Whats on your fossil 'bucket list'?

[BugOutGirl]

I'm sure we all have different types of fossils, or a particular fossil that we would very much like to add to our personal collections.

What I would like more than anything is a nicely preserved crinoid speciman, embedded in the rock.

Id also like an ammonite, trilobite, and I really want a megaladon tooth.

Once I have all of the above, I can die happy.

Oh and a mosasaur tooth would be cool too.

Id also like a life size replica trex skull for my living room.

What about the rest of you?

[BugOutGirl]

Oh and id also prefer to find as many of these as possible myself.

[PaleoRon]

Sounds like a reasonable list. With a bit of driving and persistence you should be able to find all of those fossils.

[Jesuslover340]

Very reasonable list. I'll start this off:

-Megalodon teeth from different countries

-Rare dinosaur tooth

-Dicranurus hamatas elegantus trilobite

-Ceratonurus trilobite (may have to check on spelling...)

-I'd like to one day find my own megalodon here in the U.S. .

-I hope to one day be able to look for dinosaur fossils here in the U.S.

-Look for fossils in Europe

Edited March 3, 2016 by Jesuslover340

[ynot]

Anything I have not found -- yet!!

Tony

[Troodon]

For me I'm happy with any fossil I find. It's not something you can order up. Most specimens, no matter how many you find, are not identical anyway so they are all special.

[HamptonsDoc]

A complete Saltasaurus egg...

[PA Fossil Finder]

For me I'm happy with any fossil I find. It's not something you can order up. Most specimens, no matter how many you find, are not identical anyway so they are all special.

Same here. All fossils are unique, and I hate having to throw any outside to weather away - they aren't an unlimited resource! I'd rather give them away for someone else to enjoy. But I am still searching for a complete trilobite!

[frankh8147]

I think the toughest one on your list is the crinoid. Also, you think that's all you need but by the time you get them, your mind has already come up with a new 'bucket list' you have to dig up! My list right now is,

1. (Ones I want to find in New Jersey): Complete Mosasaurus maximus tooth, anything identifiable as Nodosaur, Deinosuchus tooth, and the toughest one; a theropod claw.

2. (Worldwide): a large T-rex tooth from the Western U.S., and a variety of those opal fossils from Australia.

[-Andy-]

Mosasaur skull, or at least an entire jaw

Large pliosaur tooth, at least 3"

Plesiosaur paddle

One of the super rare dino teeth (Dilophosaurus / Carnotaurus / Megalosaurus / Acrocanthosaurus / Siamotyrannus)

Whole Ichthyosaur

Spiny drotops

Whole ammolite

Basilosaurus tooth from US

Horseshoe crab

Psittacosaurus

Mammoth tusk

3" Elasmosaurus tooth

3" Daspletosaurus tooth(crown only)

Large titanosaur egg (whole or partial)

Saber cat skull

Large German amphibian

Oviraptorid/dromaeosaur claw

Whole Ankylosaurus scute

Set of at least 4 sauropod vertebrae

Stegosaurus plate/spike

Edmontosaurus humerus, or any huge bone the size of a dog

Whole gar, at least 16" in length

Phytosaur jaw / set of 3 or more vertebrae

[bcfossilcollector]

Hallucigenia sparsa! Never going to happen.

[zekky]

Stegosaurus Tooth

Therizinosaur tooth

Megaraptorinae Tooth

Utahraptor anything

[jpc]

whatever I find on my next day out...

or a Cretaceous mammal skull.

[Runner64]

Iguanodon Tooth

Afrovenator Tooth

Tarbosaurus Tooth

Eocarcharia Tooth

Deinonychus Tooth

Psittachosaurs Tooth

Acrocanthosaurus Tooth

I always thought starting a collection of theropod teeth from the Morrison would be neat.

Just recently knocked a big one off, a Baryonyx tooth.

