>>1162612when I was a kid I collected rugose corals, brachiopods, crinoids, trilobites, bryozoans, colonial corals, snails, clams, junk like that.
when I was 14 I found a stegosaurus skeleton on a ranch I lived on in Utah. I got in trouble and had to go live with foster parents and ended up living with my aunt and uncle on a ranch for a few years.
that started my interest in paleontology, which I later studied. Since then I've found Allosaurus, pteranodons, Mesozoic mammals, Ceratosaurus, another Stegosaurus, and a nice skeleton of Camarasaurus as well as a number of crocodiles, turtles, lizards, and fish.
Probably some sauropod dinosaurs as well but those haven't been prepared or published and probably never will be.
