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Winner of the March 2020 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month
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The winner of the March 2020 IPFOTM goes to... Scolecodonts (maxilla/jaws) of polychaetes (Protarabellites or Oenonites & Ramphoprion) - Georgian Bay Fm, Upper Ordovician - Mimico Creek, Toronto, Ontario Congratulations to @Monica !!!- 53 replies
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March 2020 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends April 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Palmoxylon sp. (fossilized palm) - Kirtland Formation, Upper Cretaceous - San Juan County, New Mexico 2. Venerid (bivalve shell) - 1.3 Ma, Pleistocene - North East Punta Cana, Dominican Republic 3. Conocardium cuneus (rostroconch) - Devonian, Amherstburg Fm - Ontario 4. Syringopora multattenuata (tabulate coral) - Bethany Falls Limestone Member within the Swope Limestone, Carboniferous - Kansas City, Missouri 5. Spiriferid brachiopod with internal spiralia - Mississippian - Henry County, Missouri 6. Rhizopalmoxylon sp. (palm root) - Kirtland Formation, Upper Cretaceous - San Juan County, New Mexico 7. Ostrea digitalina growing on Turritella partschi - Langhian/Badenian, Miocene - Wetzelsdorfberg-3, St. Josef, Styria, Austria 8. Sponge (Phylum Porifera, Class unknown) - Naco Formation, Pennsylvanian - North of Payson, A rizona 9. Bryozoan encrusted crinoid segment - Chainman Formation, Carboniferous - Utah 10. Abertella dengleri sand dollar - Hawthorne Group, Peace River Formation, Late Miocene - Peace River, Hardee County, Florida 11. Periarchus pileussinensis sand dollar - Tivola Limestone, Late Eocene (~35 Ma) - Perry, Georgia 12. Chlamys spillmani clinchfieldensis scallop with both valves - Tivola Limestone, Late Eocene (~35 Ma) - Perry, Georgia 13. Scolecodonts (maxilla/jaws) of polychaetes (Protarabellites or Oenonites & Ramphoprion) - Georgian Bay Fm, Upper Ordovician - Mimico Creek, Toronto, Ontario 14. Cunningtoniceras inerme ammonite - Middle Cenomanian, Cretaceous - Northern France 15. Unknown echnioid - Ozan Formation Red B eds, Cretaceous - North Sulphur River, Fannin County, Texas 16. Glyptocrinus deculatus crinoid - Fairview Formation, Cincinnatian Upper Ordovician - Maysville, Kentucky 17. Rhinocaris columbina phyllocarid - Hamilton group, Moscow formation, Windom Shale, Middle Devonian (Givetian) - Madison county, New York
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Ok. So, apparently I need my eyes examined... Thanks, everyone. Maybe I'll have better luck with invertebrates. I'll post more photos separately, but here's a preview:
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Pliocene/Miocene Invertebrates, Humboldt County CA.
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Hey everyone! This will be my first attempt at a trade in the TFF. Im offering a variety of fossils from the Price Creek Formation of Humboldt County, Northern California. This formation has been dated to late Miocene early Pliocene. As far as to what I’m looking for in this trade, I love all things Mollusca! Gastropods, Bivalves, Ammonites, Belemnites or Brachiopods, I’ll take them all. Invertebrates of any kind will strike my fancy though. The weirder the better. I’ve seen some Ram’s Horn Oysters that are awesome! I have no qualms about trading for these as a whole set, however shipping would be cheaper. I’m willing to ship anywhere in the United States, if your international I’m afraid that you’ll have to absorb that cost. I really appreciate all the knowledge that members have been forthcoming with sharing. Please pm me if your interested. -Nick -
Hey everyone! I’m starting this post as a continuation of this post: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/102463-virtual-fossil-hunting-field-trip/ I’ve decided to start this new thread in prefer to better conform to the sites organizational structure and to serves as a more permanent home for my future adventures. So, if you haven’t already seen it, in encourage you to read it in order to catch up. In light of our current events I’ve decided to practice some self quarantine at my favorite fossil hunting location. The rocks here, the Rio Dell formation, represent an eastward trending embayment from the Pleistocene, overlain by orange conglomeratic sandstones called the Carlotta Formation, indicating and delta environment that fed into said bay. These have all been uplifted by the numerous and complex fault systems that Northern California is famous for. This site is easily accessible via a trailhead about 350ft above the beach.
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I've spent the last few trips Socially separating on the Peace at Zolfo Springs. Yesterday I found some pretty interesting stuff. I've switched back to a 1/4 " screen for a while because the 1/2" and the extended shovel handle was killing me. As a result, I've gotten a ton more small shark teeth, but have been able to process a lot less material. This was the total take for Tuesday. The invertebrates are the most interesting I think. In the lower left corner is a juvenile Abertella aberti with some minor damage but an intact perimeter. I've got a question about the sea biscuit though. It is clearly a Ryncholampas sp., but which one? This is Hawthorne group, not Suwannee, so should I assume it's R. chipolanus? Close up pictures follow.
