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This has an odd shape could just be weathered but thought I’d ask the experts. Found in Ohio in a field. Could it be a gastropod? Maybe? Thanks!
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I was looking at some rocks and came across this, it’s just a regular rocks with no fossils that I can tell but it has a weird point on it and some hook of some sort.
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Hoooooooooooorrrrrrrrrrrraaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Here we are at last, into Adam's Silurian. Thanks for looking. First up is the Lower Silurian or Llandovery and I begin with a problem. I posted this one incorrectly in Adam's Ordovician as it had got it's label muddled up with an Ordovician Favosites I had that has vanished in the move here, but is being replaced by kind forum member @Herb Anyway, this, I remember now I've found the correct label, is from the greenish Browgill Formation, part of the Stockdale Group from a cutting near Skelgill (Skelghyll) in Cumbria, Northern England. It seems to be a tabulate coral, but I can't find any listed for this location, only mentions of small, rare, rugose corals. It has the star shaped corallites of a Heliolitidid, but seems to be tightly packed together like a Favositidid. A couple of species of Palaeofavosites seem to be close and are a bit star-shaped,, but anyone know any better? @TqB@piranha hmm who else? The coral bit, an external mold, is a maximum of 3.5 cm across and each corallite up to 2 mm.
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Any ID and information would be good! Found it near Akron Ohio
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I have no idea what this is? Any ideas anyone?
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I'm pretty sure it's a brachiopod. After that, I'm lost. I have a book that I'm using, and it matches a picture of a Torquirhynchia, but it says those are found only in Europe. This one was found at the Trammel Fossil Park. http://drydredgers.org/fieldtrips/trammel_fossil_park.htm I don't remember in what layer I found it. Side note, here's a close up of the tiny fossil next to it.
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Hi everyone. Like the title says, I am new to fossils. While I am just starting to learn about them, I have long been interested in them, just never had the resources before. My wife showed me a few of hers, then took me to a local fossil park. I'm hooked. Trilobites interest me the most, but I don't have one yet. Please be patient with me as I will have tons of questions, but don't worry, I am a quick learner. Thanks for letting me join!
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Hi - any ideas about this form on this rock? Not sure if it’s just part of the rock or something else? Thanks!
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I have heard about placoderms being uncovered from the Devonian of Ohio, but am unable to find any references to specific placoderm fossil specimens and where they are in Ohio. Can someone please shed some light for me on the subject? (I'm looking for ones just from the Ohio area ) I consider placoderms awesome! Thanks a ton!
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Another great hunt in Paulding, OH. Weather was windy, rainy, and cold, but neither the fossils nor the avid fossil hunter seemed to mind. Here are some of the finds. I have also begun a working species list for the site in the Ohio fossil sites subforum linked here: Paulding Species List
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UPDATE: This could be Murchisonia sp. which has been recorded from the underlying Dundee Limestone and deposited in the Ohio State University Museum of Biological Diversity. Hello, I found a rare conispiral gastropod steinkern in the middle Devonian (Givetian) Silica Shale of Paulding, Ohio, last week. It's the first strongly conispiral gastropod I've ever found in the Middle Devonian (let-alone the Silica Shale). I looked through the FUMMP online database as well as the "Strata and Megafossils of the Middle Devonian Silica Formation" published by FUMMP and couldn't find any taxa that looked like this. It has the general shape of Paleozygopleura known from the Hamilton Group of New York. Is anyone aware of a snail with this general morphology that has been reported from the Silica Shale? Scale in mm.
