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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 20, 2013 10:51:52 GMT -5
They seem to be getting the bugs worked out of Photobucket. Lets see if this works. Mazon Creek fossil fern. Tiny Mazon Creek fossil fern. Unknown Trilobite from an old collection. Collected near Manhattan, Kansas in the early 60's. Possibly Ameura Species. Neuroteris Fimbriate ( Primative Fern ) From the coal strip mining area near Sullivan, Indiana
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 20, 2013 22:14:39 GMT -5
Couple new ones this evening. Ptychagnostus atavus Agnostid ( Blind Trilobite ) Wheeler Shale Formation, Utah Bolaspidella Drumensis ( Rare ) Wheeler Shale Formation, Utah
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 21, 2013 12:05:14 GMT -5
This arrived on my doorstep minutes ago. A gift from a friend in western South Dakota. Fossil Coral from the Badlands of S.D.
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 21, 2013 15:29:48 GMT -5
Thats fossil coral??? Wow,I have something familiar to that,that I found here in Oregon..Nobody could ID it....Looks like a TE inside,but a white and pink agate on the outside with the dimples... Nice coral by the way Don!
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 21, 2013 20:38:34 GMT -5
Couple new ones this evening. Ammonite -- Dactylioceras. -- Upper Lias, Alum Shales, Whitby, U.K. --- All of the fossils from this area are Pyrite replacements, giving them that nice brassy color. Rare extinct lobster - like organism, Belotelson sp. --- Mazon Creek, Illinois. Difficult to see even in hand.
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 22, 2013 11:40:10 GMT -5
The UK has some nice stuff coming out of there! I have some Russian ammonites,might have to get some pics of them for ya'.....
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 22, 2013 11:45:31 GMT -5
Bring em on Mike. Some of us like looking at fossils. (Some of us almost are fossils).
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 22, 2013 12:31:34 GMT -5
One I forgot I had. A sand dollar dug from Sharks Tooth Hill in California in the early 50's.. Top Bottom
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Post by elizabeth on Mar 22, 2013 13:25:23 GMT -5
I showed my kids the fossils today on your website. There is no telling what they will bring into the library on Monday. Thanks for always sharing. Janet
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 23, 2013 19:34:24 GMT -5
Got some new Trilobites today. Rare -- Modocia Typicalis -- Marjum Shale Formation, Utah Rare -- Modocia Weeksensis -- Weeks Shale Formation, Utah Very rare -- Modocia Brevispina -- Wheeler Shale Formation, Utah
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 25, 2013 19:01:01 GMT -5
Compound Scutes, ( Bony Scales ) of the Dasyatis species. An ancient stingray.
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 25, 2013 20:04:12 GMT -5
BUYER BEWARE I bought this Trilobite to teach others what to look for in a fake or doctored fossil. This one is from Morocco, but many are also coming from China. While the Trilobite itself is real, it has been repaired. The real fake part is the matrix, which is made of epoxy mixed with rock dust. Things to watch for are, #1-- The matrix has been overworked with an air scribe. A specimen in its real matrix would only have enough matrix removed to expose the specimen. Still a very nice, and almost complete specimen. #2 -- The patina on the matrix has been artificially applied. A sewing needle lightly drug across the patina will leave a scratch. #3 -- Under a loupe, air bubbles can be seen in the matrix, and in the epoxy used to attach the specimen to the matrix. #4 -- Areas of the epoxy matrix glow a dull yellow under S.W. ultraviolet. And now I give you Cornuproetus Cornutus from the Atlas Mountain region of Morocco.
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Post by NatureNut on Mar 25, 2013 20:13:43 GMT -5
Thank you so much for posting this, Don. I've seen these and wondered, now I'll know how to tell the difference. Jo
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 25, 2013 20:37:45 GMT -5
There are other things to watch for also Jo. If you're in the market for Trilobites, take a loupe with you. Examine the eyes and cheek plates. Moroccans have been known to splice pieces of several different Trilobites together to make one complete specimen. If the eyes or cheek plates are different sizes or shapes, The Trilobite has been made up from several partials. They have also been known to make Trilobites from pieces that never existed in nature, make up a name and sell them as rare specimens.
Almost all Chinese specimens should be considered fakes. Especially the little dinosaurs that are flooding the market. The penalty in China for selling fossils outside of the country is death. Only the Chinese government is allowed to sell real specimens.
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 27, 2013 22:22:45 GMT -5
More new fossils today. The first 2 pics are trace fossils. Different pieces, but same type and locality. Trilobite Tracks. Hale Formation, Cane Hill Member, Washington County, Arkansas. Trace Fossils. Amphibian footprints & swim tracks. -- Plainville, Massachusetts area. Pointer points to one. Can you find the rest of them ? And finally some very nice small dino poop. I laid this on the floor by the back door, and my wife blaimed the dog for it. I about busted a gut when she got paper towels to pick it up.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2013 2:41:07 GMT -5
I about busted a gut when she got paper towels to pick it up. :nono: That's hilarious.
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 28, 2013 23:07:15 GMT -5
Did a little fishing today. Caught a couple ebay fish. Armigatus Brevissimus --- Hajoula, Lebanon Davichthy Garneri --- Hajoula, Lebanon
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 30, 2013 15:35:39 GMT -5
Another stingray scute. (Toothed scale). This one still has about 90% of the tooth still attached. -- From a dry creek bed in Missouri.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 3, 2013 22:28:38 GMT -5
New one. Blastoides. --- Pentremites Symmetricus. --- Ridenhower Formation. --- St. Clair Co, Illinois. These were an animal which grew like a plant. They were attached to the bottom of shallow seas by a segmented stalk much like a Crinoid, 359 - 318 million years ago.
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Post by jakesrocks on Apr 4, 2013 23:34:08 GMT -5
Thought I'd throw an oddball fossil plate in here. These little critters are Tentaculites. Even the real Paleo folks with all of their education cant figure out how to classify these little guys.
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