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Oddball
06-11-2008, 6:13 PM
Thought someone might like to see these. I dug both of these (in different localities) in the vicinity of Yokosuka, Japan. One is an aquatic turtle from around the Miocene age. The other is a 15" Notosaur from the Jurassic period.

davo
06-11-2008, 6:59 PM
Very cool. Do you get to keep all these fossils Oddball? Do you need permission etc?

Oddball
06-11-2008, 7:11 PM
I found these fossils over 20 years ago. So, I guess I can keep them. And, I found them on an exchange tour between the US and Japanese Navies. A couple of locals were into digging and invited me along.

ceeej31
06-11-2008, 7:17 PM
wow, the notosaur is very nice. i would love to have some real fossils but they are so expensive:irked:

davo
06-11-2008, 7:21 PM
lol. Just wondered if you needed permits or similar if you were to do this kinda thing now. I think over here you have to declare anything you find of any archeological value, guess it would be different in every nation though.

The Notosaur is impressive, and if you type it in google, your specimen is top of the list!

varanio
06-11-2008, 9:02 PM
very cool indeed .... thanks for sharing phil. 15 inches for the Notosaur... man!

Gr8KarmaSF
06-12-2008, 12:42 AM
Love it....

coura
06-12-2008, 7:25 AM
Wow really impressive:D:headbang2

feio_bio
06-12-2008, 11:05 AM
Hey man, I am a Brazilian Paleontologist, I wish i have some notosaur in the cientific colecction here!!!
Very nice fossils!!!
Do you know what species are they?

HeatherDawn
06-12-2008, 1:35 PM
Awesome!

Nic
06-12-2008, 1:36 PM
very nice phil.... i would love to go collecting one day....

Dan Feller
06-12-2008, 5:01 PM
Nice fossils! How long did you dig?

Seems like you are a very lucky guy. Want to buy some megabucks tickets for me?:ROFL: