Guest bmorefossil Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 What's my favorite fossil?The one I haven't found yet! ok well what would you like to find? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 ok well what would you like to find? Not to put words in his mouth, but I'm betting on "The next one I find". A lot of the joy is in the hunt (and the discovery). "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seattleguy Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 This is my favorite. A 3 lb or so hunk of triceratops frill. I still love looking at the grooves and thinking that over 65 million years ago, blood was flowing along them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 20, 2008 Share Posted June 20, 2008 wow thats a great fossil, people around here dont pick up bone and i think its stupid bone is great and you never know what you will get untill you pick it up. So unlike other people i pick up all the bone that i find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 I have many favorites, but this one is definitely high on the list. I included the tooth on the left for comparison. The tooth on the left is 6.12"/15.54cm - the tooth on the right is 7"+/17.81cm. There is no restoration whatsoever on either tooth - Bahía Inglesa Formation, near Caldera, Chile. Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Oop, forgot to upload :-) I have many favorites, but this one is definitely high on the list. I included the tooth on the left for comparison. The tooth on the left is 6.12"/15.54cm - the tooth on the right is 7"+/17.81cm. There is no restoration whatsoever on either tooth - Bahía Inglesa Formation, near Caldera, Chile. Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 OMG! 7"+? That's just mythical; I cannot even imagine what it would be like to hold something like that. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 OMG! 7"+? That's just mythical; I cannot even imagine what it would be like to hold something like that. Thanks .... it's taken many years, lots of haggling and tons of luck and finally got one ... Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 wow.......wow...... i think you have everyones favorite fossil right there!!!!! but i have to ask where do those crazy colored megs fit on your list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 wow.......wow...... i think you have everyones favorite fossil right there!!!!! but i have to ask where do those crazy colored megs fit on your list? They're right up there :-), all the red ones came from the same trip to the collecting locality called 'Las Tres Piramides' in the Ica River Valley, South of Ica, Peru. The color is not an exaggeration and when I first saw them I was just shocked. I can only imagine what's still in the ground there ... Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maryland Mike Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Hello,My favorites fossiles are : Holy Guacamole, Batman, those are some seriously gorgeous and stunningly prepared trilobites! Carpe Diem, Carpe Somnium Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayahuang Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 i like ammonites i only own one but it has some nice color i'll give you some..if you want to Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayahuang Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 A couple of my favorite trilobites.This is the rare Gravicalymene truncatus. I collected this molt under a stomotoporoid. I'm thinking the critter was hiding there after undergoing ecdysis. It is from the Millersburg Mb of the Lexington Lm., Ordovician This one suffered, what I think, is a fatal bite to the head. It is an Isotelus gigas collected from a friends farm that produced a few Isotelus. Claysferry Fm., Ordovician i love trilobite too... i have a little one.. and it was a gift from my father costumer, but my father gave it to his old friend.. hiks..hikss... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayahuang Posted June 21, 2008 Share Posted June 21, 2008 Hello,My favorites fossiles are : WoWW... thats shocking !! .. Great Trilobite.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crinus Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Picking my favorite was difficult, so I went with favorite and unusual. The crinoid was preserved in the upright position. I know that is hard to believe so I have included a before preparation picture so that everyone can see that it is not mounted. There is a local professor that wants to write a paper on this specimen because of it's unusual preservation. It is Reteocrinus alveolatus from the Verulam formation of Ontario, Canada. I was splitting shale and it broke in three place before I realize what it was. At first I thought it was only a concretion in the shale. When I realized it was a crinoid I was so upset because I thought I ruined it. After I put the pieces back together and realized that nothing was missing I was estatic. crinus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Picking my favorite was difficult, so I went with favorite and unusual. The crinoid was preserved in the upright position. I know that is hard to believe so I have included a before preparation picture so that everyone can see that it is not mounted. There is a local professor that wants to write a paper on this specimen because of it's unusual preservation. It is Reteocrinus alveolatus from the Verulam formation of Ontario, Canada. I was splitting shale and it broke in three place before I realize what it was. At first I thought it was only a concretion in the shale. When I realized it was a crinoid I was so upset because I thought I ruined it. After I put the pieces back together and realized that nothing was missing I was estatic.crinus That's an absolutely fantastic specimen!! Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gatorman Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 That is absolutely cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Drool City, baby! That is a great story-behind-the-specimen, too. "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 that is..... i am speechless that must have been so hard to do!!!! that is absolutely amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest solius symbiosus Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 That is stunning. Also, nice job on the prep work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 Some spectacular fossils in this thread! There's no way I can pick one favorite, but this is one of my favorite meg teeth. It's a killer shape, great color (yellow/tan blade and white bourlette), sharp, etc. And has those neat "nubs" on either side where root meets the blade. It's 4 1/4" long and 4" wide. (Sorry for the blurry picture of the flat side.) Thanks, Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 There is no way we're going to let you get away without some background on this drooler! Where's it from? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
isurus90064 Posted June 25, 2008 Share Posted June 25, 2008 That's gorgeous!!!!! :-) Fossil shark teeth from all over: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/2380-extraordinary-common-teeth/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 wow what a great tooth, its interesting for the way it goes from being a skinny to wide so fast, i love those teeth with the little nubs. The tooth looks like lee creek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 wow what a great tooth, its interesting for the way it goes from being a skinny to wide so fast, i love those teeth with the little nubs. The tooth looks like lee creek Thanks guys. Yes, it's a Lee Creek tooth. I didn't find it myself, but I believe the color indicates it's from the Pungo River formation, which means it's an "early" (ie, Miocene) meg. So I guess it is a very big tooth relative to the geological time in which the shark existed. Thanks, Eddie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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