RyanFL Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 The synthetic cotton filler holds the fossils gently against the glass. I don't put super fragile fossils (or irregular fossils with fragile protuberances) in a Riker; just comparatively robust ones with a "shallow draft". Thanks! I'm currently working on making some brass mounts for some of my favorite shark teeth. I'm enjoying learning the process of soldering and working the metal, but I can't say that it's been quick. I was curious to see how other people were displaying their teeth. Maybe I'll order one of those cases for the teeth I'm not making mounts for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott1428 Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 My first and only Riker mount. The rest are in cabinets. Scott "An evolutionary perspective of our place in the history of the earth reminds us that homo sapiens sapiens has occupied the planet for the tiniest fraction of that planet's four and a half thousand million years of existence. In many ways we are a biological accident, the product of countless propitious circumstances. As we peer back through the fossil record, through layer upon layer of long-extinct species, many of which thrived far longer than the human species is ever likely to do, we are reminded of our mortality as a species. There is no law that declares the human animal to be different, as seen in this broad biological perspective, from any other animal. There is no law that declares the human species to be immortal." — Richard E. Leakey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinopaleus Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 my first and only riker mount, filled with cretaceous shark teeth, given to me from john/fossilsofnj! Top row Scapanorhynchus texanus Lateral and anterior Middle row Archaeolamna kopingensis, Paranomotodon angustidens, Cretolamna appendiculata Bottom Squalicorax - S. kaupi and S. pristondontus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Menser Posted July 11, 2011 Share Posted July 11, 2011 Ok ..I photograph so the corners of the pics are right inside the edges. So here are some of mine. Be true to the reality you create. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 (edited) Best of my Lee Creek C. xiphodon (Isurus hastalis/xiphodon). Westmoreland C. hastalis (Isurus hastalis) just under 3 inches with a 1 inch modern Great White. This is in a small riker C. auriculatus & C. angustidens various locations Shark Tooth Hill. Lee Creek 6 & 7 Gills, Upper rows: Pungo 7-gills, Middle Rows: Yorktown 7-gills, Bottom Rows: Yorktown 6-gills (which I have less success finding good specimens). P.S. The lower right-hand 6-gill came from Daryl via eBay and no Daryl you're not getting it back. Great Whites (Carcharodon) minus a couple Chile/Peruvian specimens too thick and large to fit Much more to follow. Edited July 31, 2011 by Paleoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
siteseer Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Paleoc, Cool Rikers. I'm looking forward to seeing the ones that follow. The species xiphodon is a nomen dubium, which disqualifies it as a valid name. In fact, it's a three-time loser (see Ward and Bonavia 2001), who cited Leriche (1926). Not only is the type locality unknown (site originally given could not yield a mako) but also the type specimens are lost (unavailable for examination). On top of it the name had been out of usage for more than 50 years by the time Purdy et al. (2001) tried to resurrect it. Jess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edd Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Miscellaneous stuff... " We're all puppets, I'm just a puppet who can see the strings. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemi-God Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 I'm going to say it again, you all have some really cool stuff, some really cool stuff indeed. .. *NOT an expert.I haven't a clue what I'm doing.But I'm loving every minute of it. .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Meg rikers Lee Creek Yorktown megs (teeth in the middle are 4 inches) The bottom right tooth is from a quarry just north of Richmond The other two teeth are Lee Creek Yorktown teeth. The larger one is right at 6 inches but has been repaired (it was missing a root lobe). Lee Creek Pungo teeth, the largest tooth is about 3 3/4 inches More Pungo teeth. Bone Valley Florida teeth. The top 10 teeth were associated More Bone Valley teeth Maryland teeth, megs and other species Virginia, North Carolina (other than Lee Creek) and South Carolina teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted July 31, 2011 Author Share Posted July 31, 2011 wow Paleoc, stunning! What great attention to cleaning and display!!!:bow: "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 If I'd have known what riker mounts are, I'd have been here a lot earlier! In Germany we call them simply flat displays. Sorry I'm