astron Posted January 11, 2013 Author Share Posted January 11, 2013 Very nice, Christian Thanks, Dav A mineral parenthesis. Africa has got some roots for a farther stability... (Concretion of sulphur and gypsum). Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Am I going to dare to show you a fossil of my collection ? I shall not put by its side the pic of what that looks like... Here is a fossil sea urchin spine which I found on the Atlantic coast. Its size is about 1" 1/5 long. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 Hello! Here a articulate brachiopod upside down..;looks like a blue whale... Rhyncora costata, 3.4 cm long, Upper campanian, Ignaberga, Scania, Sweden Dromiopsis The big fusulinid here reminded me of a whale: Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bullsnake Posted January 11, 2013 Share Posted January 11, 2013 A Crab Spider! (An old pic, my skills have improved a little since this) Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 12, 2013 Share Posted January 12, 2013 (edited) Concept art by Robert McCall for the movie 'Star Trek the Motion Picture': It also kind of reminds me of this: Edited January 12, 2013 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Am I going to dare to show you a fossil of my collection ? I shall not put by its side the pic of what that looks like... Here is a fossil sea urchin spine which I found on the Atlantic coast. Its size is about 1" 1/5 long. Coco Very special spine, Coco!!! '' ...I shall not put by its side the pic of what that looks like...'' Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 The big fusulinid here reminded me of a whale: Yes , a microscopic whale coming from a microscopy!!!!! Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 A Crab Spider! (An old pic, my skills have improved a little since this) Impressive crab-ish spider, Steve!!! Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted January 13, 2013 Author Share Posted January 13, 2013 Concept art by Robert McCall for the movie 'Star Trek the Motion Picture': It also kind of reminds me of this: Very nice parallelisms, Eric!!! Good if fossils get us so close to the Sci-Fi world... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missourian Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 (edited) The very tiny forum Ammovertella: could be a compact fluorescent bulb: or soft-serve ice cream: Edited January 13, 2013 by Missourian Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted January 13, 2013 Share Posted January 13, 2013 Hi, Very special spine, Coco!!! Yes, it isn't a normal form for this species ! It is a pathological spine. Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 14, 2013 Share Posted January 14, 2013 Hi again Astrinos, Ok ...time for my third entry in the Sci-Fi 'Reminds Me' collection... Darth Sidious orders the cloners on the Planet Kamino to create a secret army of trilobite clones... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 And now for something completely different... No comment... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 (edited) Holy %$#@! HA! What is that thing actually? Edited January 17, 2013 by Wrangellian Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 It's just a concretion, if you know what I mean... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 badum pssssh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted January 28, 2013 Share Posted January 28, 2013 Ok, here's an invert that wants to be a TRex! or maybe I just want it to be TRex!! Alright, for those doubters, look at the teeth and spinal column details!!! Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hello all! Came back after some serious pc problems... Missourian, Scott, Roger, Chris, Thanks for your new nice additions!!!! It's admirable the variety of the elements of our life that fossils have brought to this thread thanks to the noumerous nice contributions to date!!! Thus, I have to take my ... (conical) hat off to all of you... In reality, it's about an exceptional diodora sp. sea snail coming from ''Cyprus fossils'' Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hello all! Came back after some serious pc problems... Missourian, Scott, Roger, Chris, Thanks for your new nice additions!!!! It's admirable the variety of the elements of our life that fossils have brought to this thread thanks to the noumerous nice contributions to date!!! Thus, I have to take my ... (conical) hat off to all of you... In reality, it's about an exceptional diodora sp. sea snail coming from ''Cyprus fossils'' Nice one Astrinos! Welcome back,... you have been missed! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 Nice one Astrinos! Welcome back,... you have been missed! Regards, Thank you very much, Tim! Nice to join you again... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dromiopsis Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hello, here a rugosa coral from the Silurian of Gotland: Schlotheimophyllum patellatum,9 cm, reminds me the rigth eye of Alex (Malcom mc Donell) main character of the famous movie from S.Kubrick : A Clockwork Orange(1971) Dromiopsis Gallery pictures http://www.flickr.com/photos/supergrevling/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 5, 2013 Author Share Posted February 5, 2013 Hello, here a rugosa coral from the Silurian of Gotland: Schlotheimophyllum patellatum,9 cm, reminds me the rigth eye of Alex (Malcom mc Donell) main character of the famous movie from S.Kubrick : A Clockwork Orange(1971) Dromiopsis Excellent, Christian!!! The details of this ''eye'' are amazing To get ready to confront Alex and his horrifying gang, if necessary, I have borrowed this sharpen ... saw... ...Monograptus sedgwickii graptolite . Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 ...To get ready to confront Alex and his horrifying gang, if necessary, I have borrowed this sharpen ... saw... ...Monograptus sedgwickii graptolite . Matrix with a zipper! Easy prep!!! "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...
Missourian Posted February 6, 2013 Share Posted February 6, 2013 Did someone say Matrix? Context is critical. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted February 7, 2013 Author Share Posted February 7, 2013 Matrix with a zipper! Easy prep!!! Yes, it fits perfectly, as well Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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