pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 18, 2022 Share Posted March 18, 2022 33 minutes ago, Al Dente said: It looks like Squalicorax. I think I can see serrations. Cool! Thanks for that! I'll update my registration, as there definitely are serrations Any idea whether it might be S. falcatus, S. kaupi or S. pristodontus? What would you need to be able to make that determination (i.e., is this something I can check or provide you with)? '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...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 Today I recieved my Micro Jack 4 ! This tool is amazing for details! It is so sharp that I even cut myself a couple times. I also recieved my microscope, but it is kind of hard to get a good picture of it. The microscope really helps with details. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 6:04 PM, Joe_17 said: My Paramylodon harlanii Claw , measuring at 7 1/2 inches . Nice! I love that display! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Al Dente Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 9 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Cool! Thanks for that! I'll update my registration, as there definitely are serrations Any idea whether it might be S. falcatus, S. kaupi or S. pristodontus? What would you need to be able to make that determination (i.e., is this something I can check or provide you with)? It is not kaupi or pristodontus. More likely falcatus or hartwelli. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 13 hours ago, Wrangellian said: Agreed... I don't have either machine but I would never use a blaster on one of these. I'm nervous about even using a scribe as the piece may not flake off the way I expect it - hard to tell if the critter is compete under there or not. You could try a dental pick. Give it a try. Life is an adventure. Tom 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...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 19 hours ago, Joe_17 said: My Paramylodon harlanii Claw , measuring at 7 1/2 inches . What a beauty! A truly impressive piece! 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...
Joe_17 Posted March 19, 2022 Share Posted March 19, 2022 5 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: What a beauty! A truly impressive piece! Thank you !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted March 20, 2022 Author Share Posted March 20, 2022 On 3/18/2022 at 12:35 PM, Kikokuryu said: I'm thinking @Wrangellian is referring to something like this. All of the floating frames I have do appear to have smudges. I never noticed until now since I usually just remove the amber and throw the original displays into a box. I also just found Burmite I never took out of the case that I ended up throwing in with the empty ones. But it looks like you won't notice the patchy discoloration unless you take the amber out. I'm still certain this is whatever oil that was used on the amber. I don’t take the Amber out of the mounts. So perhaps that’s why I haven’t seen this before ? MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted March 21, 2022 Share Posted March 21, 2022 22 hours ago, Yoda said: I don’t take the Amber out of the mounts. So perhaps that’s why I haven’t seen this before ? Yes, that might explain it. If you take those out of there you might see it. I wanted to rearrange mine so I took them out and put others in, etc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassicz1 Posted March 22, 2022 Share Posted March 22, 2022 Just got this in the mail Cretoxyrhina mantelli - Tambov Region, Russia - Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted March 23, 2022 Author Share Posted March 23, 2022 Really chuffed with this A Glossopteris from an older collection from Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Am really pleased to have some Glossopteris material that isn’t the usual from Australia. Approx 10 cm in length 5 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 Very nice! The label really makes that one special. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josesaurus rex Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 (edited) Hello, the last thing I bought from a local seller was these ammonites and Vibalvo from Neuquén, Argentina. According to him, near a town called Chos Malal. The other thing is this bone from the Bahía Inglesa Formation, I think it may be a piece of femur or tibia from some bird, perhaps a penguin or similar in size. Edited March 23, 2022 by Josesaurus rex 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 This wasn't in my mailbox but it was purchased by me at the Tampa Bay Fossil Club's Fossil Fest in Tampa, Florida this past weekend. The larger piece is a portion of Mammoth pelvis and the smaller piece is a piece of a mammoth's skull. Notice the large lattice work in the skull piece. It was to keep the Mammoth's head as light as possible in relation to its size. Tom 5 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...
