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I’m hoping I could get ID help with a couple of fossils that were found in the Mogollon Rim area near Payson, AZ.
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I visited Etobicoke Creek, and, as usual, the place was packed with fossils. Then I went to Credit River...a park near "The Riverwood Conservancy". At first I was disappointed, but in one place I found 3 little corals that had been packed into a mud path by hiker's boots. Here they are; all approximately 4 cm across.
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These 2 little cones (Centre right and Lower left...~1cm long each) were in some quarried rock in Burlington Ontario. Presumably transported from elsewhere in Ontario. There were scattered crinoid stems on the same rock (All little donuts...oriented in the same direction) I can't figure out what the cones are. Any suggestions?
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Ok guys! Have taken your advice, stopped looking for bones and focused on sea related shapes, found this guy yesterday, looks like it might be animal rather than plant? Help please! Have a SMALL Bic lighter for scale.
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Today was gorgeous west of Toronto. But there was shopping to do, so I drove but nipped away for "bored husband" fossil hunt in parking lots, etc. Didn't have a ruler or my brushes. Photographed fossils at a flooded yacht club parking area, a lakeside promenade, a garden nursery, and at 2 stones guarding an exotic tree business parking area. Some images are attached.
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I found these fossils about a week ago next to Settlement Canyon Reservoir (Tooele County, Ut). I found them about 6600 feet up in elevation at about 1/5 mile away from the reservoir. The images are of the same rock but taken at different angles and sides, all except the last picture.
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We took the family over to Ireland this past week. Sadly no time for fossil hunting expeditions. But that doesn't mean I wasn't scoping out areas. While fossil hunting doesn't appear to be popular in Ireland you could tell there's plenty of potential. Especially for marine fossils. Over at Rope Bridge near Giants Causeway in the North you could see shells embedded in the cliff face (100' above the beach). In the Aillwee cave by the Cliffs of Moher there was evidence of more shells and other marine life. I would have loved to have been able to get on the beach below some of these cliff faces and do some exploring. A local shop has these small samples. Nothing great but always like to pick up local stuff.
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I have a good number of my micro vertebrate fossils in gem jar displays. I probably have 100+ gem jar displays. However until just recently I didn’t have a single Riker display case. I just bought one so I could show a few of my macro Eocene marine fossils from Virginia to a couple of collectors that I now collect with. I didn’t want to just put them in a gallon baggie to show the next time I went collecting. So the below picture is my first Riker display case. I don’t label anything in my collection any more with id labels. I used to id label everything years ago but got tired of having to change the labels as genus and species names changed. The Riker display case is 8” by 12” for size reference. The very top has two rows of three different species of sea snake vertebrae. Then there are two sawfish rostral teeth, an Otodus tooth, and portions of two ray tail spines. Then a partial ray dental plate, four anterior sandtiger teeth, and two shark scroll coprolites. Then a single medial tooth from a ray dermal plate and a bony fish jaw. Then two turtle carapace pieces and two rooted croc teeth. Lastly two turtle lower jaws and two more turtle carapace pieces. EDIT: I've added a number of specimens to the above Riker display case. See the picture below: Marco Sr.
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This summer, I am going on a trip to Colorado Springs. I am well aware that the state is filled with fossil sites but it seems like a lot of them prohibit collecting. I am wondering if anyone knows any sites in the area that allow public collecting. Preferably a site with lots of vertebrate material like Sharks or Dinosaurs. Thank You! (PS: I am still looking for some more information on fossils in St Georges Delaware. If you have any, please post it in my previous post.)
