Sjfriend Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 40 minutes ago, thelivingdead531 said: I never thought I’d find someone else who is in the same boat (pun intended) I am. I love sharks, octopuses, all sorts of marine creatures, but I’m scared of going in the ocean or on a boat. And I have a mild phobia of crustaceans, I get the heebie jeebies just thinking about them Ooohhhh, now I know what to get you if I get picked as you secret Santa this year @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odonTry fresh halibut. Almost no strong flavor of its own. Takes on flavors you add very well. Come over and I'll fix you a great meal (have about 200 lbs in my freezer from last summers fishing). Back to subject lol: @thelivingdead531 I LOVE those fish. So much different then what you usually see. Not a fish fossil collecter but I'd keep those! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelivingdead531 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, Sjfriend said: Ooohhhh, now I know what to get you if I get picked as you secret Santa this year Back to subject lol: @thelivingdead531 I LOVE those fish. So much different then what you usually see. Not a fish fossil collecter but I'd keep those! My skin is crawling just thinking about a live crab. While I would still be grateful if you sent me a box of crabs or other crustaceans, this would be me passing out from the heebie jeebies. Thank you, I think they are magnificent myself. I have quite a few of the very common fish, so I’m wanting to branch out to more “exotic” ones. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 44 minutes ago, thelivingdead531 said: I never thought I’d find someone else who is in the same boat (pun intended) I am. I love sharks, octopuses, all sorts of marine creatures, but I’m scared of going in the ocean or on a boat. And I have a mild phobia of crustaceans, I get the heebie jeebies just thinking about them. It's not as bad for me, as I don't mind being in a boat (as long as I've got sun cover - I get burned really easily). But I don't enjoy the scent, touch or flavour of most fish and seafood, much to the annoyance of my wife, who loves eating fish and seafood. I guess it may be all the oiliness involved. In any case, it's always cause for heavy discussion whenever she gets a craving for it Oh, and I really don't like salt water either: it makes you sticky 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...
Coco Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 7 hours ago, thelivingdead531 said: I get the heebie jeebies What is it ? ? 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...
thelivingdead531 Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 1 hour ago, Coco said: What is it ? ? Coco It’s a feeling of when your skin crawls or you shudder from revulsion or horror. People that are scared of spiders or other creepy crawlies tend to get these feelings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 Hi, OK, thanks Candace ! I see ! Coco 1 ---------------------- 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...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 17 hours ago, Sjfriend said: @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odonTry fresh halibut. Almost no strong flavor of its own. Takes on flavors you add very well. Come over and I'll fix you a great meal (have about 200 lbs in my freezer from last summers fishing). I must've missed this one... Sorry! Thanks for the invite, but it's not actually as bad as all that... Being Dutch and having been all but born in Greece (albeit to a mother who doesn't much enjoy fish herself), I do eat mussels (bit am picky about the preparation) and enjoy both octopus and squid; I don't mind fish fingers or deep fried breaded cod bits (with plenty of sauce); will eat scallop (in sauce) and salmon fried to a crunch; will eat the "meaty" predatory fishes like swordfish and tuna if fresh, good quality and I must; and, while on archaeological fieldwork in the Caribbean, have enjoyed both marinated chiton and strombus snail, as well as locally caught day-fresh but unidentified white fish grilled on an open fire in a small, remote Dominican village next to our excavation site, while holding our weekly celebration with the locals, who helped us on our project. It's just that, overall, I'd like to have as little to do with fish and seafood as possible '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...
lesofprimus Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 A new bunch of shark teeth came in the mail today, including a large 3.75" Otodus auriculatus, a 2.17" and 2.13" Parotodus benedini, a 2.43" and 2.0" Carcharodon hastalis and a 2.08" Carcharodon carcharias... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per Christian Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 I've gotten a few gems. First up is an amazing oviraptorid claw, purchased from @pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon the two others were bought from @PetrosTrilobite and are an immaculate carcharodontosaurus tooth, just under two inches. I've never seen serrations that good before! And last up is a 1.4 inches suchomimus tooth. Thanks guys! 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilNerd Posted January 22, 2022 Share Posted January 22, 2022 Not fossils in the Mail Box Formation today, but fossil related. I finally found a copy of Index Fossils of North America by Shimer and Shrock that I was willing to pay for. Most of the copies I have come across were, in my opinion, too expensive for their condition. The spine of this one needs some love, but the book is complete. With a little attention on my part it should serve me well. The next one is a textbook intended for an entry level college Paleontology class in the late 80s and early 90s. Fossil Invertebrates edited by Boardman, Cheetham, and Rowell. The book itself is a collaboration of 27 different authors. It gives an introduction to the science of Paleontology and has sections for many different phyla of invertebrates. The book not only does a good job at imparting knowledge on the basic principals of invertebrate paleontology, but also discusses morphology and classification of the specific phylum that it dedicates entire chapters to. Consequently it is a good introduction to invertebrate fossils and a good reference and resource for study. Morphological diagrams and example specimen plates are throughout. The book is technical since it is a college level read, but it’s not overly so. Not nearly as bad as deciphering some of the published papers I have read since the book was meant for use with an introductory course. 2 1 The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. -Neil deGrasse Tyson Everyone you will ever meet knows something you don't. -Bill Nye (The Science Guy) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantix Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 Received this small Pliosaur tooth today (about 3.3cm in length). Got lost in the mail a while back, but it arrived back to the seller and the seller contacted me and shipped it here to Australia very quickly (which I am very grateful for!). Very happy I have this fossil. 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 23, 2022 Share Posted January 23, 2022 13 hours ago, msantix said: Received this small Pliosaur tooth today (about 3.3cm in length). Got lost in the mail a while back, but it arrived back to the seller and the seller contacted me and shipped it here to Australia very quickly (which I am very grateful for!). Very happy I have this fossil. Not bad, Michael, not bad at all! A bit more crushed than the one I got back then, but mine's flattened too and somewhat smaller, by the looks of it. May be in retrospect I should've gotten this one as well... Seems like you should be able to clean it up a bit more, though, by carefully scraping matrix out from between the striations using a wooden toothpick (wood is softer than enamel, so should pose minimal risk to the fossil, yet is hard enough to tackle the loose matrix). 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...
