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Greetings, I’ve recently gotten back into prospecting fossils and I’m looking for some suggestions on sites to visit in western Pennsylvania. I frequently visit Ambridge PA to find fern and Calamite fossils from the Mahoning fm and would like to find more. I also would like to find fossils of early Permian (tetrapods, plants, or invertebrates). I hear that Washington county (south of Pittsburgh) has some great spots and would like to know if it were true. I also would like to show some of my findings from Ambridge as well. Note: I’d like this to be suggested places not just western PA but West Virginia and eastern Ohio as well.
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I found this huge cylinder imprint when I was out fossil hunting, it was too big to take with me, so I just took some pictures. I was curious about it, I’m not sure if I’ve seen anything similar before? Found on the Missouri River outside Kansas City. Could it be a cast? Or just a rock structure? There looks to be a pattern imprint left behind. About 1-1.5 feet long. Sorry for the pics, I couldn’t take the specimen home as it was huge.
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From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
REMPC P0021 Fossil Fern Macroneuropteris macrophylla Carboniferous, Late Pennsylvanian Llewellyn Formation, Bear Valley Strip Mine Coal Township, PA, USA-
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About a week ago my boyfriends' parents and uncle came to visit us in Lancaster and on Monday I had the pleasure of entertaining them for the day while my boyfriend was pulled away unexpectedly by work. With the prospect of a beautiful drive (and of course, selfishly, some fossils) I decided to take them to Salthill Quarry. It's an interesting site as it's an old limestone quarry that has been turned into a nature reserve, in the middle of an industrial park. Whilst walking we all thought we could smell bakery goods and were getting hungry, I looked this up later and found a pet food producer is located in the park... Anyways it really is a fascinating place. As soon as you get to the fossiliferous part all you have to do is look down, grab a handful of gravel, look closely and you will find that that gravel is actually thousands of crinoid ossicles. The floor is literally littered with them, it would be impossible to walk away from this site without fossils. It's a fantastic show of just how prevalent crinoids were and how they flourished in this area 340 mya. There isn't much to find apart from crinoids, although I found a couple of small rugose corals and plenty of calyces too. Overall everyone had a good time, it's easy hunting so turned out to be a great place to bring people who had never really thought about fossils much before. I haven't got far on IDs yet but hopefully I'll be able to ID most of the calyces. Amphoracrinus sp.? Also Amphoracrinus sp.? This fossil cracked in two, on the other side is a large, broken calyx (below). Whilst cleaning it I discovered the whole Amphoracrinus sp. calyx above and managed to pick it out. I have no idea what is covering this crinoid stem. There are many other types of crinoid species stems as well, too many to photograph them all. The rugose corals, I think Dibunophyllum sp.
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Hi everyone, new member here. We went camping at Rock Point provincial park here in Ontario and we were amazed with the amount of fossils along the beach. From what I’ve read, the fossils are from a 350 million old reef but couldn’t figure out how to identify some of the items we found. The first one looks like a conical shell, the second almost looks like a pill bug? And finally, the last is possibly the cross section of a plant? Hoping someone here can help satisfy the curiosity of a first time fossil finder! Thanks!!
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Here are two interesting Mazon Creek flora nodules that popped yesterday. I believe they are both assigned to Rhacophyllum. If so, I am excited, I have not come across this "genus" before. Rhacophyllum cornutum Rhacophyllum fucoideum I am pretty confident on the IDs but confirmation is always great. I am quite interested however in the second specimen. It appears that there is a root-like structure emanating from the central base. I cannot find many images of R. fucoideum online so I am not sure if this is significant or not. As usual, any thoughts are appreciated.
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I found this piece outside Kansas City Missouri on the Missouri River. Does anyone have an idea what it could be, looks sort of like coral, haven’t come across this before.
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This concretion opened today. I cannot decide if it a poorly preserved syncarid or more hopefully a partial centipede (Mazoscolopendra?). Any thoughts? @RCFossils @Nimravis @flipper559 @bigred97
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Mystery Piece Found Along With Edestus Teeth Illinois Coal Mine Carboniferous
Kurufossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all, this strange piece came with a batch of edestus fossils that were found in a coal mine in Illinois. Have no idea what it could be, the front seems to be coated in black coal mostly while the back has what appears to be ridges. All I know about the location is it was found in a coal mine along with some edestus teeth that is Carboniferous in age. Hoping with some help to get to the bottom of this mystery.
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I found this piece on the Missouri River outside of Kansas City, MO. I haven’t really come across something exactly like this, any ideas? coral? Some kind of segmented worm?
