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Port Jackson Shark crushing tooth collected from Beaumaris, Victoria. The first I have ever collected.
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Proximal end of right ulna. Very well preserved with amazing quill knobs. Brodkorb, Pierce 1955. The Avifauna of the Bone Valley Formation. Florida Geological Survey Report of Investigations, 14: 57 pages, 8 tables, 11 plates. S M I T H S O N I A N C O N T R I B U T I O N S TO P A L E O B I O L O G Y • NUMBER 90 Geology and Paleontology of the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina, III Clayton E. Ray and David J. Bohaska,Editors Storrs L. Olson and Pamela C. Rasmussen, 2001 Miocene and Pliocene Birds from the Lee Creek Mine, North Carolina
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Hi friends i went this week to my new fossil hunting site and i found many fish teeth this is one of them , it is 4 mm long , 2 mm wide at the root , sharp ,smooth edges . could it be Barracuda teeth . The area is Pliocene , umm Er Raduma formation .
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From the album: Plants
Hedera sp. Pliocene Willershausen am Harz Lower Saxony Germany Length 6cm Identified by B. Androit as Hedera sp. -
Extinct Quahog. Geographically wide ranging in Upper Pliocene deposits from Zone 2 Yorktown in Virginia to Tamiami in South Florida. Campbell (1994) considered this a form of M. corrugata, separated by its thicker shell.
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Extinct Quahog. Commonly found within Bed 10 of the Pinecrest Member.
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I have never found pearls before so I am posting for confirmation. I have seen modern blister pearls at rock shows. Also wondering if these are fossil or modern day. The background for these finds is my wife had oysters locally and one had what we believe is a blister pearl. She seems to have an affinity for pearls as she has found 4 pearls (not blister)--2 in mussels and 2 in oysters. A few days later while walking the beach I found the large 1 1/2 inch pearl in a piece of quahog (Mercenaria) shell. Then I found other quahogs with interior coatings that differed from the normal shell. These had small raised bumps or "pimples". Then my wife found a cockel shell that had a small cluster of pearls. i wonder if these are possible Pliocene fossil pearls rather than recent? There are Miocene/Pliocene fossils shark teeth and fish material. Are these in fact blister pearls and how do I preserve them? Thanks for looking at these.First picture is modern oyster with blister pearl. Quahog blister pearl--fossil pearl?
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A nice Turritella. Not uncommon at this site, but rarely in such good shape.
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A nice slipper shell. Not a common find, especially in good shape. Forum Member MikeR has made the following notes on this sub-species in his gallery." Cambell, in his 1994 paper listed all spiny slipper shells as one of two sub species of B. aculeata. The subspecies ponderosa is inflated and can be variable in the amount of spines as stacked individuals will remove the spines of the one below them. Being the lifestyle is different from the extant B. aculeata, sub species ponderosa could be a different species." I agree with Mike's assessment of this, this should possibly be considered it's own species.
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A very nice limpet shell. These are very fragile and are most often found broken.
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From the album: MY FOSSIL Collection - Dpaul7
Strombus alatus Gastropod fossil Caloosahatchee Formation, Sarasota, Florida, USA TIME PERIOD: Pliocene Era (5.333 million to 2.58 million years) Strombus alatus, common name the "Florida fighting conch" is a species of medium-sized warm-water sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. The shell can be as large as 112 millimetres (4.4 in). Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Family: Strombidae Genus: Strombus Species: alatus -
A very uncommon find. Especially without it crumbling in your hand upon touching.
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An uncommon find for this site, to be double valved and in good condition. This specimen has the added feature of a bore hole from a boring clam most likely.
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Cyclothone pygmaea, a bioluminescent bristlemouth, is endemic to the Mediterranean Sea.
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Shell preservation.
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Shell preservation
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Complete with operculum
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From the album: Gastropods
One big Polonicies lewesi. (spelling?) This big beaut was found at Scotia Sandstone Formation in Northern California and is Pliocene in age. -
Together with several small fungus gnats (Sciara strausi Kohring & Schlüter, 1993).
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References: Knobloch, Ervin (1998): Der pliozäne Laubwald von Willershausen am Harz (Mitteleuropa). München, Documenta Naturae. 1998. 302 S.
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From the album: Gastropods
My best ever of one of these known as Neptunia (sulcosipho) tabulata, found in the Scotia Sandstone Formation in Northern California and Pliocene in age. This is a really big one and quite rare!! -
From the album: Gastropods
Here is a rather rare and very nice gastropod known as Neptunia (sulcosipho) tabulata found in the Scotia Sandstone Formation and Pliocene in age. A really nice specimen. -
From the album: Gastropods
Here is a gastropod known as Neptunia smernia. Found in the Scotia Sandstone Formation and Pliocene in age. I really like the fish verts with this specimen! A rather rare gastropod! -
From the album: Gastropods
This rock is by far the best ever gastropod rock ive ever found! Most of these gastro's are Neptunia (sulcosipho) tabulata and the middle one is,,,, I cant remember, but quite rare. These are from the older part of the Scotia Sandstone Formation? I know its from the Wild Cat Group and older than the Scotia Sandstone. Someday Ive got to finish this up. Quite the nice piece though!!! -
From the album: Pelecypods
I found these in Northern California quite a few years ago in the Falore Formation. I think these are Mytilus californianus? These are quite large!
