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I have found them within Miocene reefal limestones, can you give me any information about their species ? Thank you.
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Found this piece totally encrusted in limestone, tumbled with a #1 grit and this is what came out. Not sure what it is…didn’t polish up very well…
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Hello, this is my first post as I stumbled upon this forum attempting to research a fossil my Great Grandmother gave me some years ago. When I was younger, I thought they were teeth of some sort, but after some digging (no pun intended), I am thinking it may be horn coral!? Also, in the second picture I labeled part of the rock #4; it appears to be different from the rest of the rock. Some of it is like a milky matte material and beside it (hard to see in still picture) is a section that glimmers in the light. I wondered if it was some sort of crystal or just another form of a fossil/the limestone. I apologize for any errors that I have made in this description or in the pictures. I would appreciate and corrections, tips or recommendations I could use for potential future posts. If anyone could give me some more information on what I have here, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you and have a great day!
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The weather is turning here in Ontario Canada, leaves are raked, stuff is stored safely away, waiting for the lake effect snow. Went for a walk along the lake and well couldn’t resist this rock. Here is my question: In geological time, what do you all think is the top and what is the bottom? Is the limestone newer or older than the layered what I believe is silicate. Every rock tells me a story, I see the impact of multi cell animals, and what I believe is the heavy tidal action of the Silurian sea because of heavy gravity interaction of earth and moon, cephalopods, bivalves, …….!!
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After my visit last week (http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/86063-my-little-trip-to-solnhofen/) This time I was at the visitor quarry in Solnhofen. It was very hard work and it was too hot but the finds arent too bad Its a pity that I couldnt find a fish but nevertheless I found some interesting things! Two pictures of the quarry: A beautiful 4 cm long Laevaptychus: A cuttlefish remain: with nice details (6 cm long): And my finds of the day: Two teeth Teeth arent that common in Solnhofen I assume, so I must had some serious luck The first one is 1.5 cm long and it seems to be a crocodile tooth. I think its a Steneosaurus tooth: I like the root The second isnt that big with a length of 0.7 cm. I cant determine this one... Maybe also a crocodile tooth? Maybe someone can help me a bit with determining? Thanks for your help! Hope you enjoyed the pictures!
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I found this in a creek...near Cayuga Lake, Middle Devonian, Hamilton Group, Limestone. It really doesn't look like a Coral...so, am not sure. It seems like I've seen this on one of the other forums. Each are "ringed" and those rings follow down through the rock...you can see this in the large one. Any help as always is greatly appreciated. Thanks Greg
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A fossil buddy sent me these photos. His thought was trace fossils, but looking more closely, it seems to me these might be graptolites. I confess I've mostly hunted in beds well past the geological peak of graptolites and are not as familiar as I might like.
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Hello, I found this fossil near Trogir Croatia, Oct.2021. It was in layered limestones, from cretaceous period. Could it be determined to some degree? Thank you,
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Found in Durham, Ontario, Canada, in limestone. Looks like some kind of shell, but am unable to find anything similar online. This specimen was loose but there are others nearby embedded in the limestones.
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I found this bone in Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden Paleocene in age (Danian) Does anyone possibly know what animal it belonged to? Now I'm not good with bones but I'm thinking bird? Crocodiles, Birds, Fish has been found at this locality. + another bone?
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I found this huge cylinder imprint when I was out fossil hunting, it was too big to take with me, so I just took some pictures. I was curious about it, I’m not sure if I’ve seen anything similar before? Found on the Missouri River outside Kansas City. Could it be a cast? Or just a rock structure? There looks to be a pattern imprint left behind. About 1-1.5 feet long. Sorry for the pics, I couldn’t take the specimen home as it was huge.
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Hi ! My girlfriend noticed some fossils from a cimetery wall just next to my appartment (which is located in a suburb really near Paris). Thanks to some geology museum in Paris, we identified this limestone to be from Lutetian. It also happens that the fossils can be directly picked off the rock by hand without damaging the wall. So we got a few of them. Here is what we found : I believe most of them are Sigmesalia, except for the bivalves which I suspect Crassatella. There are two specimen though that draw my attention : I don't think they are from the same species from the others. Maybe some Cryptochorda stromboides I mainly used the forum to find matching species with those, I'm not quite sure whether my identification (nor the method I used) is correct or not. I hope you find this interesting (and beautiful ofc) !
