Darktooth Posted March 29, 2015 Posted March 29, 2015 I realize that sometimes it is hard to narrow down to just one, but i would like to hear your stories about the best fossil that you ever found. Mine was probably the 6in dipluera dekayi trilobites i found many years back. That was when i was hooked on trilos like i am now with sharkteeth. I remember the first one i uncovered. It was enrolled bigger than an orange bot smaller than a grape fruit. It broke into 100 pieces. I salvaged what i could. After that i honed my removal skills found about 10 whole ones skattered over a handful of trips. Some slightly bigger than 6 in some as small as the first digit of my thumb. Some looked like they would stert to move any minuteafter they were uncovered. They looked alive with so much detail. Most need little to no prep if you know the right layer. Ah memories. So what about yours? I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.
Jesuslover340 Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 So far? Kettneraspis trilobite from Oklahoma-just saw the edge of the cephalon sticking out in the middle of the trail "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19
Darktooth Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 Thank you auspex. I take that as a compliment and appreciate it. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.
Darktooth Posted March 30, 2015 Author Posted March 30, 2015 Nice find ! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.
bone digger Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 I found a juvenile Styracosaurus skull and partial skeleton 6-7 years ago. The back of the frill and some limb bones were exposed when I found it. I reported it to the Royal Tyrrell Museum and they excavated it right away. I went down several times to check out the dig. They then used a helicopter to get the sepecimen to a waiting flatbed! It may be the best Styracosaurus skull ever found, I will be posting some pictures of it soon!
Darktooth Posted March 31, 2015 Author Posted March 31, 2015 Wow.! That is truly amazing and something I have only dreamed about. Thanks for responding! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.
aplomado Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 A couple of small shark teeth... Not like some of you guys!!!!!
Darktooth Posted March 31, 2015 Author Posted March 31, 2015 I bet they made you feel good when you first found them though. Something is better than nothing! I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.
Koss1959 Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Mine is pretty humble compared to a lot as I've only been fossiling seriously for just over a year. It's a Plesiosaur basicranium. I found it in Lyme Regis last easter bank holiday. Plesiosaur material is pretty rare down here and plesiosaur skull material is even rarer due to the fragile nature of their skulls. It's fairly well preserved and not that rolled, although it has been out for a while. It is thought to be a late triassic triassic/ early jurassic Pliosaurid. There was an explosion of different species of plesiosaur in the late triassic and early jurassic. This means there is a small chance of it being a new species. Although if it is, it will not be named. My fossiling friends are pretty sick of hearing about it as it's my best find and none of them have one. They've all been doing it a lot longer than myself and have some pretty incredible fossils, so I get a lot of milage out of this. Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
Ptychodus04 Posted April 2, 2015 Posted April 2, 2015 Mine best find is Flexomornis howei, the oldest known fossil bird from North America. New species, first bird from the Woodbine Formation, etc. The thing that really makes it special to me is that the discovery was announced just shy of a year before my father died. He was my fossil collecting partner and mentor, the reason I've loved fossils for 35 years. He got to participate in the press conference and all the hype that goes along with these things and loved it. Regards, Kris Global Paleo Services, LLC https://globalpaleoservices.com http://instagram.com/globalpaleoservices http://instagram.com/kris.howe
Darktooth Posted April 2, 2015 Author Posted April 2, 2015 Great stories guys!I really enjoy hearing from other collectors. When I first posted this topic I was really surprised how slow the responses were coming in compared to some other topics out there, especially considering how most collectors(including myself)like to brag about their finds. I really appreciate everyone who has participated in this topic.For me I love the thrill of the hunt, and of course the payoff at the end of the day. I like Trilo-butts and I cannot lie.
Diceros Posted May 31, 2015 Posted May 31, 2015 Koss1959 - Technically, your plesiosaur basicranium is just the basioccipital bone of the basicranium of the braincase (cranium) of the skull (still very nice, of course). A pliosaurid must be rare at the e. Jurassic site, Lyme Regis, in coastal southern England. This seems very small for a pliosaurid, which had huge heads in the lt. Jurassic. Wasn't the find that made Mary Anning (1799-1847) famous (selling fossils in a shop there), the skeleton of the long-necked plesiosaurid Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus Conybeare, 1829? I believe your upper photo is a dorsoventral view, with the single occipital condyle at the front, and the articulations for other basicranial bones to the sides (and brain above); and the lower a ventral view (I'm not sure, but I think they had "neck ribs", and the two knobs might be pedicles for the first pair; or maybe for hyoid bones). A very interesting bone.
Koss1959 Posted June 2, 2015 Posted June 2, 2015 Koss1959 - Technically, your plesiosaur basicranium is just the basioccipital bone of the basicranium of the braincase (cranium) of the skull (still very nice, of course). A pliosaurid must be rare at the e. Jurassic site, Lyme Regis, in coastal southern England. This seems very small for a pliosaurid, which had huge heads in the lt. Jurassic. Wasn't the find that made Mary Anning (1799-1847) famous (selling fossils in a shop there), the skeleton of the long-necked plesiosaurid Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus Conybeare, 1829? I believe your upper photo is a dorsoventral view, with the single occipital condyle at the front, and the articulations for other basicranial bones to the sides (and brain above); and the lower a ventral view (I'm not sure, but I think they had "neck ribs", and the two knobs might be pedicles for the first pair; or maybe for hyoid bones). A very interesting bone. The fossil has been with Mark Evans in Leicester Museum for the last year. He's an expert on plesiosaur skulls and was keen to look at it. Here's what he said: "definitely plesiosaur basicranium. Parabasisphenoid and basioccipital with the stubs of the ventromedial flanges of the pterygoids attached. My gut reaction is that this might be a basal pliosaurid, somewhere between Thalassiodracon and Hauffiosaurus. The ventromedial flanges of the pterygoids don't meet on the midline, and the width across the basal tubera has that certain vibe (technical). There are similarities to NHMUK 39514, described by Vincent (2012), and also the juvenile OUMNH J28585m, although in both of those there is an anterior disc of basioccipital exposed on the ventral surface, so maybe we're looking at something more Hauffiosaurus-like." Not much more information on it yet. Etsy shop for Dinosaur Art: https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/IzzyBeeCreates?ref=seller-platform-mcnav
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