Mochaccino Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 On 2/13/2023 at 8:02 PM, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: So, recently got back from abroad to find this awesome collection of new fossils waiting for me. First one's a nothosaur tooth from Winterswijk, quite possibly Nothosaurus cf. marchicus, which I got from @Mart1980. I found some vertebrate fossils in these quarries myself as a teenager, including some nothosaur remains and footprints, but never a tooth. And while at about 8mm this is not the biggest or most impressive nothosaur tooth in my collection, it's really special to me for having come from that location, especially since it's really difficult to go and search there these days. The next batch consists of some Texas polycotylid remains: a humerus from the Duck Creek Formation of Tarrant County, and two teeth from the Britton Formation at Mansfield. These add very nicely to the partial polycotylid tooth from the Ozan Formation I posted before, and the Dolichorhynchops sp. teeth I've got from Dallas County. I'm quite stoked with them, as plesiosaur remains from Texas are pretty rare. Beautiful teeth! And that humerus is HUGE, much larger than it would seem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 15 hours ago, A.C. said: Apologies, at the time all I knew was "Trilobites from Canada" after getting more details the Eldredgeops rana and Greenops widderensis are from Arkona, Ontario. The Leviceraurus mammilloides is from Lindsay Member, Cobourg Formation, Bowmanville Ontatio. No worries... I'm glad you got the info for them. (I assumed you would have had it from the start, but that's not always true - For years I've had a number of fossils with no precise locality data too, because the previous owners weren't too careful about recording it or relaying it to me) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 5 hours ago, Mochaccino said: Beautiful teeth! And that humerus is HUGE, much larger than it would seem. Thanks! Yeah, the teeth are really nice! Quite interesting as well that, while the gray tooth has a smooth labial surface as I would expect from a polycotylid plesiosaur, the black tooth has striae on the labial side as well But to me, the propodial actually doesn't seem all that big. It's one of the smaller ones in my collection. Not quite as small as those that I'd consider juvenile, but certainly not as big as those of Cretaceous elasmosaurs, Moroccan polycotylids, or Cryptoclidus, let alone Jurassic pliosaurs...! 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...
Mart1980 Posted February 14, 2023 Share Posted February 14, 2023 8 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: So, recently got back from abroad to find this awesome collection of new fossils waiting for me. First one's a nothosaur tooth from Winterswijk, quite possibly Nothosaurus cf. marchicus, which I got from @Mart1980. Nice picture I almost regret it.... Glad to see he got a good destination. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicnfossils Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 New grab, nice 19” triceratops mandible! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troodon Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 On 2/16/2023 at 9:30 PM, musicnfossils said: New grab, nice 19” triceratops mandible! Very nice pickup indeed, these jaws are not common...just a couple of comments on the label. Not sure you can ID it a specific species or genus best called Ceratopsian. The formation on the label should read Lance Formation not Lance Creek Formation. Did the seller provide you with a locality, Wyoming is a big state, so it should be on the label. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicnfossils Posted February 17, 2023 Share Posted February 17, 2023 3 hours ago, Troodon said: Very nice pickup indeed, these jaws are not common...just a couple of comments on the label. Not sure you can ID it a specific species or genus best called Ceratopsian. The formation on the label should read Lance Formation not Lance Creek Formation. Did the seller provide you with a locality, Wyoming is a big state, so it should be on the label. He didn’t, that was just his handwritten label he already had on the stand I haven’t made one of my own yet. I don’t know specifically where in the state it’s from but I will get that info from him when I inevitably create my own label for the piece. He should know though, he excavated and prepared it himself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 12/24/2022 at 12:35 AM, Misha said: It's labeled as Orthospirifer coopering, coming from the Genshaw Fm. in Alpena MI. That's amazing, so many wonderful epibionts. It's Orthospirifer cooperi. I loved the Russian Lingula you posted earlier as well. 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On 12/4/2022 at 9:52 AM, Welsh Wizard said: 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). I love all these ancient maps and books you are picking up. You are accumulating the most amazing historical library. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) After a lot of bother with customs, my Christmas present from the wonderful Sophie @fifbrindacier and fabulous @Dimitris finally arrived at the second attempt. Jurassic brachiopods from France and an Oligocene species from Bulgaria for me. Chocolate from Greece and some sudokus from a German newspaper for wifey. And an Oligocene plant from the Walnut family from Bulgaria for Tidgy. Marvelous. Oh, and a lovely Christmas card. Thank you very much, my friends, it was well worth the wait. Edited February 22, 2023 by Tidgy's Dad 7 1 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largemouth Bass Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 17.5 mm wide posterior meg from Bone Valley 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 As expected, Tidgy did try to eat her walnut family fossil, but unfortunately I missed the mouth open shot. She didn't like it and so pushed it off the table. 