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Time Period: Pennsylvanian Location: Missouri Formation: Most likely Winterset limestone Hello! I am currently puzzled on weather or not this is a Conodont or some fragments from Brachiopod. I am thinking it could be broken parts of a shell or broken pieces of a Brachiopods fossilized lophophore supports from a very small specimen! I have not found any conodont specimens from this location yet as I usually do not hunt for them Images in natural file size: https://imgur.com/a/KNeqtZn
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From the album: Missouri Ammonoids, Nautiloids and Gastropods
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I found this in an area of North East China. The area has some volcanic history, and a lot of granite mines. I thought that I had it figured out, but am torn on what type of limestone it is, thus what era it could have formed during, thereby leaving me clueless about the small, potential fossil! Any help would be appreciated! Also, any clues on how the granite became fused to the limestone?
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A firend of me sent me this pic of cobble stone he picked up on the seashore. The only thing I could tell are the gastropods. What else are there? Possible ID and age?
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Me and my boyfriend went for a walk in the nearby Aristide and Silverdale area of outstanding natural beauty a few weeks ago. We are both at uni in Lancaster so have been enjoying walks in the Lake District and nearby. I wanted to visit Jack Scout as a dissertation topic I was thinking about was related to the local geology of the area. I was not expecting to find loose fossils, and was paying close attention to the limestone rocks and pavement for fossils in situ until my boyfriend came up with a ‘funny rock’ to check with me and lo and behold, an impromptu fossil hunt began. Nothing is of great quality and I have found it very hard to find much literature on the area so nothing is really identified. But it is a truly beautiful area and a fun walk. I believe these fossils are from the Park Limestone formation of Jack Scout, there is lots of Carboniferous limestone deposited around 325-360 MYA.
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Can anyone help me identify these? The longest is 5 1/2”. Maybe deer antler pieces?
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The photo shows several nodules embedded in Redwall Limestone (Mississippian) along highway 89a west of Jerome, Arizona. Also in this layer are crinoids, brachiopods and solitary rugose corals. I think I've read about these in the dim, dusty past, and I seem to recall that they are not fossils, but some other geological phenomenon. Any help?
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These tiny fossils I suspect of being Receptaculites, but I'm not at all sure. The patch is about 12x12mm, about the size of a dime. It's on Martin formation dolomite from the Devonian, Verde Valley, Arizona. Other fossils on the same rock include Rugose and Tabulate corals and unidentified Brachiopods. Note the lichens growing in and on the sample. Any ideas?
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Low-budget rock and fossil cutting/slicing/slabbing
FranzBernhard posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Ok, I proved it possible to make polished slabs of substantial size (ca. 50 cm2) without any machine, purely by hand, in an acceptable time and of good quality and with things I already had, especially flat plates. Grinding and polishing media had to be bought, of course. All of this can be done on a desk in an apartment, no serious noise or dust production involved, just some sludge . Only one problem remains - you need an as flat as possible surface to start with. Such flat surfaces are usually produced with rock saws. For rock cutting, I have only experience with professional equipment. However, such rock saws are expensive, heavy, noisy etc. What are the low-cost options for the occasional saw cut? First, forget the angle grinder. Second, what about tile saws? They are cheap, around 50-60 Euro, and far less than that for a used one. Quite lightweight and portable, about 10 kg. But they are made for cutting thin tiles, maximum cutting depth is about 35 mm. I am used to "rotate" specimens on the saw blade, so this can be doubled (Attention, this rotation can be dangerous if not done properly and results also in a surface not as flat as you might desire!) I don´t have experience with a tile saw yet, has anybody of you? And has someone used such a saw in an apartment? Has anyone tried to make parallel cuts with such a saw? Other thing: What about cutting specimens already in the field? Has someone done this with low-cost equipment? Maybe you can use a tile saw with an DC/AC converter connected to your car? I think, that´s all what I like to know at the moment . Thank you! Franz Bernhard -
White fossil found in Limestone piece in Kerry Ireland beach
Fossil1234x posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, I found this piece on a beach in west Kerry Ireland. It is on what I believe to be a piece of limestone and I am wondering if it is an actual fossil or just a crystalline structure in the rock and if it’s a fossil which one would it be? Thank You
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I went camping over in West Texas in Kickapoo Caverns state park this past weekend. While I was hiking around I noticed dozens of these formation that were jutting out of the limestone boulders and bedrock. Not sure what they are but they seem to be shaped like small trees or medium thick branches. Anyone know what they are?
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Hey everyone, I found a ton of fossils littered on the ground around a cave entrance about a week ago. I took a few rocks home but can't quite figure out what they are. I've tried my best to light up the fossils for the pictures, but all the details were difficult to see when the photo was fully lit. A 10x hand lens was used to take the close ups. Ruler is metric. Geology: Bungonia Formation limestone, 427.4 - 410.8 million years old. Found in NSW, Australia ROCK 1 I have 2 rocks with the same fossil. I want to say it's a type of solitary rugose coral, but still not sure.. I saw a few disc-like fossils in the rocks at the site (perhaps the top of the coral?). You can see it on both faces of the rock Rock 2: Same species are the rock 1? Here's another shot of rock 2. You can see a few fossils in this, especially the crinoid (stem?) and the possible rugose coral in the bottom right. I don't know what that line that meanders through the middle of the rock is though and would love advice ROCK 3 This is the one I'm absolutely stumped by. They're difficult to see, but there's faint fossils on this rock. It wasn't found near the cave entrance like the first 2 rocks but in a small eroded drainage line. Are they even fossils?
