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  1. Fluorescent Petrified Wood

    I collected a bunch of miocene petrified cypress wood a few months ago and checked them out inure UV light. Here are the best results.
    • Album created by I_gotta_rock
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  2. Trilobites

    Trilobites in my collection. 
    • Album created by DevonianDigger
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  3. MO Crinoid calyx close ups

    Just some finds from this season, spring 2019. Missouri loves it's crinoids.
    • Album created by Jackson g
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  4. My trilobites

    This is my collection of trilobites 
    • Album created by CH Fossils
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  5. The Mollusca of the Banjaard

    This is an inventory of all the different bivalve and gastropod species I found on the beach of the Banjaard, in Zeeland (Netherlands). This beach is very rich in fossil seashells, especially in Eemian-aged ones (120'000 years old). But there are also quite a handful of shells from other layers (late Pleistocene, Pliocene, sometimes up to the Eocene) that are found here, creating a great diversity of finds. 
     
    I'm trying to represent ALL the species I found there, which is why I also included pictures of broken specimens (if I don't have any complete specimens yet). If at some point I find a complete specimen of a species that I at first only had an incomplete one of, I will update the album by adding the more complete specimen. The goal of this album is to first of all show off the Banjaard's great array of shell species, but also to serve as an ID guide for people that have found their own fossil shells on the Banjaard or other beaches of Zeeland. 
     
    When googling some of the species, you might notice that some of them "need updating" as they have been moved to a new genus. The truth is, paleontologists love to constantly move species around. This is why I use the names of one source for the species: the book "De fossiele schelpen van de Nederlandse Kust" by P. W. Moerdijk, A. W. Janssen, et al. , which is imo the most relevant source for fossil shells of the Dutch coast. I always include the WoRMS (World Register of Marine Species) synonym in the description of each photo if it's different to the name I use. You may use whatever names you like, it's all a matter of opinion in the end. 
     
    I include two extra lines of info in the comments:
    Status:  how the species is nowadays (extinct, locally extinct, or still locally alive) (--> when 'still locally alive', take into account that if your shell is of that species it could be modern, so look closely!) Fossil occurence:  how common the fossil specimens are (from most to least) (take in mind that this is based on my experience , so it is kinda biast!): Abundant: the species is very common, it's almost impossible to go on the Banjaard without seeing plenty Common: the species is commonly found, you should be able to find a handful with every hunt Rather common: the species can be found a couple times per hunt on average Uncommon: the species occurs from time to time Rare: the species rarely occurs In some cases I might mention the occurence of fragments and complete specimens separately, when relevant  
    If you have any questions regarding a shell I've shown, don't hesitate to send me a PM or to post a comment on the photo. If you are unsure about the ID of a shell you found or need confirmation, either send me a PM or make a topic under the Fossil ID section and tag me like this: @Max-fossils (I recommend the latter ). 
     
    I hope this album will be useful, or at least interesting for you all to visit!
     
    - Max
    • Album created by Max-fossils
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  6. Brian

    Please help me identify these.
    • Album created by Brian Roland
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  7. What are these

    • Album created by Brian Roland
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  8. Lutetian

    • Album created by Fossile Bassin Parisien
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  9. Triassic In Situ Pictures

    Here you can see pictures of unprepared Triassic and Jurassic ammonoids, locations, geological and tectonical features.  
    • Album created by andreas
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  10. Bartonian

    • Album created by Fossile Bassin Parisien
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  11. Belemnites

    The thunderbolts of yore.
    • Album created by Ludwigia
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  12. Lutetian Mollusks

    • Album created by Quriosity
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  13. Holzmaden

    Some of my finds from the lower Jurassic of Holzmaden.
    They were mostly found in the quarry Kromer near Ohmden ( http://www.schieferbruch-kromer.de/ ).
    I have found different types of ammonites and belemnites but recently I focused more on vertebrate material.
    Vertebrates are not very common but its not impossible to find teeth and bones. 
    I found most of the teeth in the "Schlacke", a layer with many fish parts. 
    The most common teeth are teeth from Steneosaurus bollensis (crocodile). You can also find Ichthyosaur and Plesiosaur teeth.
     
