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I'm curious if anyone would be interested in trading for this wonderful piece with multiple bivalves/brachiopods. I don't have any information except that it was a beach find from southern California. Several of them are damaged, one is almost entirely complete (one small chip) and exposed most of the way. 2 others I believe are intact but are partially buried in the matrix. There are also a few more that are barely exposed that may be complete within the matrix. I think this piece could be excellent for prepping practice and with a little bit of work it could look really nice. PM me with any offers, trilobite material would be my preference but I'm not very picky. Here's a picture of the piece top down, more pictures are on the way.
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Hi everyone, I have recently received this fossil as part of a trade with @Huntonia the bivalve comes from California, but other than that I have no more information. I am guessing it is from somewhere in the cenozoic which is an era that I am not highly familiar with. Any info would be great, Thank you.
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Any input would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Any input would be greatly appreciated , thank you.
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Any input would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Any input would be greatly appreciated
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Below are some more of my macro fossils that I’ve recently put in 8”X12” Riker mount displays. To see a previous post with Riker mount displays with specimens from the Aquia Formation of Maryland and the Nanjemoy Formation of Virginia check out the below link: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/101415-a-few-riker-mounts-with-specimens-from-the-aquia-formation-of-maryland-and-the-nanjemoy-formation-of-virginia/ Considering I’ve only made three trips to the Ernst Ranch in Bakersfield California, I’m pretty happy with the macro specimens that I’ve found in those trips. The below display contains some of my nicer macro specimens from the Miocene Round Mountain Silt Formation. The top of the display has a cetacean flipper bone, cetacean vertebra, a bird bone, and a leatherback turtle carapace bone. Then there is a row of Isurus planus shark teeth. Then a group of Carcharodon hastalis teeth (for size reference the largest tooth is 3.13”) with an Otodus megalodon to the right. The bottom of the display has two upper Hexanchus teeth and both cetacean and sea lion/seal teeth. Below is a picture of a display with macro specimens from my sons’ M&M Ranch in Sioux County Nebraska. These macro specimens came from the Eocene Chadron Formation (maybe but not likely) and the Oligocene Brule Formation (Most likely as the vast amount of the ranch flats areas where they were collected is almost all Oligocene). The top has a row of coprolites. I only have a few coprolites left as I have donated several hundred to the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science. The next row has a few pieces of turtle/tortoise shell. Then there is a mammal tooth and rows of small mammal partial jaws. The bottom of the display contains mammal bones. Some of these specimens were given to me by my older son, Marco Jr., because I don’t do a lot of surface collecting at the ranch. I spend the vast majority of my time at the ranch searching for anthills and collecting anthill matrix which contains micro vertebrate specimens which are my main interest. Below is a picture of a display with Carcharodon hastalis shark teeth from the Miocene of Virginia. The top of the display contains teeth from the upper jaw and the bottom of the display from the lower jaw. For size reference the largest teeth are 2 5/8”. I have collected several thousand Carcharodon hastalis teeth from Virginia but this will probably be my only Riker mount display of them. I used all six of the Riker mount displays that I just recently bought so I won’t be able to post anything more until I get my next batch of them delivered. Marco Sr.
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Hello everyone, I'm new to this forum, but I always lurked here without an account and learned a lot, so I made one to become part of the community since I collect and study fossils as a hobby. Now for the piece mentioned on the title, would you be able to help me figure what kind of fossil (or even if its one) is this? The structure reminds me of some fungus, like a polypore, but I cant figure what kind it is or if its an igneous rock or some kind of wood. I know some bracket fungus when dry can become really hard. Unfortunaly I dont have the item in my hands right now, as its from an auction that I won and I'm still going to retrieve it from the owner. All he knows is that it came from an american geologist collection in California and that it is really really old. It has 19 cm, not sure about the weigh tho. Thanks!
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Yesterday, I got back from a family vacation to California. While there, I was able to spend two days digging at the Ernst Quarries. The weather was beautiful and the teeth were plentiful! Carcharodon planus hiding in the rock.
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Hello, Does anybody know what type of fossils these are (the exact classification and era etc).. ps thanks guys... I'm new to this.