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Hi everyone! I Have not posted in a long time. I am going to be better and get back involved with my FF friends this new year. I have missed everyone and I am really working on getting back into my fossil excursions and specimen research. I just wanted to share a some of the adventures I had this year and I included my son on a few. He is only 7, so I can not take him to the big quarries just yet. I only went on a few trips this year, but each one was special and so full of friendship, fossil hunting and splendid moments of reuniting with friends whom share the same interest. Having my son along with me was priceless. Teaching him all about North Carolina paleontology and respect for nature has been amazing. I have been doing that with him since he was three years old. So, he already states he wants be a paleontologist or fireman. Love that! There were also beautiful discoveries of some gorgeous flora and fauna of the North Carolina wetlands and beaches. The fossils have been sparse, but just getting out in the field once in a while is the fine by me. Please comment if I have an identification incorrect and let me know about any identifications of some of the flora. Happy new Year! Libby View of part of the Castle Hayne Quarry, NC. Conus sp. Cone Shell . Eocene Hardouinia kellumi Hardouinia mortonis Latern NC stink bug! Murex
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Hi all! My name is Shannon. I started fossil hunting about a year and a half ago while visiting family in Michigan. I had forgotten my childhood love of rock and fossil hunting until my cousin took my dad and I to a nearby quarry. (If you're a great lakes rockhound the words "quarry" and "Michigan" are synonymous with Disneyland) Middle aged and older, all of a sudden the three of us were 8 years old again. So many wonders beneath our feet! Back in Illinois I found that the area where I live, about 40 miles inland from Lake Michigan, is geologically part of the Great Lakes system. The fossils I find where I live are marine fossils, primarily from the silurian period, and they're EVERYWHERE. It's apparent that this part of the world used to be a giant reef back when it was floating south of the equator.
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Photo: top left Found in a small (10ft wide) woodland stream near the LA/MS border, (East Feliciana Parish, LA/Wilkinson County, MS) within the Citronelle Formation; formed during the Pliostene. While the Citronelle is oft noted to contain fewer saltwater fossils than expected for an ancient coastal plain, this stream has provided probably 95% of the marine fossils in my collection. As a longtime rockhounder but fresh off the boat newbie to fossil identification, I've struggled to find a match for this fossil. (The photo is one I had on hand, am preparing to paint and the fossil is buried in chaos right now.) Betting this ID likely is child's play for most of you, any light you can shine on this fossil would be so very much appreciated. -caroline
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Went To Northern Mississippi, Got Crabs And Other Stuff...
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You guys probably think I'd been holding out. It's taken me awhile to get around to finally posting some of my fossil hunt pics, been really busy! I went to Northern Mississippi about 3 months ago with the Alabama Paleontology Society group. I tell ya, I dislike summers down in the deep south and Northern Mississippi is no exception. It was hot! This was my first time visiting this site so I didn't know what to expect other than finding marine material. The fossils pictured are from the Cretaceous Period, Coon Creek Formation. Found this Muffin Crab as we were about the leave the site. Not sure what this was, Turritella? I left it because the others were so fragile when picked up. Lots of Exogyra lying around! Several Crab claws and legs sections.
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Found amongst pebbles on beach south east Queensland,australia, have found a few of these in different sizes. Could somebody please help me identify. Thanks:)
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Leaving this afternoon to go to White Have PA to see my 1 daughter and baby grandson, and staying the night. Going to look for some quartz crystals at White Haven, that's where she lives. Then in the morning I have to be in East Stroudsburg PA for some business and after that's done I'm going to Beltzville State Park. I've been wanting to go there for the last 2 months or so but it never worked out. Now it does and I'm going fossil hunting. I'm excited about it! Plus while I'm driving I'll be on the lookout for some interesting road cuts. Can't wait! I'll post pics of my finds later in the weekend and let you know how it went.
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-Wanted to formaly introduce myself. My name is Sarah, & I am a Florida native who has traversed a great deal of our beautiful nation. But, Florida is home to me & I love it here! I am addicted to hunting, anything that's non living! I have found my biggest shark teeth lately which has accelerated my passion & enthusiasm! (Which I am sure are teeny in comparision to alot of yours') I sure could use some pointers, down the road. (Which as I've researched, are as hard to come by as a cold day in hades!) There are so many places to hunt, & so little time & dough for gas. Nothin worse than spending all of your extra time & saved change to end up in a dud spot, Only to return home, exhausted with no prize. marine life fossils are at the peak of my interests, fossil wise. Love finding shark teeth & also seeing them alive while enjoying my local spots as well. I am looking forward to doing inland hunts. All of mine, thusfar, have taken place in the ocean or on the beaches. I am thinking Gainsville & Peace river area for my next adventures. I know the water is low currently & what better time for an amateur to get started in the river/creeks?!? I am so excited to be a part of this forum, Thank You all so much for all of the valuable information, tips & IDs located here. (I will be posting some gallery pics & photos for ID help soon) I Hope oneday, I'll be in the know enough, to help someone like myself, get a good foothold in this awesome habit, I mean, hobby. & Yes, I dream of shark teeth, all of the time!! c;
