Eriphia Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 It's well known that some fossils can get extremly big sizes (Nautilus, Ammonites) but also some others such us crabs (Tumidocarcinus), C. megalodon, etc. I begin this post to ask you posting pictures of really big bugs you have found, not necessarily the abovementioned, but unexpectedly big sized species (gastropods, echinoids...) I mean, those by far bigger that the standard. Crabs are out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roz Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 It's well known that some fossils can get extremly big sizes (Nautilus, Ammonites) but also some others such us crabs (Tumidocarcinus), C. megalodon, etc. I begin this post to ask you posting pictures of really big bugs you have found, not necessarily the abovementioned, but unexpectedly big sized species (gastropods, echinoids...) I mean, those by far bigger that the standard. Can it be something huge from a museum then? Did you want huge ammonites too, I mean HUGE? Welcome to the forum! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Echinocorys texanus, Anacacho Fm, South Texas Peroniceras?, Austin Grp, South Texas Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Echinocorys texanus, Anacacho Fm, South Texas Peroniceras?, Austin Grp, South Texas That's massive Dan!!! I've heard of them being as big as car tires before but I've never seen a photo til now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriphia Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 That's the point Dan ! Perfect! Crabs are out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Bob Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) Echinocorys texanus, Anacacho Fm, South Texas Peroniceras?, Austin Grp, South Texas Hey Dan are there some kind of tracks on that echinoid? Or is that where it adhered to the ground? Edited January 10, 2010 by Just Bob "It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." Upton Sinclair Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Its a partial worm tube on the echie. Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Heres my biggest ammonites and nautilus.... Paracoroniceras charlesi.... 23" & Vermiceras... 22" Cenoceras obesum...13 1/2" Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 td - i went through your gallery a little while back and was incapacitated with awe for a day or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriphia Posted January 11, 2010 Author Share Posted January 11, 2010 Heres my biggest ammonites and nautilus.... Paracoroniceras charlesi.... 23" & Vermiceras... 22" Cenoceras obesum...13 1/2" Wow ! Put some chairs around these ammos, and get the big stoned table dude! ! Congrats! Crabs are out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 As some of you know, I am inlove with concretions. Here is a pic of our largest to date. Someday I may even prep it. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicholas Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 As some of you know, I am inlove with concretions. Here is a pic of our largest to date. Someday I may even prep it. RB Today sounds like a good day for it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 12, 2010 Share Posted January 12, 2010 Here is a picture of my larges Pulalius. I knew a guy in the state of Washington that had found one a tad bit larger, and then I meet this guy in Canada who has one that blows this one away it was so huge! I do seem to have a very large one from this last trip I took to the left coast, I mean west coast, that I will have to prep out someday? its in many many pieces sad to say. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eriphia Posted January 12, 2010 Author Share Posted January 12, 2010 As some of you know, I am inlove with concretions. Here is a pic of our largest to date. Someday I may even prep it. RB Just done to be put on a necklace !!! WHAT A GOOD CONCRETION !!!! :pic: :pic: Crabs are out there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Dactyll Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 RJB..... That concretion is crazy, I bet all the preppers 'twitched' when they saw that ....lololol Cheers Steve... And Welcome if your a New Member... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Smilodon Posted January 13, 2010 Share Posted January 13, 2010 (edited) I've posted this photo before, but it is worth showing again. Campanille giganteum - shell is 18 inches long. That's some escargooooooooooo! Edited January 13, 2010 by Smilodon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RJB Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 I've posted this photo before, but it is worth showing again. Campanille giganteum - shell is 18 inches long. That's some escargooooooooooo! Very very nice Don. I have wanted one of those for many years but was always too cheap to just pay for one. Very expensive those! I have aquired this one, but it is not gigantium. Im still trying to get one of those. Very nice fossil. I am truly envious. RB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placoderms Posted January 14, 2010 Share Posted January 14, 2010 26" x 8.5" Cephalopod from Michigan. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 (edited) That is a big cephalopod Plac! The biggest cephalopod that I saw was at Carden Quarry Brechin ON ... about the size of 1/2 car used a a truck marker in the quarry... weighted a couple of tons... had no camera at the time. Here is the biggest trilobite molt... my first fossil collected and biggest in my collection... that got me started at this wonderful hobby.... 9" long Isotelus Trilobite from Colborne Quarry ON. PL Edited January 15, 2010 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted January 15, 2010 Share Posted January 15, 2010 This is a toe bone from the original Big Bird; Dromornis stirtoni The bone is 2" (5 cm) long, from the Waite Fm (Late Miocene), central Northern Territory, Australia. Dromornis stirtoni was 10' (3 meters) tall, and weighed half a ton (500 kilos). That is heavier than Aepyornis (Elephant Bird), and taller than the tallest Moa. "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...
Placoderms Posted January 16, 2010 Share Posted January 16, 2010 That is a big cephalopod Plac! The biggest cephalopod that I saw was at Carden Quarry Brechin ON ... about the size of 1/2 car used a a truck marker in the quarry... weighted a couple of tons... had no camera at the time. Here is the biggest trilobite molt... my first fossil collected and biggest in my collection... that got me started at this wonderful hobby.... 9" long Isotelus Trilobite from Colborne Quarry ON. PL Molt or not, still impressive PL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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