Xiphactinus Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 We found this cool fossil in Kansas over Memorial Day. It's the internal support for the giant squid Tusoteuthis. Extra cool are the perfect bites out of it, most likely from a small Squalicorax shark. Fossil is about 2 feet long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 So... why do you have all the luck lol Great find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
32fordboy Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 So... why do you have all the luck lol Great find! No kidding! www.nicksfossils.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeD Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Holy cow! I mean Holy Squidbert! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 anyone up for calamari?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 OK, quit teasing us X-man...got any close-ups (of the fossil)? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 That is one fantastic find. I don't see many or any of those. Is that a rare find? Please don't tell me this is your fifth... Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 That is one fantastic find. I don't see many orany of those. Is that a rare find? Please don't tell me this is your fifth... finding pieces aren't that rare in Kansas. Finding pretty complete ones are. No, I haven't found 5....just 2. The first wasn't nearly that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 OK, a fossil Cretaceous "cuttle bone" with major predation/scavenging marks.... Excuse me, I feel a good drool coming on! "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...
CreekCrawler Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 That's a great find and display piece.Have any close up pictures of the Squali bite marks?? I knew you went out Mem day and it looks like you did great! Any Mosasaur material found on the trip? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Very nice..... the bite marks too..... well done Great find! Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 That's a great find and display piece.Have any close up pictures of the Squali bite marks??I knew you went out Mem day and it looks like you did great! Any Mosasaur material found on the trip? I'll post some closeups of the bite marks this weekend... No mosasaur Our finds included: many fish teeth, a nice fish skull (about a foot long....needs a lot of prep work), a section of 8 Xiphactinus verts from near the tail, a small protosphyreana fin, and the squid. Not a bad haul for a weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 No doubt! Have any pictures of the sting of X-Fish verts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xiphactinus Posted July 1, 2009 Author Share Posted July 1, 2009 No doubt! Have any pictures of the sting of X-Fish verts? no...and I just cleaned them off a little and left them in the plaster jacket and sent it to the St. Louis Science Center for a display they are doing. Thought it would be nice to show what stuff looks like "fresh" from the field. Won't be able to get my hands on it until Sept. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CreekCrawler Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 St. Louis Science Center for a display they are doing. Thought it would be nice to show what stuff looks like "fresh" from the field. That's nice of you! I hope to be able to do that someday! Since I just started seriously collecting fossils about a 1 1/2 years ago......I have a hard time letting anything go However if I find something that is rare or significant to academics I'll give it up out of principle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommabetts Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Awesome find, congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest N.AL.hunter Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 Neat find. New to me so i've learned something too. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedative Posted July 1, 2009 Share Posted July 1, 2009 VERY awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 I've been waiting to see how you did. Looks like you did alright. Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
micropterus101 Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 Is everything you find so big? Good show! fossil crabs website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bj aurora Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 WOW - that is awesome! I always wondered why we don't find any belemnites (or beaks) here at Lee Creek - must be because all the best ended up in the midwest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 ...I always wondered why we don't find any belemnites (or beaks) here at Lee Creek... Actually, belemnites didn't survive the K-T extinction: Lee Creek strata is a bit newer. "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...
Boesse Posted July 2, 2009 Share Posted July 2, 2009 So... how big was this cephalopod anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefossilkid Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 WOW! amazing find! Jake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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