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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Rugose Coral Paleozoic Delaware River, New Castle, Delaware -
Calvert County, MD beaches, Matoaka Lodges, Miocene diversity, September 2020
Chris Carpenter posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Here is a brief report from one of our latest forays into Calvert County, MD. The well-known stretch of shoreline along the western Chesapeake Bay is loaded with Miocene fossils, with the Calvert, St. Mary's, and Choptank formations progressively exposed along a ~24 mile stretch of beach and cliffs. We found an Airbnb in Lusby, MD which was not too far from Matoaka Lodges, which seemed the best bet since the nearly 2 mile walk to the beaches at Calvert Cliffs State Park is impractical for our family at this time. Covid-19 and Maryland's onerous private land regulations can make it -
This was found in Nova Scotia, Canada, along the Bay of Fundy. Fossils in the area were typical carboniferous flora and small arthropod track ways. This was somewhat remote from other fossiliferous layers though. I collected them thinking maybe fish scales, but with a closer look I wonder if they could be pieces of arthropod shell. Notice that they are recognizable mostly by their reflective nature.
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Beach Combing for Ancient Corals on the Delaware Bay
I_gotta_rock posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Just a short video of a quick trip to the beach last week to enjoy the spring sunshine! -
Hi! I found this near a marsh in the back bay of southern NJ. It is approx 1" x 3/4". Can anyone help ID it?
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A few years ago, I found a fossilized something on the Beach at Cape Henlopen. It was embedded in quartz. It looked kinda like a belemnite, but the wrong material. I was told by Plax that it was much older than our cretaceous belemnites. I tucked it into a spot on the shelf and wondered about it. Since then I have seen a few posts here and there from folks in NJ finding nice little paleozoic pieces on their side of the bay as well. This summer, I made it a mission to explore the Delaware beaches and see what I could find and how far north they went. I began at the cape and worked m
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This specimen and dozens like it were collected from matrix material deposited in the waters of the Chesapeake Bay by a landslide. It is one of only a few species that consistently survived intact in the matrix samples I collected. Most specimens were single, unbroken valves, but several had both valves together and intact. This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Formerly known as Corbula inequalis.
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Several years ago, I found a brachiopod and some rugose coral embedded in a couple pebbles while beach combing at Cape Henlopen State Park. I found another few wandering inland at the park. A few years later, I found one at Bowers Beach. This summer I've made it a project to see how much I can find and how far north it goes. My guess is all the way up the river, but I'll stick to DE for now. This week's stop was Battery Park in New Castle. Sure enough, among the chunks of industrial slag and other miscellaneous rubble were several distinct corals. Also found at bowers beach were two pieces of
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From the album: Delaware Fossils
Crinoid Stem Sections Largest is about 2 mm across. Delaware River, New Castle, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Rugose Coral Paleozoic Delaware River, New Castle, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Possibly Syringopora Paleozoic Cape Henlopen, Lewes, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Rugose Coral Paleozoic Bowers Beach, Kent County, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Rugose Coral Paleozoic Lewes, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Found on the beach in New Castle, Delaware. Known Paleozoic fossil area. Identity unknown. -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Rugose Coral Paleozoic Bowers Beach, Kent County, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Rugose "Horn" Coral Paleozoic Bowers Beach, Kent County, Delaware -
From the album: Delaware Fossils
Tabulate coral Paleozoic Bowers Beach, Kent County, Delaware -
I think this is a bivalve. I'm curious as to whether or not I'm right, and what it's age might be.
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The Delaware Bay is quite a mixed bag. Things wash up from various ages. We find paleozoic marine stuff. We find pleistocene petrified cyprus wood. This weekend we found a few pieces of coral in Lewes, DE. They are obviously way too new to be paleozoic. The only living reef around here is made up of tube worms because the water is too dang cold for coral. Anyone have any ideas how old this might be? Calvert Cliffs is on the other side of the peninsula and to the south. They contain Miocene corals, but the geography is very different. Anyone have a clue?
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I will be in Palo Alto CA this week and will have the afternoon on Tuesday to hunt fossils. I would love to find some nice sand dollars and shark teeth. If I find enough I will put some in an auction to support the forum. Any good suggestions? Thank you
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Hi, I understand my beachfinds are almost always going to be worn by the sea... but i think i find trying to id them part of the fun. This one has me stumped. Any ideas?
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I was wondering if it would be possible and what the benefits might be to form a fossil hunting group here in the panhandle? It might help us to get a better idea of what was actually here. I only know of a few papers and some book mentions that include the panhandle and most are from the 30's t0 50's and are mostly shells. We'd need a real paleontologist also.
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Headed out last Sunday to Bayfront Park. I got down there before the sun even came up and there were still people down there. I don't think its possible to go without running into some one down there. The water was really high and cloudy from all the rain we've had, so pickings were slim. I did manage to find a mako sticking out of some fallen formation out of the cliffs. The tooth is in great shape but the gums are a little beat up. What i really like about this mako is it really shows some wicked feeding damage from where the shark bit its own tooth. I wonder what it could be eating. I hope
