Fossillocator
@fossillocator.bsky.social
Oh ya I ordered a “crab claw cocktail” at a place and this was not quite what I expected
November 6, 2025 at 3:40 AM
Oh ya I ordered a “crab claw cocktail” at a place and this was not quite what I expected
Nano’s back on the menu boys!
October 30, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Nano’s back on the menu boys!
Traumatizing artifact “Lucille” from The Walking Dead is up for auction
October 29, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Traumatizing artifact “Lucille” from The Walking Dead is up for auction
It has been brought to my attention that the 7 ft tall Crystal of Truth from The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) is up for auction
October 27, 2025 at 2:30 AM
It has been brought to my attention that the 7 ft tall Crystal of Truth from The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance (2019) is up for auction
A pic of fossil hunter Frank Garcia and his bone layer discovery in the Leisey Shell pit of Florida back in 1983. Am exceptionally rich layer of mammal and other bones
October 11, 2025 at 11:25 PM
A pic of fossil hunter Frank Garcia and his bone layer discovery in the Leisey Shell pit of Florida back in 1983. Am exceptionally rich layer of mammal and other bones
Hey paleonerds, guess who just won a Roy Chapman Andrews signed letter in an auction!
October 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Hey paleonerds, guess who just won a Roy Chapman Andrews signed letter in an auction!
What? Light bulbs that store a little power so they’ll work in a power outage? YES
October 8, 2025 at 3:34 PM
What? Light bulbs that store a little power so they’ll work in a power outage? YES
Do you like silver? Do you like old foreign coins? Well here’s a pile I’m too lazy to deal with, they’re a variety of silver coins from 50-90% silver content. So I’m selling it at bulk at $1.50 a gram by the scoop, just DM me how much you want. $5 US shipping.
October 5, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Do you like silver? Do you like old foreign coins? Well here’s a pile I’m too lazy to deal with, they’re a variety of silver coins from 50-90% silver content. So I’m selling it at bulk at $1.50 a gram by the scoop, just DM me how much you want. $5 US shipping.
It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures
September 25, 2025 at 4:22 PM
It looks like Dinosaur Field Station of NJ is closing and selling their Dino sculptures
Woah, a Darwin letter on carnivorous plants. That bid is underpriced at the moment
September 13, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Woah, a Darwin letter on carnivorous plants. That bid is underpriced at the moment
Surfing auctions, there's a handwritten Mozart piece, but I can't afford it
September 13, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Surfing auctions, there's a handwritten Mozart piece, but I can't afford it
At Colonial Williamsburg and spotted an ammonite. So where’s this stone from because there are no ammonite-bearing quarries for hundreds of miles.
August 23, 2025 at 6:50 PM
At Colonial Williamsburg and spotted an ammonite. So where’s this stone from because there are no ammonite-bearing quarries for hundreds of miles.
Apparently Ghislaine went dino hunting with Epstein and RFK Jr in the 90's
August 23, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Apparently Ghislaine went dino hunting with Epstein and RFK Jr in the 90's
Oh no! I didn’t know the company that made ecospheres closed!
August 13, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Oh no! I didn’t know the company that made ecospheres closed!
I see a Martian meteorite sold for a lot of money and Niger wants it back… and Paul Sereno is the one pushing them to protect their cultural heritage…
August 12, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I see a Martian meteorite sold for a lot of money and Niger wants it back… and Paul Sereno is the one pushing them to protect their cultural heritage…
One-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other
August 12, 2025 at 1:55 PM
One-of-these-things-is-not-like-the-other
Was reading up on some of Jefferson’s fossil collection and…
August 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Was reading up on some of Jefferson’s fossil collection and…
Anyone know a lot about French Legion of Honor medals from 1814-1830?
August 11, 2025 at 2:39 AM
Anyone know a lot about French Legion of Honor medals from 1814-1830?
Interesting little paleo artifact: an envelope addressed to O.C. Marsh sent from Medicine Bow, Wyoming during the height of the Bone Wars
August 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Interesting little paleo artifact: an envelope addressed to O.C. Marsh sent from Medicine Bow, Wyoming during the height of the Bone Wars
Who wants to join me and mess with nature?
July 21, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Who wants to join me and mess with nature?
Some spheres I recently picked up from the Kirkby collection:
1) Tiffany stone from Utah
2) Lepidolite from New Mexico
3) Rainbow obsidian from California
4) Sodalite from the Princess Sodalite mine of Canada
1) Tiffany stone from Utah
2) Lepidolite from New Mexico
3) Rainbow obsidian from California
4) Sodalite from the Princess Sodalite mine of Canada
July 19, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Some spheres I recently picked up from the Kirkby collection:
1) Tiffany stone from Utah
2) Lepidolite from New Mexico
3) Rainbow obsidian from California
4) Sodalite from the Princess Sodalite mine of Canada
1) Tiffany stone from Utah
2) Lepidolite from New Mexico
3) Rainbow obsidian from California
4) Sodalite from the Princess Sodalite mine of Canada
What the??? At a Miocene fossil track site there's a trackway from huge arthropod moving sideways (like a crab). If it was an insect it would've been 50-70 cm long based on estimates. It's freshwater/marshy deposit. No idea what made it. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
What the??? At a Miocene fossil track site there's a trackway from huge arthropod moving sideways (like a crab). If it was an insect it would've been 50-70 cm long based on estimates. It's freshwater/marshy deposit. No idea what made it. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Sometimes I see a signed book in an auction house and then I’ll go find a cheaper copy online. Here’s Jonas Salk
July 14, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Sometimes I see a signed book in an auction house and then I’ll go find a cheaper copy online. Here’s Jonas Salk
Went to an open house and spotted my first pawpaw in the wild!
July 11, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Went to an open house and spotted my first pawpaw in the wild!