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Expanding from my KemKem collection. And no better way to start with a big Dentary of Sarcosuchus Imperator! Really really hard to find. Elhraz Fm.
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Hello all, it’s been a long time since I’ve last posted. A lot has changed, and I’ve been getting the fossil hunting bug again. (No pun-intended) You know what bug I do not want to catch? Ticks. I’ve already seen 3 this year, thankfully none on myself since I’ve been avoiding brush and tall grass. Yet the fear of catching a tick-born-disease is keeping me from fossil hunting. I am going on a fossil hunt out to a spot in western Pennsylvania this Saturday with my fossil club that I haven’t been to since 2016. I’m excited but also nervous about ticks. In the past there wasn’t a ton of brush there, since it’s a dam spillway in a park. But I went during the fall then, and as I remember ticks weren’t nearly as much of an issue then as they are today. Do any of you have any tips to keep ticks off of me this trip? I’ve read about DEET and permethrin sprays, and I am still unsure. I have two cats, so I am also worried about the toxicity of permethrin and other anti-tick substances. I will probably be wearing jeans and long sleeves to protect myself. Any help would be appreciated.
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Can anyone help!! Anyone able to confirm of this is a bird fossil. Found in Hornsea on the East Coast, caught my eye as it looks like a bird to me. I have a few pics below, dry and wet also against a tennis ball for size. I will be taking to Manchester Museum, a friend of mine sent me this group so thought I'd ask! Anyone else able to advise me further, total novice at this 🤔
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Since the topic i am searching for as apparently vanished, ill make a new one . I recall a topic on here a couple of years ago on someone having a wooden cabinet and storing their fossils in it. The issue was the wood apparently was out gassing, and damaging the fossils as a result . Does anyone else have insight on this and what kinds of wood do not mix well to store or display fossils in?
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I have decided to start a thread showing pieces from my collection. I usually post in the "mailbox score" thread, but have found that my additions get lost in the volume of postings in the thread. So my collection will be in my own thread.
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A Fossil A Day....keeps the blues away! Or something like that... I started an Instragram account (jamielynnfossilquest) and am posting a fossil a day, so I figured I should do that on here, to REAL fossil enthusiasts! I'm a few days behind, so I will start out with a few more than one a day but then it will settle down to One Fossil (but I will admit, I'll probably miss a few days, but I'll double up or whatever.) I'll start with Texas Pennsylvanian era, but will branch out to other locations and time periods, so expect a little of everything! So enjoy A Fossil A Day! Texas Pennsylvanian Fossils: Nautiloid Agathiceras ciscoense Brachiopod Neochonetes acanthophorus Trilobite Ditomopyge sp. Gastropod Straparollus sp. Bivalve Astartella vera Cephalopod Brachycycloceras sp, Brachiopod Cleiothyridina orbicularis
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Found this lovely piece in Barrington NSW Australia. It has many crinoids, brachiopods and molluscs in it. I'm particularly interested in these white brachiopod specimens. It looks like calcite (I'm too scared to scratch it to check). They are all over the rock and some of them are half filled with calcite showing that it potentially goes really deep. Potentially a full outline of a brachiopod in calcite. What do you guys think? I've included some microscope pictures to help. Also is there a way to prep them out of the matrix? I believe the matrix is limestone. Is there an acid that WONT damage calcite? I do have a dremmel engraver with palaeo tips as well. Any tips would be very much appreciated
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Found in Missouri close to Illinois Missouri border, among several Indian artifacts, light weight, first 5 are same rock. Second 5 another,
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Hello, New to the forum. I’m taking a trip to San Antonio with my family in April. We like to go exploring around. My sons and I started to find fossils locally near San Diego and love getting out. I’m wondering if anyone has any insight on fossil hunting San Antonio.If anyone has any locations that would be appreciated. Also was looking for any info on laws or regulations to follow. Any wisdom is appreciated.
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Hi there, a girlfriend of mine has recently brought a property in Peachester, Queensland. This property was previously owned by a geologist, as well as a archaeologist, (... something along those lines ) who had a couple truck loads of "rocks " dumped at the property, for whatever reason. They've since run out of money so they sold up and hit the road.... my friend and I are discovering some amazing things but we have no idea what most of them are - please help... this is just taste of what's there...