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Hello! I’m Apollo, I’m from Southern California but I found this forum while trying to ID some things I found in Florida!
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Is this a bone or a stone? It came from the Bone Beds of Shark Tooth Hill, Bakersfield, California. Miocene.
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i found this fossil plant in the Santa cruz mountains i cant identify the plant here are both sides of it.
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Peter Kloess, 15 Million Years of Bird History: A Specimen-based Approach to Reconstructing the Late Neogene Bird Communities of California August 14, 2015, Masters of Science degree in Geology, California State University, Fullerton. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmd5GpnHz54 For the people interested in California geology and what a thesis defense looks like, other California State University, Fullerton geology thesis defenses are at: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXgKDqubcNoj2u6KmE90npOsGNaL_Seo2 Yours, Paul H.
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Pleistocene mammoth fossils of Tomales Bay, Marin County, California
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Scientists hope ancient Tomales Bay mammoth molar holds clues to prehistoric environment The Press Democrat, October 11, 2019 https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/10135759-181/paleontologists-hopes-ancient-mammoth-molar Mammoth molar found on bay beach holds clues Point Reyes Light, October 16, 2019 https://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/mammoth-molar-found-bay-beach-holds-clues ACR family member makes mammoth find on Tomales Bay. ACR Conservation in Action https://www.egret.org/acr-family-member-makes-mammoth-find-tomales-bay Tomales Bay https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomales_Bay Ice Age clues near Bodega. Scientist thinks mammoths rubbed coast rocks 12,000 years ago By Peter Fimrite, SF Gate, December 3, 2006 https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Ice-Age-clues-near-Bodega-Scientist-thinks-2466058.php Mammoth Rocks, California https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23566 https://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=23822 Yours, Paul H.-
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Thought this was a cool find! Sorry if it's been posted and I didn't see it on here. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/26/california-earthquakes-july-reveal-mysterious-fossil-simi-valley/2468723001/
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Quote from Denton, 2013, p. 790: "Lampanyctus petrolifer and Lampanyctus bolini (David, 1943), are likely not assigned correctly (Fitch, 1969; Prokofiev, 2002). Fitch (1969:14) notes a communication from R. Lavenberg that L. petrolifer is instead a Lepidophanes, and that L. bolini is instead a Diaphus. Although neither rediagnosis was accompanied with character data, examination of several L. petrolifer specimens at the LACM supports assignment of L. petrolifer to the Lampanyctini subclade containing Bolinichthys, Ceratoscopelus, and Lepidophanes, based on the unique morphology in this subclade of the procurrent caudal rays, and on the large size of the orbits in the cranial profile.” References: David, L. R. (1943). Miocene Fishes of Southern California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 43:1-187. Denton, John S. S. (2013) Lanternfish (Teleostei, Myctophiformes, Myctophidae) body fossils from the Modelo Formation (upper Miocene) of Los Angeles County, California, Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, 33:4, 786-793, DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2013.751919
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I know I post a lot of topics but can someone point out good fossil areas from L.a to San Diego.
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Why do southern californians go to Diamond Valley for fossil hunting.
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People have told me to go to Diamond Valley, They said there are lots of fossils there. The lake is man made though. Paleontologist already dug out the fossils. So what is so good about it. -
Hi all! Newbie to the forum. Found this item about 20-25 years ago. I’ve just reunited myself with it after re-discovering it at my fathers house, in his front yard. I found this in Agoura, California while hiking close to the 101 freeway. It was found on a hillside, elevation around 1200 feet (above sea level).Partially buried. Mastodon? Whale? Sloth? Rock? Hmmm. Hope the photos help. I apologize in advance for the lack of metric ruler. One of the photos is a magnified close up of the bottom side which shows what seems to be a cellular-like inner bone structure. Specimen also seems to have a tendon-looking impression or canal which leads me to believe it could be a lower leg joint? I also wet the specimen with de-ionized water to show more definition. I can only submit 1 or 2 photos due to size limit so maybe I’ll do several posts. Thanks for looking!
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From the album: Cenozoic Sharks
Colorful Cosmopolitodus planus from Bakersfield, California -
From the album: Cenozoic Sharks
Colorful Bakersfield, California Cosmopolitodus planus
