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From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Odontaspis sp. from Poison Springs, Colorado. Maastrichtian in age. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Odontaspis sp. from Poison Springs, Colorado. Maastrichtian in age. -
From the album: Cretaceous Shark Teeth
Odontaspis sp. from Poison Springs, Colorado. Maastrichtian in age. -
I found this sandstone slab on our property in south west Colorado, near Placerville, and was struck by the spider like creature especially. There also seems to be a mollusk nearby this creature. But its legs would have been so fragile, hard to imagine how it could be a fossil. But it doesn't seem like just a random shape to me. Any thoughts? I had to reduce the pictures quite a bit to fit size requirements here.
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Here’s one a friend and I have been trying to settle for a little while. One end of the argument is that this is an unusual rock carried off the mountains by glaciers. the other end is that this is a heavily eroded bivalve.
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Hello everyone, I've had a lifelong passion for fossils but I'm a relative newbie to collecting, having only done it for the last 3 years. Most of my previous fossil-collecting trips were in NC, where you find sharks teeth and shells by sifting through creeks or looking through mine deposits. I know very little about how people do it out west, which has turned out to be a big problem. On a recent vacation to Colorado, I looked around Florissant Fossil Beds and also ordered a shipment of fossils from the quarry. The shipments arrived about a week ago, and there's some pretty interesting imprints on the surface some of the rocks, namely possible Sequoia and Cedrelospermum, as well as another rounded leaf. I got an X-Acto 1 knife and started splitting yesterday. The problem is, even though I'm trying to follow the instructions of the sheet sent with the fossils, I haven't found many fossils, and worse yet I've accidentally lopped off the tops of the sequoia and Cedrelospermum leaves (it's nothing a little superglue can't fix, but still). The remaining parts of the leaves are also in a very precarious position: they are on very thin layers and I can't continue splitting the shale without possibly causing damage to them. I'll share pictures later. People who've successfully found fossils at Florissant, what are your secrets to finding things and not causing damage to fossils that are in the same rock that you're splitting?
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Well, I'm headed up and ready to go. Been planning this trip for five months! obviously nothing to report yet, but I'm hoping a little pre-game Q and A with you guys might help me raise the safety factor. I'm traveling solo and I have never been to Millard county. No worries though, as desert camping and travel goes, this is an easy one for me. Three weeks in the Atacama on foot was far riskier! Death Valley, the Mojave, and Baja aren't too tough. Anyway: I've been scouting the works of Smith, Wilson, and about twenty other geologists and paleontologists to try my hand at places like Cowboy Pass, Camp Canyon, the red coral of the Foote range and Marjum pass in addition to the "tourist" sites like Fossil mountain in The Barn, reliable U-Dig, Fossil Butte and the fish quarries and my childhood dream, Dinosaur National Monument. ( I blame you all for everything but UDig and Dinosaur....first heard of those other spots on here or on members sites) Right now, I'm worried about road conditions in Millard county. Very hard to find recent reports and it looks like the weather was wet and floody. I plan to BLM camp for the entire trip of only for the quiet and some armchair astronomy. I don't use GPS or Internet maps, just topos, a recent road atlas, and my trusty Brunton transit. Any safety/weather/driving tips I should know before I get there?
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Fossils found at Douglas Pass, Colorado this weekend. Seed?, Unidentified leaves. Shells. (Elimia tenera and unidentified clam). Plant fossils were found near the Radar Dome. The shells were found at a much lower level.
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I've bought fossils, and I've found them myself! Here are some of my greatest finds in my collection!
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I found some coral fossils on the Million Dollar Highway. I found some other cool fossils, but I couldn't pull them out of the rock...
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I’m not familiar with fossils at all so I need help identifying the specimen in the attached pictures. I found this mineral specimen, or at least I thought it was just a large crystal rock, in 2012 at my stepdads house in Placerville, Colorado(San Juan Mountains, down valley from Telluride). I was moving the rock, accidentally dropped it and several pieces broke off. That’s when I wondered if it was a fossil due to the presence of what looks like dried blood, venous cavities, connective tissue, bone, and skin. It is as if it was frozen instantly and turned into stone and crystal, Medusa reminiscent. The San Juan volcanic field is said to be the largest eruption in the world and the proximity of where I found it could explain the strange preservation (if it is in fact a fossil).
