mikeymig Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) I took new pictures of some of my Badland fossils and I wanted to share them with you. I had a larger collection but sold/traded most of them a few years ago. These are my favorites and I will add the rest to this thread as I finish them. I made a gallery of them but I would like to see some of your rare or favorite Oligocene/Miocene Badland fossils in your collection. Thanks Mikey Edited February 8, 2014 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 A couple rarities. Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 I'll try and remember to post some tomorrow when I have access to a computer. Would really like to land an Archaeotherium, Mesohippus, and good Poebrotherium one day. Oh and a nice Subhyracodon. That would be awesome!!! Great topic. www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Fantastic specimens, by the way! www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Excellent specimens and presentation, Mikey. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 Thanks John. I'm looking forward to see Badland specimens from other members. Mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 nice stuff, Mikey.... Ancodon...I don;t even know that one, What is it? A mesonychid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fallingfossils Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Great presentation and very nice looking specimens -The tortoise especially Edited February 8, 2014 by Fallingfossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scylla Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Those are sweet! Thanks for showing us. I can't imagine what the collection looked like before you thinned it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 My favorite Nebraska Oligocene specimens: "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...
mikeymig Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) nice stuff, Mikey.... Ancodon...I don;t even know that one, What is it? A mesonychid?It's an Anthracothere. Its synonymous with Bothriodon and they were somewhat related to hippos and whales. Mikey Edited February 8, 2014 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plantguy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Hey Mikey, very very nice material! I think Paul has shown some other nice stuff recently as well--nice to see all those critters. Wishin I had a a chance to collect out there. Chas, those are killer lemons! Still hoping to find some bird material some day. Here's a couple pictures of one little skull I bought some time back. The wife just walked by as I was trying to take the pictures and she said had never seen it before...it apparently didn't make much of an impression years ago. I still like it even though its skull has been flattened and had some rough front dental and other reconstruction. Label says Leptauchenia decora, Oligocene, Brule Formation, White River Badlands, Shannon County, South Dakota. Regards, Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Fantastic specimens, people! Auspex, those things are tough to find We've been hunting the White River for 4-5 years and haven't even found a partial egg. It's tough to choose a favorite, but I'd have to say this is mine: Megacerops from Nebraska. I got it from a good friend. After the deal, I told him a brontothere skull was my dream fossil from day-one of fossil collecting. He got a kick out of that. The badlands: my version of heaven. Unfortunately, we think a glacier used to be above our spot here in Colorado, as indicated by the dish-shaped plains and extreme weathering that cut out the canyons. Fossils are abundant, but they are all severely fractured (worth the adventure, but not worth the gas money). I'm assuming it's because of the glacier activity above. Nick www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 Thanks, Mikey. Can't get the badlands off my mind now. Hyracodon skull and jaw. Nebraska. (2 photos) Oreodont skull and partial skeleton with carnivore-crushed leg bone. Nebraska. (2 photos) Titanothere maxilla partial. South Dakota if I recall...it's been gone for a while now. Nick www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) AND Hoplophoneus from South Dakota Poebrotherium from Nebraska (in serious need of prep work) EDIT: somebody said the Poebrotherium might actually be the larger White River camel. It's been a while, so I can't remember what it was. Edited February 8, 2014 by 32fordboy www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 8, 2014 Author Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Great specimens Nick! I hear you; the Badlands are a special place. Back in 7th grade I was looking at an old National Geo in study hall and it had an article about the Badlands. I couldn’t get it out of my mind but living in NY I had to wait until I was on my own to go out and visit them. I started a friendship with a guy who sold Badland fossils (from ads in magazines) and my first trip out there (1992) I went collecting with him in Nebraska. He was an okay guy but I soon found out that he was a little bit of an outlaw and got arrested. I then got permission to collect on Shalimar ranch and that was a lot of fun. We camped near a small lake and I found some very cool fossils there. The last time I went to the ranch (2001) they said no more collecting and I felt my heart break. Then I met I guy in Wyoming that sold Badland fossils and I purchased a bunch from him when I worked at The World of Science. I collected with him 3-4 times during the 90s but this last summer he couldn’t take me and my daughter (this was her first time out west) out collecting. This past summer was the first time of been out west in 12 years