bmorefossil Posted August 17, 2010 Share Posted August 17, 2010 Well, I guess I'll try another trilobite. This is a Thaleops laurentiana (formerly known as Nanillaenus conradi) found on a trip with several forum members on Aug 14. This trilobite is uncommon enough at this site, but this one also has both eyes intact, a real bonus. he is a neat little guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted August 18, 2010 Share Posted August 18, 2010 The two trilobites you presents, guys, are really wonderful and interesting. http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 I found this giant on a trip to Colorado and it took me about an hour to chop it out of the block of stone it was in. Also there is even a borrow on the back of it. And this is the biggest shell i have ever found modern or prehistoric (not including cepheopods). Info: Spiecies - Mollusk Age - Jurassic (I only know that based on a ammonite i found in the same layer so i may be wrong) Formation - Unknown Location - Pueblo, Colorado Found - 8/1/2010 -Frozen There is no marine Jurassic close to Pueblo, but there is a lot of Cretaceous. Around the reservoir is the Greenhorn formation, but most of the area is Pierre shale. Your fossil is an Inoceramus, which is common in the Pierre. A variety of ammonites occur in the area too, including several species of Didymoceras and Baculites, as well as Scaphites, Placenticeras, Exiteloceras, Pachydiscus, and others. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted August 20, 2010 Share Posted August 20, 2010 There is no marine Jurassic close to Pueblo, but there is a lot of Cretaceous. Around the reservoir is the Greenhorn formation, but most of the area is Pierre shale. Your fossil is an Inoceramus, which is common in the Pierre. A variety of ammonites occur in the area too, including several species of Didymoceras and Baculites, as well as Scaphites, Placenticeras, Exiteloceras, Pachydiscus, and others. Don Thanks for the correction. But even though it is a common fossil the size is uncommon i asume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeR Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 My first entry Indeterminate whale tooth Middle Pliocene Yorktown Formation Martin County, North Carolina "A problem solved is a problem caused"--Karl Pilkington "I was dead for millions of years before I was born and it never inconvenienced me a bit." -- Mark Twain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 24, 2010 Share Posted August 24, 2010 (edited) Single entry.... Enrolled Devonian Trilobite form Hungry Hollow / Arkona Ontario Canada Collected Sunday Aug 22/2010. Heavy rain the night before uncovered this specimen from the Clay pits Approx dimensions 1/2" wide x 1/4" x 1/4" Placed on top of a 25 cent coin Why photograph the critter against a dull background... too boring decided to have some fun... mounted the trilobite against a field of microcrystals actually Silurian era sphalerite and dolomite crystals collected from Dundas Quarry..... looks much better in surrealist scape...... "This Devonian trilobite teleported via blue telephone box TARDIS to Silurian Alien world into a field of microcrystals ... nothing to do but to curl up and hide.... okay too much watching sci fi Dr WHO TV shows as a kid.... better change the channel" Used direct coupled German microscope objective to a Foveon DSLR camera, mounted on copy stand. Peter Edited August 25, 2010 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Single entry.... Enrolled Devonian Trilobite form Hungry Hollow / Arkona Ontario Canada Collected Sunday Aug 22/2010. Heavy rain the night before uncovered this specimen from the Clay pits Approx dimensions 1/2" wide x 1/4" x 1/4" Placed on top of a 25 cent coin Why photograph the critter against a dull background... too boring decided to have some fun... mounted the trilobite against a field of microcrystals actually Silurian era sphalerite and dolomite crystals collected from Dundas Quarry..... looks much better in surrealist scape...... "This Devonian trilobite teleported via blue telephone box TARDIS to Silurian Alien world into a field of microcrystals ... nothing to do but to curl up and hide.... okay too much watching sci fi Dr WHO TV shows as a kid.... better change the channel" Used direct coupled German microscope objective to a Foveon DSLR camera, mounted on copy stand. Peter Can we see the bottum of it plzzzzz!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 sweet find! