hemipristis Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 On 9/29/2022 at 2:31 AM, JBkansas said: Got lost in the forum and replied to a 5 year old post at the beginning of the thread. Here's my latest mailbox find to make up for it. Devonian panzerfish (Larnovaspis) from Ukraine. I do believe I was following this one. Our favorite auction site? 1 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBkansas Posted November 5, 2022 Share Posted November 5, 2022 8 hours ago, hemipristis said: I do believe I was following this one. Probably, there were some similar blocks of dorsal plates a month earlier that blew right past my budget but this one thankfully ended at a more reasonable number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantix Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 (edited) New addition to my Pterosaur collection, an Apatorhamphus jaw fragment from the Kem Kem (3.3cm). Edited November 9, 2022 by msantix 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted November 11, 2022 Share Posted November 11, 2022 I'm not generally someone to post books on here, but I received this amazing book approximately two weeks ago and I'm just so excited about it. It's an extensive catalogue of Early Jurassic ichthyosaur specimens from Britain and richly illustrated with clear and detailed photographs, species descriptions, maps with indication of find localities, geology, and much, much more! I can highly recommend it to anybody interested in ichthyosaurs and marine reptiles. 3 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...
Welsh Wizard Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 On 11/11/2022 at 12:28 PM, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: I'm not generally someone to post books on here, but I received this amazing book approximately two weeks ago and I'm just so excited about it. It's an extensive catalogue of Early Jurassic ichthyosaur specimens from Britain and richly illustrated with clear and detailed photographs, species descriptions, maps with indication of find localities, geology, and much, much more! I can highly recommend it to anybody interested in ichthyosaurs and marine reptiles. Great book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 My latest acquisition. Needs a bit of tender loving care but still pretty good for a 200 year old book. William Daniel Conybeare’s 1822 book, “The Geology of England and Wales”, 1st. Edition. Conybeare was the Dean of Llandaff in Cardiff during Georgian times. He also described and named the first plesiosaur. He knew Mary Anning and other famous names in palaeontology. I may do a separate thread on my books, letters and historic manuscripts. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yoda Posted November 23, 2022 Author Share Posted November 23, 2022 @Welsh Wizard I am as addicted to books as I am to fossils Very nice 1 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted November 23, 2022 Share Posted November 23, 2022 I got this at my first gem and mineral show this past weekend. So, not in the mail, but my first purchase for my fossil collection. Until now, it has all been stuff I've found. 2 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 13 hours ago, Fin Lover said: I got this at my first gem and mineral show this past weekend. So, not in the mail, but my first purchase for my fossil collection. Until now, it has all been stuff I've found. Is that a chub? Or a meg? Absolutely gorgeous regardless! Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fin Lover Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 6 minutes ago, Meganeura said: Is that a chub? Or a meg? Absolutely gorgeous regardless! Angy. And thanks! 1 Fin Lover Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted November 24, 2022 Share Posted November 24, 2022 1 minute ago, Fin Lover said: Angy. And thanks! I swear the only way to tell some of the later Otodus teeth apart are literally location and only location. Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimin013 Posted November 27, 2022 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Ceratosaurid tooth Isalo IIIb formation Madagascar My first fossil in ages. It's got the diagnostic grooves as seen in the teeth of its North American counterpart Ceratosaurus! Edited November 28, 2022 by Jaimin013 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted November 29, 2022 Share Posted November 29, 2022 My birthday present from wifey finally arrived. More than two months late. Hey, ho, at least it got here eventually. The trilobite replaces an Ogygiocarella angustissima I found in Wales but no longer have. The Syringopora bifurcata is a welcome addition to my Wren's Nest collection, though it's actually on Thecia expatia, not a Favosites. And the brachiopods are my first from Iran. It should be noted that when I tried to pay for these, PayPal would not allow the transaction as Iran is blacklisted and they threatened to close our account. So wifey had to pay by other means. Thank you, lovely wifey! to me!!! 7 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Just for decor purposes, I decided to buy some trilobite replicas. These were fairly done and they can be placeholders until I can hopefully one day acquire the real deal examples of these. 6 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesofprimus Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Been awhile since I posted up some recent acquisitions... Alligator mississippiensis claw core 2.58" Carcharodon carcharias 1.26" Fire Galeocerdo cuvier Large Mosasaurus beaugei Huge Thecachampsa americana 2.17" Firezone Isurus planus 1.30" Alopias grandis Decent Firezone Allodesmus kernensis 2 x rare Alopias palatasi 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svcgoat Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 My most recent acquisition is this Ankylosaurus femur with possible Predation Evidence from South Dakota it was found in a pit with over 100 scutes. