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I found this fossil bird bone recently while fossil collecting along Calvert Cliffs (Maryland Miocene). I collected the bone directly from the fossil layer it was in. I believe it is a Metacarpal bone from the wing region. Fairly small measuring at approximately 13/16ths of an inch long. Can't believe the thin section stayed intact while sifting in my screen. Any ideas as to species would be appreciated. Daryl.
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From the album: Fossil Crabs
This crab took over 20 hours to prep, but came out purty dang nice givin all the problems! Lot of leg, and a very beautyful face. The rock measures 4 inches across. A very small crab for a Tumido. -
Hi all, Got an odd little stumper at Flag Ponds today -nothing important, but it's kind of striking. It almost looks like styrofoam but definitely feels like fossil and looks organic when looked at close up. I'm thinking maybe a cross section of coral? Here it is front and back. Thanks! Jody
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I'm a first time poster, short term lurker I've done my best to read the guidelines, apologies if my first try isn't the best. I've also gone through information on fossils in the formation I found these in as well as psuedofossils and I'm stumped. I was hunting mostly mollusk fossils in the Calvert formation (Miocene) in a very steep ravine in Prince George's County Maryland. About 30 feet in elevation down the ravine from where the shells started to appear I found a number of things that look like bones, at least to the untrained eye. In the picture of the site below, looking upstream, the rock outcrop is the bottom of the rock formation with shells. These samples were all found loose in the stream just below the outcrop. There were a few more sticking out of the reddish and grey clays on the stream side that I left (didn't want to mess them up). Characteristics: All are heavy. Most are very solid as opposed to the fragile shells in the formation above them. Many of them are made of sediment that includes very small shell fossils. Some have a reddish layer on the outside that has deteriorated. All had clay on them, most were covered in some of the grey clay I'm used to seeing in the Calvert formation around fossils, a few had reddish clay. I have a lot more samples and photos, I just uploaded the max file size allowed to begin with. Ruler is in inches. Site: Sample 1 Sample 2 Sample 3 Thank you for any help you can give! I have several more finds and can take more pictures if desired.
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Hi Guys and Girls, I had my first trip to Beaumaris the other day. I am pretty lucky as I live smack in between Beaumaris and Fossil Beach in Mount Martha. These are my first Vertebrate finds so I am pretty chuffed. So I have spent a few days Googling my fingers off the bone. I have sent this picture to the Melbourne Museum too but was wondering if anyone had any clues on what these these might be off. I'm pretty sure the bottom bone is off a bird, as it is hollowed. The middle 2 Vertebrae look as they are from the same animal, or species. anyways any help would be appreciated. Steve
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I took the first trip to Calvert cliffs since I was a very small child yesterday (I know I live in Maryland so I should be there more often) and although it was productive I am frustrated. A) not a single shark tooth to speak of, I think I was doing something wrong and B ) YOU CANT ACTUALLY HUNT AT THE CLIFFS!?! I knew you were not allowed to dig in the cliffs, but I thought you could at least hunt under them! The person at the front didn't mention that, just said don't dig in the cliffs, and the only warning was a small sign behind a bank that could barely be seen and four small wooden posts with orange plastic grid that was on the ground. I unknowinglyy walked a few feet in to collect fossils and was promptly yelled at and told to drop the fossils. It was one person who then left and after she left, tons of people walked over to the cliffs, one picked up the fossils I dropped! I could see (some I took pictures of) beautiful complete shells on fallen pieces of stone, beckoning to me. Now they will soon be destroyed by the waves. What is the point of Calvert cliffs without the cliffs? It makes me angry so many fossils are allowed to be destroyed, I understand why but do not agree. I'm now thinking of ways to bypass this and does riparian rights got me covered? Can I walk at mean tide levels under the cliffs legally? I just learned the fee at matoaka cabins is the same so I know where I'm going next time.... Anyway ranting aside, these are my finds, there are a ton mostly chesapecten, so I will be uploading them throughout the day. I have a paper on how to ID them but it's all confusing to me, so feel free to comment thoughts at any time. first up the sad remains of Ecphora, who instead of being collected in time, were destroyed by the waves. I don't know if it's possible to tell the species, they look most similar to gardenerae to me.