5 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siegchomimus Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 Edestus heinrichi whorl fragment and it's imprint. My first big buy ! Been a dream of mine. 1 20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdsAreDinosaurs Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 My latest additions to my Kem Kem dinosaur teeth collection: one Carcharodontosaurid tooth (5 cm) from the Dekkar formation with nice colour and great serrations, two pretty decent Spinosaurid teeth and one sauropod tooth with nice enamel preservation. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 On 3/1/2023 at 5:57 AM, BirdsAreDinosaurs said: My latest additions to my Kem Kem dinosaur teeth collection: one Carcharodontosaurid tooth (5 cm) from the Dekkar formation with nice colour and great serrations, two pretty decent Spinosaurid teeth and one sauropod tooth with nice enamel preservation. Nice teeth. If it wasn't for Morocco, it would be difficult for me to justify the cost of Theropod teeth. I appreciate, what they are digging up in Morocco. I like their trilobites, too. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted March 3, 2023 Share Posted March 3, 2023 Recently got this piece, Dunbarella striata with some plant material. I like these Carboniferous bivalves and I was able to scoop this piece up for a good price. It comes from the Upper Pennsylvanian Kinney Brick Quarry Lagerstätte, which is an incredibly interesting location with some amazing fossils, I don't know how available other fossils from there are like insects and fishes, but I've some beautiful ones and if it's possible I hope I can add some to the collection some day. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cngodles Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 While the genus Bellerophon is supposed to be around here, I've never found one that still has a shell. It is advised not to identify members of the Bellerophontida using a steinkern. So, I bought some from North Texas. The Graham formation, the Finish Shale member, Stephens County, Texas. I picked the four best specimens, prepped them with a scratch brush and an electric nail drill (like those used in a nail salon), and then photographed them. CG-0607—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. CG-0608—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. CG-0609—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. CG-0610—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. 5 Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DPS Ammonite Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 35 minutes ago, cngodles said: While the genus Bellerophon is supposed to be around here, I've never found one that still has a shell. It is advised not to identify members of the Bellerophontida using a steinkern. So, I bought some from North Texas. The Graham formation, the Finish Shale member, Stephens County, Texas. I picked the four best specimens, prepped them with a scratch brush and an electric nail drill (like those used in a nail salon), and then photographed them. CG-0607—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. CG-0608—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. CG-0609—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. CG-0610—Bellerophon sp. Scale bar = 5 mm. You should be able to ID to species. Look at references. Wow, these are outstanding photographs; what setup/camera did you use? 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...
cngodles Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 41 minutes ago, DPS Ammonite said: what setup/camera did you use? IPhone pointed through a microscope. Focus stacked. Each figure is 20-30 photos. 1 1 Fossils of Parks Township - Research | Catalog | How-to Make High-Contrast Photos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted March 4, 2023 Share Posted March 4, 2023 2 hours ago, cngodles said: While the genus Bellerophon is supposed to be around here, I've never found one that still has a shell. It is advised not to identify members of the Bellerophontida using a steinkern. So, I bought some from North Texas. The Graham formation, the Finish Shale member, Stephens County, Texas. I picked the four best specimens, prepped them with a scratch brush and an electric nail drill (like those used in a nail salon), and then photographed them. CG-0607—Bellerophon sp. 1 hour ago, DPS Ammonite said: You should be able to ID to species. Look at references I concur, those are very nice photographs. While this is not the ID section of the forum, I might suggest Bellerophon laticallis (Hoare, et al 1997) based on the "prominent, wide, elevated selenizone and strong growth lirae". That phrase is directly from the published description of the species as the difference from most other Pennsylvanian species of Bellerophon and your specimens compare very favorably with those figured in the publication. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mart1980 Posted March 6, 2023 Share Posted March 6, 2023 (edited) Today I received a long awaited Keichousaurus hui. The skeleton is very well preserved in 3D and many small details are visible. The bone structure is clearly visible along with the mineralization here in this bone structure. I couldn't pass this one up, size skeleton (stretched): about 28 cm. Super happy with it! Edited March 6, 2023 by Mart1980 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largemouth Bass Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 .45" posterior O. angustidens 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 You've got quite the collection of teeny tiny posterior mega-toothed shark teeth that you are building. Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Largemouth Bass Posted March 8, 2023 Share Posted March 8, 2023 5 hours ago, digit said: You've got quite the collection of teeny tiny posterior mega-toothed shark teeth that you are building. Cheers. -Ken Thanks! I aim to have a mini Otodus lineage set eventually. Tiny posteriors have a special charm to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam86cucv Posted March 10, 2023 Share Posted March 10, 2023 A new book for my fossil library arrived yesterday. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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