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Nice big Victorian geological map. A decent quality fold out version on linen. I love these old maps. Extra nice as this version was owned by a Welsh school. Size when folded out is 105 cm by 90 cm (42 inches by 36 inches in old money). Archibald Geikies 1897 version. Geological Map of England and Wales. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 I've got a copy of Maclure's 1817 book Observations on the Geology of the United States of America https://books.google.com/books/about/Observations_on_the_Geology_of_the_Unite.html?id=_bgQAAAAIAAJ It too comes with a wonderful hand-tinted map of basically the United States at the time (the land added by the Louisiana Purchase had yet to be fully explored). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maclure_Geological_Map_Transactions_1817.jpg Old geology books are just cool. Cheers. -Ken 6 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Welsh Wizard Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 3 hours ago, digit said: I've got a copy of Maclure's 1817 book Observations on the Geology of the United States of America https://books.google.com/books/about/Observations_on_the_Geology_of_the_Unite.html?id=_bgQAAAAIAAJ It too comes with a wonderful hand-tinted map of basically the United States at the time (the land added by the Louisiana Purchase had yet to be fully explored). https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maclure_Geological_Map_Transactions_1817.jpg Old geology books are just cool. Cheers. -Ken Gotta love those maps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Yup. At a tick over 2 centuries old I don't tend to unfold the map that came with this publication too often (image from Wikipedia instead). I do love reading antiquarian books if only for the feeling of reading them from the 'future' with the advantage of the additional years of learning. Cheers. -Ken 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meganeura Posted December 5, 2022 Share Posted December 5, 2022 So this beauty I managed to snag from our favorite auction site for a small fraction of what I’d imagine it should actually go for - found in the Leisey Shell Pit here in Florida, measuring about 17”x10”, a complete left lower mandible of an Equus sp. - with all 6 teeth intact and included. p2 is removable (Though once I stabilize/preserve the whole thing it won’t be). 4 Fossils? I dig it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted December 8, 2022 Share Posted December 8, 2022 Here is my latest partially rooted Allosaurus tooth. location is: Red Fork Ranch Johnson County Wyoming Morrison Formation last image is my new set up of the majority of my collection. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart1980 Posted December 11, 2022 Share Posted December 11, 2022 (edited) Last week I received some sea urchins from Dutch, Belgian, German and Danish quarries. Also some land finds from Normandy France. Edited December 11, 2022 by Mart1980 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 It's been a while since I last got myself some fossils, but this came in recently: Mosasaur terminal caudal vertebra (left), probably tylosaurine based on size (some 5cm across), possibly Tylosaurus proriger; and a rare polycotylid plesiosaur dorsal vertebra (right; potentially even from the same species as the tooth posted here). Both Ozan Formation, Texas. Then there's the unidentified mosasaur tooth (left) that I won in this year's Christmas auction (with many thanks to @Troodon!). It's comes from the Merchantville Formation at New Castle in Delaware and has got a circular cross-section with a single forward-facing carina. In that way it's not the first mosasaur tooth like this I've seen from the US, but wouldn't know how to identify it (any ideas, @Praefectus?). Looks a bit like a cf. Eremiasaurus heterodontus from the Moroccan phosphates... The tooth on the right comes from the Ozan Formation and both tertiary striae and curvature indicate it's a Tylosaurus cf. proriger. While only the apex, preservation of the enamel on this specimen is amazing. 6 '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...
Praefectus Posted December 12, 2022 Share Posted December 12, 2022 (edited) 19 minutes ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Then there's the unidentified mosasaur tooth (left) that I won in this year's Christmas auction (with many thanks to @Troodon!). It's comes from the Merchantville Formation at New Castle in Delaware and has got a circular cross-section with a single forward-facing carina. In that way it's not the first mosasaur tooth like this I've seen from the US, but wouldn't know how to identify it (any ideas, @Praefectus?). Looks a bit like a cf. Eremiasaurus heterodontus from the Moroccan phosphates... I thought it was M. hoffmannii from Troodon's pictures. M. hoffmannii is reported from the Merchantville Fm. and the medial curvature and enamel texture seemed like a match. It can't be if it only has one carina, though. Are you sure there wasn't another carinae that may have worn away? Eremiasaurus doesn't have medial curvature in its teeth; it is also a Maastrichtian mosa while Merchantiville is Campanian in age. There is not a lot written about the Merchantville Formation and the mosasaur diversity is very low. Taxa list from Gallagher 2016. Russell 1967 and Baird and Galton 1981 noted that the Merchantville Mosasaurus was probably M. hoffmannii. Edited December 12, 2022 by Praefectus Added links to papers 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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