really nice addition to your collection. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Bobby Rico said: If I remember rightly Ralph made one off his interning fossil hunting trip posts about Garr Hill road cut site. . Really nice addition to your collection. . He did, yes, as always full of great fotos and fossils. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 That's an incredible package of goodies, Adam @Tidgy's Dad - congrats! And well done, Ralph @Nimravis! Those spiky bryozoans look really cool 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Monica said: That's an incredible package of goodies, Adam @Tidgy's Dad - congrats! And well done, Ralph @Nimravis! Those spiky bryozoans look really cool Thanks, Monica, those bryozoans have been on my wish list ever since I first saw them. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Treated myself to my second Pterosaur tooth --- A Rhamphorhynchid from Jurassic Germany. On a disproportionately sized matrix. Love pterosaurs. Hope to add even more in the future. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 2 hours ago, FF7_Yuffie said: Treated myself to my second Pterosaur tooth --- A Rhamphorhynchid from Jurassic Germany. On a disproportionately sized matrix. Love pterosaurs. Hope to add even more in the future. Very nice indeed. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FF7_Yuffie Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Very nice indeed. Thanks. It's something I've been thinking about getting for a while. I'm pleased to add it to my small but growing Pterosaur collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 6 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: unlabelled brachs, but I think they might be Cupularostrum saxatilis from the Late Devonian Martin Formation of Pine, Arizona. Am I close, Ralph? Then there are four beautiful Pentremites blastoids from Vienna, Illinois, Ralph? Glad you like the fossils Adam and sorry, I thought I labeled them. The blastoids are Mississippian from Sulfur, Indiana and you are correct about the brachs, here is the complete ID. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Nimravis said: Glad you like the fossils Adam and sorry, I thought I labeled them. The blastoids are Mississippian from Sulfur, Indiana and you are correct about the brachs, here is the complete ID. Thank you, Ralph! (But it's Cupularostrum, with an 'a'.) Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 31 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Thank you, Ralph! (But it's Cupularostrum, with an 'a'.) Thanks- that was the tag when I picked these up at the Garage Sale, I will change it when I get home. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 @Tidgy's Dad Those brachiopods are absolutely amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, Misha said: @Tidgy's Dad Those brachiopods are absolutely amazing! Thanks, mate! Yeah, I think so too! 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 18, 2020 Share Posted December 18, 2020 Just a few quick snaps of what just arrived in the post today. This was a "present to myself" purchase. The prep is not super stellar by any stretch with a few small parts with restoration, but the price was right. I've wanted one of these for some time, and it just so happens it is the same species featured in our TFF logo. Much bigger than I thought, too, measuring over 8 cm (a bit over 3 inches). Dicranurus monstrosus: 16 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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