and Im not sure when I will get another chance to collect the Badlands. I love the west and the Black Hills/Badlands area is the coolest. I found this turtle in 1995 in an area where I was finding Titantothere fossils. I knew it was special the first moment I came over a hill and saw it sticking out fully exposed. I wanted to find out what species it was (it didn’t look like anything in my books) and Allen Graffham hooked me up with a fossil turtle expert at a major eastern institution (we will leave it at that). I sent photos to this gentleman and when we talked on the phone he was very excited and told me that there’s a good chance that it’s a new species. I was just looking for its name; it never occurred to me that it might be a new species. I told him that I would send him the specimen but I wanted to know when I would get it back and how long it would take. He said that I was going to donate it and I wouldn’t be getting the turtle back. I wasn’t cool with that and the whole process stopped. The carapace has some pretty cool bite marks on it and I still don’t know the species. I think Testudo mikeyensis sounds good. Thanks Mikey Edited February 8, 2014 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted February 8, 2014 Share Posted February 8, 2014 (edited) Mikey, you're giving me cabin fever! Haha. I have a copy of Garcia's book on the Arner, but haven't read it yet (just haven't had time). The Arner was my particular heaven. A full week of it (along with a couple other forum members). Too bad a lot of these places are so difficult to get on. Just being out there...nothing like it. Fossils or no fossils. Great topic...the season is just around the corner!! If you're ever out in Colorado, let me know. Our spot is far from prime (understatement), but it is just beautiful. Nearly got killed by a herd of cows out there last September. Apparently, when 15 cows are blocking the trail, growling at them is not the appropriate response. Who'd have known? Fantastic turtle. It's tough to find them in that shape. Any signs of predation are an added bonus. Nick Edited February 8, 2014 by 32fordboy www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 I found this rare little jaw in Wyoming back in 2001. Mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 Oh, wow! You're coming up with all kinds of things I've never heard of. www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Hey Mikey, very very nice material! I think Paul has shown some other nice stuff recently as well--nice to see all those critters. Wishin I had a a chance to collect out there. Chas, those are killer lemons! Still hoping to find some bird material some day. Here's a couple pictures of one little skull I bought some time back. The wife just walked by as I was trying to take the pictures and she said had never seen it before...it apparently didn't make much of an impression years ago. I still like it even though its skull has been flattened and had some rough front dental and other reconstruction. Leptauchenia 2a.jpgTop view.jpg Label says Leptauchenia decora, Oligocene, Brule Formation, White River Badlands, Shannon County, South Dakota. Regards, Chris Great skull Chris! I dont think I have ever seen a Leptauchenia without some restoration. I think of this little Oreodon as a Oligocene Capybara. mikey My favorite Nebraska Oligocene specimens: Bird Eggs Olig. NE 1.jpg Bird eggs from the Badlands are highly underappreciated. Where else in the world can you find and own a real fossil egg? Dinosaur eggs sure but they dont look like any egg thats around today! mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Oh, wow! You're coming up with all kinds of things I've never heard of. Glad you like em Nick but I never owned a Saber Cat. mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Het guys,, I 'll show mine off when I get a chance. Too darn busy these days.. A couple quick thoughts.... 'mikeyensis' means it comes from a place called Mikey... if it is named after you it'd be 'mikeyi'. And for the label on your cool Stibarus maxilla, the White River in WY is not divided into Brule and Chadron Fm's... it is just White River Fm. Yours came from the Orellan section near Douglas. Orellan is a Land Mammals Age and is older than the Chadronian. In Nebraska Orellan fossils generally come form the Brule Fm, and Chadronian fossils come form the Chadron Fm. (I am not sure if the fauna boundary correlates exactly with the Fm boundary). I hope that makes sense. And Nick, next time try the HYAAAA noise that cowboys make. It really works to move cows. Edited February 9, 2014 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Thanks for the info JPC. I will make a note on the formation of the Stibarus. Your also right about the species name for the Testudo. I didn't even think about that when I was typing. Mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Great fossils everyone! I have always had an interest in White River fossils. I have never had an opportunity to collect any but it is high up on my bucket list. Over the years I have picked up some nice pieces. Some I have sold or traded but have held onto a few nice specimens. I just had Ed and Sandy from the White River Preparium prep out a very rare insectivore skull that I picked up at the MAPS show last Spring. It came from an old collection and was completely unprepped. only the top of the skull was showing so I was thrilled to find how complete the fossil was. I believe the species is Leptictis dakotaensis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RCFossils Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Leptictis Dakotaensis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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