Mastodon tooth is 23 cm long by 13 cm tall.
A view of the grinding surfaces, showing glossy and polished-appearing preservation.
Mastodon tooth, North Sulphur River, NE Texas. At this locality Pleistocene alluvium overlays Late Cretaceous marine sediments, making for a double-whammy fossil collecting opportunity.
#fossilfriday #mastodon #tooth #pleistocene #fossilcollecting
Many of these fossils have legs and claws preserved in place and can be prepared using an air abrasive tool - dremel doesn't work so well as you tend to chip off the delicate appendages.
Nice detail visible at the anterior rim of the carapace. And a claw appendage at left.
When exposed, the preservation (replacement) on the appendages can be quite remarkable.
More like mottled than dichrous in this example.
Fossil crabs: Notopocorystes dichrous, Upper Cretaceous, Britton fm. for #fossilfriday. Largest is about 3.75 cm.
Collected from below the Lake Lewisville (N TX) spillway several years ago. Crabs and ammonites there are in nodules.
#fossilcollecting #crabs #preservation #geology #paleontology
Ventral posterior view - nice preservation on the flat surface facing us.
Anterior ventral view
Ventral posterior 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
Collecting Echinoids (Sea Urchins) in North Jutland, Denmark #denmark #fossils #paleontology #fossilcollecting #echinoids
Follow for more hunts #pov #povs #fossils #collections #collecting #fossilcollecting #uk #beaches #dorset #charmouth #hammers #online
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…
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
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
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
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
Wealthy Collectors Are Snatching Up T. Rex Fossils, Leaving Scientists Behind #Technology #Other #TyrannosaurusRex #FossilCollecting #ScienceEthics
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
Unearth the Past: A Beginner’s Guide to Collecting Dinosaur Fossils and Antiques
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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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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
Cf Thracia subtruncata
Cf Thracia subtruncata
cf Pholadomya subelongata
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
Sphenoceramus cf sachalinensis
Sphenoceramus cf sachalinensis
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
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
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
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
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
A few multi-specimen plates containing Wujiajiania lyndasmithae from the upper Cambrian (Furongian) McKay Group of Southeastrn British Columbia. From my personal collection.
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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.
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