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  1. Annularia Stellata from the Rhode Island formation (Mid-Late Pennsylvanian) of Massachusetts IMG_7186.jpg 1.7 MB
  2. Hello fellow fossil people! I have this plant that is very unique compared to any others I have found at this site. It is from the Rhode Island formation in North Attleboro. It is about a centimeter long. Some of the pictures are taken at 20x magnification. Any ideas?
  3. In 2004, the oldest flying fossil insect fossil, a trace in the Wamsutta Formation, was described in Nature. The locality was several hundred feet from where an extensive exposure of the formation was located in a cut. I was planning to try and locate the locality, but due to time issues I went back to this cut, which I had visited once before. Several other localities containing abundant plants and ichnofossils are located in the vicinity. Here is an image of a shaly horizon that was between thick conglomeratic layers. There are three of these major ones, with the lower being darker and being more of a sandstone. The middle shale layer. Most of the finds were from here, although the lower member had some complete Cordaites leaves that I forgot to take back. Here are the finds from the lower section. Occasionally, there were smoother sections of bioturbated mud between the sandy shale, where well defined trails were preserved. Some raindrop prints. Here is a possible arthropod print, that is very badly defined. In these higher energy layers, some fragmentary plants were found. A Cordaites? bit was found, with some clasts of quartz just below. Some small pebbles of quartz. Now, here are the plants from the middle shaly layer. A Cordaites? fragment, with several other pieces. A certain layer within the shaly horizon was full of these pieces, however there was little variety and there was little need to fill my shoeboxes with these. Some specimens, showed what seemed like borings on them. Here is the most distinct example. I found these, also on plant fragments at three separate localities in the North Attleboro area, including one of the Rhode Island Formation. In the talus I found a decent, but either badly preserved or badly exposed fern. Just from the shape, there are quite a few possibilities on what it might be. Hee is a quite well defined tetrapod footprint I found in a bioturbated layer of the section, which split readily into relatively thin and flat slabs, which allowed for an examination for prints. However, there is quite a bit missing on the other side of the split. And last, not a fossil but a geological oddity. It is obviously a clast from one of the conglomeratic horizons, but something is weird about it. Inside, are more pebbles. It is a conglomerate, that has weathered out and become, itself, a clast of the Wamsutta conglomerate! The clasts within this pebble are of a quite different nature than the ones in the Wamsutta. Though the finds are not very spectacular, the conglomerate pebble certainly made up for it.
  4. What were certain times that barely as of yet, not known or poorly known in Vertabrate paleontology like the Cretaceous for example, in massachusetts and the nearby areas like new england and other parts of the northeast like down to about Pennsylvania like during these unreserved times, and what life was likely around there? Thanks!
  5. CrankyPongine

    Bone or Rock?

    Heya. Recently found this rock (or bone?) in glacial till, about 2 or 3 feet down in a hole. Not sure exactly if it’s bone or not so I’m posting it on here. It’s about 2 inches long and about an inch or an inch and a half wide.
  6. This morning, I decided to split some of my scrap material from the Quincy site where I have posted about a few times. At first, this piece split badly, but I decided to split it further, and a small piece of limonite stained shell revealed itself. I split it further, and this beauty popped out. Right now it doesn’t look very nice, but I was able to recover most of the shell. After some prep (which I am fully unable to do and would probably cost way more than the specimen), it would look a bit better than it does now. The anterior glabellar lobe is somewhat crushed, revealing what may be the outline of the hypostome. My hopes are certainly raised for what can turn up in this site in future.
  7. Isotelus2883

    Another Trip to Quincy

    I visited the Quincy spot again, still with meagre finds but some were half-decent. I of course found some more disarticulated thoracic segments but they’re not worth posting, I found too many. Agraulid bits? The cranidium is probably a very badly preserved Skehanos quadrangularis. Some Paradoxides harlani bits, the cheek is weird because the genal spine is somewhat stubby. A very nice cranidium, and a nice size too, ~11 cm between the palpebral lobes, 7 cm from the anterior border to the occipital lobe. A pretty large section of thorax, with seven lobes. A little buddy. It was nice, but the rocks are very fragmented so there is almost no chance for a complete specimen.
  8. Isotelus2883

    Eubrontes Track?

    I found this in an exposure near a road in the Greenfield/Gill area just west of Turners Falls. Could it be a Eubrontes print? Turners Falls Fm. Thanks!
  9. Isotelus2883

    Braintree Ptychopariids

    I found these two cranidiums in the spoil piles at Quincy, Massachusetts, USA. The one on the right is weirdly rectangular. Broken or not fully exposed Braintreella? The one on the left looks similar. “Agraulos” quadrangularis? Braintree Fm.
  10. Today I decided to try my luck at Hoppin Hill. It was a bit too sunny, but otherwise good weather. The fossils mostly found are the small shelly fossils. I spent a good first hour and a half wasting my time on the extremely sparsely fossiliferous basal quartzite and grey argillite, on the west side of the inlet of the reservoir. I found a couple of ichnofossils, but not anything else. With little luck and half an hour left, I found the red slates on the east side of the exposure. The following are my meagre finds. Conotheca mammilata(?) Some extremely fragmentary trilobite bits. And lastly, a partial cranidium of Strenuella strenua. I will hopefully find some better stuff now that I know where the good outcrops are.
  11. Curious to know if the white marks are fossils of some sort!
  12. LaFancyy

    Petrified wood in Massachusetts?

