The Growing Collection of Ziggycardon

[ziggycardon]

I had to do some rearraging to my Triassic display to make space for my Edingerella fossil, but I must say I am pleased with how it turned out  

[Troodon]

Nice job

[dinosaur man]

1 hour ago, ziggycardon said:

I had to do some rearraging to my Triassic display to make space for my Edingerella fossil, but I must say I am pleased with how it turned out  

[ziggycardon]

Been doing some prepping on some limestone blocks I collected back in August during my first fossil hunt in Eben-Emael in hopes of finding things for a later time. 
And lately I have started to prep some pieces in moments when I didn't felt like doing anything else.

 

A block with some pieces of crab/lobster armor

 

A block with some oysters (Acutostrea uncinella) & some urchins

 

A block mit multiple Acutostrea uncinella

 

And a urchin that looked like this when found, we found it. It was enbedded in quite hard limestone and the urchin was very fragile and durin extracting it, is simply broke in a lot of pieces. 
But I kept them all together and last week I decided to glue puzzle a bit and glue the pieces back and I must say I have it almost complete, only the buttom part of the urchin did remain when the rest broke...

 

And ofcourse the cat keeping me company on the fossil room  

 

[sander]

On 16-4-2020 at 5:30 PM, ziggycardon said:

I had to do some rearraging to my Triassic display to make space for my Edingerella fossil, but I must say I am pleased with how it turned out  

 

That is not an Edingerella fossil, it is a skull of Mahavisaurus dentatus.

Kind regards,

Sander

 

 

 

[ziggycardon]

3 hours ago, sander said:

 

That is not an Edingerella fossil, it is a skull of Mahavisaurus dentatus.

Kind regards,

Sander

 

 

 

Thank you very much for correcting it!

I had my suspicions that the ID was incorrect as the eye sockets where located way too up front than everything I could find about Edingeralla, but my google search didn't find any other matching species but now I do. 

So thank you!  

[ziggycardon]

Finally installed some extra lights in some of the cabinets in the fossil room!  
Been wanting to do this for quite some time as I found them way to dark, some fossils didn't get any justice in the semi-darkness.

[Tidgy's Dad]

Looks marvelous. 

[ziggycardon]

The first of 3 fossils I recently ordered arrived! 

A small Mosasaur tooth from Bakrit in Morocco (Cretaceous, 70 mya), it was listed as Plioplatecarpus but I'll have to do some comparing before I'll give it a positive ID.
Very nice tooth though, quite a rare location and I love the coloration on it! Very happy to have added it to the collection  

[ziggycardon]

The 2nd of 3 fossils I recently ordered just arrived!  

A Leanchoilia illecebrosa found in Maotianshan Shales, Chiungchussu Formation, Chengjiang, Yunnan province, China (Cambrian, 521 - 514 mya)

[ziggycardon]

And the last of the of the 3 fossil packages I recently ordered arrived and by far my favorite!  

It's a 40 % original Diplodocus fibula found in the Morrison formation in Wyoming, USA (Jurassic, 155 mya).

 

Non-Moroccan dinosaur material is generally quite hard to come by here in Europe, so when a local museum started a small online shop to sell some excess pieces from their museum collection including this bone, I quickly decided to purchase it. 

The museum recently aqcuired a complete Diplodocus skeleton, so I suppose they didn't have much use for having this one in their collection.

 

It's a very nice and big piece which measures around 68 cm and it is actually my first dinosaur bone that isn't a vertebra.

 

 

 

[dinosaur man]

18 hours ago, ziggycardon said:

And the last of the of the 3 fossil packages I recently ordered arrived and by far my favorite!  

It's a 40 % original Diplodocus fibula found in the Morrison formation in Wyoming, USA (Jurassic, 155 mya).

 

Non-Moroccan dinosaur material is generally quite hard to come by here in Europe, so when a local museum started a small online shop to sell some excess pieces from their museum collection including this bone, I quickly decided to purchase it. 

The museum recently aqcuired a complete Diplodocus skeleton, so I suppose they didn't have much use for having this one in their collection.

 

It's a very nice and big piece which measures around 68 cm and it is actually my first dinosaur bone that isn't a vertebra.

 

Wow, amazing! 

[ziggycardon]

On 13-5-2020 at 7:23 AM, dinosaur man said:

Wow, amazing! 

Thank you!  

