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I have a fossil I found that needs a little prep work, I was wondering if there is anyone who offers professional prep services in the Portland Oregon area. Any help would be greatly appreciated, fossil is special to me and I don't want to ruin it with my amateur prep skills.
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Hello, any thoughts on this? A Grallator, from Portland Formation, South Hadley, MA. 6 inch by 5 inch. It looks like other Grallator tracks that I've seen for sale, but it seems very distinct--more distinct than other prints I've seen for sale. Most seem to need highlighting to bring the print out, but this is very clear without any highlightingwhich makes me a bit suspicious. So, an opinion of whether it looks legit rather than a carved one would be much appreciated. Thanks
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G'day everyone! I reccently returned from a fossil trip to Portland, VIC searching for pliocene shark teeth and bones. Dad and I came back with some nice stuff but I also found this bone that has had me stumpted. Most bones collected from the site are fragmentary but this one appears to be whole but I have no idea what it is from. The bone is 30mm long, around 5 -6mm wide and very thin (Around 1mm probably a bit less) The fossil is pliocene in age, fossils found from the site include: Shark, fish and ray teeth, cetacean teeth and bones, terrestial mammal teeth and bones and rare avian material. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks, Dan
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G'day Everyone! I would like some help identifying these shark teeth I found in Portland, VIC around 5 months ago. These fossils are Pliocene in age and come from the Portland Limestone I believe. They have been sitting in my collection for a while and I have become increasingly interested in them. I have done some research and believe they are some kind of Hemigaleidae shark teeth. I would like to confirm this because there is very few Hemigaleidae fossils recorded in Australia. Thought I would get the community opinion. Thanks, Dan
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G'day everyone! I have going through some of my Portland finds and had a few pieces I needed some help with. The first piece is what I suspect is a drumfish tooth, which I am fairly confident with but wanted a second opinion and the second piece is what I believe to be some sort of fish or shark dermal plate? I am not quite sure and this is the piece I need the most help with. The site is aged late Miocene? to early Pliocene and is a marine environment where many shark, cetacean, fish and invertebrate fossils can be found. Thanks, Dan 1. Drumfish tooth? 2. Unknown (Possible dermal plate?)
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G'day everyone! I have just returned from a two day fossil trip to the town of Portland, Victoira. We visited three sites and were hunting for vertebrate and invertebrate fossils and came back with a pretty decent haul. This trip my dad and I were mainly focused on collecting vertebrate material as it is quite hard to come by around Melbourne. Day 1 My dad and I left home at 9:00 am and started our four and a half hour journey to Portland, right on the other side of the state. We arrived at around 2:30 at a beach near Narrawong to look for shark teeth. We had heard that sharks teeth could be found on beaches around Narrawong and Allestree after storms, and were found in deposits of shell grit. The teeth come from an underwater formation and wash onto the beach. Luckily for us, we had arrived just after a storm and found the beach covered in patches of shell grit. The shell grit was too fine for our sifters and the fossils we were finding fell straight through them so we spent the next two hours on our hands and knees searching through the fine grit looking for teeth. We ended up finding many small teeth and bones, most of them partial, but we were luck to find 2 large whole specimens (tiger shark teeth ??), some nice Port Jackson Shark teeth and some other goodies. For the rest of the day we checked out Cape Bridgewater and the Petrified Forest. The 'Petrified Forest' was first thought to be a forest of Moonah trees buried by a large sand dune and preserved. However, scientists now believe they are 'Rhizo Concretions' formed from hollow limestone tubes that have eroded over millions of years. Day 2 Today we headed out to a place called 'Yellow Rock', near Cape Nelson Lighthouse. The cliffs we were looking in were apart of the Nelson Bay Formation. In the cliffs, Australian megafauna fossils from animals such as diprotodons and marsupial lions could be found and were aged around Middle Pleistocene. Unfortunately the conditions were too rough for us to stay very long and we did not find any fossils. We then visited the Cape Nelson Lighthouse and explored its rugged coastline. To end of the day, we took one final look at Narrawong Beach and found a couple more sharks teeth and checked out the cliffs north of Portland Harbour. The cliffs north of Portland Harbour were apart of the Whalers Bluff Formation and were Pliocene in age. In the cliffs we observed many shell bits and collected a few lovenia urchins. However on our way out of the site I spotted the side of a large shell poking out of one of the cliffs boulders. I safely extracted it and to my surprise, It was a palm sized gastropod. (Fossil of the month maybe? ) This put a large smile on my face and was a great find to end the trip. Here are some photos: If any of you are interested, here are some wildlife photos of my trips: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/d_kurek Hope you all enjoyed the report, Dan The Beach Shell grit we were searching Hooded Dotterel (Thinornis rubricollis) we saw on the beach and its nest. These birds are a protected species in Australia and have a very low chick survival rate Blue Ant (Diamma bicolor) a solitary, parasitic wasp we saw along the beach. The Petrified Forest Rough swell at Cape Bridgewater Cape Nelson Lighthouse Cape Nelson Coast Pied Oystercatcher (Haematopus longirostris) Cliffs north of Portland Harbour Cliffs north of Portland Harbour Very tame Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus) we helped as it tried to cross a busy road 'Monster' gastropod (Appreciate any help in ID) Lovenia Urchins Shark Teeth Finds (Appreciate any help in ID) Heterodontus cainozoicus teeth? Fish material (Toadfish mouthplate, drumfish teeth, ray tooth and fish jaw)
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It looks the part of a Batrachopus footprint (missing a toe) with the proper size and location but I cannot say for sure. Hartford Basin Portland Formation Western Massachusetts- 2 comments
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Pretty sure it is not an ichnofossil, but with two leaflets on the rock I don't have much to ID it from. Hartford Basin Portland Formation Massachusetts-
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Marks left by the movement of a river or stream in the early Jurassic. Hartford Basin Portland Formation Massachusetts-
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Multiple cracks made from the drying of mud, probably near a seasonal body of water Hartford Basin Portland Formation Massachusetts-
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Either a small footprint or a partial one I believe it to be a Grallator due to its shape and size. Picked it up while hiking. Hartford Basin Portland Formation Massachusetts-
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A mud crack preserved in the shale, I determined it not to be an ichnofossil due to more that turned up in the rock. Hartford Basin Portland Formation Massachusetts-
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I just moved to the Portland area and I'm trying to find somewhere to look for fossils nearby. When I say nearby I wouldn't mind driving an hour or so. I just want to find something close enough that I can drive there and spend most of the day looking and then head home. I'm not looking for any specific kind of fossils. And I don't mind looking on the Oregon side or the Washington side. I went to a creek a few days because I found a list that said I might be able to find petrified wood. When I arrived it didn't look like a place where I would find anything and sure enough I left empty handed. So if anyone knows of any places that would be wonderful. I haven't made to any of the beaches out here either so if anyone knows the best beach to find fossils that would be nice also. Thanks.