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Someone over on Reddit told me this is a trace of the base of a Crinoid (feather duster?). Firstly looking to confirm this, and secondly trying to understand the average age. Found on an ocean beach on Long Island, NY. From what I understand this area is quite young and formed via a glacier... although I am not sure how this affects the potential age of rocks/fossils on the beaches. I am VERY new to this, so just trying to learn about my area. Thanks!
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Hello! I stumbled upon this peculiar item while searching the beaches today (ok, it’s not as exciting as I just made it sound) and I’m wondering if this is a fossil or something dried within that I’m not able to identify. I can provide more photos, but a suggestion would be appreciated. Please help and thank you for reading!
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I am trying to ID what looks like round objects if anything in this opposite side of a conglomerate on the north shore of Caumsett Park, NY
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What is the closest place to Long Island, NY where Eurypterus fossils have been found?
DardS8Br posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I’m currently in Long Island, NY and I want to try and find some eurypterus fossils. I don’t really know anything about fossil hunting in the state, so I’m wondering where the closest places to Long Island where I can I find Eurypterus fossils are. Any help is appreciated -
Hi all, this is my first post here. I found this the other day on a north shore Long Island NY beach, down at the water's edge. Looks like a partially peeled hardboiled egg. Was wondering what, if anything, it could be? I've tried to research as much as I could, but running into dead ends. Thanks in advance!
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Hi everyone! Nice to meet you! I'm a bit of a beach comber and recently stumbled across one of my most unique little finds yet. I found it on the shore of Fire Island in New York exactly as is. The outer crust is delicate and would clearly flake off easily if I scraped it. Otherwise, I nearly confused it for a rock (see the underside) when I was walking by. The barnacles and scallop shell are pretty clear, the rest are a new mystery to me. I posted elsewhere and the leading thought is a layered colony of bryozoans. Before I found this and reached out, I'd never heard of bryozoans before, so I'd love further confirmation and whatever other information I can learn from this for my own education. Thanks very much for your time and have a great day! **Edit** Meant to add: I love to know the best way to clean and preserve it as well so any help is greatly appreciated!
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tooth was found on north shore of long island. it is 1.5 inches tall and 1 inch wide feels smooth, not sure what this could be ive never found a tooth before
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My 5 year old son is an aspiring paleontologist. He found this yesterday while swimming in shallow water in Sag Harbor, NY. He's convinced that he identified a new species. We love encouraging his expeditions and would love to have help identifying this. Thanks so much!
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Hello All! I am new here, recommended to visit this site, for help Identifying what I found, by someone named The Fossil Guy, who I found on Facebook by following the site Fossilera. My name is Hollie and I am from Long Island, New York. The object in question that I need help identifying was found by myself about ten years ago on the north shore of Long Island in a town called Lloyd Harbor and on the beach. Long Island was formed by a glacier 13,000 ago and is a terminal moraine. The north shore beaches are very rocky with large glacial rocks everywhere and the south shore beaches are all sand. I was told by the fossil guy that my piece is an imprint of a mollusk or worm in sandstone. I am hopeful you all can give me an idea to what it may be. Thank you and happy holidays!!
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Interesting story. https://riverheadlocal.com/2018/12/14/local-teacher-finds-likely-fossilized-shark-tooth-on-baiting-hollow-beach/
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While rock hunting in my father-in-law's front yard, I found this. My father-in-law lives less than a half a mile from the Long Island Sound, NY. Is this petrified wood? Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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I found this on the beach on the Long Island Sound, NY. Any information would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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I found this dense, dark gray shale rock loaded with fossils in Greenvale, Long Island, NY. It weighs over 2 lbs.. I discovered it when I was 9 years old in 1959. I knew then even at an early age that I had something most unusual. Long Island was formed as a glacial deposit from the last ice age. It's basically a big, flat sand mound with a few notable boulders scraped off New England and deposited when the glacier melted off Connecticut. Fossils are not natural for this part of the earth yet here it is! I found it amidst other small stones along an abandon dirt road/path in a fairly new residential area at that time. I can not discount contamination from other sources such as a resident throwing away his fossil collection or imported road surface material. Never the less, this is an amazing find. What do you think? Can you identify the fossils or time period of this shale rock? Please let me know. Mike Ellegaard
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Hello! My name is Rod and I'm 70 years old trying to learn something totally new to me. I live on Long Island in New York. I'm trying to see if I can enjoy fossil hunting, in particular, sentimental fossils. So far I'm finding that there isn't much to look for on Long Island. I'm hopping to hear some better news from other members. I look forward to contacts. Thanks!
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Im a 14 year old guy, and i am very interested in fossils and evolution so i have decided that i want to start fossil hunting. But i have a problem, i live on long island, (NY) and as you may already know, there are hardly any fossils on long island. There are only sea snails and even those fossils are hard to find. So i need a nearby location to search for fossils, Any suggestions?
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