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Winner of the February 2020 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
The winner of the February 2020 IPFOTM goes to... Metopaster sp. sea star - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France Congratulations to @caterpillar !!!- 23 replies
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I found this specimen at Penn Dixie last spring and I thought it would be good practice for prepping since I'm new to it. I at first assumed it was a piece of broken shell, but as I chipped away at it with a pin vice, I found that it was much bigger in size than I thought. I am having trouble figuring out what it actually is even though I've removed a substantial amount of material at this point. There are striations that are similar to a lot of bivalves in the area but the general shape appears more coral-like in my opinion. What does everyone else think?
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February 2020 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends March 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Metopaster sp. sea star - Lower Thanetian, Paleocene - Southwest France 2. Pecopteris sp. fern frond - Upper Carboniferous - Betteshanger, England 3. Pinnularia plant root - Lower Pennsylvanian, Gobbler Formation - Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico 4. Lovenia woodsii echinoid cluster - Beaumaris Sandstone Formation, Upper Miocene to Lower Pilocene (4.5-6.5 Ma) - Victoria, Australia 5. Crenulopteris acadica fern and Leaia tricarinata branchiopods - Energy Shale, Carbondale Formation, Pennsylvanian - Vermilion County, Illinois 6. Laevidentalium sp. scaphopod shell - Upper Oxfordian, Amoeboceras Serratum Zone - Bronnitsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia 7. Hypoturillites tuberculatus heteromorph ammonite - Lower Cenomanian, Cap blanc Nez, France 8. Platyceras gastropod - Warsaw Formation (Mississippian) - Missouri
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Sorry about the tag ambiguity but I’m at a loss. This was recovered from an old fossil collection sold retail in about 1955. Any ideas would be helpful. Family? Genus? species? US Penny (and cat hair) for scale. Thanks, Glenn
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Hi Everyone! I should preface that this collection of photos were taken on multiple occasions to this location. I just wanted to share with you all typically, what my experience fossil hunting is like. This is not the only location or formation that I personally collect from, but it is the most frequent location I visit and is relatively accessible at all times of year. Anyway, essentially what we’ll be seeing here is the deposits of a 2ma old bay, represented by the Rio Dell Formation, then the Carlotta Formation, orange conglomeritic sandstones representing a delta that flowed into said bay, all uplifted by a faults driven by subduction. ON TO THE PICTURES!
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Winner of the January 2020 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
The winner of the January 2020 IPFOTM goes to... Belotelson magister shrimp - Francis Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 Ma) - Mazonia South (Pit 11), Illinois Congratulations to @stats!!!- 31 replies
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January 2020 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends February 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Unidentified coral - Coral Rock Formation, Pleistocene - Barbados 2. Texaster sp.? echinoid - Cretaceous - Ericeira, Portugal 3. Physetocrinus lobatus?, Physetocrinus lobatus?, unknown crinoid, and Orophocrinus saltensis blastoid - Mississippian Escabrosa Formation - Superior, Pinal County, Arizona 4. Two Cunningtoniceras inerme ammonites - Middle Cenomanian - Northern France 5. Composita subtilita brachiopod with naturally exposed brachidium - Naco Formation, Middle Pennsylvanian (~309 Ma) - near Kohls Ranch, Arizona 6. Belotelson magister shrimp - Francis Shale, Middle Pennsylvanian (~307 Ma) - Mazonia South (Pit 11), Illinois
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Winner of the 2019 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Year
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
2019 INVERTEBRATE/PLANT FOSSIL OF THE YEAR (IPFOTY) Unidentified (trigonotarbid?) arachnid - Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D), Osnabrück Fm. - Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Germany Congratulations to @paleoflor!!!- 30 replies
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Found on 1450 meters above sea level in the anti mount lebanon range (mid to northern part). Those mountains are the natural separation between syria and lebanon. a local cut on a 90 meters hill to extract construction stones exposed few fossils among the debris. Just cleaned it with water. looking very close, the agatization is cristal clear.
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Hello everyone! A friend of mine was just given a group of fossils from a relative and has very little/no info on them. Through searching through this forum, we were able to I.D. most of the pieces, but this one we were unable to recognize and were hoping someone could help. There is no locality information associated with it unfortunately. Thank you everyone for your time/help, I really appreciate it!
