Fossildude19 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 I would like to enter my T Rex shed tooth . It was found March 25th. It was found in the Hell Creek Formation from the late Cretaceous period. I found it outside of Jordan Montana. Wow!! Chele,... just,... WOW!! Unreal, the fossils this month. Great finds, everyone. Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpaleo Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Isnt that a big tooth for the species? All the Desmostylus molars I have seen were smaller then this guy but then again, I have never had the pleasure of collecting that famous locality. VERY COOL TOOTH! Yeah its a pretty big one. Pretty much as large as they get, and certainly my largest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) Just a day or so left for someone (Chele?) to post a complete articulated T. rex locked in a death struggle with a complete fully articulated hadrosaur. That's about the only thing that hasn't been posted yet this month. You guys are killing me. I've been stuck at work all month. Don Edited March 29, 2012 by FossilDAWG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Dirtdauber certainly has my vote so far. Brain cases are hard to come by.Congrats on your find. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 (edited) Dirtdauber certainly has my vote so far. Brain cases are hard to come by.Congrats on your find. Especially in my circle of friends. Edited March 29, 2012 by mikeymig Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 chele... congrats on the tooth...that didn't take you long to find one. Good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cris Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Wow, this month's finds have been incredible! Usually I wouldn't enter a month with such stiff competition, but this thread is so epic I just had to contribute to it somehow. Yesterday morning about five minutes into my dive I found this eroding out of an early Pleistocene clay site: Alligator mississippiensis skull with associated lower jaws Early Pleistocene North Florida Found March 29th, 2012 Unfortunately, the weight of the clay had crushed the skull, so it'll be a big job to try to fit together whatever I can. Other skull pieces aren't pictured here - this is just the lower jaw and upper maxilla sections. My first fossil skull besides a turtle or tortoise....too bad about the condition, but I'll still take it! -Cris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 The condition looks fabulous and once you place the elements together even better. Congrats Cris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Wow, this month's finds have been incredible! Usually I wouldn't enter a month with such stiff competition, but this thread is so epic I just had to contribute to it somehow. Yesterday morning about five minutes into my dive I found this eroding out of an early Pleistocene clay site: Alligator mississippiensis skull with associated lower jaws Early Pleistocene North Florida Found March 29th, 2012 Unfortunately, the weight of the clay had crushed the skull, so it'll be a big job to try to fit together whatever I can. Other skull pieces aren't pictured here - this is just the lower jaw and upper maxilla sections. My first fossil skull besides a turtle or tortoise....too bad about the condition, but I'll still take it! -Cris So many good finds this month! Glad to see so many great finds, but it will be tough to vote though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Cris - Cool contribution to the contest. Thankfully its a vert, not like I have a chance or anything. mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 (edited) Unbelievable month of fossils. I've never entered anything for FOTM, but....since the inverts don't have many entries, I'll add one just to have the honor of contributing to one of the most impressive threads ever. Found this on March 4th. Greenhorn Limestone. (Cretaceous) Central Kansas. Fossil pearl. (Edited to add that you can see that it is a little beat up, but you are able to see the layers in close up photo) Edited March 31, 2012 by bowkill 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...
boonxeven Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) I'm very new to fossil hunting, and I think this is actually pretty common, but I'm proud of it. I thought I would share and I hope you like it. It doesn't quite compare to some of the other entries in here, but maybe I can get a noob honorable mention :-) I found it on the 25th of March, and I prepped it in the evenings for the last few nights with dental picks, safety pins, and very carefully soaking it in vinegar. I think I'm finished working on it. Cretaceous period in Central Texas I don't know the specific layer, I'm still learning. Harker Heights area. I'm ignorant on which species, I know it's an echinoid, and it looks very similar to pictures of phymosoma texanum online. It's something similar at least. Enjoy and thanks! Edit: It's 4cm across. Edited March 31, 2012 by boonxeven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Update to my entry of Oklahomacystis from the Platteville: I got the opertunity to meet Denis Kolata at the MAPS fossil show today. He is the foremost expert on echinoderms of the Platteville formation and said that this is the only specimen he had seen of this unique paracrinoid out of the Platteville formation. It was great to be able to meet and talk at length about the fossils of the Platteville Fm, as he has spent 55 years collecting it. Caleb Midwestpaleo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeymig Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Unbelievable month of fossils. I've never entered anything for FOTM, but....since the inverts don't have many entries, I'll add one just to have the honor of contributing to one of the most impressive threads ever. Found this on March 4th. Greenhorn Limestone. Central Kansas. Fossil pearl. (Edited to add that you can see that it is a little beat up, but you are able to see the layers in close up photo) Heyyyyy thats a fossil gemstone not an invertebrate, Your specimen is in a class all its own. Im just messin with ya. I wish I had a fossil pearl. Is it from an Inoceramus? mikey Many times I've wondered how much there is to know. led zeppelin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Mikey, you have a point. I consider it complete, but I guess without both valves of the shell it is incomplete!! No way to tell for sure, but considering the ground is nearly completely covered in Inoceramus shell fragments, that is most likely what it's from. 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...
Fossildude19 Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 Awesome find Ramo! Just another 50 more,... and you can make a bracelet for your wife! Congrats. I won't even bother to put my fish against all the great entries, although I had considered it until Cris put in his Gator Skull! WOW!! Dang, what a month! Regards, Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 IPFOTM -- MAY - 2024 _________________________________________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmoceras Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 I won't even bother to put my fish against all the great entries, although I had considered it until Cris put in his Gator Skull! You can try, you always have a chance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossils4U Posted March 31, 2012 Share Posted March 31, 2012 (edited) NICE FIND..... I want one. Wow, this month's finds have been incredible! Usually I wouldn't enter a month with such stiff competition, but this thread is so epic I just had to contribute to it somehow. Yesterday morning about five minutes into my dive I found this eroding out of an early Pleistocene clay site: Alligator mississippiensis skull with associated lower jaws Early Pleistocene North Florida Found March 29th, 2012 Unfortunately, the weight of the clay had crushed the skull, so it'll be a big job to try to fit together whatever I can. Other skull pieces aren't pictured here - this is just the lower jaw and upper maxilla sections. My first fossil skull besides a turtle or tortoise....too bad about the condition, but I'll still take it! -Cris Edited March 31, 2012 by Fossils4U Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Wow, this month's finds have been incredible! Usually I wouldn't enter a month with such stiff competition, but this thread is so epic I just had to contribute to it somehow. Yesterday morning about five minutes into my dive I found this eroding out of an early Pleistocene clay site: Alligator mississippiensis skull with associated lower jaws Early Pleistocene North Florida Found March 29th, 2012 Unfortunately, the weight of the clay had crushed the skull, so it'll be a big job to try to fit together whatever I can. Other skull pieces aren't pictured here - this is just the lower jaw and upper maxilla sections. My first fossil skull besides a turtle or tortoise....too bad about the condition, but I'll still take it! -Cris Ohhhhhhh, that is AWESOME! I would probably pass out if I found that. Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 Ohhhhhhh, that is AWESOME! I would probably pass out if I found that. I'm swooning over the whole contest; what a month! "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...
WyomingRocks! Posted April 1, 2012 Share Posted April 1, 2012 (edited) I hope I am not too late in entering this leaf specimen I found. It is the greatest, most awesome, colored fossil leaf I have ever found! The white outline is natural and the banding of the host rock is great too. Found March 23rd Cercidiphyllum arcticum Fort Union Formation Eastern Montana - south of Sidney Edited April 1, 2012 by WyomingRocks! WyomingRocks! Stephen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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