[ziggycardon]

While I technically already blew my entire fossil budget for this month (and perhaps more than just my fossil budget...), I just had to get this beauty when I saw it coming by with one of my favorite sellers.  
It's a decently sized Phytosaur tooth from the Redonda formation in Quay County, New Mexico, USA (Triassic, 220 mya). 
I've been looking to add a decently sized Phytosaur tooth for quite some while, so I was delighted to get my hands on this one which will get a nice spot in my Triassic display!  

[connorp]

On 5/7/2020 at 5:22 AM, ziggycardon said:

A Leanchoilia illecebrosa found in Maotianshan Shales, Chiungchussu Formation, Chengjiang, Yunnan province, China (Cambrian, 521 - 514 mya)

The names Chiungchussu, Qiongzhusi, and Heilinpu get interchanged a lot. I think Chiungchussu is an anglicization of Qiongzhusi. The old terminology was the Qiongzhusi (Chiungchussu) Formation of the Qiongzhusian (Chiungchussuian) stage, but the current terminology is the Heilinpu Formation of the Qiongzhusian stage.

[ziggycardon]

1 minute ago, connorp said:

The names Chiungchussu, Qiongzhusi, and Heilinpu get interchanged a lot. I think Chiungchussu is an anglicization of Qiongzhusi. The old terminology was the Qiongzhusi (Chiungchussu) Formation of the Qiongzhusian (Chiungchussuian) stage, but the current terminology is the Heilinpu Formation of the Qiongzhusian stage.

Thank you for the clarification, I did indeed found many different names for the formation so I just picked the one I saw coming by most often. 
Thank you, I'll now be able to change in correctly into my excel sheet.  

[FF7_Yuffie]

You display your fossils so well. They look amazing.

 

Giving me some ideas how to display mine when I get the chance to bring them over from England to my home in Taiwan.

[ziggycardon]

On 28-5-2020 at 5:25 AM, FF7_Yuffie said:

You display your fossils so well. They look amazing.

 

Giving me some ideas how to display mine when I get the chance to bring them over from England to my home in Taiwan.

Thank you! I am glad my efforts at creating neat displays are paying off  

 

[ziggycardon]

I recieved some exciting new Cenozoïc fossils today in the mail!  

 

A tar pit beetle (Hydrophillus sp.) found in the McKittrick Brea Tar Pits, Kern County, California, USA (Pleistocene, 20 000 years old)
This one has been on my fossil wishlist for quite some time as I am a huge beetle enthousiast and I've been wanting a Tar Pit fossil for a while  

 

The 2nd fossil that arrived is a large Lophiodon lautricensis molar in a bone matrix, found in St. Mammert, Gard, France (Eocene, 37 mya)

Also something that was on the wishlist for quite some time, as I wanted to add a fossil from a terrestrial mammal from Eocene to my collection.

[ziggycardon]

I recieved some new fossils in the past few days!  
Currently I am still waiting on a Therizinosaurus claw replica and a book on Sauropods. 

 

 

A Eurysternum wagleri turtle limb found in the Solnhofen Limestone, Malm Zeta 3, Heinheim, Nr. Eichstatt, Bavaria in Germany (Jurassic, 150 mya)

It's my first vertebrate fossil from the Solnhofen limestone. I am planning on expanding my Solnhofen collection in the near future. When I finally get rid of the big aquarium that now stands empty in the fossilroom, I plan to add 2 more display blocks on which most of my collection is displayed.

I wanted to make it a mesozoïc corner to my dinosaur claw replica's, my Diplodocus bone, my Hell Creek stuff, Triassic stuff and all my Solnhofen stuff. I wanted to use 2 shelfs to display the Solnhofen stuff and with the help of some risers as well which I recently ordered.

 

 

A Nemiana simplex found in Mogilev Podolski, Vinnitsa region, Ukraine. (Ediacaran, 550 mya)

I recently lost a bidding on a Dickinsonia fossil and I was kinda angry about it as I really set my mind on getting some Ediacaran stuff. But I missed out so I decided to get this one instead and some bonus fossils!  

 

A nice dinosaur vertebrae found in the Hell Creek formation, Montana, USA. (Cretaceous, 66 mya)
The vertebrae belong either to Thescelosaurus or Pachycephalosaurus.

 

And it looks splendid in my Hell Creek display!

 

A Plagiolophus incisor found in Euzet-les-Bains in France. (Eocene, 35 mya)

 

With the new additions of my first Eocene terrestrial mammal material, I decided to create a Eocene display. 
I am still waiting on some risers to arrive and I plan on installing some light in the cabinet, but here is what it currently looks like! 

