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I have a gastropod from a Pennsylvanian site in Lake Bridgeport, TX and a brachiopod from a Pennsylvanian site in Jacksboro, TX that I could use help ID'ing. The white gastropod does not look like any I have ever found at the Lake Bridgeport spillway and I could not find it in any of the Pennsylvanian fossil books I have. The brachiopod reminds me of a Fimbrinia plummeri a little, but I have some of those and they are not exactly like this guy. Its thickness is about that of a dime. The hash marks are 1mm. Any help would be appreciated.
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Need some ID help. These were part of a collection I acquired. I am not very knowledgeable about invertebrates, so I was hoping the experts in here could help me ID some of these. A couple are still in the matrix.
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Hey everybody-- I'm new here. I've always been into fossils, rocks, and other cool historical 'leftovers'. Although I don't go out specifically for the purpose of finding and collecting, I always look closely to see what neat stuff I may find.
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I found this gastropod at the Lost Creek Dam site near Jacksboro Texas. It's the Finis Shale member of the Graham Formation, Upper Pennsylvanian Period. It has transverse costae which are more closely spaced and angle downward left to right compared to other high spired gastropods found there like Pseudozygopleura sp. My only resource is the book of index fossils and the closest thing I see there is Hemizyaga sp. but it is not on the fauna list for the site. Scale in mm.
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The outer lip is sadly broken.
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Tiny Trilobite Pygidium from Pennsylavanian of Western PA.
Jeffrey P posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I was cleaning up this small Trepospira gastropod I found in 2015 in an exposure of the Ames Limestone in Western Pennsylvania and discovered attached to it is this very, very tiny trilobite pygidium- my first trilobite find of the Pennsylvanian Age.
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Murex sp., abundant on this site.
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From base layer of the Lutetian, that potentially includes reworked material from the Ypresian.
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Is this a gastropod shell? It's from the Pocono Group like most of my other finds.
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Nice specimen with strong remnant of coloration.
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Found on construction site. The deposits correspond to a shallow and very saline lagoon environment where few species coexisted.
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Found on construction site. The deposits correspond to a shallow and very saline lagoon environment where few species coexisted.
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A nice volute gastropod received as a gift at the Geo Oss Fossil Fair, in perfect condition.
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This beautiful little tulip shell was found in a shell pit in Columbus County N.C. Uncommonly found complete and unbroken, this is one of the better specimens I have found.
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From the album: @Max-fossils 's Zandmotor Finds
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This might prove very easy for more advanced fossil collectors to answer. In 2004, the floodwaters from Hurricane Gaston swept away a large amount of soil and clay from an existing stream near the backyard of our suburban house near Mechanicsville, Virginia, exposing a clay bed littered with numerous fossils. The turritella you see in the picture occurs the most frequently of all our finds, and the small clam fossils are a close second. We've recently started to find more of the kind of scallop fossil in the image, which we guessed was a chesapecten jeffersonius, Virginia's state fossil. I found one moonsnail fossil in the same clay, but it's the only fossil of that kind that we've found. Anyway, I'm not much of a geologist, so I haven't been able to precisely date these, or identify them with a specific epoch. I have what I think is a reasonable guess, but I'd like to get a specific date on just how many years worth of soil Gaston scrubbed away from our backyard. Thanks!
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Hello everyone, Hereby three shells. I would like to know whether they are fossil or not, because I can't tell... Pics 1 & 2: a gastropod from an unknown location (8cm long). Also, does anyone know the species? Pics 3 & 4: two rough piddocks (Zirfaea pilsbryi) (each about 7 cm). The white one is from an unknown location; the blue/grey one was found on the Zandmotor (Pleistocene fossils and modern material). Thanks in advance for your help, Max
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Hi,this is from Croatia,and to me seems like part of shell or something similar.its big about 15 cm.tnx.
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From the album: Fossil in Matchboxes
Gastropod Bembexia lloydi (Animalia, Invertebrata, Mollusca, Gastropoda) Description: Specimen of a fossil gastropod, Bembexia lloydi, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone of Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age from Shadwell Quarry, near Much Wenlock, Shropshire –a county located between West Midlands in England and Wales, UK. It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) Period: Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian, Much Wenlock Limestone Rock: Much Wenlock Limestone© D&E
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From the album: Fossil in Matchboxes
Gastropod Bembexia lloydi (Animalia, Invertebrata, Mollusca, Gastropoda) Description: Specimen of a fossil gastropod, Bembexia lloydi, collected from the Much Wenlock Limestone of Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian age from Shadwell Quarry, near Much Wenlock, Shropshire –a county located between West Midlands in England and Wales, UK. It is from the Silurian period (443 - 418 million years ago) Period: Silurian, Wenlock, Homerian, Much Wenlock Limestone Rock: Much Wenlock Limestone© D&E
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As stated in my previous topic. Here s the last part of my autumn trip to Champagne. After 2 days we were done with our albian spots. So we decided to take the car and drive 2 hours from there, to totally different layer / fossils The area of Epernay if reknown for the quality of its eocene shells, and specially its giant gastropod : campanile giganteum. Those, can only be found by digging which is forbidden in most place. (those measure had to be taken after random badly educated people dug huge pits everywhere without even carrying to fill them back once they were done) For some time we traveled the area looking for either work sites, road cuts or even sand piles. We managed to actually find a sand pile and forest roads freshly covered with fossiliferous sand. So we started to investigate. I wasn't looking for more than 10 minutes that i spotted an unusual shape in the sand. It was a (very) partial campanile giganteum (1 third of the beast maybe a bit more ), but still my best so far. Then after 5 more minutes, the other catch of the day for me : A croc tooth. I had never heard of croc in those layer / area. I knew it was a tooth, but took me quite some feed back tor realize who it belongs too! After some reading (the complete listing of eocene fauna), there are 3 mentions of crocodile in the lutetian. So here it is : (size between 1,5 and 2 cm) My girl friend catch of the day was a very nice conch : lapparia musicalis No picture of this year specimen but here s one i found in 2011 Friend that came with us found a partial Hypocrenes, but still a cool find. To finish for today another cool find for the day : Xenophora schroeteri, a fascinating gastropod which agglomerate random stuff around to protect itself (other shells, gravel or even shark teeth or coral) Edit : "Carrier shells" is the english expression apparently You can see more of that stuff either in TFF here : 2016 lutetian TFF galery or on my flickr : 2016 lutetian flickr galery Next post i ll present you some of the emblematic species !
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From the album: Misc. Self Collected Specimens
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From the album: Tertiary
Ecophora sp. (Murex Shell) Miocene Calvert/Choptank Formation Calvert Cliffs/Chesapeake Bay Bayfront Park Chesapeake Beach, MD.-
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*Disclaimer I am very new to this please explain things like I am 6 * This little guy looked almost this beautiful when I found it.. I think the ants cleaned most of the limestone off.. all I did was hand polish both sides with various grit wet sandpaper, followed by a wash with dish soap and water in an ultrasonic cleaner.. the one side still has a bit of limestone which I wasn't sure if I wanted to remove or not so I polished it.. I Was wondering what the best way to expose some more of the crystals would be? I don't know what tools or anything to use and I don't want to mess it up.. should I try it on the limestone side first? Or maybe leave it? It seems pretty solid so I don't think it would be easy to mess it up too much, but I could be wrong.Thanks also, would anyone have a guess on how old this might be? Found in Sarasota, FL. I hope this is the right place to post questions!
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