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Hello, I am seeking help identifying the fossil(s) in this rock. I am new to fossil collecting myself and found this on a chesapeake bay beach well known for miocene fossils in maryland. I spoke to someone that is familiar with the area and they said that it looks like it could be a Devonian fossil that got trapped in asphalt and that it is possible that it has been displaced from its original location. I am not sure if it is an imprint or a fossilized animal and I do not know how or if I should try to remove some of the surrounding rock for identification. The pattern on the side as well as the central point are of interest to me. Thank you! It is 2 1/2 by 3 1/2 centimeters
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Was inspired to look through my "unknown" bits, was wondering if any of these 3 might be coral, or what they are if they're not. The bottom of the third one is covered in shell bits and not visible yet, but can add if you need. Thanks in advance! Sw Fl.
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Here's my question. Pulled an oyster up, it broke in half, the other side crumbled to dust. Very sad. But the surviving side has this sunny side up egg appearance. I've looked under a magnifying glass and don't see evidence of shell edges or anything. Is it a steinkern of the innards? I've stopped cleaning it until I know what it is. If it's a sneaky shell, I'll pop it off, otherwise I'll leave it. Any help is appreciated!
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Hi I’m a new member with little experience. Found this on a beach near Torquay in Victoria Australia. It had weathered out from a limestone/ sandstone cliff. Wondering if it is bone. Whale bones have been found in these cliffs in the past. Wondering what people think.
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Guys, I’m totally new at this but I think I found a super cool formation of sedimentary rock with marine fossils in it in Northern Eastern Huntsville, AL area. I’m going to take a wild guess and say these are Mississippian (one looks like a crinoid stem) but you guys would know better than me. Anyway, it was awesome to pick through a little bit.
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This is probably an easy one for you guys. I have around 20 of these, so they must be common, I just can't seem to find one online that matches them. Sw Fl. Thanks!
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Searching through some matrix I found this partial vertebra. Wish it was a bit more complete but maybe next one. This was found in marine sediment from near Richmond in Central Queensland Australia. It is from the Toolebuc formation witch is Cretaceous Albian about 98 - 100 million years old The longest length dimension is 6.5 millimetres so the animal it comes from must have been huge Also interested in where on spine this would have been situated if sufficient information can be gleaned for this partial. Thanks in advance for all input. Mike
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Today I have some more playground finds. I think these fossils are agatized? They are very shiny and have a striated, yet bumpy texture. The only thing I can think is that they're some kind of inside cast of horn coral, but they almost seem to have had branches due to the knot-hole appearance on two of them. Two of them have hollowed-out ends.
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Hi, I found these while pulling apart loose shale eroding from the rockface at the Lady's Walk Shale, Scotland. Be interested for any thoughts...! Can upload better pics if needed.
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The Delaware Bay and Delaware River shores are littered with lovely marine erratics. They aren't local. They aren't young. You have to dig pretty darn deep in Delaware just to get to the Cretaceous in some places. These are Paleozoic. Many pieces are limestone and probably from the Mahantango FM. But, I find just as many that are definitely not limestone. They are silicified to cert and other shades of SiO2 plus a bit of dark blue/black mineral. I'm thjingking they are ordovician, based on the Foerstiphyllum sp. corals here. The puzzle is, where do they and the other silicified corals, sponges, bryozoa etc, come from? The DE geological Survey doesn't even mention the erratics. I was told that it's been washed down from the Appalachians. Okay, there are definitely ordovician layers there that could have eroded into the river, but all I can find are formations of limestone and fine-to-very-fine grained sandstone. Been doing all kinds of searching through descriptions of geological formations in the area and I'm coming up blank. Anyone have any ideas?