Edited March 3, 2016 by Runner64

[calhounensis]

http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/44960-whats-still-on-your-fill-my-bucket-list/?hl=+bucket%20+list

[Carcharodontosaurus]

I'd like to expand my theropod tooth collection as far as possible, but big wishes include Acrocanthosaurus, Baryonyx, Dryptosaurus, Deinonychus, Tarbosaurus, Dakotaraptor and Eocarcharia. Giganotosaurus or Megalosaurus would be nice but very, very rare.

Also, to go on a fossil hunting trip to the Hell Creek Formation, or on a larger scale, a fossil hunting trip across the United States.

[mechanic mike]

Anything and everything..It seems like the best finds are the ones you don't expect

[Susan from PA]

Well, since my collection is focused on dinosaur fossils, I'd like to go on a dinosaur fossil dig more than anything in the world. I'd also like to go to the Tucson fossil show as well one day. Other than those two, here's my bucket list:

Triceratops humerus

Spinosaurus hand claw

Tyrannosaurid hand or foot claw

Pachycephalosaurus tooth with root

Carnotaurus tooth, (one of my son's favorites).

Deinosuchus tooth

Troodon tooth

T.rex toe bone

Ankylosaur tooth with root

Triceratops brow or nasal horn

Dinosaur egg (any species)

T.rex femur

Coelophysis tooth

Carcharodontosaurus tooth

Daspletosaurus tooth (larger than 3.5 inches)

Maxilla or mandible with erupting teeth (any dinosaur species)

Edmontosaurus ungal

Triceratops metatarsal

There are just too many to list. . Many of these will never happen unless my powerball numbers come up, but it doesn't hurt to dream. .

[Down under fossil hunter]

Oh and id also prefer to find as many of these as possible myself.

I think you have a great chance of finding the life size T-rex skull replica yourself.

[Mombo]

I lucked out in that one of my major ones, a Megalodon tooth, was given to me by my former boss.

As it stands now:

- A nice and detailed fossil from my local hunting ground. (Saw someone dig one up, but haven't found any exception fossils myself yet)

- A full theropod tooth, no necessarily T-Rex, but one of its cousins would be cool.

- Miocene era porpoise or whale skull, jawbone would be fine too.

I'm still new, so who knows what this list will look like in 10, 15, 20 years.

[aplomado]

Dig a fish out of fossil lake with my kids...

[Manticocerasman]

Very reasonable list. I'll start this off:

-Megalodon teeth from different countries

-Rare dinosaur tooth

-Dicranurus hamatas elegantus trilobite

-Ceratonurus trilobite (may have to check on spelling...)

-I'd like to one day find my own megalodon here in the U.S. .

-I hope to one day be able to look for dinosaur fossils here in the U.S.

-Look for fossils in Europe

That last part can be no problem if you and Troy come to visit mabey that we even can find a meg

[JarrodB]

1. Tylosaur

2. Plesiosaur

3. Xiphactinus

The whole creatures would be nice but I will settle for the skulls. lol

[janislav]

A mammoth tooth. That's all I need. A mammoth tooth.

And a placoderm plate. A mammoth tooth and a placoderm plate. That's all I need.

And this ash tray...

[Ridgehiker]

Hallucigenia sparsa! Never going to happen.

Sure it could happen since you live in B.C.

A fraction of the thousand potential sites in Yoho or adjacent national parks have had a human climb over them that had an eye for fossils. There's a hundred tucked away crannies on one rock cliff and a large scree slope could be explored for weeks. Stop anywhere random along the Rockies and you could find the next Burgess Shale or something more spectacular.

My ideal find.

Something I have only come across twice but both times the specimens were in remote areas and in unmovable matrix....a relatively complete Helicoprion tooth swirl. A specimen in a small piece of matrix I could collect it if I wanted but, instead, just put it back down. Then I can trip over an mountain ledge and happily go to fossil heaven.

Edited March 3, 2016 by Ridgehiker