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Here are 3 crustacean fossils I found when I was younger and held onto them because I thought they were the coolest things ever. They were all found in the Ottawa area. There is also one other fossil which I’m not positive what it is. It sort of looks like a tony bone or a bit of coral. Helping to ID these would be so cool if possible!
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As I was putting together labels with photos containing microscopic images of inclusions in coprolites, I came across something that I may have misidentified as a fish tail and vertebrae in a very small coprolite. After looking at it again, the tail looks more like a shrimp or crawfish tail than that of a fish. What I thought were fish vertebrae, look more like crustacean arm joints/elements. Can anyone please confirm this for me? Thanks a bunch! Formation: Oxford Clay (Jurassic - Callovian) Location: Orton Pit, near Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England
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This is another piece from the Mazon Creek Chowder Flats site, it was shattered into quite a few pieces, but I was able to reassemble it. However, I can't tell what it is. I am certain it is some kind of crustacean, based on the texture and color of the shell and the presence of a long segmented antenna. But it seems to be rather flattened, and I can't make out many other details. There does appear to a segmented piece extending from the top edge of the blob to the edge of the nodule, but I can't make out any clear segments or limbs. The shape is reminiscent of Mamayocaris, perhap
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I know that the first crab claw shown is fossilized the center has become stone and the edges where it was broken grey and black, but the second set of pictures I will post is of a claw that leaves me not so sure! It is hard as rock no doubt but the center is hollow and the edges more white which leads me to doubt. Opinions are welcome!
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My son found this unique fossil in our creek bed. Anyone know what this is? Thanks for your help!
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Fossil ID: Vertebrea, Belemnoidea, Ammonites, Dino egg, crustacean, petrified wood, partial jaw...
lildragon posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, I'm from Belgium and currently tasked with securing a secondary fossil collection owned by the grandfather of my husband. We are emptying an attic, and securing quite a number of fossils. Many of them already have an ID, some of them however lack one. Apologies in advance for the poor quality of pictures, there is little to no light/electricity inside the rooms we need to vacate, so picture quality will be appalling at first. I am aiming for a basic ID here, if possible I might be able to provide more detailed pictures once the fossils have bee -
I'm pretty dang sure this is a crustacean pincer. I'm wondering if I can get any other information about it. Also whether or not it is a rare find. I've hunted fossils in Austin since I was a kid but mostly just picking up the many many oysters, brachiopods, etc that are a dime a dozen around here, with the occasional "big find" (sea urchin, etc). I've never seen anything like this, but a little research at least shows that are known to occur. I found this in NW Austin, specifically in Great Hills park on the edge of a stream bed. The area is limestone. I'm finally getting around t
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From the album: Just Above the Iridium Layer
Branchiocarcinus flectus (crab pincer) Paleocene Hornerstown Formation Pinna Layer Manasquan River Basin Freehold, New Jersey prepared by Ralph Johnson -
Found this little critter in a river bed in Grapevine Texas
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From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with crabs from the albian clay of Troyes -
From the album: Elcoincoin collection : 1 - Albian of Troyes
Case with crustaceans from the albian clay of Troyes -
Pair of undetermined crab claws from the early Eocene of France.
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My wife found this yesterday in the Marlstone of the Beacon Limestone formation in Somerset, UK. I think it must be a piece of crustacean (I believe an extremely rare, and perhaps even unheard of find in these beds). Can anyone please verify or disprove my tentative ID?
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Caryocaris--An Ordovician Bi-Valved Crustacean
Virgilian posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
On occasion, a paleo-pen pal emails me a few images of unusual material (I would consider most of what's sent "unusual," anyhow) he's pulled out of various places. Latest example is in the photograph, below. It's a slab of shale from a lower Ordovician section of the Palmetto Formation, Nevada, that contains carapaces (original phosphatic shell substance preserved intact, by the way) of the curious, extinct, bi-valved phyllocarid crustacean called Caryocaris. The critter seems restricted worldwide to strata of early to mid Ordovician geologic age (a handful of examples assigned to- 3 replies
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From the album: @Max-fossils 's Zandmotor Finds
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Hello all, As each year i made my trip to Troyes and her albian layers in Champagne. On the first day, we decided to head to a first exposure on the bank o the lake. We didnt find much : a few small ammonites, gastropods, bivalves and corals ..... also a few crab fragments, but definitly not much to brag about.... Most of the spot was covered by a layer of dead waterweed, hiding everything. After a quick meal we decided to head to spot 2, another spot by the lake. At second spot, it was even worst : the whole exposure was buried under dry weed.
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From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
Hoploparia longimana, a shrimp from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
An indet. shrimp claw from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
Sabellidromites scarabaea, a crab from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
Sabellidromites scarabaea, a crab from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France) -
From the album: Troyes - october 2016 - fossils from the albian clay
Sabellidromites scarabaea, a crab from the albian clay of Troyes area (Aube - France)
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