Bekron Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Becky went out searching this afternoon in the next neighborhood over. After watching Jurassic Park last night, she was certain she had unearthed a nice Velociraptor skull. Upon further cleaning and inspection it turned out to be a large bivalve of some sort. Maybe next time! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bmorefossil Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 could be a bi-valve mold, not a skull or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Maybe it was a meat-eating bivalve that hunted in packs! "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...
Guest bmorefossil Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Maybe it was a meat-eating bivalve that hunted in packs! haha, huge claws and all? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 They went extinct because they were pretty slow... "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...
Guest bmorefossil Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 They went extinct because they were pretty slow... but they could open doors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mudkicker Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 It's the fossil heart of the RAPTOR !!!!!!!! can't you tell !!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tracer Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 wait - hang the heck on! i have questions! please answer these interrogatorismics in the order in which they're postulated. #3 not meaning to be rude, but who the heck is becky? #7 what's a velocipedeptor? #326 how do you know it's not one of their skulls, other than the obvious seventy or eighty reasons? #2 (gettin' close, huh?) <drumroll on this one, people> how do you know it's not a monovalve with a split personality? #98 why exactly, (we need precision on this concept) does becky watch scary killer dinosaur movies and get the urge to go out and find clams? sometimes it just seems to me like the whole world's out on a quest to make me feel normal. but it's not working people, so go back to those day jobs and buy, buy, buy us out of crisis. credit is very american, you know... p.s. - good post, bekron. you'll get a lot of mileage out of those sorts of bm's. (bivalve molds, you potty-minded peeps) p.p.s. - i just reread the above and i'm lame in the extreme tonight, which i prefer to interpret as just being extremely tired, so i'm going to sleep. and hope i don't dream. sheesh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpbowden Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 Nice Clamasaurous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekron Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Nice Clamasaurous Florentine Pogen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The bigger question is "how can a fossil collector have such perfect nails"? "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...
Uncle Siphuncle Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The bigger question is "how can a fossil collector have such perfect nails"? Yeah - one look at my grubby nails suggests that I mine coal with my fingertips......... Grüße, Daniel A. Wöhr aus Südtexas "To the motivated go the spoils." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekron Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 Every fossil hunter worth his salt knows you can't pick out the good ones without a French manicure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LanceH Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 That is an internal mold of a Pachymya or "shoe clam". It's most likely from the Mainstreet formation. The other common fossils in that formation are the Turrelites (heteromorph ammonites) that look like a big bumpy twisty bread and the CoenHolectypus urchins that look like a cousin to a sand dollar. Mainstreet Formation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bekron Posted February 10, 2009 Author Share Posted February 10, 2009 That is an internal mold of a Pachymya or "shoe clam". It's most likely from the Mainstreet formation. The other common fossils in that formation are the Turrelites (heteromorph ammonites) that look like a big bumpy twisty bread and the CoenHolectypus urchins that look like a cousin to a sand dollar. Mainstreet Formation I think you are correct. Everything you mentioned is turning up in that area. Still would like a complete large Turrelite. And those urchins are a nice change from the usual echinoids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martijn Posted February 10, 2009 Share Posted February 10, 2009 The bigger question is "how can a fossil collector have such perfect nails"? LOL Qua patet orbis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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