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From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
Hello All, Im Cole from Woy Woy, Australia. I am a SPFX Makeup Artist (20 years) and love creatures. I have always found fossils and minerals interesting and have a bit of a little collection myself. More minerals then fossils atm. As far as fossicking goes I have only been very basic in finding fossil marine plants and shale and coprolites which were exposed on the ground from weathering. I would like to fossick more preferably around my area but would like to go up to lightning ridge to see if i can find anything. I would also like to help on a dinosaur dig one day. anyhow, thats it from me! ~Cole.
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I assume this is a Triplofusus giganteus. I found it at the now closed SMR shell pit (Schroder-Manatee Ranch’s Aggregates) near Sarasota, Florida. I was wondering if this is the Pliocene version or the Pleistocene version? Are they different subspecies? I know this isn't the best one in the world, but it's nice. My gf wants it so badly, but I told her this one stays in my collection because it's from a site that's closed forever. I'm trying to find a substitute for her to make her happy. She wanted the long spindly one and she argued with me that I had plenty of shells already when I said no! So you see what I'm up against! Lol I have one other that would pass for this one, but of course it came from a shell pit that's been closed too! Could you help out a poor fellow fossil hunter like me? haha!
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Hi, I would really appreciate an ID on these crustaceans found 2019 at Miami, Mermaid And Nobby beaches on the Gold Coast, Australia. I've done some basic research and came up with Pliocene era. Thankyou so much!
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I'm trying to ID this horse tooth from Peace River, Florida. Looks like a subhypsodont. My best guess is Merychippus, but please let me know what you think.
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Hello, I'm looking for an ID on a relatively well preserved marine fossil found in a south florida gravel bed with many bivalve and brachiopod fossils nearby. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Self collected from an exposure along the Neuse River in Craven County N.C. While I have found many fragments in the past, this is the first complete specimen I have found. A rare find in the Yorktown Formation. References: Upper Miocene Echinoids from the Yorktown Formation of Virginia and Their Environmental Significance, Porter M. Kier (1972). Smithsonian Contributions To Paleobiology, Number 13. Pgs. 8-9. Plate 1. Echinus improcerus Conrad, 1843a: 310. Psammechinus improcerus.—Stefanini, 1912:705. Coelopleurus improcerus.—Clark and Twitched, 1915:180, pi. 84: figs. 4a-c. Arbacia improcera.—Cooke, 1941:11, pi. 1: figs. 7-9. Cooke, 1959:20, pi. 4: figs. 1-3. Kier, 1963: pi. 1: fig. 6.
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With extra time, I have been landscaping , sorting, and cleaning out fossil deposits around the house. I have rediscovered a number of unusual items. This being one of the most unusual. 3 to 1 marine versus land fossils. Once found a Llama sacrum that resembled this at 10-15x the size. Thought about fish nose, but never found one and really do not know.
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I took a trip yesterday (Easter Sunday) morning to a few river sites in a neighboring county. The first spot I went to is a Pliocene exposure of zone 2 Yorktown Formation. While I found the normal culprits of teeth, mako's, hemi's and a small meg; it was the unexpected find that made this trip. While I have found fragments, I have not found anywhere near a complete echinoid there. Well Easter changed that, the Echinoid Bunny left me a good egg. I found a gorgeous complete Arbacia improcera. A rare Pliocene echinoid, my first. As found: after the first cleaning: second cleaning: third and final cleaning:
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Hi again , I found this in the peace river in Nocatee , FL Looks like I found leg bone to something , It's approximately 8" (200mm) one end is 5" (127mm) wide and the other is 4" (100mm) wide in the middle it's diameter is the size of a large male wrist . Weighs 1050 grams . What you think ?