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New Eocene Castle Hayne Exposure; Vertebrates Galore
sixgill pete posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi everyone. It has been a while since I have made a post. Between some health issues and all the RAIN we have had here in NC this summer, the trips have been few. Not to mention all of the quarries still being closed due to covid. Recently I was granted permission to search a small, private agricultural limestone marl quarry. It is Eocene Castle Hayne Formation, Comfort Member. Now before anyone asks, no I will not say where or nor will I be bringing anyone to it. It is very small and my permission is very tentative. I have to get permission each time I go. It is a smorgasbord of Shark teeth and verts, sawfish rostral teeth and verts, fish parts. Other than broken pieces of Periarchus sp., a few crab claws and a few startfish ossicles it is rather void of invertebrate fossils. The marl is friable limestone. Here are a few of the teeth found so far, some of the rare Castle Hayne teeth. I will add more pics as we go along of other items found, including some nice C. auriculatusand some huge sawfish rostral teeth and verts. Heterodontus cf elongatus Hexanchus agassizi Heterodontus cf elongatus Nebrius obliquues
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Here is a weird fossil that was found amongst corals from late jurassic 150Ma. Is it a mollusc shell, a tooth, a bone? Its my first potentially kool fossil ever!!! I am hoping its a fierce sea creature!
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Found this amongst other critters in the Upper Glen Rose near Spring Branch, TX. I'm at a loss, but I'm thinking it's a worm. Also, I'm not a worm guy. Clues, hints, full-blown answers, and red herrings appreciated. :-)
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This rock was part of erosion control on banks of creek in Cretaceous Eagle Ford so it is not from here and that's all I know. It's a mass of crinoid stems with a couple things I can't identify, first object is similar to the stems but it's translucent and doesn't appear segmented, next object is also translucent with stripes. Last pic maybe bryzoan?
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Found this on gravel bank in creek close to DFW, in a narrow band of Alluvium smack dab in middle of Fluviatile terrace deposits. I'm not sure what to make of it, appreciate input!
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I've been finding fossils in limestone, sometimes I find fossils in rock that also appears to have these irregular lines interspersed. They are all shapes and sizes, I’ve attached some pictures. I am just curious as to what these are. Carbonized plant material? Or just inclusions in the rock?
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Found this piece near a bunch of Carboniferous fossils in limestone, any ideas? It seems to look like fusulinids ? They are supposed to be common, Found in Kansas City near Carboniferous fossils.
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Hi, my son was desperate to find a fossil.while on holiday. Can you help identify the 2 things we found? A geologist friend suggested one is coral. The pitted texture seems to go right through to the other side. Thanks for any help. Aileen
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We found this in a tributary of a creek that runs through my sister's backyard in St. Louis, Missouri. Also found druzy quartz, brachiopods, bryozoans, and other molluscs and a few geodes. It looks like burrows in rock (flint?) Top photo shows cluster of shells found at the bottom of the tube. The rock is about 1 square foot in size. Is it a trace fossil of a burrowing mollusc? Any information will be greatly appreciated.
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Hi guys, I recently started learning to fossil hunt for my son as he loves dinosaurs and on our first trip we found this in a limestone. I am completely new and really sorry if this borders on an insult to some of your experience but I have no idea whether to crack the rock open and have a look or whether I’d end up breaking a fossil of some kind if I did or whether it is just a mineral running through of some sort! There was a much larger rock with the same streaks but in a diamond shape on the beach so if it is a fossil I’ll be running back there ASAP Thank you in advance (I’ll thank again afterwards too!) and I’m glad to have found a community on here to help further my knowledge!
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Does anybody know What this is? Found on a beach in Sweden but came from Denmark with the glaciers. I posted something before but a guy said the picture was not there so tell me if u cant see it and if so please then tell how to post im new here
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As the hammer in the picture shows, it is about 10 inches long. Thanks for any help. So regular no sure if it was organic matter, but is now limestone.
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Paraloid B72 solution for fossils? Good or bad?
JoLynn Mangum Self posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Should this be required for the Ladonia Texas fossils and choctaw county Oklahoma? Mosasaurus vertebrate? Mosasaurus web digits? Mosasaurus teeth? Goblin Mosasaurus teeth? Shark or fish teeth? Shrimp fossil? Pupa fossil? Worm tube fossils? Ammonite fossils? Baculite fossils? Sea urchins fossils? Limestone fossils?????? Snail & gastropod fossils?
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