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Hello friends, Full transparency here - I am inquiring about this piece from a trade dealer who I will not mention as per guidelines. They have listed the following specifications: Genus: Pachydesmoceras Ammonite. Age: Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Turonian). Origin: Taboulouart, Atlas Range, Morocco. Size: Height: 40 CM x Width (diameter): 50 CM x Depth: 11 CM I am very new to fossils and so am having a hard time verifying these claims. Is anyone able to offer an opinion as to whether this is what they says it is and if it is in the condition claimed? I have seen several other pieces that look near identical to my eyes - is anyone able to provide any insight as to specifically what to look for in a piece like this when identifying it and determining its condition? Are specimens in this size and condition rare? Thank you, Ali
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This ammonite was found by my cousin's husband at Frick, Switzerland in June 2017. The diameter of the ammonite is 19.5 mm. This ammonite is calcified.
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From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
Yaroslavl Oblast, Mostovo, nikitini zone. D 30 cm -
From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
Yaroslavl Oblast, Mostovo, nikitini zone. D 8 cm -
Hi all! In continuation of the previous reports. Less text, more pics Bits of scenery:
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I would like to share some of finds of the last six months. I live and fossil hunt in the foothills in western colorado springs. The is a 375 acre tract that lies between me and "Red Rocks Canyon Open Space State Park. They have sold off the tract to build 170 town homes. It is heart wrenching to say the least, as they began excavating yesterday . I'd like to share some my finds from the last six months in hope of identifying as many as possible. I'm new to this but I finally realize the importance of "cented graph paper"
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Hi everyone! I recently found a trace fossil near my house. I live in Southeast Colorado Springs and there's a lot of marine fossils near where I live. I found what I believe is an ammonite trace fossil. I'm having some trouble identifying it though. I'm not exactly sure what ammonite it's from as well as what formation it's from and what type of stone it's in. I brought it in to the museum I volunteer at and it was determined by the curator that it is not sandstone and it's most likely from the Late Cretaceous. I think it might be from a Hoploscaphites cheyennensis in silt-stone from maybe the Pierre Shale formation(?) but I don't know! The rock is slightly porous, if that helps. Help would be appreciated! Thanks!
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. . . . . . . . . . . . Looks like some kind of Ammonite perhaps - found near to Filey (Hunmanby Gap/Reighton Sands). Question is, if it is a fossil, where do I WALLOP it with the hammer, please?
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We actually found this about 1.5 years ago, just before moving to Florida. (Moved here a year ago). My son got it while he was at my parent's house in the outskirts of east DFW (we lived in north DFW, they lived in east DFW - we both relocated to FL). Their area was well known for dinosaur bones and the likes, which is super crazy lol!! Common to dig them up in yards while doing fences and whatnot. Anyway - my stepdad took my son to the cul-de-sac (2 houses down), one day where they were starting to build more houses. Kiddo wanted to check out the dirt & rock piles... He ended finding this. It's a 14 inch wide ammonite 4 inches tall. Haven't weighed. (carried it home himself, when he was 9 lol). Sorry, it's totally uncleaned, besides light brushing... because we haven't known what to do... Weren't sure if you treat it like shells with light bleach water or if that will destroy it?! Help, please, and thank you! I'm on mobile, so can't follow all the photo protocol ATM. As such, only posting 2 photos for now so it doesn't bog down browsers when opening. I'll optimize in a in a bit when I'm on PC. (Not sure that there's many more to post right now anyway, although I'm happy to).
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Went on a trip to Speeton with my brother and hit the red chalk. Found two of these small fossils and I wonder if anyone can help me to identify them. I am wondering if they are small Nostoceras heteromorphs?
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This Ammonite was found in Eastern Central Oregon, in the western area of the Jurassic Snowshoe Formation. It emerged from dark gray shale and is approximately 25mm. It's hard to know if the shell continued around as the negative was not available.
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Hello everyone! A few weeks ago, my friend Ralph (curator of the MAPS Museum) took me to an old fossil spot for really the sole purpose of showing me the stratigraphy of the area. I returned to the stream a few times and realized there was a lot of 'hard-pan' in the stream that contained fossils. After alerting Ralph, we returned back to the the stream and found something COMPLETELY unexpected..a small, workable area of Merchantville formation. Ecstatic with my luck, we hit the area with all the free time I had. All the best specimens were donated to the MAPS Museum (more to come on that), but here are the ones that went into my collection. The most common ammonite there is Menabites walnutensis, but I also found some nice Scaphites hippocrepis (one in particular is really nice), Glyptoxoceras, and Baculites vaalsensis. The large bivalve is Pholadomya occidentalis, and the more common one is Neithea. If you have any questions or corrections let me know! Frank H.
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From the album: Russian Upper Kimmeridgian ammonites
Weird yet stylish preservation, marl and pyrite. Ulyanovsk Oblast, Undory.- 1 comment
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From the album: Russian Upper Kimmeridgian ammonites
Possibly A. undorae. Late Kimmeridgian, autissiodorensis zone (subborealis subzone). Ulyanovsk Oblast, Undory-
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From the album: Russian Upper Kimmeridgian ammonites
Very rare boreal species (described from Arctic Taymyr Peninsula). Late Kimmeridgian, autissiodorensis zone (fallax subzone). Ulyanovsk Oblast, Undory-
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From the album: Russian Upper Kimmeridgian ammonites
Yorkshire-like concretions, pretty uncommon here. This genus dominates in Syzran, Samara Oblast. Late Kimmeridgian, autissiodorensis zone (subborealis subzone).-
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From the album: Russian Upper Kimmeridgian ammonites
Partially calcified. Late Kimmeridgian, autissiodorensis zone (subborealis subzone). Syzran, Samara Oblast-
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Hi all! This time I'll show you a very special site, located on the Volga river near the city of Rybinsk, 250 km north of Moscow. The site is famous for its huge Volgian ammonites, the biggest in our Jurassic (big Cretaceous ones are no surprise). The largest ammonites here reach 70 cm, they are inflated and surprisingly common. If you find an ammonite in concretion, it will most likely be big and whole (but often broken inside). The main outcrops are situated by the village of Glebovo, they occupy about 6 km of the shore. Glebovo:
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before quick polish, et apres. small ammonite? central arkansas...and B maybe nothing but something perhaps, unidentifed compadre of exhibit a. please advise. merci.
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I hunted for the second day in a row yesterday. This was a creek in the middle of Dallas-Fort Worth. I'd wanted to make a trip to this creek for a while, plus had some errands in the city, so made the drive for both yesterday. After the long and arduous hike the day before, this was supposed to be short and easy. I was seriously mistaken about that. The creek banks were just too steep to get into the creek. I ended up walking quite a ways, and even then, went down a bank so steep that I tied a rope and left it to get myself back up the bank. I was thinking that if rain got anywhere near me, I'd better clear out quick, or I'd never make it back up that bank. This is an Eagle Ford creek. It was a really great looking outcrop in this creek, but I couldn't get it to yield much. And the shower the night before had the gravel bars wet enough that they were tough hunting too. But I did bring home a few pieces. This ammonite was trying to crumble.
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I will trade these fossils for one well preserved European goniatite or European triassic ammonite (specimen with 5 to 8 cm preferentially) because that kind of specimen is lack in my teaching collection. Note the Anorthopygus orbicularis is not a common species and, apart the incomplete test, has an exceptional detailed preservation, rarely seen. Best regards, Ricardo Traded
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From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
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From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
Two Pavlovia and D.panderi. Moscow, Moskva river, winter level -
From the album: Russian Lower/Middle Volgian ammonites
Moscow, Moskva river, winter level
