RickNC Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 What a month this has been. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 (edited) Though prep is not complete, it has been put on long term hold due to the death of the air compressor. I figured it looked good enough, so it got to my house March 20th. It was collected on November 30, 2010. Thaleops ovata Ordovician Mifflin mbr. of the Platteville fm. Southwest Wisconsin Before: After: Edit: Prep was completed/stopped March 12th. Edited March 27, 2011 by Caleb Caleb Midwestpaleo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranha Posted March 27, 2011 Share Posted March 27, 2011 Well worth the wait Caleb ... outstanding prep on a gorgeous trilobite !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Impressive work Caleb. Did you use an air scribe, blaster, or a combo of both? I'd like to see some photos of the process if you have any. Ramo For one species to mourn the death of another is a new thing under the sun. -Aldo Leopold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caleb Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Impressive work Caleb. Did you use an air scribe, blaster, or a combo of both? I'd like to see some photos of the process if you have any. Ramo I didn't do the prep, but it was done by scribe and air abrasive. The compressor died before the air abrasive work could be finished. Caleb Midwestpaleo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Wow... some great specimens this month. I'm finally getting to work on some of my own specimens... been working on other peoples' fossils all winter. Here is my submission to the inverts... I am identifying it as Jeletzkytes criptonodosus Late Cretaceous Pierre Shale Niobrara County Found on 21 March 2011 Prepped today, 27 March 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alopias Posted March 28, 2011 Share Posted March 28, 2011 Caleb , nice bug Jpc , I like this ammonite for the vote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trend Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 (edited) Here's my find: Kallidecthes Richardsoni Schram - Shrimp Middle Pennsylvanian Francis Creek Shale Mazon Creek - Pit 11 Will County, IL. Found on March 6, 2011 Edited March 29, 2011 by trend Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bear-dog Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 :phew: Tough month to try picking out a winner. :startle: Everytime I think I have a favorite picked out,I go back and look again to be fair.I'm getting brain cramps. Bear-dog. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FossilDAWG Posted March 29, 2011 Share Posted March 29, 2011 What an assortment this month! When Northern Sharks posted his echinoderm plate I though the month was already finished, but no! Fantastic specimens, I'm happy for all of you. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 My entry for March: Aphorrais pespelecani Found March 6th in Guidonia, Italy. Pliocene Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 The other side Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Hi, Wouah Nando ! This Aphorrais pespelecani takes out my eyes of their orbits ! It is incredible ! Please, what is its size ? 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...
cowsharks Posted March 30, 2011 Share Posted March 30, 2011 Here's my entry -- Sawfish rostrum; Ischyrhiza mira Leidy; collected on Feb. 18, 2011 and completed preparation on March 22, 2011; Ripley Formation, Selma Group, Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian); Lowndes County, AL; about 22" long with 6 articulated rostrals and 4 associated rostrals. Thanks for your interest. Dude, this is wicked cool! I've never seen one of these before. Daryl S. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redbrick Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I'll enter a Pennsylvanian fern from St Clair, 'collected' photographically on 3-13-11 for my first ever shot at Plant fossil of the Month. Andy (redbrick) "All living things do one of two things. They either grow, or they die. When they stop growing, they immediately start dying. The mind is also a living thing." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Hi, Wouah Nando ! This Aphorrais pespelecani takes out my eyes of their orbits ! It is incredible ! Please, what is its size ? Coco Thanks Coco, it is slightly more than two inches (between 5 and 6 cm.) :D Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruby Tuesday Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I'm new here and I don't know if you guys would consider this contest worthy (there are some awesome submissions here!) but I was told by some of the veterans in the HGMS crew that this was a very, very rare find, so I figured what the heck! This specimen is a Brachiopod, Dictyoclostus SP, found the weekend of Mar 18th near Brownwood, Texas. Age is Pennsylvanian, c. 300 million years. The cool thing about it is not the brach itself but the fact that the internal structure is visible and it's preserved very nicely too. You can see the lophophores--which (thanks to the help of Lexy and her handy book) I learned set up water currents and bring in food to the body cavity. I.E.- it's the feeding organ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I'm new here and I don't know if you guys would consider this contest worthy (there are some awesome submissions here!) but I was told by some of the veterans in the HGMS crew that this was a very, very rare find, so I figured what the heck! This specimen is a Brachiopod, Dictyoclostus SP, found the weekend of Mar 18th near Brownwood, Texas. Age is Pennsylvanian, c. 300 million years. The cool thing about it is not the brach itself but the fact that the internal structure is visible and it's preserved very nicely too. You can see the lophophores--which (thanks to the help of Lexy and her handy book) I learned set up water currents and bring in food to the body cavity. I.E.- it's the feeding organ. nice brachiopod, Aliza Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 Aliza, the latest reference I have lists a change in the genus to Reticulatia. The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Here we are with the smaller meg of my career :) Found March 21st in the reject piles of Beaufort co, NC. Likely it comes from Pungo river fm. Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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