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I will actually be moving out west in June/July, I’m currently researching the areas. I’m calling on the experts to let me know which is the best move for fossils. I’m a geology grad with a desire to pursue paleontology, so career opportunities must be kept in mind as well. The three cities we’ve narrowed down are Fort Collins CO, Flagstaff AZ, and Bend OR. Don’t worry, I will be bringing a plethora of Florida fossils with me, so, whoever gets to meet me will have plenty of gifts and goodies. Just looking for some solid advice. ps, sorry for being so absent on the forums lately; life has been a little cray!
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This Gastropod does not seem to be in Ellen Moore's book and there seems to be different opinions as to what it might be. Is there anyone who can tell me exactly what this is and show me a picture of the specimen they refer to? Miocene Astoria Formation Oregon
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I have been a long time follower of the fossil forum but this is my first post. A good friend of mine found this at the rock pile at the Rice Museum here in the Portland Oregon area. My friend is confined to a wheelchair so this location where hounds drop off rocks collected from "who knows where" is perfect for him. Anyway my buddy knows I've collected vertebrate fossils for from all over Oregon for decades and was delighted when I said was wasn't positive about what it was. So I'm coming to all of you. The specimen is approximately 4cm x 5cm x 2cm. It's heavy, definitely mineralized, looks mildly water worn, and has tooth-like structure. My best guess is that it is mid root area of a large segmented tooth. Without any crown portions present, that's as far as I'm willing to go. What say you?
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https://www.bendbulletin.com/localstate/6692314-151/scientists-find-first-oregon-dinosaur-fossil
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Astoria Formation Fossils From Oregon Coast
RainBoKatchr posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I have been an avid collector of Astoria Formation fossils from the Oregon coast for a number of years, and plan on putting up a web page that shows every known invertebrate species from the Newportian stage of the Astoria formation (plus as many vertebrate and plant species as possible). In my collection I am still short by a dozen or so invertebrate species out of the nearly-100 described in the literature, although I have also found a dozen or so that AREN'T in the literature, and plan on describing and naming them if they are indeed "new" species. So I was wondering if there were any fellow collectors that have unusual stuff that they could share photos of. One of my recent finds was a conifer cone (shown below), although I don't know what genus and species it belongs to (does anybody know?).
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I peer into a small geode at 80x to look at what look like small blooms of crystals covering bulbous blue crystal mounds. Originally I wanted to see why the geode had white crystal patches on one side and the top side had darker spots. First I see that the "blooms" are actually super small stones that look to be growing their own crystals. I had to look further, I wasn't sure if the geode was opened when I chipped it free from the breccia or if had been open while it was encased. The crystallization was perfectly clean, so I surmise it was. Either way, how in the world does a geode crystallize and then later adopt a speckling of microscopic stones? So, I'm looking over the surface and there is this anomaly. does not match any of the features inside the geode. I look closer and it appears to have, internal organs, segmented legs, and antennae. Could this really be some type of shrimp? Or similar crustacean? I'm really curious to hear what you all think. Hopefully the images suffice, I have a biological microscope so it is not the best at 3D. Posterior Head/Antennae I know I've been looking at a screen all day, but this sure looks like a segmented/armored leg. And, I'm spent
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Hello everyone, I've been collecting for a while and I figured it's about time I made an account here. Not really sure what to say other than that.