    • Album created by belemniten
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  14. Lance fm. Microsite Finds

    These fossils come from various channel deposits found in Wyoming's Lance formation which is contemporary in age and fauna to the more famous Hell Creek formation of MT, SD & ND. These fossils were all found on private property outside of Newcastle, WY.
    • Album created by PaleoNoel
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  15. Fossils from the Santonian Blossom Sand Texas

    • Album created by Foshunter
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  16. Cephalopods Worldwide

    Here you can view everything that had feet coming out of its head before burial in countries and counties outside of southern Germany.
    • Album created by Ludwigia
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  17. Carboniferous Plant Fossils in My Collection

    ST. CLAIR PLANT FOSSILS
     
    This album includes Carboniferous plant fossils my wife and I collected at St. Clair before the site was closed. I'm sorting the specimens now.  We have specimens of Alethopteris, Annularia, Asterophyllides, Cordaites, Neuropteris (and Cyclopteris), Pecopteris, Sphenopteris, Stigmaria (tree roots), Lepidophylloides, Lepidodendron, Calamites, and more. 
     
    In the 6 years that we've been collecting fossils, paleobiological discoveries have clarified many of the form and species genera originally used to identify and group coal swamp fossils.  In the 19th and 20th century, many Pennsylvanian plant fossils were identified by shape or configuration. Consequently, many fossils were mistakenly grouped together, and some differently shaped parts of the same frond were given different species names.  For example, the round Neuropteris leaves often found at the base of a tongue shaped Neuropteris leaf are often identified as cyclopteris which is a "form genus" originally used to designate a round fern leaf with veins.
     
    We are learning more about fossil seeds, also.  Trigonocarpus was the general catch-all name given to most Carboniferous seeds but now we are learning which seeds were associated with which trees and fossil leaves, most notably seeds that grew on the Medullosa family of trees. 
     
    Like most fossil collectors, we are still attempting to understand the ecology of fossil plants and trees, how they evolved, and the role they played in evolution in general.  We believe that preserving fossils and displaying them are better than leaving them in the ground to decay.
     

    • Album created by hitekmastr
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  18. Vertebrates

    My vertebrate fossils
    • Album created by Fossilman12
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  19. OBX

    Most of what I read says that the Outer Banks of North Carolina are slim pickings for fossils. I disagree. The fossils out there are, by and large, not very old, but they look like that lived yesterday. In fact, it is impossible to tell some of the old shells from the fresh ones unless they are still attached to some matrix. Most of these were all found on Cape Hatteras, where modern shell collectors like to explore, but I've found things here and there on most of the beaches - sound side and surf side - that I have explored
    • Album created by I_gotta_rock
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  20. Fossils From Bouldnor, Isle of Wight

    This album contains pictures of many of the fossils that I have collected at Bouldnor beach on the Isle of Wight across various trips in 2013, 2014 and 2017. These were all found straight off the shingle along the coastline and date to about 32 million years old (early Oligocene).
    • Album created by Paleoworld-101
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  21. C. auriculatus from North Carolina quarries

    • Album created by fossilselachian
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  22. Bobby’s ammonites

    • Album created by Bobby Rico
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  23. Echinodermata

    I've found a few decent sea urchins myself. Crinoids and blastoids are however quite rare in my area and the stars and other families of this order are even harder to come by, particularly when you tend, like myself, to restrict the majority of your collection to samples which you've found yourself in the field. This is why this section of my collection remains quite modest. I've just lately begun to trade a bit and some good friends have given me some nice samples, so things are improving.
    • Album created by Ludwigia
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  24. M. Eocene of 10 Mile Creek , Florida

    Chipola formation, 10 Mile Creek member, near Altha, Florida
    • Album created by Herb
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  25. Lias Ammonites

    Somerset Gastropod 

    • Album created by Terry Dactyll
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