Yoda Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Happy New Year to Everyone ! 🥳 Show your mailbox scores for 2024 in this thread! Link to past years: 4 2 MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) Why not start this thread off with some gifts to myself for Christmas. -Castor ohioensis -Giant beaver inciser -Florida -Kainops Raymondi -Haragan formation Oklahoma Edited January 2 by Danielb 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 5 hours ago, Danielb said: Kainops Raymondi - Haragan formation Oklahoma This one is Paciphacops campbelli with only 3 or occasionally 4 lenses per lens file. Congrats! Hansen, G.P. 2009 Trilobites of Black Cat Mountain. iUniverse, Inc. Publishing, 385 pp. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) @piranhaSo it’s not kainops? This is interesting thanks for sharing it. Edited January 2 by Danielb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) I took an up close picture of the compound eye and this is what it looks like. It’s upside down Btw. Edited January 2 by Danielb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 The taxonomy has changed over the years and the online resources have not been able to follow along with the literature, resulting in a lot of confusion. Delo 1935: Phacops raymondi. Maksimova 1972: Paciphacops n. gen. that included Paciphacops raymondi. Ramsköld & Werdelin 1991 established the new genus Kainops that includes: Kainops raymondi having eyes with "normal" sclera, in contrast to the strongly thickened eye sclera of Paciphacops, which is clearly evident in your textbook example. The same paper established the new name combination of Paciphacops campbelli replacing Paciphacops raymondi (Maksimova 1972). Delo, D.M. 1935 New Phacopinae from the Devonian of Oklahoma and Iowa. Journal of Paleontology, 9(5):421-423 Maksimova, Z.A. 1972 НОВЫЕ ДЕВОНСКИЕ ТРИЛОБИТЫ Phacopoidea. [New Devonian Trilobites of the Phacopoidea.] Paleontologicheskii Zhurnal, 1972(1):88-94 Maksimova, Z.A. 1972 New Devonian Trilobites of the Phacopoidea. Paleontological Journal, 6(1):78-83 Ramsköld, L., Werdelin, L. 1991 The Phylogeny and Evolution of some Phacopid Trilobites. Cladistics, 7:29-74 PDF LINK 4 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Hound Posted January 4 Share Posted January 4 Well, let's jump in early on this 2024 thread. My first delivery of 2024, was some late Christmas gifts from 2023. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danielb Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 I meant to put this in the 2023 mailbox score forum but forgot about it so this was not bought in 2024. -American Mastodon -Mammut americananum -Orange County Florida 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 A brilliant mailbox score for me This was sent to me by the totally wonderful Mike @minnbuckeye My favourite period - Ordovician, My favourite epoch - Wenlock My favourites phylum - brachiopods My favourite genus - Leptaena. A range of phyla beyond the brachiopods. This is the perfect gift for me. The top lot is a wonderful selection of unprepped Cerro Gordo Late Devonian stuff and the top right few are additions to my Decorah collection. The others are an amazing amount of specimens to add to my blooming Waldron Shale collection. What more could one want? I cried a lot going through these. Thanks, Mike, it means so much in so many different ways. Edited just now by Tidgy's Dad 16 Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minnbuckeye Posted January 8 Share Posted January 8 8 hours ago, Tidgy's Dad said: Thanks, Mike, it means so much in so many different ways. Glad to provide fossils to an individual who truly loves my specimens!!! Plus, I had the opportunity to play with Customs!!!!! I am so glad they finally reached you. Mike 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantix Posted January 10 Share Posted January 10 Received this fossil today. I asked a Paleontologist about the id of this, and it is likely to be part of a neural spine. 19cm in length and happy to have this in my collection! 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 Just got her back from being sent out to be prettied up. Really like how it came out. 3 10 *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 (edited) 1 hour ago, FB003 said: Just got her back from being sent out to be prettied up. Really like how it came out. Looks great although I'm not fond of this kind of 'over restoration', since only the centrums are original and all the neural arches and spines are reconstructed. But that's just my opinion Edited January 14 by Daze 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted January 14 Share Posted January 14 6 minutes ago, Daze said: Looks great although I'm not fond of this kind of 'over restoration', since only the centrums are original and all the neural arches and spines are reconstructed. But that's just my opinion Nothing wrong with that opinion either. To each their own! I wanted to make it more showy for display and I got exactly what I wanted so I'm pleased. 1 1 *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Sauropod toe claw from Niger. Since to date the only described sauropods from Niger are Jobaria tiguidensis and Spinophorosaurus it's most probably from one of these. Location: Tiouraren Hill, Téneré Desert, Niger Size: 18 cm / 7.1" 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted January 15 Share Posted January 15 Also received this beautifully preserved Edmontosaurus toe claw. Location: Hell Creek Fm, Harding Co. South Dakota Size: 9,5 cm / 3.75" 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collector9658 Posted January 17 Share Posted January 17 I typically collect my own fossils, but I purchased this inexpensively priced trilobite online a few days ago. It is a nice enrolled Kaskia chesterensis specimen from the Bangor Limestone of Alabama. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 On 1/17/2024 at 1:11 PM, Collector9658 said: I typically collect my own fossils, but I purchased this inexpensively priced trilobite online a few days ago. It is a nice enrolled Kaskia chesterensis specimen from the Bangor Limestone of Alabama. That's one nice bug! 1 1 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Paratodus benedini, 2.53 inches (6.4 cm), Pliocene, South Carolina 4 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Notorhynchus primigenius sympheseal, Miocene, Antwerp, Belgium 8 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 Today I received this monster tooth. Iguanodon Brook Bay Isle of Wight Wessex Formation 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 Hi all my first mailbox post of the year. Some lovely Amber from @Yoda. I think i would like to polish them a little bit more but I don't know how is best. Thank you some much Yoda I will send you some nice in return . Cheers Bobby 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted January 27 Share Posted January 27 On 1/20/2024 at 10:27 PM, hemipristis said: Notorhynchus primigenius sympheseal, Miocene, Antwerp, Belgium Very nice looking tooth! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opabinia Blues Posted January 28 Share Posted January 28 Excellent 3.7 cm Afrovenator abakensis tooth from the Jurassic Tiouraren Formation of Niger. So excited to add another uncommon dinosaur to the collection! 3 “The worse the country, the more tortured it is by water and wind, the more broken and carved, the more it attracts fossil hunters, who depend on the planet to open itself to us. We can only scratch away at what natural forced have brought to the surface.” - Jack Horner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daze Posted January 29 Share Posted January 29 Just received this fossilized charcoal from the K-T boundary of Yucatan, Mexico. This fossilized material comes from forest residues, charred following the giant meteorite impact in the Yucatan Peninsula ~65 million years ago that killed the dinosaurs. K-T boundary material from the Yucatan area is currently protected and rare to find. Happy to have this in my collection. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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