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Ventral posterior view - nice preservation on the flat surface facing us.

Ventral posterior view - nice preservation on the flat surface facing us.

Anterior ventral view

Anterior ventral view

Ventral posterior view.

Ventral posterior view.

Dorsal anterior view.

Dorsal anterior view.

Mosasaur vertebra from upper Cretaceous shale in the North Sulphur River, NE Texas for #fossilfriday. Self-collected 20-ish years ago. Size is 11.4 x 7.6 cm.

#fossilcollecting #texas #geology #paleontology

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Collecting Echinoids (Sea Urchins) in North Jutland, Denmark Today, we have an interesting guest post from long-time ESCONI member Marie Angkuw. Marie is part of the Lyme Regis Babes as John Catalani has named them. Marie, Rhonda Gates, Jann Bergsten, and Deborah Lovely have taken numerous trips to Europe to collect fossils. They've been to Lyme Regis (multiple times), Whitby, Yorkshire, and the Isle of Wight. This time it was Marie, Jann, and Rhonda on a trip to Denmark to collect echinoids!

Collecting Echinoids (Sea Urchins) in North Jutland, Denmark #denmark #fossils #paleontology #fossilcollecting #echinoids

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Follow for more hunts #pov #povs #fossils #collections #collecting #fossilcollecting #uk #beaches #dorset #charmouth #hammers #online

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Throwback Thursday #280: Braceville Trip 05/16/2009 #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #history #fossilcollecting #braceville This is Throwback Thursday #280. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any contributions, (science, pictures, stories, etc ...), please sent them to esconi.info@gmail.com. Thanks! email:esconi.info@gmail.com. Sometimes referred to as "Worm Hill", the Braceville spoil pile dates to at least the 1880s. ESCONI hasn't been going here since then, but we do have a long history of visiting to collect Mazon Creek concretions.

Throwback Thursday #280: Braceville Trip 05/16/2009 #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #history #fossilcollecting #braceville

This is Throwback Thursday #280. In these, we look back into the past at ESCONI specifically and Earth Science in general. If you have any…

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Throwback Thursday #280: Braceville Trip 05/16/2009 #fossils #paleontology #MazonCreek #TBT #ThrowbackThursday #history #fossilcollecting #braceville

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A perfectly preserved Stiletto Fly (Therevidae) in #Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic.

From my personal collection.
#PaleoSky #FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Fossil #FossilCollecting #FossilCollector

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Lunch break hunt near Texoma

Decided to spend about 30mins of my lunch break hunting for micro ammonites, and managed to find a few other things.

#fossilhunt #fossilhunting #fossil #fossils #fossilcollecting #fossilcollector

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It’s #trilobitetuesday again so here’s another Upper #Cambrian #trilobite from Southeastern British Columbia’s #McKayGroup. This one is Orygmaspis doriansmithi. Length = 6mm.
#FossilFriday #PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #fossil #fossils #FossilCollecting #InvertebrateFossil

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These beautiful freshwater snail #fossils are tiny works of art!

From the #Eocene #AllenbyFormation of Southern British Columbia’s interior region.

#MolluscMonday #FossilFriday #PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #FossilCollecting

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Wealthy Collectors Are Snatching Up T. Rex Fossils, Leaving Scientists Behind More than half of the world's scientifically useful T. rexes are in the hands of private or commercial owners, and not accessible to scientists, according to research.

Wealthy Collectors Are Snatching Up T. Rex Fossils, Leaving Scientists Behind #Technology #Other #TyrannosaurusRex #FossilCollecting #ScienceEthics

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Orygmaspis contracta is one of 8 species of the genus Orygmaspis currently known from the Upper #Cambrian #McKayGroup of Southeastern British Columbia, Canada.
#TrilobiteTuesday #Trilobite #PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Fossil #FossilCollecting

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Made my way down to Post Oak Creek in Sherman, TX this afternoon for a a little fossil hunting. Not a bad way to spend the afternoon. 🦈

#FossilHunting#FossilCollection #FossilCollecting #Fossil #Fossils #SharpTeeth

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Some spectacular "hoppers" (Hemiptera: Auchenorrhyncha) preserved in #Miocene amber from the Dominican Republic. Part of my personal collection.

