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Had this for several years. Any ideas what it might be should I break it open
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Hey guys. Please help and let me know if this is a regular rock or a fossil. If it is a fossil, what kind?? I have fossils that I know for sure are fossils but I'm trying to post the ones I'm not sure about. I appreciate the positive feedback . I found this one in alabama. Thank you.
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This has been bugging me for years. Found in Montgomery, Al in the lower Selma chalk. Pretty sure it is a crab claw segment but fascinated by the color and texture. Does anyone know if original pigmentation can be preserved?
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I don't know much about fossils, but I collect rocks and gemstones. Well, long story short, I found this and thought it was petrified wood. It has the nostril sockets and teeth holes. Can someone please tell me if this is a snake upper part of the skull or am I just seeing things. Thanks
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Point A Dam, Ala and Northern Panhandle Sites in Florida Still Around?
NickG posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I have an upcoming trip around the Point A Dam in Alabama. Is this site still in good shape with the recent weather that's been cranking through the south? If the dam is out, are there any other good sites still in existence in 1-3 hours drive south of Andalusia? I've read about a lot of northern panhandle sites in Florida but wondered if they're still in existence or have been wrecked with Hurricane Michael. Also, I work mostly dry sites in the Paleozoic of West Virginia. Is this a site where muck boots are warranted? If so, are mid calf height enough or better to have waders that go over the knee? I'm wondering the same thing at some of the Northern Panhandle of Florida sites which apparently are mostly stream and creek beds? One friend mentioned old shoes and wool knee highs being enough. Would love to hear opinions of others. -
I am doubtful this is anything at all. I itch that being said go easy on me - I am just settling the debate that is it well just a rock . P. S. Willing to be wrong.
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I found this hunting a creek in the Eutaw, Al area - Late Cretaceous. Could this be Enchodus or something else entirely?
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This specimen was discovered by my grandfather over 30 years ago in the coal mines of north-western Alabama. This area sits on the black warrior sedimentary deposit and is well known as a hot spot for Pennsylvanian age plant fossils. ~18 inches in length .
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Fossil brachiopod Schellwienella sp. EDIT: Updated pictures and stratigraphic information.
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Fossil Brachiopod Diaphragmus cestriensis EDIT: Updated pictures and stratigraphic information.
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This was found on the banks of a river bed around Locust Fork River in Blount County Alabama
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Went back for the final piece today. After thinking about it all night I knew I wanted to add it to the collection. Thanks to @FossilsNS for his help. this is a another alabama coal mine fine but not the same as the ferns I posted. Beautiful trackway with all the little prints going across it. This is awesome since this was made by something that was alive 300 million years ago.
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Found in Locust Fork, Blount County, Alabama at Low Water Bridge in creek bed. IMG_4992.heic
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Kaskia sp. pygidium.
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Kaskia sp. pygidium.
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Archimedes sp. located at the center of the plate.
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Archimedes sp. located at the center of the plate.
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I love fossils and I love macro photography! If anyone is interested in having this photo to make a puzzle out of, let me know and I will send you a full res copy of it. This is part of a rock that I found in our backyard in Madison County, Alabama, just a couple of days ago. You could spend a lot of time studying it and finding a wide variety of fossils - mostly bryozoan - so I thought it might make a fun puzzle for these pandemic times. I'm not sure how this works, but I think there is a messaging option here where you could give me your email address so I could send the full resolution photo, right? It's large (over 10mb), so there's no way I can post it here. Blessings Ramona
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I dug this rock up in my back yard today in Madison County, Alabama. I was not surprised to find the typical fenestellate bryozoan fossils that I normally find, but I am puzzled by a couple of things. I will post a some photos to show the bryozoan fossils on the rock and then macro photographs of the parts I have questions about. The pod like structures remind me of some that I found on another rock from TN, but with encrusting bryozoan fossils... The other "thing" looks like some type of stem? Are these structures of the bryozoan colonies? I see one crinoid fossil on here, too, but that stem didn't really look crinoid-ish to me? I have been known to be wrong (often), though... Thoughts and suggestions appreciated! Thanks!! Ramona
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a friend of mine showed this to me and i thought it was fascinating we think it might be a type of flying dinosaur?
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very different fossil? rock, trying to identify using methods learned here
Ramona posted a topic in Fossil ID
This rock (fossil, I think?) was found in Franklin County, Alabama, near Lost Creek. I have studied it and worked on trying to identify it using the methods I have learned here. I can see where it has areas that have crystallized or silicized? There appear to be some parts that have sections to them, which leads me to wonder about coral, but it also has a bony appearance to it. Some of the edges almost look like a mussel or something like that, though... The underside is bumpy, but I am not seeing recognizable bryozoan fossils there? Maybe I just don't recognize them? I think it's a gorgeous rock - the colors and the crystalization in it - but in the end I have no clue what it is... If I were to hazard a guess it would be at least part coral (the sections)? I beg your patience and ask your indulgence on this one... Input greatly appreciated! Thanks! Ramona
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This is an odd little rock that I found at my son's land in Franklin County today, near Lost Creek (Alabama). I am seeing what I think is an area of bryozoan fossils of some sort on it, but then I saw this tiny little shape that is encased inside of something else. I thought it was a brachiopod at first until I looked up closed with my trusty macro lens and saw teensy dots along the edges. Is this another type of bryozoa? And, if so, why is it encased inside of something? Thanks!! Ramona
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I hope, hope, hope that I don't wear out my welcome by asking questions about rocks with Fenestellan Bryozoan fossils in them! That's about all I got around here, but I do get other items IN those rocks that I don't recognize, like this one. Thanks so much to those guys who take the time to read and answer my questions - over and over again, LOL! This is yet another rock that I found in my yard and it is filled with what looks like layers of a variety of fenestellan bryozoan fossils? I have included a photo that shows what I am talking about, so please correct me if I am wrong! There is this shell like structure, though, that I am puzzled about. Is it part of the fenestellan colony or something totally different. I have studied the post about 3D structure of the fenestellan colonies and I don't think there is anything like this in them... But I could easily have missed something. I have more photos if needed? I also think I see some Rugosa coral on this rock, along with a few other things, but I will only ask one question at a time. ;-) Thanks! Ramona
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