 

 

 

 

[ziggycardon]

And ofcourse the new pieces of baltic amber, I really got a bargain with these as some have some really nice inclusions!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With these 10 pieces I was finally able to fill my floating amber display!  

[FF7_Yuffie]

Great additions to a great collection

 

 

I had my eye on the same Thesch/Pachy vert. It's a very nice one, I dont see many for sale with the arch.

[ziggycardon]

On 16-6-2020 at 11:41 AM, FF7_Yuffie said:

Great additions to a great collection

 

 

I had my eye on the same Thesch/Pachy vert. It's a very nice one, I dont see many for sale with the arch.

Thank you!  
 

I am very happy with the vert, cause like you said, they don't come often with the arch intact. 
 

[ziggycardon]

My newest addition to the collection: 

A catshark/carpet shark found in Hajula, Byblos, Lebanon (Cretaceous, 98 mya).

I fell in love with this piece when I saw it offered on the webshop of one of my favorite fossil dealers and I just had to get it.  
I just love the piece, love the preservation, the coloring, the way the shark is preserved. It's just a very cool and most of all a very aesthetically pleasing piece. 

 

[ziggycardon]

I recieved some awesome new pieces the last 2 days and I've done some rearranging in the fossil room the last few days.

 

The first fossil arrived yesterday, 

it's an Ichthyosaur tooth (Platypterygius kiprijanolfi) found in the Seversk sandstone, Stary-Oskol, Belgorod, Kursk in Russia (Cretaceous, Albian, ±100 mya). 
The tooth is in fine condition and reasonable sized,very happy to add another rare tooth to the collection. 
In the coming days I also expect a smal Plesiosaur tooth from the same location which my girlfriend ordered for me as a present  

 

Then today I recieved another amazing replica claw, one I wanted for a very long time. 
It's a 70 cm long Therizinosaurus cheloniformis claw replica (originally found in the Nemegt formation in Mongolia, Cretaceous 70 mya)
Unfortunatly I don't have a spot for it yet, but I'll explain my plans at the end of this post.

 

 

As I mentioned, I also did some rearranging in the fossil room.
I emptied my nautiloid shelf in the showcase and moved most of the ammonites & nautilusses to a shelf in the display blocks in the room. I also did split it up a bit as I decided to put al the Paleozoïc nautiloids in the paleozoïc display and I placed some Jurassic Coast ammonites in my European Jurassic Seas display. 

Because I moved the ammonites out of the showcase, I had some free space and I decided to move some Paleozoïc stuff to it as my Paleozoïc display was getting to crowded, so now it's nicely split up with room for expansion.

 

I also moved some thing around in my Mesozoïc display.
I removed my Prionolepis from Haqel and placed it with my Lebanese shark in a temperate display, I removed my Prognathodon tooth and added in the Khouribga display.
I moved my Hildoceras ammonite to it as it is my first ever fossil and I didn't want to move it out of the showcase. And I added the new Russian Ichthyosaur tooth. 

 

I also recieved multiple risers, although I am currently only using one, I do intent to use the others in future displays.

The first display with the newly arrived risers, is my Solnhofen display.

 

 

And like I mentioned before, my plans for expansion: 
Some might remember that I used to have a large bichir (Polypterys retropinnis) in an aquarium on the fossilroom that sadly passed away last year due to old age.
Because the aquarium is now empty and quite old (possibly between 20 and 30 years old) I don't really dare to fill it up again as it has had some leaks in the past. 
So I decided to soon get of rid of the tank and when it is finally removed I want to add some new displays on its spot.

I wanted to add 2 of the display cubes that I already use around the room and I wanted to use them as a Mesozoïc corner with a main focus on non-Moroccan dinosaurs. 
I do intent to move all my dinosaur claw replica's to it, as well as my British Wealden material, and I wanted to create an iron cast stand for my Diplodocus bone so I can display it upright. 
I wanted to merge 2 shelves into one to create one big display shelf where I want to move my Solnhofen display too, as it is something I do want to expand upon in the future. 

And I also want to move my Hell Creek display to one of the shelves as well as my Triassic collection although I am not entirely sure about the last one. 

I am also planning on expanding on non-Moroccan dinosaur material and might want to start getting some more "exotic" dinosaur material (mainly teeth) which I will also mean to display here.

In the future I might also add a large replica of a Patagotitan femur as the British paleoartist where I just recieved my Therizinosaurus claw from (He also produced my Spinosaurus skull on the wall and pretty much all the other claw replica's I own) also produces these Patagotitan bones. So I am considering buying one in the next few years, at least if it fits in the room