FF7_Yuffie Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 My first fossil of the new year. Hopefully the first of many. A Hadrosaur vertebra from the Judith River Formation. Quite worn, but well priced and I've been keeping an eye out for a decent priced Hadrosaur vertebra for a while 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyss Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 On 12/28/2020 at 10:28 PM, MarcoSr said: I've been buying a bit of petrified wood from Indonesia lately. These two colorful petrified wood pieces arrived today: These two pieces of agatized petrified wood with Botryoidal Chalcedony are in the mail from Indonesia: Marco Sr. Absolutely beautiful pieces of petrified wood ! even the ones you've posted before that are not in this post. Makes me On 12/29/2020 at 7:38 AM, TOM BUCKLEY said: Absolutely beautiful. I had no idea that petrified wood could be so colorful. Tom Really ? You've been staring at bland fossils ( Bones, teeth, etc..) for too long ! With all the minerals petrified wood gets saturated with, they're like a master piece of art that mother nature (& time) has created. Any color or pattern will happen through out the world, while some locations are well known for their certain unique petrified wood that doesn't happen anywhere else in the world except their location. I'd say explore petrified wood & their beauty & buy one you like ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarcoSr Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 2 hours ago, Abyss said: Absolutely beautiful pieces of petrified wood ! even the ones you've posted before that are not in this post. Makes me I've posted in another post a good number of closeup pictures of the Indonesian blue copper slabs and black and white slabs that were in the earlier posts that you reference. Here are a couple of closeup pictures from an Indonesian blue copper slab that show the vivid colors. Marco Sr. 2 "Any day that you can fossil hunt is a great day." My family fossil website Some Of My Shark, Ray, Fish And Other Micros My Extant Shark Jaw Collection Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiros Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 A partial huge machairodus upper canine, it's my Christmas present 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOM BUCKLEY Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 17 minutes ago, Kiros said: A partial huge machairodus upper canine, it's my Christmas present You must have been a very good boy last year. I can only dream of having one of those. Congratulations. Tom AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGIST STROKE SURVIVOR CANCER SURVIVOR CURMUDGEON "THERE IS A VERY FINE LINE BETWEEN AVOCATIONAL PALEONTOLOGY AND MENTAL ILLNESS" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiros Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 minute ago, TOM BUCKLEY said: You must have been a very good boy last year. I can only dream of having one of those. Congratulations. Tom Ahaha thank you, being a partial I could get at an affordable price for me ahah. Complete ones are out of my league. Nonetheless it must have been a very big specimen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
msantix Posted January 4, 2021 Share Posted January 4, 2021 Ended the year by buying a few fossils and they just arrived today Afrovenator Abakensis? teeth from the Tiouraren Formation Diprotodon Optatum lower incisor tooth tip 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesuslover340 Posted January 5, 2021 Share Posted January 5, 2021 This was an altogether lovely surprise Miocene amber from Australia 7 "Let us therefore follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another."-Romans 14:19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I’ve acquired all of these teeth since September. In my case I have: 4 dire wolf canines, 2 dire wolf carnassials, one dire wolf molar, 1 red wolf, 3 coyote, 5 spectacled bear, 1 spectacled bear molar, 1 black bear, 1 bear dog, 1 jaguar, 2 panther, 1 bobcat, 3 raccoons, and 1 jaguar incisor. my favorite canine, a really nice jaguar canine from Venice beach. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 8 hours ago, Familyroadtrip said: my favorite canine, a really nice jaguar canine from Venice beach. Oh, wow! That's a spectacular piece. That'd definitely still be on my bucket list 1 'There's nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fibre and, in some cases, backbone' -- Terry Pratchett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 4 hours ago, pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon said: Oh, wow! That's a spectacular piece. That'd definitely still be on my bucket list Thank you! They’re hard to come by for sure, but every once-in-awhile they pop up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrehistoricWonders Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 I also got this awesome Big cat canine from @Harry Pristisin October! 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted January 8, 2021 Share Posted January 8, 2021 A couple days ago I received these two teeth, O angustidens and O chubutensis the chub is just over 2.5 inches 11 “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 I'm really excited about some of my recent purchases, This is my first fossil from the Mid Silurian Waldron Shale in Indiana, It's a pyritized brachiopod, labeled as Chonetes nova-scotica with beautifully preserved hinge spines. I'm not sure that the ID is accurate though, online I can only find references to Chonetes novascotius and nothing about that being present in the Waldron. Currently, I am looking for papers which may help with the identification of this brachiopod but I have not found much. 