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    The Columbianus Zone/alaunium 2/ Norium/upper Triassic, In The So Called “Hallstatt Limestone” Of The Northern Calcareous Alps In Austria

    By andreas

    The columbianus Zone/Alaunium 2/ Norium/Upper Triassic in the so called "Hallstatt Limestone" of the Northern Calcareous Alps in Austria Dear Fossil Forum members! This pictured report about the ammonite bearing Triassic Hallstatt limestone will be the first one of a continuous series of reports. Since the beginning of the geological research in the Northern Calcareous Alps of Austria in the 19th century, about 500 species of Triassic ammonites have been described from the Hallstatt limestone
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  • MikeR

    The End Of My Pliocene Project

    By MikeR

    When I began this blog late in 2010, my intention was to report on recent field trips however, with the exception of one excursion each into the Upper Miocene, Lower Pliocene and the Calabrian Pleistocene, all of my posts have concentrated on the Upper Pliocene of the US Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains. I already had an extensive collection of Florida Upper Pliocene invertebrates that I had collected while a resident of the state in the late 80s and early 90s. The fossils from these beds are
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  • JohnJ

    Ancient Hunters

    By JohnJ

    June 5, 2010 Barry held his camera barely two feet away from the back of an Agkistrodon piscivorus. Although a small snake, it was still very dangerous and he positioned his camera based on years of experience with these reptiles. Known more commonly as a Cottonmouth or Water Moccasin, the twelve inch juvenile snake had coloration similar to the closely related Copperhead. However, its patterns were muted by late afternoon shadows in a remote location that was not favorable to an easy medic
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  • MikeR

    The Problem with Siphocypraea

    By MikeR

    For millennia, humankind has been fascinated by the hard-external shell of the organisms classified within the Phylum Mollusca.   Consumed first as food, their empty shells have served multiple functions in the past; as tools in many ancient cultures, in religious ceremonies by the Aztecs, and money by Pacific Islanders. During the Age of Discovery, sailors could supplement their meager incomes by selling exotic seashells to wealthy gentlemen for their Cabinets of Curiosity.  Today many people f
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Hours Of Searching, Yet No Luck

I'm sure that there are plenty of people here whom, even though you probably did as much research as possible and even tried to pinpoint the area you're looking for on google earth or some similar program, when you go looking for the site in person, it constantly eludes you with being someplace completely unobvious. Well, even with three days of searching, the sites I've looked for have eluded me time and again. One, named the Alaqua Road-cut, which contains molluscs and shells from the Miocene

SharkTeethCollecter

SharkTeethCollecter

And The Moral Is...

Well now I can say that I have been into fossils since the 2010 aurora fossil festival and do not see myself getting out of anytime soon. I am still hunting the infamouns Green Mill Run and a few sites along the Tar and Neuse rivers. Having so much sucess at GMR I do not want to leave, I was once told if a spot is producing dont leave that spot stay in it until it quits, well almost 4 weeks into GMR and its still giving me a few nice size teeth ever so often I am not planning on leaving. Ye

Thefossiltrader

Thefossiltrader

Comparision And Opinion 1St Day!

It is my 5th day fossil hunting and I belive that looking for fossils is much like looking for relics just alot less expensive. In this way I mean, you go out and buy a thousand dollar machine just to look for say civil war relics, but for fossil hunting all you have is your time,gas, and cost of the sifter if you use one, now by my book that only around $960 cheaper. With that being said I would like to introduce myself, my name is matt I live in Winterville NC and I have been a civil war r

Thefossiltrader

Thefossiltrader

Top Of The Food Chain

At over 60 feet in length and weighing over 50 tons, C. megalodon was without a doubt one of the largest and most terrifying predators to ever exist. It was literally, The Apex Predator, The Top of the Food Chain. Megalodon sharks lived from about 25 million years ago to around 1.5 million years ago. Megalodons had enormous teeth that grew up to seven inches in length. These razor sharp teeth were used to attack and devour ancient whales. In general, all shark teeth are h

