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/oldfossil/opslag/1941356316Mosasaurus.jpg Fossil Friends: When I was in California, I obtained in barter a large collection of mosasaurus, giant fish, and sharks teeth. Of course, several of the teeth in my collection I found myself in this state. Not long ago I posted a set of these “Monster Teet...

/oldfossil/opslag/304421133Backyard-Treasure.jpg While exploring my daughter's large backyard in Southlake, Texas, I discovered an interesting slab (possibly uncovered during the building of the house). I haven't worked on it yet. Maybe I should leave it in its present state. So far I have identifi...

/oldfossil/opslag/106504077Gastropods-Bivalves-and-Sharksteeth-from-the-Holz-Shale-Indexed.jpg Paleo Friends: Several years ago I obtained permission from the Holz family to search for fossils on their land. This site exposes the Upper Cretacrous Ladd Formation of Orange County in the main outcrop ...

/oldfossil/opslag/1150170619Greenriver-Formation-Herring.jpg Paleo Friends: One of my important fossils sat on one of my bookshelves, overlooked during the cataloging and photography of my other fossils. The herrings fossilized during the Eocene Epoch in the Green River Formation and shown in the p...

/oldfossil/opslag/489547437Fossil-Teeth-2.jpg Greetings Fossil Lovers: I've been photographing all of my specimens and decided to share my collection of "monster teeth" with you. The attached photo shows nearly a full mouthful of teeth for the giant fish Enchodus lybicus (one large tooth ...