Yoda Posted January 30 Author Share Posted January 30 On 1/27/2024 at 11:38 AM, Bobby Rico said: 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 Pleased you like MotM August 2023 - Eclectic Collector Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordWampa Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 Yesterday I arrived from Morocco with my first flying trilobite on my suitcase. Normally I don't buy flying trilobites but this hollardops was love at first sight! 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 My new addition is this very rare Argentine Sauropod tooth 10 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echinoid Express Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 I started off my year with some really good finds in my mailbox! First up, I got this really nice Dendraster gibbsii echinoid from the Etchegoin Formation(?). While the polished specimens commonly seen are fine, I enjoy the unpolished ones more, and this is a really gorgeous specimen. The previous owner did glue it to the sandstone base, but it's not that bad looking. It also shouldn't be too difficult to remove should I ever decide to change my mind. Second, I was able to get some Triassic petrified wood from the Durham Sub-Basin of the Deep River Triassic Basins! These were originally found by a man looking for arrowheads in some creeks on the edge of the formation. These will be excellent additions to my local Triassic display, and I'm hoping to get some better display storage for these, and my next score on the list. The wood rings are visible on a couple of the pieces. And the last one for the moment, and definitely the most exciting, I was able to snag a Cumnock Formation Rutiodon carolinensis tooth (and possibly some jawbone) that came from a very old collection! This is probably one of the most famous Triassic animals from the local area, and it's something I was hoping to obtain eventually! I'd love to put it in my traveling display immediately, but the shale is quite unstable, and small flakes of the edge came off while I was initially handling the specimen. I'm going to look into how to stabilize this before I do anything else with it, and it's currently sitting next to my also-in-holding Mellita caroliniana. I was given some Vinac and B-72 from a friend recently that could work, so I might try to tackle learning how to use them properly when I get some time this spring. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 As Guam is rather fossil-poor, I’m obligated to collect using the “silver pick”. Here is a rare one from the Pisco Fm, Sacaco, Peru: Prionace glauca, the blue shark. It is 9mm in slant measurement 5 '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 February 10 Share Posted February 10 (edited) Tiny tooth, big shark: Megachasma applegatei, Miocene, Kern County, California. Edited February 10 by hemipristis 3 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SPrice Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 On 1/14/2024 at 11:06 AM, FB003 said: 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. The display stand is awesome as well. Looks like an Artifax Display Stands. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FB003 Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 8 hours ago, SPrice said: The display stand is awesome as well. Looks like an Artifax Display Stands. Thank! The person that worked on them custom made the stand from scratch so it fits like a glove. 1 *Frank* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polybranchiaspidida Posted February 10 Share Posted February 10 This is definitely my most amazing collection of the year! Arthropleura sp. from Poland, Upper Silesia, Carboniferous, Westphalian "D", (Carboniferous, Middle Pennsylvanian, Moscovian) 2 A tourist from the distant East who is full of curiosity about everything.I am very much looking forward to anyone's reply. Come to view my collection topic: https://www.thefossilforum.com/topic/138618-the-growing-collection-of-polybranchiaspidida/ The wind can blow out candles, but it can make wildfires burn louder and louder. Gravity is not only unique to Earth, but also exists between the universe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hemipristis Posted February 11 Share Posted February 11 Another rare one: Somniosus macrocephalus, Greenland Shark tooth, Miocene, Antwerp, Belgium 2 'Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.' George Santayana Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Time for another marine reptile update! I received these pieces over the past month or so... First up is a block of matrix with ichthyosaur remains from the Toarcian of Buttenheim. It contains a tooth that may, based on morphology, be attributable to Suevoleviathan sp., a rather uncommon ichthyosaur known from the Posidonia Shale of the area around Holzmaden (particularly Bad Boll). In addition, the piece contains a phalanx paddle bone and a piece of fish jaw, likely from Saurorhynchus sp.. Next up, also from Germany, though from the Muschelkalk (Triassic) of Beyreuth, comes this set of three placodont teeth. The first is a distal molar (now the biggest in my collection), then a marginal tooth, and third is, what I believe to be, a Cyamodus sp., which came with a label of Placodus muensteri, the old name for Cyamodus. Graphic from the museological collections of University of Zürich, Switzerland. And then I received this batch of marine reptile teeth from the Saratov region in Russia. First up are a platypterygiine ichthyosaur tooth crown and restored brachauchenine pliosaur tooth, the rest are all polycotylid teeth. 1 10 '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...
paulyb135 Posted February 21 Share Posted February 21 Theropod indet. Most likely Megalosaurid laurinha formation portugal Jurassic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted March 7 Share Posted March 7 Majungasaurus Maevarano Formation Madagascar 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted March 11 Share Posted March 11 Tyrannosaurid indet. Aguja Formation West Texas 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulyb135 Posted March 18 Share Posted March 18 Neovenator Salerii Brightstone Bay Wessex Formation Isle of Wight 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 (edited) Just got this absolute gem of a plesiosaur tooth from the UK in earlier today. It's 15mm in length, comes from the Waldhurst Clay bone bed Cliff End near Hastings and can be attributed to Hastanectes valdensis, a fresh water plesiosaur from the Early Cretaceous with pliosaurid affinities - which are, moreover, clearly visible in this tooth's morphology! I'm very excited for this specimen, since, while I've got a few other specimens of this rare species, this is the first complete tooth in my collection! For other examples from my collection see below. @-Andy- Edited March 21 by pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon 1 2 '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...
Daze Posted March 20 Share Posted March 20 Very happy to have this in my collection. Azhdarchid Pterosaur upper jaw/beak Size: 17 cm / 6.7 inch 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trilobites_are_awesome Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 9 hours ago, Daze said: Very happy to have this in my collection. Azhdarchid Pterosaur upper jaw/beak Size: 17 cm / 6.7 inch Dang that's awesome! 1 1 Cheers! James Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 These two teeth came in yesterday. They're from the Penza-region in Russia and I'm very excited as they are the first two Russian mosasaur teeth in my collection! The larger one is a tylosaur, possibly Tylosaurus cf. ivoensis, though I'll need to take a closer look at the literature to verify this. The smaller tooth appears to be a prognathodontid, based on its one remaining but pinched and crenulated carina, apically anastomosing enamel, ovoid equal cross-section, and upright triangular shape. As it has very strong faceting, I suspect this one might be attributable to Prognathodon lutugini, which was originally described not too far from the Penza-region, globally speaking. @Praefectus @RuMert 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...
RuMert Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Nice acquisitions! Looks like they don't actively show their finds but sell nevertheless 1 My sites & reports Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Echinoid Express Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 (edited) I got a neat little piece in the mail today: an assemblage of Holaster simplex echinoids from the Fort Worth area of Texas! Most of them aren't exactly pristine, but I really enjoy collecting little clusters of them like this; It's not hard to imagine they all lived in close proximity with each other and all died together. This is my fourth three-dimensional assemblage I've obtained, the others being Gagaria mossomi, Macraster elegans, and a unidentified species of Dendraster sand dollars. (My online collection is very out-of-date, I need to add all my latest scores into it!) Edited March 25 by Echinoid Express Fixed italics 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 2 hours ago, Echinoid Express said: I got a neat little piece in the mail today: an assemblage of Holaster simplex echinoids from the Fort Worth area of Texas! Most of them aren't exactly pristine, but I really enjoy collecting little clusters of them like this; It's not hard to imagine they all lived in close proximity with each other and all died together. This is my fourth three-dimensional assemblage I've obtained, the others being Gagaria mossomi, Macraster elegans, and a unidentified species of Dendraster sand dollars. (My online collection is very out-of-date, I need to add all my latest scores into it!) cool! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
North Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 9 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: These two teeth came in yesterday. They're from the Penza-region in Russia and I'm very excited as they are the first two Russian mosasaur teeth in my collection! The larger one is a tylosaur, possibly Tylosaurus cf. ivoensis, though I'll need to take a closer look at the literature to verify this. The smaller tooth appears to be a prognathodontid, based on its one remaining but pinched and crenulated carina, apically anastomosing enamel, ovoid equal cross-section, and upright triangular shape. As it has very strong faceting, I suspect this one might be attributable to Prognathodon lutugini, which was originally described not too far from the Penza-region, globally speaking. @Praefectus @RuMert Interesting. I was not aware T. ivoensis being in Penza of Russia. There's no such thing as too many teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 4 hours ago, North said: Interesting. I was not aware T. ivoensis being in Penza of Russia. To be fair, I'm not entirely confident with the ID, apart from it being Tylosaurus sp.. I'm therefore open to suggestions. However, proximity of said species of tylosaur to Penza versus that of other recognised species is what makes me suppose it's that... @Praefectus thought it wasn't stubby enough for T. ivoensis, however, as said, I'd really need to check the literature still... '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...
North Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 7 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: To be fair, I'm not entirely confident with the ID, apart from it being Tylosaurus sp.. I'm therefore open to suggestions. However, proximity of said species of tylosaur to Penza versus that of other recognised species is what makes me suppose it's that... @Praefectus thought it wasn't stubby enough for T. ivoensis, however, as said, I'd really need to check the literature still... T. ivoensis most likely swam at our area, so I have special interest towards it. Nether way it is an cool specimen. 1 There's no such thing as too many teeth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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