fossilis Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 After my report on Christie’s 2008 and the Triceratops, here is Christie’s 2009 and the Ophtalmosaurus. The sale took place in April 2009. Halisaurus, Morocco Titano carzinusaculeartus, Paleocene, Italy ?? Ursus spelaeus, Russia, Pleistocene Araucaria mirabilis (pine cone), Jurassic, Argentina Calmar Megatheutis, Jurassic, Germany (Solnhofen) T-Rex, Cretaceous, USA Ophtalmosaurus, Jurassic, USA Trilobites Symphysurus lehua & Asaphidae, Morocco Asthenocornus titanius, Jurassic, Germany (Solnhofen) Placenticeras sp., Cretaceous, Canada Cranosphinctes, Jurassic, Madagascar Amiidae calamopleurus ingesting another predator Ichthyodectidae cladocyclus, Brasil Nuit des Temps (Français/English) : http://www.nuitdestemps.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 The stuff of dreams! Thanks "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...
fig rocks Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Ooh, I recognize the 3rd one from the end! I think I'm having dejavu! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilis Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 Ooh, I recognize the 3rd one from the end! I think I'm having dejavu! Hi fig rocks Maybe, I believe that somebody used my photos on this forum. I am going to propose you other fossils that you have not seen yet! Saddened for my English / American Stéphane Nuit des Temps (Français/English) : http://www.nuitdestemps.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 Maybe, I believe that somebody used my photos on this forum. What do you mean, Stéphane? "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...
barefootgirl Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 That crab was awesome!! Thanks for sharing those. In formal logic, a contradiction is the signal of defeat: but in the evolution of real knowledge, it marks the first step in progress toward victory. Alfred North Whithead 'Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia!' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dicranurus Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 After my report on Christie’s 2008 and the Triceratops, here is Christie’s 2009 and the Ophtalmosaurus. The sale took place in April 2009. ?? I think this would be Douvilleiceras? "It seems to me that the natural world is the greatest source of excitement; the greatest source of visual beauty; the greatest source of intellectual interest. It is the greatest source of so much in life that makes life worth living." -Sir David Attenborough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fossilis Posted November 24, 2009 Author Share Posted November 24, 2009 No problem Auspex, a friend had made a link on some photos which I placed on a French forum. I think that it is for this reason that fig rocks has already seen the fossil. Congratulation Dicranurus it is indeed about Douvilleiceras orbignyi, Cretaceous, Madagascar. Detail of the spectacular and singular hunting scene Sphenodiscus sp., Cretaceous, Canada Plesiosaure, Cretaceous, Morocco Barancyloceras sp., Cretaceous, Morocco Archeotherium mortoni, Oligocene, USA Group of Pectens, Pliocene, USA Carcharodon megalodon shark jaw with 168 true teeth Detail of Ophtalmosaurus Chelonia turtles accumulation, Cretaceous, China Tripneuse parkinson, Miocene, France Nuit des Temps (Français/English) : http://www.nuitdestemps.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fig rocks Posted November 24, 2009 Share Posted November 24, 2009 No problem Auspex, a friend had made a link on some photos which I placed on a French forum. I think that it is for this reason that fig rocks has already seen the fossil. Congratulation Dicranurus it is indeed about Douvilleiceras orbignyi, Cretaceous, Madagascar. Detail of the spectacular and singular hunting scene Sphenodiscus sp., Cretaceous, Canada Plesiosaure, Cretaceous, Morocco Barancyloceras sp., Cretaceous, Morocco Archeotherium mortoni, Oligocene, USA Group of Pectens, Pliocene, USA Carcharodon megalodon shark jaw with 168 true teeth Detail of Ophtalmosaurus Chelonia turtles accumulation, Cretaceous, China Tripneuse parkinson, Miocene, France No, I'm sorry, that was a joke! Ammonites are my first love and that one came from Alberta which is where I live so I recognized it right away! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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