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2 hours ago, Pixpaleosky said:

Dinosaur caudal vertebra

 

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Date of discovery: May 2019

Name: Titanosaurid indet

Age: Campanian, Upper Cretaceous

Location: Provence, France

Size: 15 CM long

 

Super find Nicolas :D

 

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@Scylla @Pixpaleosky two superb finds!!! Wow! :default_faint::wub:

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Max Derème

 

"I feel an echo of the lightning each time I find a fossil. [...] That is why I am a hunter: to feel that bolt of lightning every day."

   - Mary Anning >< Remarkable Creatures, Tracy Chevalier

 

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Double Pair of Mamenchisaurid Sauropod Ischium

May 17th, 2019

Middle Jurassic (Bajocian, 170 mya)

Xinghe formation, Gansu, China

Size: 1.1 meter long

Found on expedition, bones identified by dinosaur paleontologists

 

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Psammichnites

Carboniferous 

Kilkee Ireland 

((Trilobyte feeding trail?) 

 

Found 5/19/19

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Posted
7 hours ago, MSirmon said:

Psammichnites

Carboniferous 

Kilkee Ireland 

((Trilobyte feeding trail?) 

 

Found 5/19/19

 

 

Psammichnites is a molluscan trace.

 

Psammichnites records the feeding activities of a subsurface animal using a siphon-like device...  ...The analysis of the meniscate structure and trace boundaries of Carboniferous Psammichnites indicates that sediment was transported backward, through the ventral part and along the sides of the animal, resembling sediment transport in modern molluscs...  ...In short, based on morphologic evidence, the possibility of a molluscan producer for Upper Paleozoic Psammichnites has been clearly reestablished.

 

Mángano, M.G., Buatois, L.A., Rindsberg, A.K. 2002

Carboniferous Psammichnites: systematic re-evaluation, taphonomy and autecology.

Ichnos, 9:1-22  PDF LINK

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8 minutes ago, piranha said:

 

 

Psammichnites is a molluscan trace.

 

Psammichnites records the feeding activities of a subsurface animal using a siphon-like device...  ...The analysis of the meniscate structure and trace boundaries of Carboniferous Psammichnites indicates that sediment was transported backward, through the ventral part and along the sides of the animal, resembling sediment transport in modern molluscs...  ...In short, based on morphologic evidence, the possibility of a molluscan producer for Upper Paleozoic Psammichnites has been clearly reestablished.

 

Mángano, M.G., Buatois, L.A., Rindsberg, A.K. 2002

Carboniferous Psammichnites: systematic re-evaluation, taphonomy and autecology.

Ichnos, 9:1-22  PDF LINK

The reason I am leaning to trilobyte feeding lines is that all of the Psammichnites I am finding have raised centers and smooth edges but this clearly has marks along each side that appear to be leg or feet markings. 

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15 minutes ago, MSirmon said:

The reason I am leaning to trilobyte feeding lines is that all of the Psammichnites I am finding have raised centers and smooth edges but this clearly has marks along each side that appear to be leg or feet markings. 

 

 

First, let's lean on the correct spelling: Trilobite! :P  Posted Image 

In any event, your ichnofossil does appear to match well with a diagnosis for Psammichnites.

All the ichnofossil specialists concur that Psammichnites most likely have molluscan origins.

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5 minutes ago, piranha said:

 

 

First, let's lean on the correct spelling: Trilobite! :P  Posted Image 

In any event, your ichnofossil does appear to match well with a diagnosis for Psammichnites.

All the ichnofossil specialists concur that Psammichnites most likely have molluscan origins.

I am good either way and thank you for the clarification. For the record Inwent with the spelling of trilobyte since I’m in a country that spells tires as tyres. 

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Trilobyte= the amount of information the first computers could handle. :heartylaugh:

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As a renewed fossil enthusiast, I have enjoyed dreaming of that next fun find.  It differs greatly for each person, what they consider to be an excellent fossil.  One tosses away a fossil that a newby might cherish.  About four years ago, I started hunting fossils again after 35 years away and found a 35 mm Ptychodus tooth.  I have not lost my interest in this creature and now pester Shawn Hamm fairly regularly about my new finds. Bless him for putting up with me.  But, he loves Ptychodus just as much as I do - if not more.   Sometimes he reciprocates by sharing his recent finds.  Mainly, it is a one-sided friendship.   I had a dream last week about finding a nearly flawless large Ptychodus tooth.  On May 22, 2019, I took a spontaneous lunch break at a recently flooded creek and then saw a nearly perfect tooth exposed in a shale matrix outcrop of the Eagle Ford.  Not where I expected to find one at all.  So, here it is.  Day of find pics and final display picture taken May 24, 2019.

