Auspex Posted December 19, 2010 Share Posted December 19, 2010 I tried one more trick: The plan is for the cap version to be Hell, and the lower case to be "heck". Stubbornness is the only skill I bring to technology... "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...
JohnJ Posted December 20, 2010 Author Share Posted December 20, 2010 A Helck of an effort. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 Uhm... Wow! YA WOWOW! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crinoid Queen Posted December 20, 2010 Share Posted December 20, 2010 I'll throw this one into the ring on the vertebrate side... I found it this summer in the heck Creek Fm in Powder River County, MT. Ah, but not in the Cretaceous part, in the upper Paleocene layers. This is from my Cretaceous dino bone site that also has a few Paleocene mammals. I am sure it is a Paleocene deposit full of reworked Cretaceous bones and teeth. This one is the third Paleocene specimen from this site. Collected: 20 Aug 2010 Prep completed: 17 Dec 2010 I cannot ID this to genus but I am pretty sure it is a condylarth... in the order Condylarthra, which some folks would argue is no longer valid. From the HE double L Creek Formation, in this case ealry Paleocene. Here are two side views... and a view of the occlusal surfaces of the teeth for those who want to see that. And here is what it looked like when I found it. Edit: My post got the heck editted out of it... where's that eyes rolling smiley face? It was minus 17 F when I went to breakfast this morning. Nice wheat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted December 21, 2010 Share Posted December 21, 2010 Nice wheat With all this hecktic/hellaceous banter, I'm glad someone noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 (edited) Here is my other entry: Conodont Micro Fossil Vertebrate Jaw with Sharp Pointy Teeth Tentative ID : Euprioniodina prona https://kb.osu.edu/d.../V47N01_021.pdf Genus Euprioniodina Ulrich and Bassler, 1926 Euprioniodina prona Huddle Plate I, figures 11, 12 Euprioniodina prona Huddle, 1934, Bull. Am. Paleontology, vol. 21, no. 72, p. 52, pi. 6, fig. 19; pi. 11, fig. 8. Bar long, somewhat compressed, slightly arched; cusp short, round, thick at base but tapering to a sharp point, inclined strongly forward; anticusp wide, compressed, extending in line with cusp, bearing fine denticles which are close-set and inclined sharply upward; denticles on bar numerous, long, thin, slightly curved and inclined forward, minute denticles set between most of the larger ones. Discovered Dec 24, 2010 while looking over material collected in summer.... While randomly split a shale piece and accidentally found this while testing my new camera configuration setup. Kettle Point ON, Canada Upper Devonian Layer above the Hamilton Group Matrix Black Shale , heavy iron deposits with a rusty look Size= 1mm photo made with Pentacon 50mm F1.8 photo made with 55mm F 1.8 Super Takumar Took a while but I found the mirror half from the counter plate of the Conodont Jaw.... Latest imaged with 10X Apo Objective and Nikon 995 F10.3 PL Edited December 28, 2010 by pleecan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordovician_Odyssey Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Wow!! you must be proud of that one! great find peter! -Shamus The Ordovician enthusiast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 24, 2010 Share Posted December 24, 2010 Wow!! you must be proud of that one! great find peter! Thanks Shamus ! I am really excited with this find... this is my first find of a conodont ... and the funny part is that I found it by chance.... was not expecting it.... the teeth do look sharp and the whole jaw assembly is only about 1 mm. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 John: I wish to remove the first shark tooth entry from the contest and just keep the neat looking Conodont : Jaws with Pointy Teeth...My first Conodont find.... as the main entry for vertebrate category in this month's entry. Thanks. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 John: I wish to remove the first shark tooth entry from the contest and just keep the neat looking Conodont : Jaws with Pointy Teeth...My first Conodont find.... as the main entry for vertebrate category in this month's entry. Thanks. Peter Done. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 WOW! Peter - Awesome find! Congratulations! Totally cool! Early Christmas present! 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...
pleecan Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 WOW! Peter - Awesome find! Congratulations! Totally cool! Early Christmas present! Regards, Thanks Tim! The fossil looks so delicate yet complex in shape and is only approx 1mm in length... the critter must have a mean bite... if assuming the critter used it to bite... but I am thinking it was some sort of structural support for maybe filter feeding mechanism.... just speculating.... when I first saw it ... I was floored by what the new optics was showing as this was totally unexpected much like most of my finds this year.... in retrospect, it indeed has been a very good year for fossil hunting.... had a great time with this hobby with all the neat discoveries this year. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Placoderms Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 Here is my other entry: Conodont Micro Fossil Vertebrate Jaw with Sharp Pointy Teeth Tentative ID : Euprioniodina prona https://kb.osu.edu/d.../V47N01_021.pdf Genus Euprioniodina Ulrich and Bassler, 1926 Euprioniodina prona Huddle Plate I, figures 11, 12 Euprioniodina prona Huddle, 1934, Bull. Am. Paleontology, vol. 21, no. 72, p. 52, pi. 6, fig. 19; pi. 11, fig. 8. Bar long, somewhat compressed, slightly arched; cusp short, round, thick at base but tapering to a sharp point, inclined strongly forward; anticusp wide, compressed, extending in line with cusp, bearing fine denticles which are close-set and inclined sharply upward; denticles on bar numerous, long, thin, slightly curved and inclined forward, minute denticles set between most of the larger ones. Discovered Dec 24, 2010 while looking over material collected in summer.... While randomly split a shale piece and accidentally found this while testing my new camera configuration setup. Kettle Point ON, Canada Upper Devonian Layer above the Hamilton Group Matrix Black Shale , heavy iron deposits with a rusty look Size= 1mm photo made with Pentacon 50mm F1.8 photo made with 55mm F 1.8 Super Takumar Took a while but I found the mirror half from the counter plate of the Conodont Jaw.... Latest imaged with 10X Apo Objective and Nikon 995 F10.3 PL Wow Peter! I think the snow is melting... when can we go? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted January 1, 2011 Share Posted January 1, 2011 I found the conodont in shale that is litters the shore line of Lake Huron what is even more interesting is the possibility of a pyritized worms on the same plate which I have submited pictures to the ROM. PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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