#FossilFriday #PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Palaeoentomology #fossil #FossilCollecting

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Two specimens of the #trilobite Olenaspella chrisnewi from the Upper #Cambrian McKay Group of the southern Canadian Rockies.

Named in honour of Cranbrook resident and trilobite collector Chris New.

#TrilobiteTuesday #PaleoSky #Palaeontology #Paleontology #FossilFriday #FossilCollecting #McKayGroup

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Internal mould of a Naticidae Gastropod from a construction site along Lands End road, Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Internal mould of a Naticidae Gastropod from a construction site along Lands End road, Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Indeterminate Gastropod from the Haslam Formation found at a beach exposure near Swartz Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

Indeterminate Gastropod from the Haslam Formation found at a beach exposure near Swartz Bay, Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

cf Hemiacirsa newcombii from Sidney Island, British Columbia

cf Hemiacirsa newcombii from Sidney Island, British Columbia

Three Upper #Cretaceous #gastropods collected from the Nanaimo Group of Saanich Peninsula and Sidney Island, British Columbia, Canada.
#PaleoSky #MolluscMonday #FossilFriday #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Fossil #FossilCollecting #MyFossilCollection

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Another amazing spider preserved in 15-20 million year old #Miocene #amber from the Dominican Republic. Part of my personal collection.

#PaleoSky
#FossilFriday #SpiderSaturday #SpiderSunday #Arachnid #Arachnida #Palaeontology #Paleontology #FossilCollecting #AmberInclusions

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Unearth the Past: A Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Dinosaur Fossils and Antiques ...#DinosaurFossils #StegosaurusApex #FossilCollecting #Paleontology #RecordBreakingSales #PrivateCollectors #JurassicPark #FossilMarket #AncientTreasures #FossilHunting #DinosaurAuctions #PrehistoricWorld #FossilRarity #JurassicCoast #DinosaurEnthusiasts 2024 marked a monumental year in the world of dinosaur fossil collecting, highlighted by the record-breaking sale of a Stegosaurus fossil named Apex. This 150-million-year-old specimen, discovered in Colorado in 2022, fetched an astonishing $44.6 million (£34 million) at auction, making it the most expensive dinosaur fossil ever sold.

Unearth the Past: A Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Dinosaur Fossils and Antiques

...#DinosaurFossils #StegosaurusApex #FossilCollecting #Paleontology #RecordBreakingSales #PrivateCollectors #JurassicPark #FossilMarket #AncientTreasures #FossilHunting #DinosaurAuctions #PrehistoricWorld

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Mazon Monday #260: Mazon Creek and the Field Museum in the News! #fossils #paleontology #MazonMonday #MazonCreek #pennsylvanian #illinois #collecting #fossilcollecting

Recently, WBEZ had an interesting article about Mazon Creek and the Field Museum

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Elvinia roemeri

Late Cambrian (Furongian) McKay Group Southeastern British Columbia. Personal collection.
#PaleoSky #TrilobiteTuesday #Trilobites #Trilobite #Trilobita #Palaeontology #Paleontology #UpperCambrian #CambrianPeriod #Furongian #Fossil #FossilCollecting #FossilFriday

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#TrilobiteTuesday

Eight species of Irvingella are found in the Upper Cambrian McKay Group of Southeastern British Columbia. Irvingella major (top) & I. flohri (bottom) are the most common ones found
#PaleoSky #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Cambrian #UpperCambrian #Trilobite #Fossil #FossilCollecting