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Hi all, I found this rock with an assortment of fossils in Israel and i am looking to find an answers to some questions i have out of curiosity. Info: Location found - Ayalon Valley River, Israel Mineral - The stone is Limestone with partially metamorphic dolostone The fossils and the imprints are crystalized, if i were to guess i would go with dolomite or calcite crystals. Basically my questions are: What type of fossils are these? From around which period are these fossils and imprints? Is it usual to find the variation found here? What is the best way to clean it? Thanks!
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Hey TFF Members! Cris and I were able to get out and do some super fun Echinoid hunting earlier this week! We were able to find some very nice specimens from the Eocene. If anyone has an ID on the big thick one I found in the video, please let me know! We got stuck in some nasty storms on this trip, but were also lucky enough to see a stunning rainbow! It was a great trip. Check out the vid if you get a chance!
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: Probably apart of the Raytown limestone member Found this weird fossil on my latest fossil hunting trip, I personally believe it to be some sort of Amminoid since the pattern seems to extend away from the shell and not towards it, but I have only found Nautiloids in the area ( Only 2 spiral shaped specimens that do not look like this and 3 cone shaped.) If anyone can Identify if this is a an Ammonoid or something else I would love to know more! the middle Section with the weird ball like pattern in the middle and what I assume are gas chambers around it
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Hi guys! I am not sure if anyone has encountered such fossils before but when collecting fossils at the Salons Formation in PA this summer I found this brachiopod: This brachiopod is nicely inflated and has great detail, one problem is that the surface of it is covered in this layer of limestone with patches of calcite. I would love to get rid of it but I am really not sure how to go about doing so. Here is an extra picture of how it looks up close: Any help would be appreciated, Thank you!
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Need an ID on Central Texas fish skeleton & Likely fossilized skin
Jared C posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello all, I'm 19 and brand new to the site, I'm hoping this is where I can get a potential ID on some very interesting fossils a family friend of ours supposedly found 10 minutes east of Austin on their private property. The first of which is a mostly complete fossilized fish - according to this friend of ours, it was found close to a river, where limestone slabs stick out from the eroded bank. As far as I understand, this was from an old bank line rather than the current one. He pulled on of the slabs out from said bank, and on it (after appropriate cleaning), a fish skeleton was found as shown below: An ID to the genus at least would be very appreciated. Secondly, and perhaps more interesting, is a fossilized piece of skin (potentially) I know fewer details about this particular find, but he does say that he found it on the same property. Some other fossil finds he has made (he's not a vigorous hobbyist, he doesn't actively search for these, just passively and on occasion for fun) include some bivalves and the other typical gastropods of the area. Of the photos, he included a picture of a large vertebrae, which I believe may be a mosasaur vert - a find sometimes made in central texas. Anyway, the skin he found is below: I don't have much context for size, my guess is that it's probably about 2 inches (5 cm) in length. Thanks for any ID guesses! I hope I uploaded this in the correct area!
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I found this mystery fossil at the Castle Hayne Quarry near Wilmington, North Carolina over 15 years ago. It was in limestone of the Eocene age Castle Hayne Fm. It consists of parallel shallow indentations that have grayish looking coatings in the bottom of them. I have had suggestions that it was a plant impression, soft coral, and bryozoan. I don't know what fossil forum to have it identified when nobody is sure if it's plant or animal. Any suggestions? The long direction of the specimen is about 3 inches by two or two and a half inches. 7.5 cm by 6 cm
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I thought this was my typical fenestellan bryozoan fossil when I first started photographing this rock, but when I looked at the photograph I realized that the texture was more bumpy and different... Other areas of this rock have what look like quartzite like areas - could this be something like that? My first impression was that it looked like reptile skin, but then I thought more rationally and highly doubted it. ;-) Found in Madison County, Alabama. Ramona
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I have found a couple of trilobites on a friend's property near Eganville, but I don't know what the attached fossils are. I am pretty sure the last one is a number of shells, but any ideas on the other ones? Thanks,
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I've been cleaning away at this by hand, I can't get much further as the rest of the matrix is very hard. What have I been uncovering here? I thought brachiopod shell when I just saw the edge, now I have no idea. Looking at other pics of Wenlock fossil I couldn't spot anything similar. Can anyone enlighten me?
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Only a couple of one hour forays so far, I've only just had treatment on my hip so taking it carefully (by which I mean I'm clambering over scree slopes with little care but getting told off for it) Thought I'd drawn a blank on the trilobite front until I started cleaning this - and then I saw my very first trilobite! How small do they come?
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I found this fossil back in 2014 at Cedar Creek Reservoir in Franklin County, Alabama. I was told the fossils we'd find there would be Mississippian, contained in Bangor Limestone. When I first found this I thought it might be a trilobite butt or a shark tooth and I recently decided to try to clean it, and now I don't know what it is there are two depressions under each prong, and the prongs bow back up (couldn't really get a side pic) The pictures show the uncovered fossil (the lighter material was what was initially uncovered). Thank you for any assistance! On a separate note: I also feel terrible that I ended up damaging it a little (chipped the left edge on the bottom most segment)
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I was recently reorganizing my fossil collection and thought I would share some pieces I collected during Paleontology field trips in undergrad at Alabama. I'm glad I took thorough notes at the time! The demopolis chalk is a popular formation for finding Exogyra/ostrea/pycnodonte shells and shark teeth. We visited a site in Tupelo, MS many times for surface collecting. Some of the cool pieces I found were many fragments of a mosasaur jaw (top pic, top 2 slots), a Squalicorax kaupi tooth, a scyliorhinus(?) tooth, bony fish vertebrae, and bony fish teeth. I was told the dark fossils at the right of the third picture might be ray plates, but I'm not sure. Turritella in pic 1 are from a different formation.
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