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Found some nice teeth and whale bone I think
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Hello this is going to be a topic where I share my recent buys, finds, and collection. Hope you enjoy! -Daniel I'll start it off with my most recent purchase of Gompothere teeth. - Sinomastodon sp. -Gansu, China -Miocene
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Heading over to SE Asia in December for some diving. I wanted to see where I could possibly go personally and try and find some teeth. I've read about Sarawak, Bruit Island in Malaysian Borneo. I've read about West Java and the cities that produce amazing fossils. I need more information on exactly where? What other areas may produce teeth? Where could I go myself? Are there any guide? Does anyone have any friends that would take me? Anywhere that's easy to access? Again, I know about the sites in West Java but those seem a little harder to access. Any instagram pages of people that find fossils over there, I'll message them myself lol. I am really just trying to find someone that lives over there to talk to. I've messaged the account that posted about Bruit Island, but that was years ago and doubt they're still active on this forum. I wouldn't even mind a few small teeth on a beach somewhere, just to say I found some over there would be awesome. Any information anyone could offer will be greatly appreciated! Thanks again, Indy
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Let's see how you display/store your micro/tiny fossils!
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As the title states, I'd love to see how TFF community displays or stores their micro/pretty small fossils. I'm trying to get ideas how to display mine, so I thought I'd start this thread- I'm sure I'm not the only one that will enjoy the fresh ideas. Happy posting -
Hey everyone, just getting started collecting fossils. Hoping to learn from everyone and maybe getting advice on unknown fossils and maybe new places in the US to go look for fossils. Thanks!
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I am from South Dakota and mainly hunt for marine fossils. I also enjoy mineral and gold exploration. It's a treasure hunt with much to learn along the way.
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From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
Found this beautiful specimen the other day while searching in the rock pile attributed to the Iola Formation. More specifically, this one was most likely found in the Paola limestone member.- 3 comments
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Hello all, Can someone please tell me what animal this tooth belonged to? 4 centimeters - around 1.6 inches Found on the beach: Zandmotor, The Netherlands. Thank you!
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Today, I stopped by the DuPage County Fairgrounds fairgrounds for the 2024 ESCONI (Earth Science Club of Northern Illinois) Show. The show runs today and tomorrow and I have to say, it was really busy. The show is great for anyone interested in rocks, minerals or fossils. There were a number of dealers present as well as other things that are managed by ESCONI, such as Silent Auctions, Live Auctions, Kids Corner, Book sales, Demonstrations, etc. Book sales- Kids Corner Silent Auctions- Live Auctions- Demonstrations/ Give always- Displays-
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From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
Found this one a long time ago and never posted it here, not sure what it belongs to but Pharkidontis has been found in nodules, any more specific IDs are welcome! Due to being contained in a phosphatic nodule, I believe the blue-grey hue comes from that as well. I have some conulariids of a similar hue so I assume it's a quirk of the fossilization process. I also have some other bellerophons of normal colorization in the same nodules. Found in a Muncie Creek Phosphatic Nodule. Here is the other half with some fish remains: The lower bone resembles braincase material, which can further support the idea this blue hue is caused by the fossilization/phosphate replacement process.-
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If one assumes that the Ediacaran lasted from 635 MYA until 538.8 MYA then I have a number of ediacaran fossils that have little to no identification. Any comments or suggestions from Forum members would be greatly appreciated. The first image is the front of an ediacaran fossil from Guizho, China. This specimen is constructed of a relatively fragile high sand content shale. Most notable is the spaghetti like fossil that could be compressed fronds, tubes or perhaps even some type of mold; I have seen nothing like it on the internet. The top of this image depicts a crescent moon shaped fossil and the portion of the lower left may or may not reflect abrasion. The second image is of the back of the Guizhou specimen depicted in image 1. The top of this image depicts another more detailed crescent moon shaped fossil illustrating fine "hairs" on the periphery. There are small less featured fossils in the lower portion of this image. It is possible that the crescent shaped fossils are among the petalonamae. Images 3, 4 and 5 are closeups of the fossils depicted in images 1 and 2. Image number 6 is of Nemiana simplex fossils from the ediacaran in Mulgilw, Ukraine. When I first acquired this specimen it was thought to be a jellyfish attached to the sediment. More recently it has been proposed that it is the result of algae. Any further information would be appreciated. Image 7 is of Prota-medusae fossils from 550 MYA that were found in Gadsden, Alabama. I was pleased to see that such soft bodied creatures were preserved in the fossil record. Comments, suggestions, and corrections are welcome.
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A nice Dictyonema flabelliforme dendroid graptolite from Oslo Fields in Norway. It's Tremadoc, Lower Ordovician in age and is thus maybe around 480 mya. Another angle :
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Hello! I came into a ton of fossils well documented from the 70s 80s and 90s. I haven't gotten through half of the boxes. It's pretty incredible!
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