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Kansas Quaternary Stratigraphic Nomenclature Formally Revised (open access paper)
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
The stratigraphic nomenclature for Kansas has been formally revised. The result is lots of changes to the nomenclature made to acknowledge serious problems with five stage glacial model. Layzell, A.L., Sawin, R. S., Mandel, R. D., Ludvigson, G. A., Franseen, E. K., West, R. R., and Watney, W. L., 2017, Quaternary Stratigraphy and Stratigraphic Nomenclature Revisions in Kansas; in, Current Research in Earth Sciences: Kansas Geological Survey, Bulletin 263, 6 p. http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/2017/Layzell/index.html http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/2017/Layzell/Bulletin263.pdf http://www.kgs.ku.edu/Current/contents.html https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Greg_Ludvigson Yours, Paul H. -
Found in Greenwood county Kansas area, not sure if bone fragment or part of jaw fragment, found in area where previously found Shark teeth. Any ideas from the group what this fragment is?
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I found this in a creek, eastern edge Flint Hills, Greenwood County, Kansas. The creek is in and drains through the Early Permian. Formation is unknown. It must be tree bark and I'm guessing some kind of palm because of the leaf scar. It curves only slightly so I would also guess it's from a large tree. I took a file to bottom of leaf scar and there are only faint lines revealed. This appears to be a sandstone and has tiny sparkly bits in it.
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Hi all, I was inspecting some of my Smoky Hill Chalk finds when I stumbled across this. It is inside/on a partial Inoceramid, most likely Volviceramus grandis. This was all in the Smoky Hill Chalk, Late Cretaceous. Thanks for any suggestions!
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I have recently purchased an associated Squalicorax tooth set from Gove county, Kansas. It is Coniacian in age. However, I have no idea what species it is. These teeth are too gracile for S. falcatus and S. baharijensis. Looks a little bit like S. volgensis, however teeth are too large for it. Any help will be very appreciated.
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Puzzle in poop - Cartilage, denticles or tooth plate in coprolite?
GeschWhat posted a topic in Fossil ID
I have been finding a lot of inclusions in a batch of coprolites from the Smoky Hill Chalk that assumed were bits of cartilage. One of the newer specimens from that batch had a piece of the material in question on the surface; enabling me to view it from the side. They look like little teeth, so now I don't know what I have. I have one other specimen that has a couple of the little tooth-like structures intact (one that I posted a while back that has possible Ptychodus tooth fragments). Is this skin with denticles, cartilage, a skull part or some sort of tooth plate? As always, any help is greatly appreciated.
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These are pictures of three different shells that relatives brought back from their honeymoon years and years ago when i was a kid. Most of what they collected were ordinary shells, save for those three. What are they? Any help would be appreciated. I've held onto these for years and always wondered what they were. Here are the undersides of the shells respectively, in order.
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The first three photos are what I've always thought were fossils, they were given to me by my great grandmother. She had a farm in Kansas and collected them, but she didn't know what any of them were. Anyone here know what they are? Any help would be appreciated. I've held onto these for years and always wondered what they were.
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Hi all, This was found in NE Kansas among a bunch of other deer, cow and bison bones on a sandbar. Any idea what it is from?
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Found these in NE Kansas, I cannot tell if they are bison or cow, assuming they are bovid.
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Hi all, I recently found a bunch of vertebrae on a river in NE Kansas. I have found parts from deer, cow and bison here. I do not know how to distinguish bovid vertebrae as well as some of you all do, so I need your help. I will follow up with more pics.
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Hi all, Recently my brother and I were on the Republican River in NE Kansas after the water went down a little and found a bunch of bones and bottles. I am having trouble determining some of the bones as bison or cow, so I need your help here. And also, we found what I think is a claw, measuring about an inch in length. Thanks for the help, and let me know if you need more pics. Cow or Bison lower leg? I think its bison; it is pretty heavy and seems to be well mineralized, but not completely fossilized. And the mystery claw-like object
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Today I came across a flat of Cretaceous Niobrara Formation / Smoky Hill Chalk- Kansas fish fossils, from a couple years ago. I was hoping that @Xiphactinus or other members might be able to help with and / or correct son ID's that I made on the following specimens. Any help would be appreciated. Xiphactinus audax Vert. Enchodus Tooth Saurodon leanus Jaw Sections Cimolichthys Jaw Sections Unknown Jaw Section Unknown Tail / Fin Pieces Unknown Fish Vert.