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Blue Basin is a beautiful, overlooked wonder at the John Day Fossil Beds By Jamie Hale, The Oregonian, OregonLive, July 03, 2018 https://www.oregonlive.com/expo/life_and_culture/erry-2018/07/32c7d189946376/blue_basin_is_a_beautiful_over.html Blue Basin and Island in Time Trails, John Day Fossil Beds National Monument http://www.americansouthwest.net/oregon/john-day-fossil-beds/blue-basin-trail.html Some related papers are: Albright III, L.B., Woodburne III, M.O., Fremd III, T.J., Swisher III III, C.C., MacFadden III, B.J. and Scott III, G.R., 2008. Revised chronostratigraphy and biostratigraphy of the John Day Formation (Turtle Cove and Kimberly members), Oregon, with implications for updated calibration of the Arikareean North American Land Mammal Age. The Journal of Geology, 116(3), pp. 211-237. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/235984629_Revised_Chronostratigraphy_and_Biostratigraphy_of_the_John_Day_Formation_Turtle_Cove_and_Kimberly_Members_Oregon_with_Implications_for_Updated_Calibration_of_the_Arikareean_North_American_Land_Mammal_ https://www.researchgate.net/profile/L_Albright http://ucriverside.academia.edu/MichaelWoodburne Hunt Jr, R.M. and Stepleton, E., 2004. Geology and paleontology of the upper John Day beds, John Day River Valley, Oregon: lithostratigraphic and biochronologic revision in the Haystack Valley and Kimberly areas (Kimberly and Mt. Misery quadrangles). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, pp. 1-90. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/handle/2246/450 Fremd, T.J., 2010. SVP Field Symposium 2010 John Day Basin Field Conference John Day Fossil Beds National Monument (and surrounding basin)Oregon, USA June 7 – 11, 2010 https://scholarsbank.uoregon.edu/xmlui/handle/1794/12193 Yours, Paul H.
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We are going to Newport, OR this weekend and would love to hear of some places for us to check out as far as searching for fossils. Any ideas? Thanks!
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I'm in Bend for the weekend looking for destanations to look for fossils please HELP!!!
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It's usually tough to be a new member of a forum with little field experience to share. By way of introduction, I am retired and live in St Helens, just a stone's throw from Pittsburg and Keasey. I found my first fossil in upstate New York as a child. My interest has been dormant for nearly sixty years because life got in the way. I hope to change that this summer, with a float trip on the Nehalem River and an extended camping and rock hounding trip into the John Day country of eastern Oregon on tap for this summer. I hope to become a regular contributor eventually but for now I must remain a newbie. I am looking for company on my trips and look forward to meeting traveling members as well as fellow Oregonians. Thanks for the opportunity to participate!
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My 18 year old son and I went on our 1st ever fossil hunt and were very succesful, at least we think so. We didn't find anything in the locations that were mentioned as being fossil rich but after looking around outcroppings and riverbeds for hours with nothing to our name, we decided to go for a walk before heading back to Washington, while hoping it might still produce something. By now we had become 'seasoned' in finding outcroppings that might contain fossils of course. We are fast learners. ;-) And yes, not too far into our walk we came across something that looked like an outcropping. Sure enough.. we found many 'blocks' as seen on the pictures. These blocks were all over the place at the bottom of the outcropping. We only spend a little time there because it was late in the day and took about 5 with us but there were many more. I am sure it must be spot that not many people know of unlike all the other sites that had nothing. We will head back when weather is sunnier. I was surprised to see that there are many pieces of shells on some of these. My understanding is that these fossils belong to the Oligocene age but in all honesty I am not sure. I am a novice for sure but plan to learn and hope to find out. I am considering if I should break some blocks open to see if I can find more fossils inside but I will 1st do some research and decide based upon that.
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Hello all - My name is Patrick and I currently live in Portland, OR. I grew up in Houston, TX and have been collecting sharks teeth since I was a wee lad. My family visited Venice, FL annually from the age of ~12 up into adulthood - for the sole purpose of hunting the beaches for shark teeth. My father recently passed and my mother has moved up here to be near her only grandchild. I'm hoping to find a place in the PNW (NorCal to WA) to find some shark teeth. I read somewhere that Point No in WA is a possibility but cannot confirm. I'm open to any and all suggestions! Thanks in advance- Patrick
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Mammoth Trackways Found at Fossil Lake, Lake County, Oregon
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Mammoth steps found at Fossil Lake Ancient trackways discovered in Lake County By Kurt Liedtyke, Herald and News, Oregon https://www.heraldandnews.com/news/local_news/mammoth-steps-found-at-fossil-lake/article_72c659d4-38f6-545f-b7a2-5718be8c4d51.html Rare Mammoth Tracks Reveal an Intimate Portrait of Herd Life Researchers piece together a 43,000-years-old tableau of an injured adult and concerned young, Smithsonian Magazine https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/rare-mammoth-tracks-paint-intimate-portrait-pachyderm-group-life-180968256/ Retallack, G.J., Martin, J.E., Broz, A.P., Breithaupt, B.H., Matthews, N.A. and Walton, D.P., 2018. Late Pleistocene mammoth trackway from Fossil Lake, Oregon. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2018.01.037 https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018217312154 Yours, Paul H.- 2 replies
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This fossil? was brought to NARG at Portland Regional Gem and Mineral in Hillsboro, OR. It was found in a small creek south of Eugene, OR in the foot hills of the Cascade Mountains. Age is Eocene or Early Oligocene. It was determined it was of organic material. The black on the material is coal. Does anyone any ideas?