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Cf Thracia subtruncata

Cf Thracia subtruncata

Cf Thracia subtruncata

Cf Thracia subtruncata

cf Pholadomya subelongata

cf Pholadomya subelongata

Indeterminate bivalve

Indeterminate bivalve

A few more more for #MolluscMonday

These bivalves were collected from the Late Cretaceous rocks of the Nanaimo Group on Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island.
#PaleoSky #Fossils #FossilCollecting #NanaimoGroup #Cretaceous #CretaceousPeriod #Paleontology #Palaeontology #FossilFriday

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Sphenoceramus cf sachalinensis

Sphenoceramus cf sachalinensis

Sphenoceramus cf sachalinensis

Sphenoceramus cf sachalinensis

Sphenoceramus cf naumanni

Sphenoceramus cf naumanni

Sphenoceramus cf naumanni

Sphenoceramus cf naumanni

#MolluscMonday

Examples of Sphenoceramus cf sachalinensis and S. cf naumanni from the Late Cretaceous Nanaimo Group of Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island.
#PaleoSky #Fossils #FossilCollecting #NanaimoGroup #Cretaceous #CretaceousPeriod #FossilFriday #Paleontology #Palaeontology

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Late Cretaceous spatangoid sea urchin fossils from Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

From the collection of Dan Bowden

Late Cretaceous spatangoid sea urchin fossils from Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. From the collection of Dan Bowden

More Late Cretaceous spatangoid sea urchin fossils from Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

From the collection of Dan Bowden

More Late Cretaceous spatangoid sea urchin fossils from Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. From the collection of Dan Bowden

An assortment of late Cretaceous spatangoid urchins collected from the Haslam Formation of Saanich Peninsula, Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

Part of an ongoing project to organize and document fossils in my collection.

#FossilFriday #PaleoSky #FossilCollecting #Fossils #Cretaceous #NanaimoGroup

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Aciculolenus palmeri from the Upper Cambrian (Furongian) McKay Group of Southeastern British Columbia.

These spiny olenid trilobites are some of the coolest in the McKay Group.
#Paleosky #Fossil #FossilCollecting #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Cambrian #CambrianPeriod #Trilobite #TrilobiteTuesday

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First time back in POC in a while. No major finds, but I had fun, and despite my feet going numb in the extremely cold water, I didn’t loss any toes from frostbite. 😅

#fossil #fossils #fossilhunting #fossilhunter #fossilcollector #fossilcollection #fossilcollecting #shark #sharktooth #sharkteeth

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My first sponge fossil from the Upper Cambrian of Southeastern BC.

Found in association with at least 3 trilobites (see annotated photo).
#FossilFriday #TrilobiteTuesday #Trilobite #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Cambrian #UpperCambrian #CambrianPeriod #Fossil #FossilCollecting #PaleoSky

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A few multi-specimen plates containing Wujiajiania lyndasmithae from the upper Cambrian (Furongian) McKay Group of Southeastrn British Columbia. From my personal collection.
#TrilobiteTuesday #Trilobite #Fossil #FossilCollecting #PaleoSky #Paleontology #Palaeontology #Cambrian #UpperCambrian

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Wujiajiania lyndasmithae, W. sutherlandi, & W. ricksmithae collectively are the most abundant trilobites in the Furongian McKay Group of BC. The specimens here are W. lyndasmithae.
#TrilobiteTuesday #Trilobite #Cambrian #UpperCambrian #Fossil #FossilCollecting #PaleoSky #Paleontology #Palaeontology

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Pterocephalia norfordi
Upper Cambrian (Furongian) McKay Group,
Tanglefoot locality, Southeastern British Columbia

Amongst the most sought after trilobites from Tanglefoot.

#TrilobiteTuesday #trilobite #Cambrian #CambrianPeriod #paleontology #palaeontology #PaleoSky #fossil #FossilCollecting

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#FossilFriday! This time i'll show you the three fossils that got me into this hobby. They are the first fossils i found over 25 years ago, consisting of 2 fossilized shells and bryozoa. What was the fossil that got you into this hobby? #fossils #paleontology #fossilcollecting

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