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Can we see the bottum of it plzzzzz!!! OKAY I flip the critter on its head.... see pygidium almost touching the head as the trilobite rolls up into a little ball as a defensive position as the wave above churn the stormy waters below.... buried alive +400 million yrs ago..... fossilized and retrieved from a clay pit exposed after a heavy rain gently washes it clean ready for the picking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 sweet find! Thanks! PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frozen_turkey Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 I have one that is 2-3x larger but i cant find anyone that could prep it without it costing a bundle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave pom Allen Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 dolphin skull late Miocene / early Pliocene Tangahoe formation of Taranaki, NZ still a work in process Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MB Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Single entry.... Enrolled Devonian Trilobite form Hungry Hollow / Arkona Ontario Canada Collected Sunday Aug 22/2010. Heavy rain the night before uncovered this specimen from the Clay pits Approx dimensions 1/2" wide x 1/4" x 1/4" Placed on top of a 25 cent coin Why photograph the critter against a dull background... too boring decided to have some fun... mounted the trilobite against a field of microcrystals actually Silurian era sphalerite and dolomite crystals collected from Dundas Quarry..... looks much better in surrealist scape...... "This Devonian trilobite teleported via blue telephone box TARDIS to Silurian Alien world into a field of microcrystals ... nothing to do but to curl up and hide.... okay too much watching sci fi Dr WHO TV shows as a kid.... better change the channel" Used direct coupled German microscope objective to a Foveon DSLR camera, mounted on copy stand. Peter Wonderful !!! http://www.mbfossilcrabs.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Here is a nice shell found on august 15th during my holidays : Clavatula asperulata (LAMARCK, 1822) var. tortonica (PEYROT) from Burdigalian of SouthWest of France. Its size is 1" 4/5 Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Pareidolia : here Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Hi guys, I have seen incredible fossils in this contest....mine is a tiny killer, I will participate in this contest following the recommendation of barefootgirl..... Here you see the specimen as It was found, a nice Goniopygus, Lower Cretaceous, Albian series, South Europe. Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Hi guys, I have seen incredible fossils in this contest....mine is a tiny killer, I will participate in this contest following the recommendation of barefootgirl..... Here you see the specimen as It was found, a nice Goniopygus, Lower Cretaceous, Albian series, South Europe. Eureka i love looking at fossils as there were found it is really nice. thank you for sharing your find with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eureka Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 (edited) Hi bmorefossil, It is a pleasure to read you on this part of the forum. Thanks indeed for your kind words and it has been a pleasure to share this fossil with all the friends of the forum. Eureka Edited August 28, 2010 by Eureka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brachiomyback Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 The "cutest" little snaggletooth I ever found. Hemipristis serra Pungo River Formation (Miocene) Last weekend in the back yard sand box from spoil pile material at Aurora, NC (Lee Creek) .... a penny for you thoughts Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmorefossil Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 nice little guy, do we get a penny if we vote! haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ohiofossilhunter Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) RAPTOR CLAW hell Creek Formation, Glendive Montana The claw was found on Aug. 13 and is now in the Glendive dinosaur & fossil museum. Edited August 31, 2010 by ohiofossilhunter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 RAPTOR CLAW hell Creek Formation, Glendive Montana The claw was found on Aug. 13 and is now in the Glendive dinosaur & fossil museum. Great find!Got my vote.Nice to see you put it in a more important place. Congrats. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) RAPTOR CLAW hell Creek Formation, Glendive Montana The claw was found on Aug. 13 and is now in the Glendive dinosaur & fossil museum. Great find Edited August 31, 2010 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AeroMike Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 (edited) Here is my section of barracuda jaw with teeth I found this today Augusat the 31st and I beleive it is Miocene and I found it in Summverville ,SC. Edited August 31, 2010 by AeroMike " This comment brought to you by the semi-famous AeroMike" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obsessed1 Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 Peccary - Upper dentition and associated Canine tooth Found August 23, 2010 Calvert Formation - Zone 10/11 Ground shot as found During prep - showing canine tooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New Members Bottom Feeder Posted September 1, 2010 New Members Share Posted September 1, 2010 (edited) Here's my entry. I found this Basilosaurus vertebrae August 14, 2010 in the Flint River. It's from the Eocene period, I believe. Edited September 1, 2010 by Bottom Feeder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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