Adam.morris08 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 (edited) Here is a xipheroceras I've prepped this month. Found in june From Charmouth, Dorset, UK 190-200mya Edited July 23, 2015 by Adam.morris08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Ooooh, nice looking specimen "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...
sseth Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Beautiful Ammonite! _____________________________________ Seth www.fossilshack.com www.americanfossil.com www.fishdig.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Here is a xipheroceras I've prepped this month. Found in june From Charmouth, Dorset, UK 190-200mya Adam.morris08 a.JPG Adam.morris08 b.JPG Adam.morris08 c.JPG Adam.morris08 d.JPG Adam.morris08 e.JPG Can we see what it looks like dry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Why not, 7-9, Cretodus shark tooth 2.25 in. North Central Texas, Late Cretaceous, Eagle Ford Group, 85-92 mya North Central Texas Eagle Ford Group / Ozan Formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 (edited) And in this corner.. represernting the great fossiliferous state of Wyoming is a Placenticeras ammonmite. This is from the Rock River Formation and is Campanianin age; about 76 million years old. I am not sure the species. My friend Josh who is a big time ammonut says that some of the amm's from this site are undescribed, so this may be an undescribed species. Anyway, I am not sure if this photo does it justice, but the colors are fantastic. Colorwise it is by far one of my best ammonites, even though it is missing a small corner. (I will try to post a better photo tomorrow). Edited July 24, 2015 by jpc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 24, 2015 Author Share Posted July 24, 2015 oooohh...you've got time to add a sunny day photo. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I'd like to enter a vertebrate fossil found coal splitting on July 2nd, 2015. My entry is a near complete Pennsylvanian Amphibian called Ptyonius marshii. The fossil is a Dorsal side negative and comes from the Cannel Coal below the Upper Freeport #7 coal of the Alleghany group in Jefferson County Ohio. The age is Mid-Pennsylvanian about 310 MYO. I included a collage for detail that is hard to see in the first picture. A scale and line drawing is provided for size and form. P7180001R.JPG Parts Collage.jpg Thought I would submit this guy. On the 4th I was digging in the quarry and managed to pull out a great little stingray. It is a Heliobatus Radians from the Green River Formation. Eocene (50 MYA+/-) Found him in a couple of pieces and spent the last two weeks prepping, restoring and getting it ready for display. Here are the before and afters. (Sorry my final picture seems a bit blurry but I cant seem to get it to post any better. I may just have to take another.) usually Spring and Summer increase the chance to find good fossils, but those are superlative Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkborch Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I have never found anything I thought was worthy of posting here because of all the amazing finds that get submitted. Judging by the posts thus far, I may have picked the wrong month to find this! Sirenian Tusk, Dugong Found July 4th Weekend SCUBA diving in local South Carolina river. Miocene to Pleistocene in age Approx 5 1/2" long This tusk was originally thought to be Walrus due to the size. I took this tusk to the local museum and was able to compare it with multiple dugong and walrus specimens so I have very high confidence in the identification of dugong. I've donated this to the College of Charleston Natural History Museum where casts are currently being made and the tusk will be studied. The foremost leading dugong expert will be viewing the tusk soon during his visit to the museum. Very happy that I could contribute something to science! Ps. Sorry for the poor cell phone pictures. I have not had the tusk in my procession to take better pics. Thanks! Palmetto Paleontology Society Fossil Club Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam.morris08 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 Can we see what it looks like dry? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I've donated this to the College of Charleston Natural History Museum where casts are currently being made and the tusk will be studied. The foremost leading dugong expert will be viewing the tusk soon during his visit to the museum. Very happy that I could contribute something to science! And we are very happy as well that you could contribute something to science. Don't forget to post this to the "Contributions to Paleontology" gallery to receive your Paleo Partner award. http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/46099-contributions-to-paleontology-the-gallery-post-your-donations-here/ Cheers. -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wrangellian Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 And in this corner.. represernting the great fossiliferous state of Wyoming is a Placenticeras ammonmite. This is from the Rock River Formation and is Campanianin age; about 76 million years old. I am not sure the species. My friend Josh who is a big time ammonut says that some of the amm's from this site are undescribed, so this may be an undescribed species. Anyway, I am not sure if this photo does it justice, but the colors are fantastic. Colorwise it is by far one of my best ammonites, even though it is missing a small corner. (I will try to post a better photo tomorrow). P7231405b.jpg Colorwise yes, but did no one think as much of your Oxybeloceras? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Colorwise yes, but did no one think as much of your Oxybeloceras? Oxybeloceras is more common at this site. Here is a sunnier photo of my entry... with colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 25, 2015 Author Share Posted July 25, 2015 Oxybeloceras is more common at this site. Here is a sunnier photo of my entry... with colors. P7241335b.jpg Thanks, JP. