frenchtrilobite Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Hi !! Here is my amazing find ! Found of the 14th May 2011 Finished to be prepared the 15th May 2011 There are two little rolled Phacopidina micheli micheli from the Dariwilian (Ordovician) of the South of Rennes (France) Diameter about 0,40 inch for each. My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 Hi !! Here is my amazing find ! Found of the 14th May 2011 Finished to be prepared the 15th May 2011 There are two little rolled Phacopidina micheli micheli from the Dariwilian (Ordovician) of the South of Rennes (France) Diameter about 0,40 inch for each. Very nice bugs, Frenchtrilobite! I like how they are still attached to the matrix. Good job! 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...
Fossildude19 Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) For the first time, I will throw my hat into the vertebrate fossil ring with this recent find. A phosphatized Semionotid (Semionotus sp???...possibly micropterus) fish from the Early Jurassic East Berlin Fm.Connecticut, USA. The sample was collected in June of 2000, and had a poorly preserved black fish piece on the outside. I came across it the other day, and figured I had the tools and the skill to finally split the piece of shale, (May 12, 2011) and to my surprise and delight, this was inside. This is a unique type of preservation for this area. Edited May 16, 2011 by Fossildude19 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...
frenchtrilobite Posted May 16, 2011 Share Posted May 16, 2011 (edited) Very nice bugs, Frenchtrilobite! I like how they are still attached to the matrix. Good job! Regards, The rock is very very hard, so I just have prepared with an "air pneumatic pen" around th two bugs. Edited May 16, 2011 by frenchtrilobite My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnJ Posted May 16, 2011 Author Share Posted May 16, 2011 The rock is very very hard, so I just have prepared with an "air pneumatic pen" around th two bugs. Very nice! Do you have a photo before preparation? The human mind has the ability to believe anything is true. - JJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frenchtrilobite Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 No I do not have one. Next time i will think to it... My new website : http://www.trilobite.fr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 No I do not have one. Next time i will think to it... So do I. Rarely or accidentally before. This time I had before pics becouse I was afraid of damages during the preparation. It's useful though... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ramo Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 It's a shame by looking at these pictures, we can't get an idea of how much hard work, and time went into these finds. After going on a hunt with Fossildude 19 earlier this spring, I can say that he works harder for those fish, than I ever imagined. Just finding a spot that has the potential for Connecticut fish takes more effort than you can imagine. Not to mention the work that goes into actually digging up those pieces of shale, and then trying to split those rocks. It's not like most places where you just pick up pieces of shale and go to splitting. You have to dig down through rocky, tree root ground to just get a few small pieces of shale that more than likely don't have anything in them. I'm voting for that blue fish!! 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...
Guest Billy Lias Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Some very nice find on here. Looks like you all have been busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted May 17, 2011 Share Posted May 17, 2011 Thank you for the kind words and support Ramo. Lots of great things being found though,... I may have to vote for Astrinos' Eel! 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...
astron Posted May 18, 2011 Share Posted May 18, 2011 Thank you for the kind words and support Ramo. Lots of great things being found though,... I may have to vote for Astrinos' Eel! Regards, Very kind and generous of you, Tim! There are two impediments though. The first one is that your fish worths voting and moreover your own vote and the second that the month is still young and as we have seen sofar, the last days finds may change everyone's mind. At any rate your words mean a lot to me... Thanks a lot. Astrinos Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) Here is my entry for May: "The incredible edible egg" One of the two bird eggs my wife and I collected one week ago. They are from Oligocene White River fm., Eastern Wyoming. They tentatively belong to Badistornis aramus Wetmore, 1940, extinct limpkins. These eggs where on top of my wife and I wishing list. I never ever dream to find two of them in one day, thanks to JPC!!!! HERE the story. Edited May 21, 2011 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) Thanks to Auspex to provide this PAPER Edited May 20, 2011 by Nandomas Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 (edited) Hi, I think I'll jump on the wagon this time around. With the Mollusc Trigonia costata found on May 7th in the Humphresianum layers of the mid-Bajocian at Kahlenberg, southern Germany. 8cm. long. Prepared last week with air engraver and abrader on and off in a total of about 3 hours. There's a Serpula sitting on its flank. 2 front views and rear view with exposed joint. Edited May 19, 2011 by Ludwigia Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 We also found around 30 /40 little egg shell pieces. Hoping they belong to the egg, we will try to complete the second bird egg once at home. Superb eggs Nando Congratulations. Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hi, I think I'll jump on the wagon this time around. With the Mollusc Trigonia costata found on May 7th in the Humphresianum layers of the mid-Bajocian at Kahlenberg, southern Germany. 8cm. long. Prepared last week with air engraver and abrader on and off in a total of about 3 hours. There's a Serpula sitting on its flank. 2 front views and rear view with exposed joint. Very nice trigonia, Roger The first pic reminds me of a Nohe's flood boat micrography... Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted May 19, 2011 Share Posted May 19, 2011 Very nice trigonia, Roger The first pic reminds me of a Nohe's flood boat micrography... Thanks astron. It did come out of the ocean blue.... Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nandomas Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 We also found around 30 /40 little egg shell pieces. Hoping they belong to the egg, we will try to complete the second bird egg once at home. Superb eggs Nando Congratulations. Thanks Astrinos for your kind words Erosion... will be my epitaph! http://www.paleonature.org/ https://fossilnews.org/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lindsey Posted May 20, 2011 Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) Coprolite from the North Sulphur River, any info on it unknown to me. Found May 8 Edit: I almost forgot to add the pic for scale Edited May 29, 2011 by Lindsey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpc Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 The competiton is wicked tough this month, as usual. I was gonna just sit on my hands... bird eggs are hard to beat. But I can't let nando and his egg run away with this... auspex, you're only allowed to vote once. Here is a little mammal tooth I found early this month under the microscope. Collected in March in an anthill, along with thousands of other small things, maybe 10% of which were fossils. Screenwashed the sediments here in ye ole lab. This is one of the many cool things I have found so far. More here. The tooth is from the marsupial known as Alphadon. The species, for those counting is possibly rhaister. Late Cretaceous Lance Fm of eastern Wyoming. It is 3mm long along the base of the enamel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 Hi, JPC, it is a nice tooth ! 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...
Scylla Posted May 22, 2011 Share Posted May 22, 2011 what a month! voting is getting harder and harder Will someone just post a fully articulated T-rex playing tennis with a pteranodon egg against a megalodon to make the decision easier? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Here is my entry for May: Found May 22, 2011. Hungry Hollow ON Hamilton Group ( probably from the Widder Formation) Middle Devonian Arthrodire Protitanichthys Skull Plate concave and set in limestone pieces of the skull came apart during the extraction.... the black pieces ( on white plate) came from this fossil plate The black bone material reveals ornamentation bumps on one side, the flip side is the brain case bone structure consists of microridges.... thickness of the skull approx 5-8 mm thick on average measure approx 8" x 5" Magnified images Was only able to collect partial fragment as the fossil continues under some giant boulders and tons of mud / clay The fossil is similar to this link: http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/protitanichthys-cf-rockportensis-57230484 PL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astron Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Here is my entry for May: Nice find and artistic presentation, as usually Astrinos P. Damianakis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleecan Posted May 23, 2011 Share Posted May 23, 2011 Nice find and artistic presentation, as usually Thank you Astron. Peter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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