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Post by gingerkid on Mar 23, 2014 8:55:10 GMT -5
Good to see you enjoying your new camera and stand. Very fine fossil collection, Don!  Really like the fossilized pine cones and the crabs are pretty cool. Awesome that you have the male and female fossil crab casts. Are those the crab's eyes at the end of the specimen that is an unidentified species? |
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Post by Fossilman on Mar 23, 2014 8:58:23 GMT -5
Thumbs up Don...
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 23, 2014 12:27:51 GMT -5
Jan, all of the pics were taken with a hand held Kodak. I won't have my new photo lights until Wednesday, and will have to experiment with the new camera before posting any new pics.
Don't know if those are the eye sockets in the crab pic. After it warms up a bit I'll hook up my little soda blaster, and do a little more cleanup on that and a few other specimens. I'm hitting the books right now, trying to get an ID on it. It's hard to find info on fossil crabs from the Pierre shale. There's not a whole lot of printed info available. I may have to take it out to the School of Mines museum in Rapid City for a positive ID.
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Post by The Dad_Ohs on Mar 24, 2014 18:05:47 GMT -5
Knightia Eocaena with Coprolite below fish. --- Green River Formation --- S.W. Wyoming  So I'm thinking, here comes Herman McFish swimming along and suddenly a giant mud slides engulfs him, ending his care free days of swimming. And as he slowly passes to the great beyond, and in the words of Bill Cosby.... "First you say it!!, then you do it !!" and viola... fish fossil w/coprolite!!  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 26, 2014 16:05:35 GMT -5
Finally ready for good macro pics. New copy stand, photo lights and sturdy low profile table top tripod.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 27, 2014 19:24:33 GMT -5
New addition. A partial jaw with teeth from Mylocheilus Robustus. A Pliocene relative of the modern carp. Oreana, Idaho.  |
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Post by gingerkid on Mar 29, 2014 10:07:00 GMT -5
How large are the teeth in this fossil, jakesrocks? Sweet setup! I'm enjoying your new fossils!! Have you had any time to photograph your new thumbnails? Just kidding with you, but hope to see them soon. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Mar 29, 2014 10:54:53 GMT -5
Without digging out my calipers, each tooth is about 1/4" long, and about 3/16" across the top.There is a partial tooth at the front (right).
I have to make room on my basement workbench to set up the copy stand and lights. Hopefully I'll be able to start taking pics next week. I have about 40 new minerals to get pics of. Pic taking came to a standstill while I was sick, But that didn't stop the bidding on specimens.
I have 3 more minerals out for delivery today.
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Post by jakesrocks on May 17, 2014 20:13:06 GMT -5
Pickins on ebay have been pretty slim lately, but I just had to bring this one back home to South Dakota.  |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 29, 2014 13:03:32 GMT -5
Got a couple new fossils.  Close up of the above. Fly and flea.  Willow leaf.  |
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Post by Fossilman on Jun 29, 2014 14:42:02 GMT -5
Nice Don!!!
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 29, 2014 14:49:12 GMT -5
Hey Mike, I kind of went on a big slow down with the fossils. Just lately my favorite mineral seller has gotten some fossils and Fairburns in to bid on. I'm now on a first name basis with him and we message back and forth, so he lets me know in advance when these things are coming up for bid. He even sent me a freebie Fairburn with one of my orders.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jun 29, 2014 17:38:07 GMT -5
Oops !! Forgot that I had this new trilobite. Both eyes are complete, and the rear of the body is folded under.  |
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Post by Fossilman on Jul 6, 2014 9:09:36 GMT -5
One of these days,I will own a "Fairburn"...LOL They are the top agate in the USA!!
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Post by jamesp on Jul 6, 2014 9:20:57 GMT -5
Oligocene horse teeth are common in middle and S. Florida Don. They are often jet black and shiny. But not so common still stuck in the jaw bone.
I think there were a lot of different horses. Mammal fossils are cool in that they are closer to modern day mammals.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 6, 2014 14:34:34 GMT -5
Just realized that I didn't post this one. This is a front fang from an Allodesmus. A 15 million year old relative of the modern sea lion. I found this at Shark Tooth Hill near Bakersfield, California in 1954. At that time the hill was wide open, with no restrictions on what could be collected.  Sockets where other teeth used to be.  |
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Post by jamesp on Jul 6, 2014 14:56:09 GMT -5
Don got to collect before that stuff fossilized.
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 6, 2014 15:22:04 GMT -5
Don got to collect before that stuff fossilized. Well, not quite. I did get to forge spikes for Noah's boat though. |
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Post by jakesrocks on Jul 6, 2014 15:24:54 GMT -5
More from Sharks Tooth Hill back in the 50's. Whale vertebra.   Rib pieces.  Whale ear bone & shark tooth.  And finally, what Shark Tooth Hill is named for.   |
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Post by moonmopus on Jul 6, 2014 15:45:37 GMT -5
these are great, don. the trilobite, allodesmus and, of course, the shark teeth are getting big shouts of "AWESOME!!!" from small mouthed guys hovering around our monitor.
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Really like the fossilized pine cones and the crabs are pretty cool. Awesome that you have the male and female fossil crab casts. 