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Hi all, I've been collecting a lot of late Pennsylvanian invertebrates (mostly from the Virgilian Series) in the area surrounding where I live (Manhattan, KS), which is in the NE part of the state. I was wondering if any of you have found plant fossils in Eastern Kansas, as I want to start collecting some of those as well. I read that Clinton Reservoir's outlet does have some shale and limestone layers that have insect and plant fossils, but I am sure that area has been picked through thoroughly. Do any of you all have suggestions? Thanks a ton!!!
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Hi all, A few months ago I was fossil hunting by the Republican River in NE Kansas when I found part of an upper jaw washed up on a sandbar. From it I got 3 teeth, and I am trying to determine weather they are bison or cow. Two of these exhibit a separate, distinct stylid. However the third, which is by far the most worn down, seems to have an integrated stylid. I've seen a few pictures of bison teeth whose stylists are not completely separate from the rest of the tooth, but I don't know if that's truly indicative of not being a bison tooth. Any help is appreciated, thanks all!
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Hey again, I'm still going through the backlog of undentified stuff from the local cliff site in the south of Manhattan, Kansas so I can sort and pack them away. 1. Here's a rock containing a productid brach (Hystriculina?) and some sort of spine, which I initially assumed to be echinoid but am having trouble matching to anything. It has two exposed parallel rows of projections. The vaguely star shaped cross section suggests there are more around the circumference but I'm not sure. 2. I found two pieces of matrix that were adjacent to each other, both have this long, hollow tube apparently passing all the way through them. On one end of each piece the tube appears to have partially collapsed. There might be some shell pieces inside but I'm not sure. 3. Embedded adjacent to the hollow tube is this object which has an odd surface texture:
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Hi! I love to metal detect and I've come across some interesting fossils lately. I am looking forward to this group's suggestions for identification and I am excited to read other posts, too, to learn more. The older I get, the more I want to learn!
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Hi all, found this vertebra in the Kansas River today on a sandbar. I've found everything from Pleistocene bone fragments to half-mineralized cow bone here before, but nothing of this size. It could have belonged to a cow, but I think it's a bison considering the amount of mineralization and general shape. I could use your help identifying this one! PS it is about 6 inches high, the spinous process is about 3 inches high and has been chipped across the top. It has also not been cleaned too well, hence some of the brown dirt color. Other side view
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I found this odd triangular thing on a shale hash plate along with the typical Permian brachiopods and bryozoans.
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I've been finding hundreds of these tiny spiral shells in the same matrix as some larger, pointed shells. Curious what both of them are. There's also one specimen of what appears to be a small brachiopod with "flaps" at the hinge, like a scallop. Also these much larger spiral shells which were found in loose sediment.
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Shell piece from Lower Permian marine i̶n̶v̶e̶r̶t̶e̶b̶r̶a̶t̶e̶, Kansas
trisk posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found this amongst some loose pieces from our favourite cliffside in Manhattan, Kansas. Age is probably Lower Permian. There's a faint series of ridges on the concave side. Maybe part of a valve?
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My granddaughter is in 4-H Geology and has found these two items and no one has been able to ID either one. She found both items at a local sand pit. The first one was in one piece until she accidently dropped it. When it landed it broke open and the white areas were inside. One side feels kind of chalky and the other is feels pretty smooth but has ridges. Any help would be greatly appreciated as she is trying to get her exhibit box ready for the Fair. Thank you, Mari
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Found by a friend in a creek near KC, Kansas. Never seen anything like this. Also, I'm new to all of this so I don't have the slightest clue what I'm looking at... Is it even real????
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I bet you will not believe me but I when to McDonald's to get an ice cream cone and when I was walking back to the car I looked in a rock bed that they had brought in for decoration. And I picked these three up. There are many more there and I don't know if I should go back for more ?
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