 

DATE OF DISCOVERY:  5/22/2019

SCIENTIFIC NAME:  PTYCHODUS MARGINALIS

GEOLOGIC FORMATION/AGE:  CRETACEOUS EAGLE FORD SOUTH BOSQUE MEMBER - TURONIAN

LOCATION FOUND:  TRAVIS COUNTY, TEXAS, UNITED STATES

SIZE:  35MM TOOTH WIDTH, 10 MM CROWN HEIGHT, ROOT IN MATRIX BUT LIKELY AT LEAST PARTIALLY MISSING

12 RIDGES - NEARLY FLAWLESS CONDITION

 

A tooth is added to the amazing vertebra bone collections.

 

Respectfully,

 

Lee Schnelle, Geologist

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Discovered 2019/05
crab indet
Eocene
France Provence

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17 hours ago, MSirmon said:

I am good either way and thank you for the clarification. For the record Inwent with the spelling of trilobyte since I’m in a country that spells tires as tyres. 

:default_rofl:

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Wow, Gus @Scylla - OUTSTANDING find!!!!!!!!!!

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1 minute ago, Monica said:

Wow, Gus @Scylla - OUTSTANDING find!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Monica, it did put a smile on my face :)

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On 5/25/2019 at 3:12 AM, pierre le bouscatier said:

Discovered 2019/05
crab indet
Eocene
France Provence

 

I would say Coeloma vigil, nice!

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glu  ok thank you

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So many cool finds! It's going to be hard to vote!

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On The Hunt For The Trophy Otodus!

 

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On 5/21/2019 at 1:23 AM, Scylla said:

Date found: September 5, 2018

Date prep completed May 17, 2019

Name: Triarthrus eatoni

Geologic age: Ordovician

Locality: Beecher's beds, Walcott quarry, near Rome, NY

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The circled parts are trilobite eggs. Needless to say there is soft tissue preservation of the legs and antenna as well.

Wow; we have the winner! 

 

What mineral has replaced the soft tissues and exoskeleton; a phosphate, pyrite?

My goal is to leave no stone or fossil unturned.   

See my Arizona Paleontology Guide    link  The best single resource for Arizona paleontology anywhere.       

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5 hours ago, DPS Ammonite said:

Wow; we have the winner! 

 

What mineral has replaced the soft tissues and exoskeleton; a phosphate, pyrite?

These are pyrite. Here is a New Yorker article on the site.

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Date of Discovery / 16th May

Ichthyosaur jaw, possibly lower Jaw

Lower Jurassic

Found in Whitby, Yorkshire Coast,

Prepared by Mark Hawkes

 

 

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On 5/21/2019 at 1:23 AM, Scylla said:

Date found: September 5, 2018

Date prep completed May 17, 2019

Name: Triarthrus eatoni

Geologic age: Ordovician

Locality: Beecher's beds, Walcott quarry, near Rome, NY

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 Quite a story behind this one. In the late 1800's Valiant discovered this quarry, later, Beecher started scientific study of it but Walcott (of later Burgess Shale fame) started to dig only a few feet away. For more detail click here.

 

Fast forward 120 or so years. I got an invite to a paid day digging in this quarry with one of my fossling buddies, Gary V. Markus was a great host and taught us so much about trilobites and how to see them with his x-Ray vision.  Gary found a complete bug within the first 5 minutes. I took 3 hours to find my first one. By the end of the day I had managed to find five. Markus' son prepped these for me and I just picked them up yesterday on my way home from the Penn Dixie dig. Two of the five had eggs and one had a 3 part terminal claw (foot?). Wish I could post more than 4 pics here. The circled parts are trilobite eggs. Needless to say there is soft tissue preservation of the legs and antenna as well.

I'm posting a trip report with more pictures HERE but it will take me some time, be patient please :rolleyes:

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I am very new to fossil hunting and collecting but I have a good eye for seeing patterns in the rocks on the beach. 

 

I was lucky enough to have several lovely finds at the weekend but am most proud of this one due to its sheer size. At first I could not believe what I was seeing and wondered if I was imagining it but it was real. 

 

I have already arranged to go into the local primary school and show it to some children there. You never know, it could help to inspire them to be interested in fossils too. 

 

I found it on 25/5/19

nautoid Cenocerus

Early Jurassic

on the beach at Mappleton, Yorkshire

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5 minutes ago, Sebaileyuk said:

I am very new to fossil hunting and collecting but I have a good eye for seeing patterns in the rocks on the beach. 

 

I was lucky enough to have several lovely finds at the weekend but am most proud of this one due to its sheer size. At first I could not believe what I was seeing and wondered if I was imagining it but it was real. 

 

I have already arranged to go into the local primary school and show it to some children there. You never know, it could help to inspire them to be interested in fossils too. 

 

I found it on 25/5/19

nautoid Cenocerus

on the beach at Mappleton, Yorkshire

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That is a wonderful fossil!  I have volunteered to show fossils and discuss rock types at elementary schools and chaperoned kids to a fossil museum.  This is a very important thing - to share your passion for paleontology - whether amateur or professional. This planet is an amazing place for us to live.  Fossils help us to understand how much more amazing it has been during the past. And, where we may be heading. 

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