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I picked this bit of oyster shell up because it has pretty barnacles on it. I started cleaning mud out and a chunk fell off revealing this. I thought maybe a gastropod cast that's settled in, but it looks attached? It's also not evenly spiraled. It doesn't show in the pictures, but the fatter section has an undulation to it. Worm cast? Anyone know what it is? (Sw Florida)
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looking trough some matrix I came across this little specimen. When it was complete it would have been 40 mm in length. Unsure of the orientation of the section of bone on left end and small section in middle is upside down, but due to this being very delicate, I am not going to play with it. The bone is hollow, thin walled and filled with calcite but the bone will chip easily so this is the only photo as specimen now in small case so as to not damage further. I am comfortable with this being bird as it matches the preservation of the other pieces found in the area. I assume it is an ulna due to the curve so it would be the only one known from this species. The other bird specimens from this local are assumed to be enantiornithine, but only time will tell for sure. Mike D'Arcy
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I came across some interesting fish scales when looking trough some matrix. ruler scale is .5 off a millimeter so all are about 3.5 mm in width so fairly small. The scale on the left has a small curve and the others are flat. the specimen on the right is fairly common but the other two are the only ones I have found and both were in the same small batch so could be from the same fish. Any ideas on what family of fish they come from? Mike
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Does anyone know what this pattern is from? It is on the surface of a large number of rocks in the area. Those rocks are always rich with fossils, if that's pertinent. Is it from sponge? Shell? Its circles in oval-ish shapes. Its hard to get it to show on camera, sorry. When I go outside today I'll try and get a pic of one in situ if you think that might help. (In sw Florida.)
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Found 2 of these, identical in size, in sw Florida. What the heck are the wormy things? Is it internal bits, or worm casts? It's really hard to find online because I lack the terms to use to search effectively. Really appreciate all your amazing help lately. Hopefully I don't get the boot for too many questions! lol
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Got pulled out of a few hundred feet of water near nova Scotia.. not sure there's enough to ID it. About 14 inches long and maybe 3.5 inches wide at widest point. img]http://pooncheese.com/images/2018/06/05/86fb790edcb634f95ec1795e1c204a51.jpg[/img] ,
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Hello everyone, I’m a newbie to fossil hunting. I found this yesterday, my first time out since taking up this hobby. I found it along a creek in Shawnee, Kansas, USA. Some of the rock in the area had clearly been trucked in and some was from the area so I don’t know how this particular fossil arrived at the location. The fossil is about 28 mm in diameter. There are clear pores that are on the outside surface. Where it is broken, you can see the pores extending inside the specimen. My first thought is a coral or some kind but I’m not sure what kind. Any ideas? If you need any information, let me know.
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I found this little guy with a cluster of barnacles in sand in the woods in sw Florida. I can't figure out what shape it was, or is it two stuck together? Looks like just one, but I'm no expert. Can anyone ID? I have more pictures if needed. Thanks!
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I recently acquired a large collection of fossils and I need help identifying them. #1 This was found along Charmouth beach in the pebbles so I don't know the geological age. #2 These are from Petersfield from a stream. Again, no idea of the age of it. #3 and #4 I don't know where these were found but I'm pretty sure they belonged to some sort of mammal.
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Buried in my prep bin I found a marl nodule from the Corsicana Formation that I snagged for the gastropod/bivalve association. Longing for the days before the site was built over, I pulled this thing out for prep. Well surprise, surprise! Beneath the Neithea bexarensis and Gyrodes rotundus was a Dakoticancer australis carapace completely hidden. I’m lucky I didn’t run my scribe through it while reducing matrix. The movable finger from the right chela is poking out from under the Neithea, but I opted not to blow apart the other fossils exploring for appendages. Anyway, it’ll keep.
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Calvert Marine Museum Designated As Maryland State Paleontology Center
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CALVERT MARINE MUSEUM DESIGNATED AS MARYLAND STATE PALEONTOLOGY CENTER http://www.calvertmarinemuseum.com/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=278&ARC=418 -
not sure what I have here......any help please,,,,thanks
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This fossil is from Guizhou, China. Any idea what is that?
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Can anyone help with a more specific id on these? The larger two are from Burton Bradstock and I assume the one on the left is a bivalve and the one on the right a sea urchin. The smaller piece in the middle is from Charmouth and another sea urchin. Both locations are jurassic and (obviously) marine.