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Top Trilo Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 Beautiful fossil, I love the pyrite ones. “If fossils are not "boggling" your mind then you are simply not doing it right” -Ken (digit) "No fossil is garbage, it´s just not completely preserved” -Franz (FranzBernhard) "With hammer in hand, the open horizon of time, and dear friends by my side, what can we not accomplish together?" -Kane (Kane) "We are in a way conquering time, reuniting members of a long lost family" -Quincy (Opabinia Blues) "I loved reading the trip reports, I loved the sharing, I loved the educational aspect, I loved the humor. It felt like home. It still does" -Mike (Pagurus) “The best deal I ever got was getting accepted as a member on The Fossil Forum. Not only got an invaluable pool of knowledge, but gained a loving family as well.” -Doren (caldigger) "it really is nice, to visit the oasis that is TFF" -Tim (fossildude19) "Life's Good! -Adam (Tidgy's Dad) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClearLake Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 That is a very beautiful brachiopod. I’ll bet @Tidgy's Dad or @Ken K can help with the ID. If it was Pennsylvanian in age I could probably help you but I am not well versed in the Waldron material. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 35 minutes ago, Top Trilo said: Beautiful fossil, I love the pyrite ones. I agree, although I have to say I was a bit hesitant to purchase it because I was afraid that it may succumb to pyrite disease. But I asked @Ken K who is very knowledgeable on this and he has told me that this variety of pyrite does not seem to experience it, or at the very least it is quite resilient to it, looking at the description the seller also said that it was collected 20 years ago so now I am not as concerned that this will be a problem. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Misha said: I'm really excited about some of my recent purchases, This is my first fossil from the Mid Silurian Waldron Shale in Indiana, It's a pyritized brachiopod, labeled as Chonetes nova-scotica with beautifully preserved hinge spines. I'm not sure that the ID is accurate though, online I can only find references to Chonetes novascoticus and nothing about that being present in the Waldron. Currently, I am looking for papers which may help with the identification of this brachiopod but I have not found much. Kindle, E.M., Barnett, V.H. 1908 The Stratigraphic and Faunal Relations of the Waldron Fauna in Southern Indiana. Indiana Department of Geology and Natural Resources, Annual Report, 33:393-416 PDF LINK Williams, H.S., Breger, C.L. 1916 The Fauna of the Chapman Sandstone of Maine, including descriptions of some related species from the Moose River Sandstone. United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper, 89:1-347 PDF LINK 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 9, 2021 Share Posted January 9, 2021 @piranha Thank you for the help! That will be a helpful resource for some other brachiopods I will be getting soon 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
musicnfossils Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 On 2021-01-08 at 1:25 PM, Familyroadtrip said: I also got this awesome Big cat canine from @Harry Pristisin October! It’s insane how similar the left one looks to some of my tyrannosaurid teeth. that’s what I thought it was at first. Very nice pickups btw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Rico Posted January 10, 2021 Share Posted January 10, 2021 12 hours ago, Misha said: really excited about some of my recent purchases, This is my first fossil from the Mid Silurian Waldron Shale in Indiana, It's a pyritized brachiopod, labeled as Chonetes nova-scotica with beautifully preserved hinge spines. I'm not sure that the ID is accurate though, online I can only find references to Chonetes novascotius and nothing about that being present in the Waldron. Currently, I am looking for papers which may help with the identification of this brachiopod but I have not found much. Very beautiful brachiopod. I believe that some of pyrite disease occurs because of the environment it is kept in, like humid or damp conditions. I have kept plenty of Pyrite fossil without any problems for over twenty years. Cheers Bobby 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Some nice chimaerroids from Russia 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notidanodon Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 And some more bits 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken K Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Misha, Subfamily: Strophochonetinae Strophochonetes novascotica (Hall) To reiterate, Waldron pyrite is very stable and you should have no issues. This species of brachiopod is not uncommon in some beds of the Waldron. Nice specimens with undamaged, and well prepared, hinge spines are harder to secure. That is a terrific specimen so you did good! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Misha Posted January 12, 2021 Share Posted January 12, 2021 @Ken K thank you very much for the information! Today I got a couple more beautiful brachiopods from Indiana. The first piece is another one from the Waldron Shale, this one was labelled as Rhynchonella acinus. I am not sure about this ID either, I will have to do some more reading to find out. 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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