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I was just on a trip with some friends near Ochoco National Forest in Oregon and stumbled upon this. I weighed myself with and without this thing in my hand with a digital scale accurate to .1 lbs several times and it comes in at .7 lbs. Thoughts? Thanks, y'all. Dillon
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After seeing @digit great post on his fossil adventure at Clarkia, Idaho, it reminded me of a piece that I had put away in a drawer years ago. I thought it might have been from the same location, but the nomenclature on the plate stated that it was from the John Day Formation in Oregon. I am just looking to see if one of the FF members can identify some of the leaves on the plate. I know some are ID'd, but I also see different types. Any help would be appreciated.
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I am new to the forum. I found this rock (roadside) near Richardson's Rock Ranch near Madras in Jefferson County Oregon and was wondering if it was a coprolite. It is about 3 inches by 2 inches. It doesn't look like a thunderegg as the exterior rock is different from the thundereggs have seen. Thank you for any information you are able to provide.
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Hello I was wondering if anyone could help identifying this fossil. It was found around Eugene Oregon. Thanks
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Oregon Coast Shell Fossil - Please put any guesses even bad ones
NWGeoFan posted a topic in Fossil ID
I figured it was a mollusk, but my knowledge of such is very limited. I have made a shot in the dark that it is Gryphea? But I am unsure if it would even fit the time period (Miocene) or the location of the Astoria Formation in Oregon. Please put any guesses you may have even if they seem totally wrong. By the way Its glossy texture is due to a coating i put on it due to its tendency to flake off pieces, not the fossils look.
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Again, my wife brings me a crab and tells me that I brought it into the house a few years ago? Apparently I forgot about it. Anyways I looked at it and realized that I had prepped it out many years ago and could easily see that it need some serious clean-up! Took me just over 3 hours to clean it up but it sure came out quite nice for this species of crab! Amazes me how patience now later in my life can do a better prep job. It was a 6 legger with no tippy tippys and now is a 7 legger with 3 tippy tippys. Quite nice! These are not easy to prep and this one is much better than most. Usually the shell material wants to come off. This one, the shell material stayed on. Just a really cool crab. This crab is Orbitoplax weaver, comes from Oregon and is Eocene in age. Im quite happy with this one now. Get a load of the eye stalks!!! Wow!!! Oh, and thanks to Aerogrower for the cube with the letter W. weaver. RB
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Fossil or Pseudofossil (Not Dendritic) from the Oregon Coast Range
Hominid posted a topic in Fossil ID
I found these rocks in the Oregon Coast Range (central to north) many years ago and have always wondered whether the interesting image was a pseudofossil or an actual fossil. If it's a pseudofossil, any ideas on how it would form? If it's a fossil, what on earth is it? The image measures about 37 mm at its widest point. I'm afraid that's all I know about it; the plane of view is unknown, although the right side could be tapering down to a stem/pedicel of some sort (or not). Web searches have proven futile. (Although probably wouldn't have if I knew what it was!) Thanks for any insight you can provide!
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My wife came into my office the other day and said "here is a crab you wanted me to put in a safe place" Wow!!! I was flabbergasted! This was 12 years ago. This is a very rare double crab in a concretion. These are Orbitoplax weaveri found in Oregon in the Looking Glass Formation and Eocene in age. Really really tuff to get a double crab! RB
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A friend brought this to show me and wondered exactly what it is. He inherited it. Looks like Coprolite of some kind but if it is, I have no idea what type. He was told one thing but Im not gonna say here what he was told because I'm skeptical of that ID. I was told the original person to find it, his grandfather, found it in the Columbia river somewhere. There is however no proof of that.
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