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Hello fellow TFF Members Does anyone have any idea what this might be? Found it, and another one very similar, in the Creede Formation of Creede, Colorado. Sorry that I did not put in a scale; it is approx. 3" in diameter. The center circle has radiating lines. From that circle there are several concentric rings. From what I have read, the site was a salty lake formed in the Creede Caldera. Most of the fossils are plants and the sediment is fine grained volcanic ash. Almost looks like a jellyfish to me. Any I.D. will be much appreciated. I am stumped. Thanks, ODK
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Hello all, There are occasional requests for specific directions to collecting sites north of Kremmling. When I asked some time ago, I got the correct but vague advice to follow the geology. If you would like directions, feel free to send me a PM. Tom
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A user over at mindat suggested to me that these samples might be some type of fossilized coral. I find them in western Colorado. If coral, any ideas of the specifics or a link to where I can find more information? If not coral, any idea what it might be? Thank you
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I've got no idea what this might be. Found in Western Colorado. Parts of it look like skin(?) and other parts look like tooth(?). I doubt that's what they are, but that's what they sort of visually look like. It isn't heavy like a fossil and doesn't sound like one when you tap it on something. It weighs maybe what you expect a hard piece of plastic would weigh. The white thing in pictures 1,2, and 3 reminds me like a tooth being tapped on in how it feels (I tapped it against my own tooth as well). In picture 4, part of it broke off. It's almost like ivory(?). The only preparation I've done to it is rinsing it under water and using a soft bristle brush. Anyhow, dying to know what you guys/gals think. Thank you
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Do these appear to be trace fossils? Found in Western Colorado. Thank you
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Hi all, I'm new to everything fossil related, but have just moved to an area that is teaming with dinosaur activity; Grand Junction, Colorado, USA. In fact, I'm right down the road from the Riggs Hill, the discovery site of the Brachiosaurus! I look forward to learning and sharing with this community.
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There are some days, which are bad rock days, that person wishes they could have stayed in bed. In case of the Colorado Department of Transportation, there is: Boulder the size of a building blocks Colorado highway Lauren M. Johnson, CNN, May 25, 2019 https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/25/us/huge-boulder-blocks-co-highway-trnd/index.html The approximate location of this slide is 37°33'51.3"N 108°22'15.1"W . A person can even see one large rock ready to slide in Google Earth. Giant Rock 'the Size of a Building' Is Blocking a Highway in Colorado 'Indefinitely'. The two boulders weigh 2.3 million and 8.5 million pounds, respectively By Rachel DeSantis, People Magazine, May 26, 2019 https://people.com/human-interest/giant-rock-blocks-colorado-highway/ Massive boulder 'the size of a building' blocks highway ABC Television Stations. Published on May 25, 2019 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7h8VSJcvXbI Yours, Paul H.
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I am wondering if anyone can identify this as a possible sauropod egg. I found it on my property, roughly 1/2 mile from Riggs Hill in Colorado. Riggs Hill is the location of the first discovery of the Brachiosaurus. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brachiosaurus Thank you
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Hi, Can anyone shed some light on what kind of fossilized tooth this is? I got it at an estate sale in Northern Colorado. It is 2.5 inches in length. Thank you in advance for your consideration and time!
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Dig continues after crew finds dinosaur fossils at Highlands Ranch construction site, Kieran Nicholson, Denver post, May 22, 2019 https://www.denverpost.com/2019/05/21/highlands-ranch-fossils-found-construction/ Construction crews dig up dinosaur fossils in Highlands Ranch Robert Garrison, Denver Channel, May 20, 2019 https://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/construction-crews-dig-up-dinosaur-fossils-in-highlands-ranch Yours, Paul H.
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Hi everyone. I found this extruding from a hillside on Green Mountain near Golden, CO. It is in the Green Mtn Conglomerates formation. Lots of little petrified wood around. Color or is white with some slight red marks. There are small pores but different than what I see with a lot of pet wood. Any help would be great. https://imgur.com/tpVtjNR https://imgur.com/tfv8lO3 https://imgur.com/qFxG2c7 https://imgur.com/FKz5Mr0 https://imgur.com/wwYlheE geology info: https://imgur.com/tiAh2ok
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Colorado Cretaceous - Fox Hills 02
Brett Breakin' Rocks posted a gallery image in Member Collections
From the album: Sharks and their prey ....
Carcharias sp (?) Cretaceous of Colorado Fox Hills Sandstone© Matthew Brett Rutland
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Insect- real fossil or painted on
peperomia posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This was purchased in Colorado, about an hour away from Florissant which is known for insect fossils. It's about 10 mm long. What do you guys think? Real, fake, a mix of both? Thanks!
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So, yeah. It seems to just be a broken part of a bone
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