Deep-Thinker

Deep-Thinker

Nothing Is Sacred....fools Progress

Now is the time when I lament how nothing stays the same, and progress marches inexorably on. What other outcome can there possibly be when you think you've found a little slice of paradise? So it goes. The beautiful little creek by my house, so full of fish and fossils and history, is soon to become the site of the new Schlitterbahn waterpark. And with, more people, traffic, pollution, millions of gallons of chlorinated water etc. So long old friend. Today I eased on upstream to my favori

Infidel

Infidel

Gravel Pit Overview

Sometimes the region I live in has the feeling of being a bit of a backwater. We're far removed from the metro and interstate action. So, just in case you have no idea what or where Michigan's NW LP is (Northwest Lower Peninsula), here's a view of the entire region: Essentially, the whole place is a giant glaciated gravel pit. Up in the northern 1/3rd of this "mitt" there are low ledges of bedrock exposed on the shores of Lake Michigan, as well on the Islands from South Fox on up, and there

glacialerratic

glacialerratic

Fossilized Crab

I found this fossilized crab on the beach the other day. Can anybody tell me about it? I am attaching a picture. It was found on the beach in Long Island near New York City. Thanks

GPeach129

GPeach129

Today I Went Hunting In A Stream In Hendersonville, Tn.

Today I went hunting in a stream in Hendersonville, TN. I took some co-workers who wanted to see why I'm so fossil crazy, and now they are hooked. We are going back thursday . I found my largest crinoid stem to date which made my day. below is a picture of some of what I found. The white one with holes in it, I need help with the ID. I never found one like it before

Ameenah

Ameenah

What Is It?

My husband and I found these in September 1996 at North Myrtle Beach. They vary in size, the smallest filling a child's palm and the largest filling an adult's palm. They all have the same shape and markings. We have surfed the net trying to find out what they are to no avail. They're obviously something since they're all the same. Any suggestions?

lauraharp

lauraharp

Doing Well, And Getting Better Every Day

As time goes on I appreciate more and more what my area has to offer. Been having a lot of fun lately, finding interesting things, finding interesting places. Tonight I got together with some local fly fishermen, which included wives/girlfriends, a teacher and students, fly shop owner etc. to clean up a stretch of creek in town. It was wet, rainy, and we got started about 5:30, visibility wasn't too great. We all had a good time picking up a lot of trash, while back at the fly shop some sausa

Infidel

Infidel

Persistence In The Field

March 6, 2010 It was time to paddle one of my favorite places. The water had finally receded from recent rains to make the trip manageable. It was also a test for a shoulder injury that I had been working back into shape. So I waved to my wife and slipped the boat into the cold water. As I negotiated the twisted channel, I noted many changes to familiar stretches of water. A new tree down here, a missing log jam there and fresh, untracked gravel soon became part of things behind me. Yet the w

JohnJ

JohnJ

Therapy

I'm really happy when I'm out. Out anywhere, on a creek, hiking, driving, kayaking, whatever, as long as I'm out somewhere with a somewhat open ended schedule. So when things are starting to irritate me at work, its always a good idea to leave early, I tend to have good luck when I leave work early. Today I told everyone I needed to leave around noon to "take care of some business", only my boss gave me a nod and a wink, he knows that the white bass run is on and this weather is perfect. Unf

Infidel

Infidel

Beauty Behind Barbed Wire

I had a fun experience a few days ago. There is a new subdivision along the creek where I hunt fossils and fish, and there's an old quarry pit near the subdivision that has great fossils in it. So, I've been parking in the subdivision to access the creek and pit. Now, this subdivision is marketed as a luxury community, and there's maybe 12 houses out of 60 homesites, so there's a lot of wide open ground and streets with no structures. As a result, it's quite obvious when there's a car parked

Infidel

Infidel

The Beginning

Seems like it's not a real blog thing, where I can just keep writing and posting on going stuff in one place, more like a forum post that people can respond to and I can respond back, but not in the forums. Not sure I'll like that, kinda ruins the continuity, not that I plan on much continuity anyways, as this will be more stream of consciousness writing about things kicking around in my head. So, to begin. Access issues bug me lately, maybe because a security vehicle deterred my quarry hunti