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Fossil plants provide clues to changing environments in Tennessee’s past
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Fossil plants provide clues to changing environments in Tennessee’s past. The Erwin record, April 11, 2020 https://www.erwinrecord.net/community-news/fossil-plants-provide-clues-to-changing-environments-in-tennessees-past/ Some random papers. Gong, F., Karsai, I. and Liu, Y.S.C., 2010. Vitis seeds (Vitaceae) from the late Neogene Gray fossil site, northeastern Tennessee, USA. Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology, 162(1), pp.71-83. https://dc.etsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C19&q=Gray+Fossil+Site&btnG=&httpsredir=1&article=3171&context=etd Shunk, A.A.J., 2009. Late Tertiary paleoclimate and stratigraphy of the Gray Fossil Site (eastern TN) and Pipe Creek Sinkhole (northcentral IN) (Doctoral dissertation) Baylor Unversity, Waco, TX https://baylor-ir.tdl.org/handle/2104/5303 Shunk, A.J., Driese, S.G. and Dunbar, J.A., 2009. Late Tertiary paleoclimatic interpretation from lacustrine rhythmites in the Gray Fossil Site, northeastern Tennessee, USA. Journal of Paleolimnology, 42(1), pp.11-24. https://www.academia.edu/11963313/Late_Tertiary_paleoclimatic_interpretation_from_lacustrine_rhythmites_in_the_Gray_Fossil_Site_northeastern_Tennessee_USA https://www.academia.edu/23862396/Late_Tertiary_paleoclimatic_interpretation_from_lacustrine_rhythmites_in_the_Gray_Fossil_Site_northeastern_Tennessee_USA Whitelaw, J.L., Mickus, K., Whitelaw, M.J. and Nave, J., 2008. High-resolution gravity study of the Gray Fossil S ite. Geophysics, 73(2), pp.B25-B32. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/249865308_High-resolution_gravity_study_of_the_Gray_Fossil_Site https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Kevin_Mickus/2 Worobiec, E., Liu, Y.S.C. and Zavada, M.S., 2013. Palaeoenvironment of late Neogene lacustrine sediments at the Gray Fossil Site, Tennessee, USA. In Annales Societatis Geologorum Poloniae (Vol. 83, No. 1, pp. 51-63). https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/viewFile/12589/11062 https://geojournals.pgi.gov.pl/asgp/article/view/12589 Zobaa, M.K., Zavada, M.S., Whitelaw, M.J., Shunk, A.J. and Oboh-Ikuenobe, F.E., 2011. Palynology and palynofacies analyses of the Gray Fossil Site, eastern Tennessee: their role in understanding the basin-fill history. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 308(3-4), pp.433-444. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael_Zavada/publication/277307790_Palynology_of_the_Gray_Fossil_Site_eastern_Tennessee_its_role_in_understanding_the_basin_fill_history/links/562905a908ae518e347c704b.pdf Yours, Paul H.-
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From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Vokesinotus lamellosus (Emmons, 1858) Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Emmons (1958) first described Fusus lamellosus from the Miocene (now Pliocene) of North Carolina and Dall (1890) described Coralliophaga lepidotus from the Pliocene (now Lower Pleistocene) of Florida. Olsson & Harbinson (1953) figured Trophon lepidotus from the Caloosahatchee Formation, however Campbell (1993) listed Urosalpinx lepidotus in the Pliocene of Florida, North Carolina and Virginia overlooking lamellosus entirely. Those shells in the Caloosahatchee have a lower spire than the predominate shells in the Tamiami although some with lower spire heights can be found. For this reason I have chosen V. lamellosus as the high spired species and V. vokesinotus with the lower spire height. If both are the same, the proper name would V. lamellosus with V. lepidotus as a junior synonym by 32 years. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Vokesinotus lepidotus (Dall, 1890) Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar to V. perrugata except ribs flare out forming winged varices. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Vokesinotus perrugatus (Conrad, 1837) Statigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Spoil, Collier County, Florida USA. Status: Extant Notes: No varices but ribs with delicate scale structure on spirals and interspaces. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Trossulasalpinx hertwecki (Petuch, 1991) Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Quality Aggregates Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: T. hertwecki is common in the Pinecrest. It has a similar texture to T. subsidus, but with sharp angular ribs. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Trossulasalpinx subsidus (Dall, 1890) Statigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Bonita Grande Pit, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: T. subsidus is rare in the Tamiami. Well preserved specimens have spirals with a granular texture. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Eupleura brevispira Mansfield, 1930 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: APAC Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: The most distinguishing characteristic is the upwards pointing varicies. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Eupleura metae Petuch, 1994 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Quality Aggregates Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Taller in profile than some of the other Pliocene Eupleura species. A flaring varix surrounds the aperture rim. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Eupleura calusa Petuch, 1994 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Quality Aggregates Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Similar profile to E. intermedia, however with two flaring varicies and a recurved siphonal canal. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Eupleura intermedia Dall, 1890 Statigraphy: Pinecrest Sand Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: SMR Phase 10 Pit, Sarasota County, Florida USA. Status: Extinct Notes: Low varicies, short profile and straight siphonal canal. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Eupleura sulcidentata Dall, 1890 Statigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Spoil, Collier County, Florida USA. Status: Extant Notes: Long recurved siphonal canal. Two strong varices opposite of each other gives this shell a flattened profile. -
From the album: Gastropods of the Tamiami Formation
Order Neogastropoda Family Muricidae Eupleura tampaensis (Conrad, 1846) Statigraphy: Golden Gate Member of the Tamiami Formation Location: Bonita Grande Pit, Lee County, Florida USA. Status: Extant Notes: Strong spiral cords give this shell a reticulated appearance.