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Hello everyone, I have decided a while ago that I would focus on collecting Paleozoic material, because of this there are quite a few fossils I have that I purchased a long time ago and do not have an interest in keeping, these guys are not that special and I am not looking for much of anyone even does want to trade with me, but I do prefer Paleozoic material. I will post what I have here. 1.Lebanese shrimp fossil Cretaceous GONE/TRADED 2. Geocoma carinata I believe from the Solnhofen 3. Chunkosaurus 4.some cretaceous teeth, spinosaurus, Squalicorax, scapanorynchus, enchodus 5. Some gastropods 6.otodus obliquus Morocco eocene
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Winner of the December 2019 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
The winner of the December 2019 IPFOTM goes to... Amoeboceras alternoides ammonite and Dicroloma cochleata gastropod - Jurassic, Upper Oxfordian - Bronnitsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia Congratulations to @RuMert!!!- 31 replies
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I am really trying to learn my common invertebrate fossils. Can someone, once again, confirm my tenative identification, or correct me? I really appreciate it. The fossil in question is this oval fossil. After doing some research my guess is it is a crinoid of some sort. I am guessing that the little "nipple" in the center of the oval is where the normal hole is, but why does it have a line disecting the oval into two distinct parts? If it is not a crinoid, can someone please tell me what I am looking at, and where I went wrong on my identification? Thanks, Doug
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First point, I cannot get a decent image of this fossil to save my life. That being said, I took a bunch of sub par image in hopes someone can put the pieces together to come up with an id. It measures approximately 35x22mm and is definitely a different material than the host rock. I found it in the same area that I have been finding all of my other fossils. This is outside Willow Springs, Missouri, USA. I originally thought it might be a rugose coral of some sort, but it looks to have horizontal segments or something similar. I am about 95% (or more) positive that it is a fossil and not just geology. I will continue working on attempting to get better images. If I do, I will add them to the thread. Thank you for your assistance.
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I posted a first hunting trip with my daughter and have a few I have no idea. These were collected out of the Stull Shale member, Upper Pennsylvanian. Layer is full of Neochonetes if this helps (as in I could have filled a 5 gallon bucket without moving more than a couple feet). For reference (I cant find my photo scales) everything is 2-3cm long. Thanks for looking. Just trying to help my daughter label them before she takes them to school to show off. Crinoid Head parts? Crinoid sac parts?
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Hello from Kansas again. As I posted yesterday in the intro section, my 10yo daughter has stated an interest in fossil collecting. So, I took her out to known spot with a couple thick shale members in the lower part of the Virgilian Stage, so ~305million. We were actually searching the Stull Shale to be exact. Luckily, it had rained a decent amount a few days ago so we just examined the runoff spots. It was pretty run of the mill stuff as far as I can gather but she is really excited and wants to do more outings. I might just have created a monster... Although, there are worse things that she could bug me about. Anyway, on to her finds. I hope I have identified them correctly, feel free to correct me if I'm wrong; I do have a college degree but it has absolutely NOTHING to do with paleontology LOL. I will also post a couple that I am having problems with in the ID section. For reference, all specimens are 2-3cm in length. Crinoids Neochonetes Rhombopora Rugose coral - Most likely Lophophyllidium, or rare chance of a Caninia tip
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December 2019 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends January 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Cyclolites ellipticus solitary coral - Cretaceous, Campanian - Perigueux, Dordogne, France 2. Macroneuropteris macrophylla seed fern - Upper Carboniferous, Desmoinesian, Francis Creek Shale - Morris, Grundy County, Illinois (Mazon River) 3. Orthospirifer marcyi brachiopod - Middle Devonian (398-385 Ma), Moscow Formation - New York 4. Obornella gastropod (pleurotomariid) - Jurassic, Late Callovian - Early Oxfordian - Juodikiai Quarry, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 5. Protocardia bivalve mollusk - Late Jurassic, Kimmeridgian - Juodikiai Quarry, Klaipeda District, Western Lithuania 6. Lycopsid branches - Upper Carboniferous, Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation - Wakefield, West Yorkshire, UK 7. Cocos zeylandica miniature coconut - Early Miocene (16-24 Ma) - Coopers Beach, Mangonui (Doubtless Bay), Northland, New Zealand 8. Vampire Squid ink sac, loligosepiid, probably Loligosepia - Lower Jurassic, Whitby Mudstone Formation - Whitby, North Yorkshire Coast, England 9. Amoeboceras alternoides ammonite and Dicroloma cochleata gastropod - Jurassic, Upper Oxfordian - Bronnitsy, Moscow Oblast, Russia
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Hi everyone, I found a rock that has multiple small gastropod fossils and gastropod impressions in it. When looking at it a little closer, I saw this grouping of three fossils. Two are gastropods, but I am unsure of the third. Is it also a gastropod that still has the host rock over it where it has not eroded or is it something different? The scale is in millimeters. This was found outside of Willow Springs, Missouri, USA and is a surface find in disturbed soil. Once again, thank you for taking the time to help a rookie learn. I appreciate it. Doug
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Winner of the November 2019 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil Of The Month
digit posted a topic in Fossil of the Month
The winner of the November 2019 IPFOTM (Battle of the Blastoids ) goes to... Devonoblastus whiteavesi blastoid - Widder Fm, Hungry Hollow Member (Middle Devonian) - Arkona, Ontario Congratulations to @Greg.Wood !!!- 25 replies
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