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From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Catopygus colombarius, an irregular ursin from Saint-Jouin de Bruneval, Normandy - Cretaceous - Cenomanian -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Indet. Bivalve from Saint-Jouin de Bruneval, Normandy - Cretaceous - Cenomanian -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Micraster decipiens, an irregular ursin from the cretaceous (Turonian) of Senneville sur Fécamp - association with a brachiopod : Kingena elegans. collected in may 2017 -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Micraster decipiens, an irregular ursin from the cretaceous (Turonian) of Senneville sur Fécamp - collected in may 2017 -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Micraster decipiens, an irregular ursin from Senneville sur Fécamp, Normandy - Cretaceous - Turonian -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Micraster decipiens, an irregular ursin from Senneville sur Fécamp, Normandy - Cretaceous - Turonian -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Micraster decipiens, an irregular ursin from Senneville sur Fécamp, Normandy - Cretaceous - Turonian -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Micraster decipiens, an irregular ursin from Senneville sur Fécamp, Normandy - Cretaceous - Turonian -
From the album: Haute Normandie - may 2017
Micraster decipiens, an irregular ursin from Senneville sur Fécamp, Normandy - Cretaceous - Turonian -
Sponge borings in Belemnitella sp., filled with Chalk. Formerly and widely known as Cliona cretacea.
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I have stumbled upon a mosasaur skeleton (or at least I assume so ) it is in pieces and I have so far found 3 ribs and 3 vertebrae and it keeps going back into the chalk that it is in . It is in the Smokey Hill Chalk formations in Kansas. It is in many pieces each rib is in about 5-12 pieces and vertebrae are mostly intact
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Dear members of the fossil forum, I have bought this vertebra with limited information, and I was hoping that someone here might know more about this vertebra, as in what genus and species it is, and perhaps a better defined findspot. It is said to have come from the Austin Chalk Formation, Santonian, Texas. the seller did not know more about it, nor did he know from whom he acquired it. for some reason none of the vertebrae I have seen from the austin chalk have got this colour, and also it seems that from the santonian of texas no plesiosaurs have been described yet? in older and younger layers i see Libonectes, Elasmosaurus and Styxosaurus, but they come from Turonian and Campanian layers. Perhaps someone here can help me, or knows a researcher who is specialised in plesiosaurs (elasmosaurs?)? Thanks in advance, Sander
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Ok This wall had me looking at it for some time, do you see anything fossil related? location 2km north of amathus ancient city, limassol, island of cyprus and on the opposite hill :
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Found near limestone quarry St. George - Governor's beach area. Not the only one of this type. The inside is 6cm diameter, the specimen is 1cm thick. photo 3 is the back side. The backside appears to be a small circle then 2 stripes around it.
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Back when I first started fossil hunting, I researched all I could find for stuff around my area. I went to museums, and looked at a ton of pictures. What I found were awesome complete mosasaurs, plesiosaurs, fish, etc. I went out expecting to find something like that. What I found were scattered pieces and parts of stuff. I had no idea that most of these awesome finds I saw in museums were not dug up looking exactly how they looked on the museum wall. The fact is, was most of these things we see in museums are from individuals scattered along a big area, made up of at least some "reconstructed" parts, and often from more than one individual. Last summer my wife and I were fortunate enough to find what I call a "typical" mosasaur eroding out of a chalk wall. What it consisted of were a few scattered broken bones, and when we dug back into the bank a few articulate verts. There was some "root rot" going on, and we decided to expose the bones, pour a plaster jacket on them and extract them this way. They were way to fragile to try and remove individually. When I got them home, I decided to make a mount showing how they were found and tried to capture the excitement of the find. Here is the slab after cleaning down to the bones and plaster. Sitting loosely on the slab are some of the bones we found as float on the ground.
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This is a small 3/4 in chalk rock. These lines are tiny and pores almost like perforated dots. I have no idea what it is, maybe a plant? Thank you.
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Found in Selma Chalk, upper Cretaceous, in central Alabama. Overall length is 3.5" Doesn't have a repeating pattern like a string of vertebrae. Ends in a faint carbon impression. I wanted to include more close-ups but was limited in amount of uploaded data. At a real loose with this one. It does not resemble anything I can think of.
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This little specimen is just 5 mm tall, and 8 mm at its widest. This comes from a chunk of matrix that I picked up in the chalk deposits in the area of Demopolis, Alabama. Having found an enchodus fish tooth in similar material, I'm making an effort to break up and look through this stuff a bit better before throwing it away. This particular tiny thing was left behind in after leaving some pieces overnight in a white vinegar bath. The chalk dissolved away, leaving this. Note the fibers scattered around it - those have come from the specimen. I'm 90% sure this is simply geologic, not fossil. Even so, I'm curious if anyone can point me to how this might have formed.
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Hi everyone! I recently came back from a little expedition in the north of France, where I prospected for Chalk bryozoan fragments. All of them were found in a number chalk nodules, all of them recovered from two outcrops… in a forest. Along with the various bryozoan fragments that I recovered from the matrix, I also found a small bivalve. My best find of the expedition, though, was a fragment of an echinoderm spine (Tylocidaris?), which are quite rare in that area. I will show the pictures of the fossils in another post. In that post, I will also provide a more detailed narrative of the field trip. This was just a "prélude". Have a nice day!
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Found in earth moved for works on the South Downs all within about 15 yards of each other. The sub base under the 3 foot earth layer is solid chalk. I was metal detecting when I started to find what looks like teeth. They are hard like stone but they are not Flint. Most have something like Flint but whiter attached in some parts. There are a few possible bones. I have cleaned the surface of some of the bigger tooth shapes and they clean up like Ivory. Very smooth. The large ones are about 3 inches long on the tooth but about 4-5 inch including the roots. Some smaller ones are about an inch long. I have now collected 5 shopping bags full.
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From the album: Senneville-sur-Fécamp
double micraster decipiens 1 view 2 - august 2015 :heart urchin from the turonian chalk of normandy - Senneville sur Fécamp -Turonian - Cretaceous -
From the album: Senneville-sur-Fécamp
double micraster decipiens 1 view 1 - august 2015 :heart urchin from the turonian chalk of normandy - Senneville sur Fécamp -Turonian - Cretaceous -
From the album: Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Micraster decipiens 2 - august 2015 :heart urchin from the turonian chalk of normandy - Senneville sur Fécamp -Turonian - Cretaceous -
From the album: Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Micraster decipiens 1 - august 2015 :heart urchin from the turonian chalk of normandy - Senneville sur Fécamp -Turonian - Cretaceous -
From the album: Senneville-sur-Fécamp
Echinocorys gravesi :1 view 2 urchin from the turonian chalk of normandy - Senneville sur Fécamp -Turonian - Cretaceous
