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November 2015 Finds Of The Month


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Paracymatoceras sp. from the Cretaceous Georgetown Formation, Georgetown, Texas.

Insitu and out.

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We have a nice variety of cephalopods this month :D

growing old is mandatory but growing up is optional.

 

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This month I have a xipheroceras from lyme Regis, UK. 190myo.

It's from a septarian or a stellare nodule. Found on the 10th, prepped on the 17-18th

It was the stickiest ammonite I've ever prepped. A bit of a nightmare 😆

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This month I have a xipheroceras from lyme Regis, UK. 190myo.

It's from a septarian or a stellare nodule. Found on the 10th, prepped on the 17-18th

It was the stickiest ammonite I've ever prepped. A bit of a nightmare

That's some nice colors on that. :)

Each dot is 50,000,000 years:

Hadean............Archean..............................Proterozoic.......................................Phanerozoic...........

                                                                                                                    Paleo......Meso....Ceno..

                                                                                                           Ꞓ.OSD.C.P.Tr.J.K..Pg.NgQ< You are here

Doesn't time just fly by?

 

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It seems to me we ought to have a "Preparation Job of the Month". Some of these fossils, quite apart from the find themselves, have had very skillful prep done on them!

Steve Suntok

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It seems to me we ought to have a "Preparation Job of the Month". Some of these fossils, quite apart from the find themselves, have had very skillful prep done on them!

I share the sentiment behind this; there is some awesome skill displayed on our Forum!

The drawback to a Prep-of-the-Month competition is that, while any member has a chance at finding THE fossil, our pool of highly skilled preparators is much smaller. ;)

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Found Friday, November 27th

Partial dentary of Pelagornis sp. - giant pseudotoothed bird

Possibly late Oligocene

Chandler Bridge Formation

Ladson SC

Given its relative rarity, I figured I throw my hat in the ring with this specimen. From the largest flying bird known to have exist. Donated to the Mace Brown Museum of Natural History today (11/30/15).

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I would like to submit my Florida Parotodus benedeni tooth for consideration for VFOTM :) Based on where it was found it's likely late Miocene. I found it Nov 28 and while it's far from perfect they are very rare in south Florida :D

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Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there!

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