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Hello again! I have three more items that I need help with. Thanks so much for all the help here lately guys I certainly appreciate it!
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I am going thru last seasons finds, trying to find space in the collection. It is a nice way to pass the time until hunting season opens. In 2016, that did not happen until the 3rd of November.. I hate to think I may have 5 more weeks to go. Some very small shark teeth. The one I stopped to think about is lower left -- broad root like a Mako, but serrations.. I just do not know. It also has a point that tips up. as do 3-4 other small teeth I picked up that day. So , what are these small teeth? Thanks to the shark teeth experts on TFF.
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Ok, I went ahead and spent $760 for two rocks. One is very large and weighs in at 42 Lbs and the much smaller one is about 3 Lbs. Once I receive these, (about 2 weeks), I will post in the prepping part of this forum. Im a bit scared though. There is going to be more rock to remove than I have EVER removed and ive been doing this for 26 years! But if you dont gamble sometimes one can miss out on a great oppertunity! My fingers are crossed. I am super nervouse! Well, and quite excited too! RB
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Collected from matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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This tooth was found in a limestone quarry very close to Pinar del Rio, Vinales Valley, in the western part of Cuba. The limestone in this part of the province is very fossil rich. It is known to contain fossil remains of prehistoric marine reptiles and mollusks. Tooth measures 4.01"
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From the album: Chesapeake Fossils
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From the album: Chesapeake Fossils
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From the album: Chesapeake Fossils
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From the album: Chesapeake Fossils
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From the album: Chesapeake Fossils
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Fossil Footprints of Possible Miocene Primate Stolen - Greece
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Fossil Footprints of Early Human Ancestor Stolen from Crete By Tasos Kokkinidis,Sept. 14, 2017 http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/14/fossil-footprints-of-early-human-ancestor-stolen-from-crete/ Man charged with antiquities theft over fossils Ekathimerini News, September 15, 2015 http://www.ekathimerini.com/221719/article/ekathimerini/news/man-charged-with-antiquities-theft-over-fossils The footprints are discussed in: Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution, PhysOrg, Uppsala University, August 31, 2017, (Has overall picture of trackways.) https://phys.org/news/2017-08-fossil-footprints-theories-human-evolution.html 5.7-Million-Year-Old Human Footprints Found in Crete, Greece, Greek Reporter, September 2, 2017. http://greece.greekreporter.com/2017/09/02/5-7-million-year-old-human-footprints-found-in-crete-greece/ Controversial footprint discovery suggests human-like creatures may have roamed Crete nearly 6m years ago by Matthew Robert Bennett And Per Ahlberg, The Conversation, September 1, 2017 https://phys.org/news/2017-09-controversial-footprint-discovery-human-like-creatures.html The paper about these footprints is: Gierliński, G.D., Niedźwiedzki, G., Lockley, M.G., Athanassiou, A., Fassoulas, C., Dubicka, Z., Boczarowski, A., Bennett, M.R. and Ahlberg, P.E., 2017. Possible hominin footprints from the late Miocene (c. 5.7 Ma) of Crete?. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S001678781730113X PDF file at http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/29687/ Yours, Paul H. -
Okay, here's a real stumper. I have five specimens of this shell species, all collected on the beach at Matoaka Cabins, but on various trips. They are all about the same proportions, and all irregular shaped, but with the same growth rings and what looks like maybe attachment area. So far, I have looked in Glenn's 1904 volumes, Vokes, Peteuch, Ward, The Calvert Marine Museum web site, a book on Delaware Miocene fossils, and the FF Facebook page. It shouldn't be that hard if I have five of them! Anyone have a clue?
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From the album: Fossil Crabs
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From the album: Fossil Crabs
Best one of these ive ever seen. Lots of leg. New Zealand. -
From the album: Pleistocene and Miocene fossils
A well-preserved Carcharoides catticus tooth with a length of 1.4 cm from Antwerp. -
From the album: Pleistocene and Miocene fossils
A nice 0.6 cm long part of a Notorynchus primigenius tooth from Hoevenen near Antwerp. -
Collected from matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. These shells are extremely fragile and are not to be found loose on the beach. Most disintegrated when I was working the matrix. This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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I found this one today in marlstone of Popovac, and i would like to know which species of seashell is this?
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