    Found this neat little rock in a stream out in some woods while looking for agate. Noticed it had some unusual markings on the side simmilar to how a bug goes under bark, also some faint rings on the top. Made me think it was maybe petrified wood? I know next to nothing about fossils though so I thought I should prolly ask the experts :). It is about 1x1x1cm. Found in Littleton Mass. Anyone have any ideas? Please forgive me if this is just a rock! Just thought it looked woody. What about this guy? Found this when I was digging in the garden. Maybe a foot or two down in Salem, Ma
  13. juniper01970

    Petrified wood in Massachusetts?

    What about this guy? Found this when I was digging in the garden. Maybe a foot or two down in Salem, Ma
  14. Fosslized2023

    Items found

    I found these in the river behind my house. The river dried up more then it had in a least 22 years. The bottom was quite exposed. Does anyone know what these are? I do know, they are not rocks. Thanks for any help you can give me.
  15. Fosslized2023

    Other Items found

    I want to thank all of you for your time and knowledge. This is a great site. I have these other items I found at the river. Any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
  16. Jeffrey P

    Jurassic Fern from Massachusetts

    From the album: Jurassic fossils from the Newark Supergroup

    Clathropteris meniscoides Partial Fern Early Jurassic Shuttle Meadow Formation Newark Supergroup Holyoke, MA. A gift from Fossildude19. Thanks Tim
  17. I found this tooth yesterday on my backyard while working on a project. It was under about 5 feet of rock. This house was built back in 1960s and to my best knowledge this side of the backyard wasn't excavated - there was a serious layer of rocks. To what animal does this tooth belong? I can't figure it out...
  18. Hi there - over the weekend I stumbled upon an area where some of the Cambrian aged Argillite from the old Hayward Creek Quarry in Braintree , Massachusetts was supposedly dumped. I found little bits of fossils which was promising, but I split one rock which had a larger mystery object in it. Does anyone have any idea what this could be? It kind of looks like part of a trilobite cephalon/glabella with what could be an eye. But that could be my eyes playing tricks on me with hopes of finding remnants of the famous, now elusive Braintree trilobites (in particular paradoxides harlini). It doesn't help that this rock didn't split evenly with details of the fossil still embedded within, or between the two halves. Photographed wet as a FYI.
  19. paleo.nath

    Hoppin Hill MA

    Hello, i’ve just recently found out about the possible trilobites that can be found near Hoppin Hill Massachusetts, does anybody have any information on where exactly these are and if they are available to the public?
  20. Julie L

    Black petrified wood?

    Hello to all! I'm an avid sea glass collector here on Cape Cod and have been collecting it for almost a decade on a beach hugely covered by rocks - which I've pretty well ignored until this recently caught my eye. I picked it up thinking it was just an interesting composite rock but was completely stumped when I saw the wood grain section as well. After some quick internet research I was so amazed to find it seemed to be petrified wood. I think it's safe to say that I probably haven't given such a thing a second thought since a grade school science class so had the contrast in the piece hadn't been so pronounced I never ever would've even thought to look for it. I still have a huge amount to learn about the identification of classifications, but am I looking at an example of black petrified wood? The feel of it is extremely smooth. The last two photos are of a piece I found the other day with some beautiful orange & red transparencies when aiming a flashlight behind it. It would seem like a pretty straight forward piece of petrified wood but perhaps I'm wrong? Ever since that day I've been collecting like mad but I really want to education myself about identifying petrified wood vs agates or other rocks, so if anybody could recommend any books for a reference guide it would be much appreciated. Thanks for your insights. , Julie
  21. Arrests made for digging up dinosaur tracks in Holyoke Sydney Snow, WWLP, Channel 22 News, August 30, 2021 (video) 2 charged with vandalism at fossilized dinosaur tracks site Authorities in Massachusetts have arrested two men they allege were digging in an area of protected fossilized dinosaur footprints By The Associated Press, September 1, 2021 Pioneer Valley Dinosaur Footprints, Holyoke, Massachusetts Park map Yours, Paul H.
  22. Our view: With fossils, look but don't take, The Salem News, July 23, 2021 After popularity of Massachusetts state dinosaur campaign, clarity sought on protecting fossils and artifacts, Mass Live, July 22, 2021 Dinosaur bill unearths new concern among archeologists about outdated fossil laws, MetroWest Daily News, July 23, 2021 Massachusetts State Dinosaur: Podokesaurus holyokensis wins fan vote, lawmaker files legislation to officially declare state dinosaur, Mass Live, February 4, 2021 Yours, Paul H.
  23. Kneterval

    Fossil of first fork?

    What is this? Besides what appears to be the first fork lol
  24. Hello, hope every one is having a great day. Found this metal detecting and read that a fossil can eventually become metal? I have no clue? Thanks for your help.
  25. Hi There, I was able to get out to one of my usual spots to split shale in search of Carboniferous plants. I came across this small, odd imprint. It doesn't look like any Carboniferous plant species I've come across and the venation looks more like that of an insect wing than a plant. That said, insect remnants haven't been found at this locality, but a very rare, very old insect was found nearby. Does anyone have a clue as to what this is? Is it oddly arranged plant pieces, or something else? Thanks! Location: North Attleborough, Massachusetts Formation: Rhode Island Formation Age: Carboniferous (300 million)
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