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Hey Fossil Gang! I was exploring the forest near my dorm and found a small area where the ground had a sparse layer of tiny, white, spiral shells. I'm no expert but they didn't seem like snail shells, I could be wrong. I was wondering if anyone could give me some tips for this situation. What should I do? I thought I could start by collecting some of the surface level shells and maybe even dig around a bit. I imagine just the tiny shells would be pretty common but do y'all think there could be greater treasures laying in wait? What sort of basic equipment/tools should I use? Any he
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I have been fossil at Tillywhandland quarry near Forfar and have found quite a few Acanthodian fossils, which I thought would share everyone. I could also do with some help identifying species of some of the fossils. I know the first four fossils are Mesacanthus mitchelli, but the rest I am not too sure about.
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Hello TFF, I found this mammal tooth recently at Sharktooth Hill in Bakersfield, CA. It's about .5" long and looks like a bit of the enamel has broken off. I think it might be a Neotherium mirum tooth but I'm hoping someone more educated can nail it down for me. Thanks for the help!
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Hello all my fellow fossil lovers! This is my first post on here for a while, I've been lurking around and admiring everyones finds. But y'all have motivated me to actually get out and start hunting! I will be driving up with my girlfriend from Los Angeles to Ernst Quarries in Bakersfield, CA on March 28th. For people who may not be familiar, this is part of the infamous Shark Tooth Hill, dated to the Miocene at 12-15 mya. It is a pay-to-dig site, and not too bad at $40 for a full day of digging. Is anyone on here planning on going that day or have been recently? How d
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The temperatures finally behaved today and dipped into the 80's. I just had to take advantage of that since it has been triple digits all Summer up until now. I quickly threw my backpack and shovel into the car and away I went. The morning started out very slow. It takes a few hours of digging and moving overburden just to clear a space to begin some actual hunting. I had been finding real small teeth for about the first two hours of digging. Then it happened! I loosened a chunk of matrix and this just fell into my hand. I have been digging in Bakersfield for a go
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Hi everyone, I made a trip in the Judean Mountains around the city of Ramallah yesterday. It was there that I found this specimen. The scale provide is in cm: the specimen is about 6 cm long, that is about 2.5 inches. I found it on a high hill at an altitude of about 800 m (2600), on the ground among countless rock fragments. The hill was subject to severe erosion and bedrock was visible all over with patches of earth and smaller rocks in between. The rock seemed to be limestone, with many features that I as a novice can only describe in the most casual terms: many spher
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I have this planus tooth with a bonus tooth stuck in the root matrix. Was wondering if anyone could ID the smaller tooth? thanks! R~
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Hi, it's this a fossil calamite? Found it in besom hill Oldham uk.
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hi today i went to hunting in besom hill (oldham UK) and i found this that looks like a jaw with teeths. can anyone tell me if its really a jaw or its just my immagination the first one is a normal pic , the second one is cropped and i modified the contrast.
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Over the weekend I acquired some shark teeth that I would like to have ID'd. The teeth in the upper left are from Argentina which is about as much as I can tell you. The bottom right are from Sharktooth Hill in California.
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The local museum is hosting another dig at Shark Tooth Hill in Bakersfield, California. Join us October 9,10,11 for some middle Miocene madness! Attached are some shark teeth we've found on previous digs their. Join us on the Miocene fossil hunt: http://bit.ly/bvmnh_digs
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Just wanted to extend an invite to my fellow paleo enthusiasts who may want to join us on the next fossil dig in Bakersfield. October 9,10,11. I can't wait to score more Middle Miocene fossils from the Shark Tooth Hill area. Attached are some photos of shark teeth I've seen come out of the ground on previous trips. Come on out and join us: http://bit.ly/bvmnh_digs
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Yet another successful adventure to Shark Tooth Hill Area with the Buena Vista Musuem of Natural History (BVM). I can't get enough! Here is the link if you are interested in some middle miocene in December - http://www.sharktoothhill.org/ - James P.