lesofprimus Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/22/2022 at 8:50 AM, Jurassicz1 said: Just got this in the mail Cretoxyrhina mantelli - Tambov Region, Russia - Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) I just recently picked up 2 mantelli teeth... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 On 3/22/2022 at 11:50 AM, Jurassicz1 said: Just got this in the mail Cretoxyrhina mantelli - Tambov Region, Russia - Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Nice! That is one of the most beautifull shark tooth I have seen! 8 hours ago, Yoda said: Really chuffed with this A Glossopteris from an older collection from Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) Am really pleased to have some Glossopteris material that isn’t the usual from Australia. Approx 10 cm in length Cool fossil! I had never even heard of a Glossopteris until now, I am going to do some research on that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilhunter21 Posted March 23, 2022 Share Posted March 23, 2022 3 hours ago, Josesaurus rex said: Hello, the last thing I bought from a local seller was these ammonites and Vibalvo from Neuquén, Argentina. According to him, near a town called Chos Malal. The other thing is this bone from the Bahía Inglesa Formation, I think it may be a piece of femur or tibia from some bird, perhaps a penguin or similar in size. Nice purchases! Those fossils are very nice. 3 hours ago, TOM BUCKLEY said: This wasn't in my mailbox but it was purchased by me at the Tampa Bay Fossil Club's Fossil Fest in Tampa, Florida this past weekend. The larger piece is a portion of Mammoth pelvis and the smaller piece is a piece of a mammoth's skull. Notice the large lattice work in the skull piece. It was to keep the Mammoth's head as light as possible in relation to its size. Tom Nice specimens! Mammoths are really cool. 3 hours ago, lesofprimus said: I just recently picked up 2 mantelli teeth... Beautiful teeth! After seeing so many beautiful mantelli teeth, now I really want one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jurassicz1 Posted March 24, 2022 Share Posted March 24, 2022 23 hours ago, lesofprimus said: I just recently picked up 2 mantelli teeth... Nice! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 Received a really exciting fossil today. Not only because it is an amazing organism I've wanted for a long time but also because it is something I never expected to arrive. I purchased this fossil fish the day before the military conflict in Ukraine began, and as a result completely forgot about it. But the seller ended up reaching out to me and told me that amazingly it was able to be sent out and made it out of the country. Today it arrived, probably even quicker than the last time that I had purchased a fossil from this same seller. The main piece is a Zascinaspis heensi which seems very complete and preserved in great detail. You can see the dorsal shield, location where the fin would have attached, the rostrum, eye, and many of the details of the surface of these bones is preserved as well. Alongside it is the ventral shield which the seller labeled as Podolaspis letichei, almost completely exposed and also preserved quite well. additionally the seller also included as a little extra this partial skull roof from Kujdanowiaspis sp. from the same region. It is a partial but I still quite like it as it is also a very interesting fish and this one is a bit larger than my other Actinolepid skull from this location. all of these are lower Devonian (Lockhovian) from the Dniester formation in the Ternopil oblast of Ukraine. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 25, 2022 Share Posted March 25, 2022 @Misha great pieces and I really love that 1 inch / 1 CM photo cube, can I ask where you got it from? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) So last weekend I had an incredible time first time fossil hunting in Isle of Wight with @Haravex! Thanks alot for being so kind and awesome and showing me the ways and teaching me where to look and what to look out for, what is needed to extract, things to be aware of etc! Here are some of my fossils finds. The highlight find was an Iguanodont spitter tooth (Second pic)! Also found three really nice Lepidotes sp. fish teeth (See 3rd pic left), Gastrolith, fish scales, a limpet shell and saw alot of bone material and other cool things! Lepidotes is an extinct genus of Mesozoic ray-finned fish which have been found in Jurassic and Cretaceous rocks worldwide. Inhabiting both freshwater lakes and shallow seas, Lepidotes was typically about 12 in long. The body was covered with thick, enamelled scales. Batteries of peg-like teeth enabled Lepidotes to crush the shells of its molluscan prey. Fossil examples of these teeth were collected in medieval times as 'toadstones', claimed to be found within the heads of toads and to have magical powers against poisoning. (See 3rd pic showing the three that I found and a section full of teeth on top right from a publication belonging to Lepidotes maximus). I came across a largish piece of fractured Gastrolith embedded in the matrix which had to be extracted. I think I'll try to piece this back together soon as there aren't too many pieces from what was salvaged. Finally also got to see some dinosaur footprints on my walk along the coast from Compton Bay to Brook Bay to Brighstone Bay. Also got to visit sights such as the Needles (a row of three stacks of chalk that rise about 30m out of the sea). I hope to go back to IOW again soon but when it's raining as I am curious as to what the weather could expose as last weekend was really sunny! Edited March 26, 2022 by Jaimin013 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Nimravis said: @Misha great pieces and I really love that 1 inch / 1 CM photo cube, can I ask where you got it from? Thanks! I make them myself, I had a post on TFF a while ago about them. If you'd like I can print one or multiple for you and send them to you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 2 hours ago, Misha said: Thanks! I make them myself, I had a post on TFF a while ago about them. If you'd like I can print one or multiple for you and send them to you PM sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 Hi, @Jaimin013This topic is dedicated to what members receive in the mail ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleorunner Posted March 26, 2022 Share Posted March 26, 2022 (edited) This is my last entry in the mailbox, "my gift from last father's day. A nautilus sp. Polished 13.5 ctms, Cretaceous, from Madagascar. (I'm not one to collect polished fossils, but I do make exceptions from time to time.) Edited March 26, 2022 by Paleorunner 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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