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Ammonite Pachydiscus travisi Austin Chalk Formation
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Ammonite Oxytropidoceras supani Duck Creek Formation
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Ammonite Otoscaphites subevolutus Del RIo Formation
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Ammonite Mortoniceras whitneyi Georgetown Formation
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Ammonite Hypacanthoplites mayfieldensis Glen Rose Formation
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Ammonite Budaiceras elegantior Buda Formation
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Ammonite Engonoceras gibbosum - Walnut Formation-
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The annual Paris, Ontario event has come yet again, and this time I left with some nice pieces for the collection. 1. A new Knightia from the Green River formation. (~16cm long) 2. A section of Orthoceras (which is not the highest quality, but was a good deal) (~12cm long) (450mya) 3. Copal amber, with some (very small) flies from Madagascar (~6cm long)(10,000yrs) 4. The brittle star Geocoma libanotica from Libya (~4.5cm)(95mya) 5. Mortoniceras sp. ammonite from Texas (~6cm)(Cretaceous, Albian stage) 6. My favourite, the skull of the sea turtle Lytoloma elegans from Morocco (14.5cm long) (~66mya)
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Continuing with the teaser title... What does it mean when you find a partial ammonite outer whorl of these dimensions? 10 cm X 15 cm. 1 - I'm gonna need a bigger vehicle 2 - Just a lucky fluke 3 - Get back out there and find its siblings 4 - It's a fake plaster cast with which someone spiked the site 5 - These aren't the Ammonites you're looking for, move along 6 - Pay no attention to the peanut butter M&,M's nor the Reese's cups, I'm still celebrating!!! So I'm 3 fossil hunting trips behind and I had a 48 hour binge including two of said trips and one Astrophotography session with Orion Pleiades and Jupiter from 9 pm to 12 am; interject a 2 hour nap, then a 3 hr session with the Milky Way from 230 am to 5 am when the crescent moon rose and ended the session. Then another 2 hr nap when my wife texted me awake from home while I was snoozing comfortably in the back of my Honda Element in The Last Chance Desert. Then jump back into the fossil hunting saddle, a museum visit, plus Jurassic National Monument and more. Oh and not to forget that famous Clawson, UT UFO Landing Site. I gotta lotta catching up to do. This partial is an adult Prionocyclus macombi sp., the gracile form . I will attempt to estimate the possible diameter ASAP. Steve
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Hi all, I'm a total newby but have always been fascinated by fossils, geodes (especially Brazil/Uruguay amethyst) and Roman / Greek / Byzantine coins. I have a nice collection, and have recently purchased some Whitby, Yorkshire ammonite nodules. I'm using the freeze thaw method to open them, as I tried cracking two and both are damaged. However, one nodule is brown, not the black shale as the others, and really soft - I can remove the concrete with my fingernails. My question is how a 180 million year old fossil can be so well preserved in soft mudstone, and is this something others have seen? Was it free of concretion and then collected a new one? It's in very good, nearly complete condition. I'll send a pic shortly.
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The Ammonites of Madagascar are globally renowned, with numerous well-preserved genera and species. However, I've never seen one of these specimens in an unpolished state, as most are heavily polished. Does anyone have a photo of these fossils in a more "natural" condition?
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Ammonite - real or fake?
CuentoDeHadas posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello again helpful people! I am back requesting any information people can tell me about this ammonite I bought? I didn't previously have any suspicions about it being fake (and don't really understand how the pattern in the stone would be faked). However, I have since bought a trilobite from the same source (that you may have seen in my previous post) that did turn out to be fake and that I will be returning. I still have the option to return this one as well if it is fake so appreciate any feedback! -
I found my 2nd ever ammonite in what I’m calling the Grayson formation, based on Mancos app showing solid Grayson, though it’s fairly close to the paw paw. Tarrant County, TX. I’m not well educated on Main Street though, so maybe that fits in here somewhere? Either way, I’ve been to this spot numerous times, lots of cymatoceras nautiloids and I got my biggest turrilites from this spot too. I was thrilled to find a 2 pound, 5.5 inch ammonite. I am GUESSING it might be mortoniceras parinflatum? If anyone can confirm or correct, much appreciated! I used the Kennedy paper on Grayson/Mainstreet cephalopods. I can’t wait to clean it up with air abrasive/air scribe to see what the center looks like.
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Hello! I won an auction online to buy this ammonite someone found in a storage unit, they thought it was a snail! Any ideas on identification? The storage unit is in the USA but that doesn’t help with where it came from..I’m sorry but hopefully you understand the lack of information available given the background of how I acquired it. Madagascar is my first guess but I am ignorant on this topic and only know what I know! I don’t have it in my possession just yet.
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Legal places to find Trilobites or Ammonites in California?
kwic13 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hello! My first post here. I was just wondering if anyone knew of specific locals in order to find ammonites or trilobites in California? I found the website below somewhat useful, and have googled some of the locals on this area that have slightly pinpointed more specific areas, but I do know that sometimes fossils are only present on one part of one exposed cliff, and whatnot, and if I am going to go through the middle of nowhere, I don't want to not see fossils. http://www.fossilspot.com/STATES/CA.HTM Anyways, I haven't quite chosen my road trip route yet, but I will start in Calexico, CA and end in San Francisco, CA. I will likely go to the Chocolate Mountains, up to Blythe, CA, then across the Mojave to Bakersfield, CA (passing by the Trilobite Wilderness), then through the Carrizo Plains, and then up to Pinnacles NP, and then hopefully end up in San Francisco. If anyone knows a spot that isn't too inaccessible (I will have a 4WD), please let me know! Thank you.- 1 reply
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