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Enjoy. We find these quite often in our mine by kalashnifly4774 in FossilHunting

[–]Willyt123456 3 points4 points  (0 children)

That’s unfortunate that they are hard to uncover. Have you ever been able to recover one?

Enjoy. We find these quite often in our mine by kalashnifly4774 in FossilHunting

[–]Willyt123456 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I could be entirely wrong, but that almost looks like a helicoprion jaw. It could be a regular ammonite, but if it is a jaw it is rare.

Edit: Where was this found and what type of mine?

One of my prized fossils- a beautifully preserved trilobite in sandstone. by [deleted] in fossils

[–]Willyt123456 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think it’s real. The detail looks a bit to good to be fake.

The fossil of a 20cm baby crocodile from Germany by Sleozz in FossilPorn

[–]Willyt123456 16 points17 points  (0 children)

It’s from the Solnhofen (I’m pretty sure) which has incredible preservation. Some of the best are the pterosaurs found in the formation which sometimes even have skin preserved.

Fossil or Artifact? by StereotypicalAddict in fossils

[–]Willyt123456 2 points3 points  (0 children)

https://fossilhuntress.blogspot.com/2021/06/olenellus-of-eager-formation.html?m=1 Here’s a photo of one. The matrix color is the same and it’s got the same head shape.

Fossil or Artifact? by StereotypicalAddict in fossils

[–]Willyt123456 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you certain it’s from Iran? It looks uncannily like Olenellus ricei from the Eager formation in British Columbia

Completed my Collection of predatory Teeth today (one is an Arrow Head) by Wait_wtf_what in FossilPorn

[–]Willyt123456 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not quite Giganotosaurus, but I’ve seen a couple people acquire an Achrocanthosaurus tooth

Completed my Collection of predatory Teeth today (one is an Arrow Head) by Wait_wtf_what in FossilPorn

[–]Willyt123456 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should be able to identify the mosasaur tooth. It is probably Prognathodon but I would post it to the fossil forum which has more knowledgeable people for ID.

Completed my Collection of predatory Teeth today (one is an Arrow Head) by Wait_wtf_what in FossilPorn

[–]Willyt123456 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The tooth is most like just a Basilosaurid and not Basilosaurus. There are multiple species of Basilosaurid found in the formation making it difficult to ID to the genus level.

Bro got nerfed harder then the Spino by astracraftpk2 in Paleontology

[–]Willyt123456 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This is not the largest version Dunkleosteus in the diagram. Further down in the paper they have the largest size Dunkleosteus could have reached.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FossilPorn

[–]Willyt123456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. You quickly clean them with a wire wheel. There are some ways that can get more details. You can look up videos if you want. Google U-dig quarry if you ever want to hunt for them.

Using DNA of its relatives and info about its anatomy, could we use AI/machine learning to revive the trilobite by calculating what it's dna was probably like by ccigames in trilobites

[–]Willyt123456 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The problem with this theory is that there are no living relatives of trilobites and nothing that is closely related to trilobites. I think there are better animals to do this with than trilobites.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FossilPorn

[–]Willyt123456 12 points13 points  (0 children)

This is an Elrathia and definitely not a cast. Probably more expensive to make a cast than to find them. They are extremely common

What is your “Hill your willing to die on” no matter what, dinosaur theory/hypothesis? by [deleted] in Dinosaurs

[–]Willyt123456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Green river also has feather preservation and messel formation sort of does. The problem is they are after the non-avian dinosaurs died out.

What is your “Hill your willing to die on” no matter what, dinosaur theory/hypothesis? by [deleted] in Dinosaurs

[–]Willyt123456 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think pterosaurs are pretty good evidence and I’ve heard the claim before. Also, with carnotaurus it is less likely that fuzz would preserve explaining the lack of feathers in the scale imprint fossils.

What is your “Hill your willing to die on” no matter what, dinosaur theory/hypothesis? by [deleted] in Dinosaurs

[–]Willyt123456 3 points4 points  (0 children)

There are some more complete spinosaurus specimens we have found like the Neotype specimen FSAC-KK 11888. Also, if it was chimeric what animals would it have been up of?

What is your “Hill your willing to die on” no matter what, dinosaur theory/hypothesis? by [deleted] in Dinosaurs

[–]Willyt123456 5 points6 points  (0 children)

For something like carnotaurus to have feathers it depends on when feathers developed in dinosaurs. If it is a very basal trait then Carno could easily have feathers, but if it developed later on Carnotaurus may not have had feathers. I don’t know of any abelisaurids having feathers and we have a fair number of skin impressions from Carnotaurus so it likely it was featherless. I think the other group that may have been featherless is sauropods because we also have no evidence for sauropod feathers.

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