Infidel

Infidel

Petrified Wood

Haven't gotten to fossil hunt in a while but have gone out to a creek on neighbors land to hunt for arrowheads and discovered hundreds and counting of petrified wood. I typically never really took interest in petrified wood and I discovered most of these have crystal clusters all over them, that's a first for me as I've never seen any like that. As much as I love anything that sparkles I have now found a new interest in finding these. As I explore the creek I have found an area where the layer t

Lindsey

Lindsey

Tracking The Glen Rose

January 2, 2010 The Lower Cretaceous Glen Rose Formation (Kgr) of Central Texas is roughly 110 million years old. Its classic exposures look like man-made steps or solid blocks that are occasionally interrupted with softer rock or marl. The formation is typically divided into upper and lower units by a layer of Corbula fossil clams. Just below this layer was the destination I wanted to find for my first fossil hunt of the year. It takes its name from the isolated occurrence of an ornate fossil

JohnJ

JohnJ

Treasures Of The Marl

December 7, 2009 Damp cool bordering on cold, breezy overcast was the atmosphere Bob and I charged with anticipation. A day off and a few hours from Central Texas found us in a Lower Cretaceous quarry. Here, the Albian aged Washita Group formations could offer up some uncommon echinoids and other marine fauna. Bob thanked me for the invitation and the chance to find some different species for his collection. He had just shown me an intricate, Edwards Formation matrix piece that had a crisp,

JohnJ

JohnJ

Sedimentary: Waiting To Be Metamorphic

So, this is my first attempt at a blog. I thought that I would just share my thoughts and let you all know what has been going on in my life. I basically have been building upon a foundation over the last 8 years. This has consisted of bettering myself through education: class after class until finally two degrees later and nowhere to go but straight into a brick wall. I find myself stuck. The only way to advance is through state certification and that is coming up in a few days on the 11t

Phoenixflood

Phoenixflood

Keeping Busy On A Barren Bit Of Rock

Dear Fossil Forum friends, I'm Gerard Lee, nice to meet you all! I live in Hawaii, which is a very young volcanic rock in the middle of the ocean. There are no fossils or interesting rocks here, at least none worth mentioning right now. I love fossils, but never really got into them because before the internet they were hard to get here. But about 10 years ago I started mail ordering fossils, after being awed and profoundly moved by Riccardo Levi-Setti's book on 'Trilobites'. They were good ti

Sir Knightia

Sir Knightia

A Matter Of Perspective

October 4, 2009   The Central Texas weather forecast for the day was a wet one. However, a quick check of the radar revealed I had a few hours before dealing with any storms. My wife just smiled as I mentioned going out for a few hours. I told her that maybe all the recent rain had washed out some tiny jewels at my best Eagle Ford Formation site. She knew, at the very least, I would return with some dazzling, pyrite studded, Prionocyclus sp. ammonites and other late Turonian fauna.   Drizzle

JohnJ

JohnJ

First Reactions Of Paleoanthopology.

Well as the fist quarter of this University year closed last week, I'm definitely feeling that my ultimate career choice is Anthropology, and more specifically Paleoanthpology. I'm currently in a course which is all about Human Evolution, and it definitely my favorite course I've ever taken. It is really a great relief to finally read text books which are actually about the field which captures one's ultimate interest, and in the same breathe it is a relief to finally know that I'm going to feel

Nicholas

Nicholas

Finished

Ive finally cracked it...... These have been sat on the beach for hundreds of years in some cases slowley eroding away, with the beach situated amongst the most dense consentration of commercially minded collectors in the country.... The only reasons I can think of that they sat there and wernt picked up is either they are too difficult or time consuming to prep and because of this they would get very little for their efforts in finacial return..... Its the only plausable explanation....to do wh

Terry Dactyll

Terry Dactyll

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