msantix Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 4 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Not bad, Michael, not bad at all! A bit more crushed than the one I got back then, but mine's flattened too and somewhat smaller, by the looks of it. May be in retrospect I should've gotten this one as well... Seems like you should be able to clean it up a bit more, though, by carefully scraping matrix out from between the striations using a wooden toothpick (wood is softer than enamel, so should pose minimal risk to the fossil, yet is hard enough to tackle the loose matrix). Yeah I think you got the best Pliosaur tooth, but I'm happy with the purchase because it was a fairly cheap price and I'm just amazed and relieved It arrived safely after all the travelling this fossil has done! Thanks for the advice! I might try cleaning it up a bit more, not sure how successful I would be, but If I have some free time, I might give it a try. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesofprimus Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Weekend score, a few Carcharodon hastalis teeth including my first 3", a second Hubbell Megalodon and a sweet transitional Carcharodon hubbelli.... Edited January 24, 2022 by lesofprimus 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 7 hours ago, msantix said: Thanks for the advice! I might try cleaning it up a bit more, not sure how successful I would be, but If I have some free time, I might give it a try. It definitely worked out well for me, as it exposed more of the tooth, simultaneously giving it an overall cleaner look too. I can highly recommend giving it that try '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...
TyrannosaurusRex Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Beautiful purchases! Loving those carcharadon teeth. Some Batrachopus prints from the Clifton Quarry in New Jersey that I picked up a while back and they just arrived. I’ll have to pull out my camera later to get photos of the claw indentations on a couple of the prints, they’re quite nice for the price I paid. 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted January 24, 2022 Author Share Posted January 24, 2022 (edited) Don’t usually buy this sort of thing But added this Essexella to my collection recently Edited January 25, 2022 by Yoda 4 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_17 Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Got this piece today , a pedal digit of Paramylodon harlani, claw tip has been restored. I love this piece, so it's getting it's own display stand too at one point . 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 Wow, a really nice metal cube! I see you used a Harlan's Ground Sloth digit as scale for the photo. The only bit of a Harlan's that I've ever found in the Peace River is a nice peg tooth (molar) which I've since donated to the FLMNH collection. Sloths (extinct and extant) are just COOL! Cheers. -Ken 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 24, 2022 Share Posted January 24, 2022 3 minutes ago, Joe_17 said: Got this piece today , a pedal digit of Paramylodon harlani, claw tip has been restored. I love this piece, so it's getting it's own display stand too at one point That a very showy piece. I hope you show us it on display. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_17 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 47 minutes ago, digit said: Wow, a really nice metal cube! I see you used a Harlan's Ground Sloth digit as scale for the photo. The only bit of a Harlan's that I've ever found in the Peace River is a nice peg tooth (molar) which I've since donated to the FLMNH collection. Sloths (extinct and extant) are just COOL! Cheers. -Ken Lol!! I agree they're very cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_17 Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 48 minutes ago, Bobby Rico said: That a very showy piece. I hope you show us it on display. Yes I will indeed show it on display , might be a little while as my main stand maker friend is in the process of moving and working on a piece I commissioned him to do at the same time . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantix Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 (edited) Received a couple more Diprotodon Incisors today. Both of them are upper Incisors and both have a glued repair. The first one is slightly over 10cm long and the second is slightly over 8cm long. Edited January 25, 2022 by msantix 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 17 hours ago, Yoda said: Don’t usually buy this sort of thing But added this Essexella to my collection recently Everyone needs one of those... they're common enough and interesting enough as an example of soft body preservation. I've got a few. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Per Christian Posted January 25, 2022 Share Posted January 25, 2022 10 hours ago, msantix said: Received a couple more Diprotodon Incisors today. Both of them are upper Incisors and both have a glued repair. The first one is slightly over 10cm long and the second is slightly over 8cm long. Wow! I first read dimetrodon and couldn't for the life of me understand how they were dimetrodon.. thanks for sharing, never seen that before 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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