MgTattooer86 Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 I recently ordered some loose matrix from a place online that specializes in loose matrix from various sites worldwide. Today I received my samples from Hell Creek formation in Carter county Montana, as well as two Permian samples, one from the Red Beds in Archer county, Texas and one from Doleserpeton zone of Richards Spur, Oklahoma. I'm going on my first hunt of the new year... in my basement prep station tonight haha! Wish me luck as I repeat to myself cretaceous mammals... cretaceous mammals... If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
Fossildude19 Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Good luck - can't wait to see what you find. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
DE&i Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Yes indeed good luck as you burn the midnight oil...enjoy. Regards.....D&E&i The only certainty with fossil hunting is the uncertainty. https://lnk.bio/outfossiling
Mediospirifer Posted April 16, 2015 Posted April 16, 2015 Good luck, and have fun! I'm working with locally-collected Paleozoic matrixes, lately. Plastic tubs and matrix-bearing paper plates all over my workroom.... I hope you find many cool new things for your collection!
MgTattooer86 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 I'm working on all three simultaneously in three different trays.. to keep things interesting.... this is what I've found so far... If you spot an issue with my i.d.s please tell me... Hell Creek material 1. Phyllodus sp. teeth and Ischyrhiza teeth 2. Cimolestes teeth (one of three pictured) 3 and 4 are mystery bits... teeth? I also found what appears to be a complete vertebra If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
MgTattooer86 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 Red Beds, TX Material 1. Not sure about these.. I'm assuming reptile ( I've found a dozen so far) Richards Spur, OK Material 1. Cardiocephalus Sp. limb bones 2. Captorhinus Aguti toe bones 3. Euryodus Primus? jaw fragment with two teeth This sample is extremely rich in rib and skull fragment as well If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
fossilized6s Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Nice finds so far. Good luck with the rest. I think a scope camera would help you a ton, sir. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG
jpc Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Fun stuff.... Why do you say Cimolestes? The photo isn't clear enough for me to come even close to IDing it.
MgTattooer86 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 Fun stuff.... Why do you say Cimolestes? The photo isn't clear enough for me to come even close to IDing it. It is really small, but the crown is three points, in a triangular pattern. I'm certain its a Cimolestes p2 I could be mistaken though. Nice finds so far. Good luck with the rest. I think a scope camera would help you a ton, sir. Yes, I have been looking at a few online... I'm trying to decide which to get. If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
jpc Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 Hey, mg.... Three cusps... Are they nice and evenly distributed? Symmetrical? Then I would bet on a multituberculate upper premolar. Cimolestes is a marsupial... Its premolars are fairly boring with one main cusp and a smaller trailing cusp. 1
MgTattooer86 Posted April 17, 2015 Author Posted April 17, 2015 Hey, mg.... Three cusps... Are they nice and evenly distributed? Symmetrical? Then I would bet on a multituberculate upper premolar. Cimolestes is a marsupial... Its premolars are fairly boring with one main cusp and a smaller trailing cusp. One of the cusps is broken, the other two are even. I was looking at Multituberculate teeth, do you think it could be narrowed to the sub order Cimolodonta? If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
jpc Posted April 17, 2015 Posted April 17, 2015 (edited) I don't know from here. I am in North Carolina, 1500 miles from my books, but I will look it up after I get home. My initial thought is that multi upper premolars can't be easily IDed. Edited April 17, 2015 by jpc
Cam28 Posted April 20, 2015 Posted April 20, 2015 Nice finds. The top and middle fossils of Red Beds #1 appear to be Orthacanthus shark tooth blades. Unsure about the others, but if they're also flat they might be too.
MgTattooer86 Posted April 21, 2015 Author Posted April 21, 2015 Nice finds. The top and middle fossils of Red Beds #1 appear to be Orthacanthus shark tooth blades. Unsure about the others, but if they're also flat they might be too. If that is the case, I am assuming they all are. Hard to tell from the photo but they are the same. As for the first Hell Creek photo, I am changing the ID of the Ischyrhiza teeth to Ischyrhiza sp. dermal denticles. If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
Fossildude19 Posted April 22, 2015 Posted April 22, 2015 (edited) Don't know if it helps at all, but I cropped and brightened some of your pictures for you. Regards, Edited April 22, 2015 by Fossildude19 Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me
MgTattooer86 Posted April 22, 2015 Author Posted April 22, 2015 Thank you Tim!! That second photo is interesting. I'm really curious about that one. If you show them a transitional, they'll ask for two more.
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