Those What If Finds

[S233]

Hello everyone i was wondering what your best what if finds are. Like the things you most dearly wish were complete. My what if find is a 2in shark tooth that is worn but would have been three inches and really nice if complete. What are yours?

[njcreekhunter]

Here's one of mine, a broken Carcharocles auriculatus from NJ. It's 2 7/8 inches as it is, if it were complete it would have been approximately a 4 inch tooth.

[Missourian]

If I found the counterpart of this:

The eurypterid would have curled into the rock.

I must have gone back to the road cut over a dozen times during the following few weeks.

Edited September 14, 2012 by Missourian

[KansasFossilHunter]

I found a mosasaur vert. once- wish the mosasaur was complete!

[hitekmastr]

Our first fossil site visit was Red Hill, PA - where the first tetrapods climbed out onto land 361 million years ago when this region was a floodplain/delta. After spending the morning clinging to a narrow crumbling ledge on the vertical face of the roadcut, I started to extract some large pieces from under a large overburden - out came some Devonian fish teeth, scales, bone fragments and a dorsal spine - whether these were part of a larger fish (probably Hyneria) or several fish, I never found out - because we had to leave the site. I've been wondering what else was left there - was it the rest of the fish we found, or more pieces? That's my greatest "what if" so far and I hope to get back sometime to find out, and look for other Devonian fish fossils.

Edited September 14, 2012 by hitekmastr

[Ludwigia]

If this vertebra had been attached to the rest of it, the Ichthyosaurier would have been a few meters longer.

[S233]

Everyone has nice "what if they were complete" fossils. Sorry there not complete but they're still nice finds!

[Empty Pockets]

This is my best 'What If'. This Isotelus iowensis would have been a 9 incher!

[Fossildude19]

This is one of my many What If's.

If only the head were there!

Oh well,... this is what keeps me looking for the perfect one!

Regards,

[zachj]

wow these are some serious shamers

[painshill]

Here’s my Erettopterus (Pterygotus) bilobus from Lanarkshire in Scotland. Unfortunately, just the body section. Dang!

[Missourian]

Here’s my Erettopterus (Pterygotus) bilobus from Lanarkshire in Scotland. Unfortunately, just the body section. Dang!

Ouch!

[Ludwigia]

This Isotelus gigas from Gamebridge, On. is 9cm. long. It's a pity that his Cephalon swam away, but it's still a good representative with the Hypostom imprint until I find a complete one.