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Alright, so after going to the St. Leon roadcut a few days prior (rather unsuccessfully, unfortunately) my family I put on boots, whipped on gloves, slapped on some knee pads and spent the next two days hunting the Caesar Creek Spillway in Ohio! These runs were much more successful. My best personal best finds consist two partially pyritized orthoceras- these are a first for me! I found plenty more orthoceras, which is rather impressive for a field overpicked by collectors! I also found a handful of fossilized gastropods. Here are the spoils:
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Hello all! My name is Tommy and I am really glad I found this forum! I am a fan of all in nature. I collect fossils, arrowheads, gems and minerals. I collect with only a little knowledge. Lol On my way to Algonquin, in Canada, my wife and I stopped at any interesting road cut and search and hammered. Go to Vegas and end up driving a rental car in the desert while we search for anything cool looking, lol. I have a grandson in Fla. and plan on shark tooth hunting with him soon! I have a 180 gallon saltwater reef. I was poisoned by a coral 6 years ago and it really damaged my short term memory so forgive me when my post isn’t always clear. The poison was Palytoxin and is stronger than any snake or spider bite. 100x stronger than Anthrax. I’m only the second documented case. Put me on disability. Serious stuff. If you are a saltwater reefer or just want the basic story, google my nick,Tcat3rd and palytoxin. National Geographic web site even wrote about it, lol. My claim to fame, almost killed myself!!! Lol God chose to keep me here a while longer! Thank you for allowing me to join your great community. I’ve read so much already! peace, tommy
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My phyllocarid collection to date. Includes Echinocaris sp. and Rhinocaris sp.
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This might be a job for @piranha This trilobit looks a little different to me than the typical Eldredgeops. Maybe Dechenella lucasensis? I didn't realize how poor the photo quality was until I cropped it. I can take more photos under the scope if necessary. Silica Shale, middle Devonian (Givetian), Paulding, Ohio. Scale in cm/mm. This one seemed different as well.
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Is this what I think it is? A camera steinkern of an orthoconic nautiloid? This is from the middle-Devonian Silica Shale of Paulding, Ohio (although because it is quarry spoil, there is a possibility it could be the underlying Dundee Limestone). I don't think I've ever found an orthocone in the Silica Shale, let alone one this large. I hope this is not something that has been intentionally or unintentionally salted in from another site... That really burns me up.
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I’ve been running into some cool fossils at my study site in southeastern Ohio recently and thought I’d share some photos. This is deep in the hills of southeastern Ohio and most fossils I’ve seen in the area are weathered sandstone casts/impressions of Lepidodendron/Sigillaria trunks/bark in stream beds. Interestingly, these fossils seem to be clustered in 20-50 meter stream stretches. Pictures below are from one such stream stretch in the lower lying part of the ravine where some chert and limestone start showing up with the sandstone. I would love any additional information folks can provide on these rocks as many are too worn/indistinct. Also, does chert/flint ever contain fossils? The last picture is of a big chunk of chert (I think) that looked like petrified wood sort of to me. I will get around to posting some other/better ones from this area later! image2 by Andrew Hoffman, on Flickr image3 by Andrew Hoffman, on Flickr image4 by Andrew Hoffman, on Flickr image5 by Andrew Hoffman, on Flickr image6 by Andrew Hoffman, on Flickr image1 by Andrew Hoffman, on Flickr
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Found this in a field while searching for arrowheads. Anyone have any an ID?
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Found this on the banks of the Scioto River in Columbus, Ohio. Wondering if anyone can ID it as a type of fossil?
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First trip of the year today to the "Fossil Gardens" at Paulding, Ohio. This is quarry spoil of mid-Devonian age, Silica Formation. There was not a cloud in the sky, and temps were relatively warm at 43 deg. F. I was the only one there for most of the day, and it was extremely peaceful. What a great day. Here are pics of some of the finds. These are "farm fresh" and haven't even been washed yet, but I did take time to polish some horn corals and get some acetate peels (couldn't wait). A large Cystiphylloides rugose coral.
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I found this near a pond in Ohio. I have no clue what it is except for the fact that it is a fossil, any information will be helpful!
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Can somebody help me identify/tell me the price of this fossil?
kingpotatoman posted a topic in Fossil ID
I live in Ohio and my friends and I were walking down at a pond and one of them found some sort of trilobite fossil. If anybody can give me the possible price of this or any information of it would be appreciated. ALSO I have found some sort of shell, I have no clue if it was a fossilized animal, seashell, or just a rock but please give information on that aswell.
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Hello! Later this year I'm planning on moving from Florida back to New England. I was hoping to make the voyage into an interesting road trip... I've heard of several places in the Eastern half of the US where you can dig your own fossils. I know that there are some places in Georgia and the Carolinas that are good to find Megalodon teeth, and some places in the northern US that are good for finding trilobites... I'm up for anything interesting and was looking for suggestions on exact places, tour companies, people, anything that you can offer that might extend my collection on the trip!