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Loose on the cobble near the mudflats/water at Blue Beach, Nova Scotia. Just wondering if this is textured rock or any kind of fossil. Thanks for your help with this. Cheers
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Loose on the cobble at Blue Beach, Nova Scotia. I believe this is a trace fossil. Just wondering if anyone can recommend some resources on how to interpret trace fossils? Thanks for your help with this.
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Loose on the cobble at Blue Beach, Nova Scotia. Fossil?
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Blue Beach, Nova Scotia -- Porous (Probs Rock, but Maybe Fossil?)
wyldewastelander posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi there. I found this at Blue Beach, Nova Scotia. It was in the mud closer to the water (underwater when the tide comes in). Thanks for your help with this.
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Blue Beach, Nova Scotia - Small Fossil, Almost Looks Furry
wyldewastelander posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi there. I found this on Blue Beach, Nova Scotia. It was loose on the edge of the cobble area near the water. Thanks for your help with this.
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I am somewhat hopeful that this is an example of Amynilyspes (a pill millipede), but would like to get another opinion. It was found open and is a bit worn. @Nimravis @bigred97 @flipper559 A close up of the "tergites"
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Hi there. I saw this I saw this at Blue Beach in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was loose on the beach, closer to the edge of the cobble towards the water. Also, I'm new to fossils, and only took this 1 pic (I left this fossil on the beach). The plant matter imprint along the bottom is approx 5.5 cm long. Thanks for your help with this.
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Hi there. I'm new to fossils, and just went fossil hunting for the first time the other day. I saw this at Blue Beach in Nova Scotia, Canada. It was loose on the beach, closer to the edge of the cobble towards the water. Also, I just took a few pictures and left this at the beach. Unfortunately, I didn't take many angles on this or most of what I saw - but I know for next time. I am including my hand in a pic for some sense of scale - index fingernail is about 1 cm. Thanks for your help with this.
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Hi all, I collected this piece of rock from Saundersfoot beach last week. Because it was loose on the beach, I don't have much indication of formation or age, but I'm aware that the majority of rocks in that area are Carboniferous, and I'm also aware that Carboniferous chert does exist in the Pembrokeshire region. I'm not sure where it could have came from otherwise. The fossil in question is a scoop-shaped, hemispherical mold in chert which features two discontinuous troughs running down its centre. Upon closer inspection, the surface of the mold furthest from the camera is lined with dimples (seen on the second and third image) The near side of the mold is also textured with dimples which are somewhat larger and double-ringed, however they do not show up well in images. I've made a cast of them using blu tack, which better shows their texture. To me, the dimples are reminiscent of either a trilobite cephalon or an echinoid test, though the shape of the overall fossil doesn't seem to match. Any ID or suggestions would be much appreciated!
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Carboniferous wood with crystals for trade
Svetlana posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
Hello. I offer for trade fragments of petrified wood of the Carboniferous period with crystals of smoky quartz. Some samples are in the photographs (I did not upload all the samples I have, since there are quite a few of them - of different sizes and qualities, as well as the sizes of the crystals themselves. I think we can agree on what specifically interests you - I have no doubt that I will find the sample you need). The origin of this wood is Ukraine, its age is Carbon. I'm interested in marine reptiles and petrified wood. Thank you. Have a nice day
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310-million-year-old fossilized brain found (Mazon Creek, Illinois)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Perfectly preserved 310-million-year-old fossilized brain found By Harry Baker, Live Science, July 28, 2021 Bicknell, R.D., Ortega-Hernández, J., Edgecombe, G.D., Gaines, R.R. and Paterson, J.R., 2021. Central nervous system of a 310-my-old horseshoe crab: Expanding the taphonomic window for nervous system preservation. Geology. Open access Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Hi all, Recently going through some of my Stark Shale material and prepping some of it and this little specimen has me wondering if it’s a tooth. It’s probably pareidolia but the lip at the bottom appears to have a sort of smoothness to it unlike the two protrusions. I'm not sure if the honeycombed structure is bone or cartilage but I’m trying to decide if I should prep it any further and any ideas or thoughts would be appreciated. @Petalodus12 @connorp 1. 2. 3. Thanks!
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I found this weird fossil, it was sticking out of a large Boulder of limestone, I removed it. I can’t really make sense of it? Carboniferous fossils were found in the area, this was found on the Missouri River just outside Kansas City.
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Found this piece next to a deposit of Carboniferous fossils in Kansas City. It was found next to a shale deposit that had plant fossils. I’m just curious what it is? Plant fossil? Something else? pictures attached:
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Field collecting at 2019
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