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adron Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Adron I've posted my tooth here: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/56060-notorhynchus-posterior/ How big is your tooth? Mine is 3.2 millimeters wide. Your tooth looks very nice! Congrats on that find! Mine is about 6mm wide. Nullus finis longius si quod facis delectaris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 I would lie to enter my Pleistocene Mammoth tooth found in Florida for consideration in VFOTM. It was found on 7/25 Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digit Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sweet! -Ken Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted July 25, 2015 Share Posted July 25, 2015 Sweet! -Ken Thanks Ken, I was pretty stoked! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockaholic Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I'd like to enter a vertebrate fossil found coal splitting on July 2nd, 2015. My entry is a near complete Pennsylvanian Amphibian called Ptyonius marshii. The fossil is a Dorsal side negative and comes from the Cannel Coal below the Upper Freeport #7 coal of the Alleghany group in Jefferson County Ohio. The age is Mid-Pennsylvanian about 310 MYO. I included a collage for detail that is hard to see in the first picture. A scale and line drawing is provided for size and form. P7180001R.JPG Parts Collage.jpg This guys awesome.I'm glad he's not spineless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbh Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Tooth being dubbed the tiger mako Isurus hastalis Found July 25th in South Georgia miocene, hawthorn formation Edited July 28, 2015 by gwbh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZiggieCie Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Extremely rare northern Ohio Brittle Star, Strataster ohioensis These may not be the fanciest or the most coveted Fossil on these pages, but it may very well be one of the rarest. As far as I can tell these may be the only other specimens of these Brittle Stars other than the original finding, which are described, in the original report of them by Robert V. Kesling and Douglas le Vasseur . http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/48462/ID311.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y I found this 4.5 x 5 inch sandstone piece in earl May of this year, 2015. I picked it up because of the preserved Fern pieces on it, which I have almost none. These Brittle Stars are so small that I did not see them until last Saturday (7/24/2015) while labeling them and adding them to my Database, when this small shape caught my eye. I took out my magnifier and checked out a small shape that at first glance, I thought was just a small Crinoid disk among the Carbonized Fern pieces. To my surprise, I had a Starfish staring back at me. Yes, I was very surprised! These are extremely rare in Northern Ohio’s, Meadville Shale, or anywhere else. This small pieces of stone has 13 full and partial, well preserved Brittle Stars. Kinderhook and early Osage, 391.9 to 388.1 MYA According to the research, paper by Robert V. Kesling and Douglas le Vasseur the Latin or Greek interpretations of the part of the name stratum can mean “layer or blanket”, and stratos can mean, “Encamped army”. As with the original find and mine, there are very concentrated assemblages of Brittle Stars together in a small area. My hand size specimen has 13 plus specimens, so it does match the massing habit of this species. Ziggie Cie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otodusobliquus Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 (edited) I may as well enter this because I won't find anything better this month, but if you aren't even going to vote for your find, what chance does it have? Palaecarcharodon orientalis found 7-14-15 on the Virginia side of the Potomac river. These teeth are among the most sought after teeth in this area. It came from the Aquia formation which was deposited during the late Paleocene epoch. Edited July 29, 2015 by Otodusobliquus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Tooth being dubbed the tiger makophoto 2.JPG Isurus hastalis Found July 25th in South Georgia miocene, hawthorn formation I believe it's more Leopard Mako. Tigers are striped. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JUAN EMMANUEL Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 Extremely rare northern Ohio Brittle Star, Strataster ohioensis These may not be the fanciest or the most coveted Fossil on these pages, but it may very well be one of the rarest. As far as I can tell these may be the only other specimens of these Brittle Stars other than the original finding, which are described, in the original report of them by Robert V. Kesling and Douglas le Vasseur . http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/handle/2027.42/48462/ID311.pdf?sequence=2&isAllowed=y I found this 4.5 x 5 inch sandstone piece in earl May of this year, 2015. I picked it up because of the preserved Fern pieces on it, which I have almost none. These Brittle Stars are so small that I did not see them until last Saturday (7/24/2015) while labeling them and adding them to my Database, when this small shape caught my eye. I took out my magnifier and checked out a small shape that at first glance, I thought was just a small Crinoid disk among the Carbonized Fern pieces. To my surprise, I had a Starfish staring back at me. Yes, I was very surprised! These are extremely rare in Northern Ohio’s, Meadville Shale, or anywhere else. This small pieces of stone has 13 full and partial, well preserved Brittle Stars. Kinderhook and early Osage, 391.9 to 388.1 MYA According to the research, paper by Robert V. Kesling and Douglas le Vasseur the Latin or Greek interpretations of the part of the name stratum can mean “layer or blanket”, and stratos can mean, “Encamped army”. As with the original find and mine, there are very concentrated assemblages of Brittle Stars together in a small area. My hand size specimen has 13 plus specimens, so it does match the massing habit of this species. Ziggie Cie 2015 07 27_Strataster ohioensis_1325_edited-1.jpg 2015 07 27_Strataster ohioensis_1328.jpg Brittle Star-12.jpg Nice spotting and cool!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwbh Posted July 28, 2015 Share Posted July 28, 2015 I believe it's more Leopard Mako. Tigers are striped. I thought that as well, but leopards are more yellow, i think its a "tiger orange". Perhaps a tipard mako? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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