late. There are some great things being shown here! Now I can put in my two cents too, since I've got a few of the things hanging all over the house...they're very convenient for display and space saving. Here are the first ones. I'll post more later. Lower Jurassic Ammonites from south Germany (above) and Charmouth, England (below) Toarcian ammonites from Fuegerolles, Normandie, France Little ones from the cretaceous in Provence, France. Lower and Middle Jurassic, southern Germany. Best wishes, Roger Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Paleocene Otodus from Maryland (a few may actually be Cretalamna as juvenile Otodus and Cretalamna can be hard to tell apart). The bottom 4 are actually from the late Cretaceous of Maryland (the larger of the 4 measures 2 inches) Edited July 31, 2011 by Paleoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Unusual Otodus from Morocco. These are large Otodus like teeth but are missing the lateral cusplets. They are not broken off but instead have a small bump or cutting edge where the lateral cusplets would be expected to be. Edited July 31, 2011 by Paleoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) Moroccan Paleocarcharodon except for the row of dark teeth at the bottom which are from Maryland Edited July 31, 2011 by Paleoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 Large Lee Creek Yorktown Hemipristis (the large lower is 2 1/4 inches). I may have to use a larger riker mount and add Pungo teeth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paleoc Posted July 31, 2011 Share Posted July 31, 2011 (edited) A giant Tiger shark from the Florida Pleistocene. The white modern tooth is 1 1/4 inches wide. Lee Creek large Yorktown Tigers (G. cuvier) except for the white modern tooth. Edited July 31, 2011 by Paleoc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeloiVarden Posted August 16, 2011 Share Posted August 16, 2011 I posted these in another thread in which I initially asked for input into riker organization, but figured that it wouldn't take up too much server storage to put the pics in the member collections thread since I have yet to share my collection here. Thanks for humoring me. Jason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 I posted these in another thread in which I initially asked for input into riker organization, but figured that it wouldn't take up too much server storage to put the pics in the member collections thread since I have yet to share my collection here. Thanks for humoring me. Jason Welcome to the Riker Brigade; they came out good. Where did you get the Rikers that hold gem jars? I sorta' cobbled up a couple, but the tray depth wasn't a very good match for the jars. "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...
DeloiVarden Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 (edited) Welcome to the Riker Brigade; they came out good. Where did you get the Rikers that hold gem jars? I sorta' cobbled up a couple, but the tray depth wasn't a very good match for the jars. Thanks for the compliment! I got them off of ebay with a depth of 3/4". I think the gem jars can also be purchased a bunch of different thicknesses. I just made sure to order a riker box of equal depth so the jars didn't move around too much. The foam spacer sheet that the gem jars came in fit the riker boxes pretty well with a little trimming which keeps the jars from rotating in place. PM me if you want the seller id for the riker or gem jars. Edited August 17, 2011 by DeloiVarden Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Thanks, that's what I did, but the jars are a tiny bit too tall with the l1ds on, so I have then under glass sans lids, which, for the really tiny stuff, is less secure than I'm comfortable with. "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...
DeloiVarden Posted August 17, 2011 Share Posted August 17, 2011 Did you try to re-pin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted August 20, 2011 Author Share Posted August 20, 2011 there are beautiful rikers on ebay that comes with 50 gem jars, I am going to try this for some of the micros My link "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted August 20, 2011 Share Posted August 20, 2011 Did you try to re-pin? Well, I brought this problem on myself, by wanting to have Jem Jars of micros (in cut-up foam holders) in the same case with bones from the same location. I'll try re-pinning to accommodate the jars (with lids), and add more backing to the bones. "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...
Ludwigia Posted August 28, 2011 Share Posted August 28, 2011 Here are a few more Provence Southern Germany Southern Germany Provence Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xonenine Posted August 28, 2011 Author Share Posted August 28, 2011 awesome rikers Roger, and Jason, thanks for photographing and sharing them!!! "Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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