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Hello everyone, I recently settled in a beautiful city in the West Bank, Ramallah. Being curious, I've taken to exploring the hills around the city. The hills seem to my untrained eye to be mostly limestone and display interesting layers of stone. I think I found my first fossil yesterday and will be posting an identification thread later. I'm hoping to get tips on how and where to find fossils. Maybe the region will be of interest to some of you as it is not the most accessible to outsiders Nice to meet you all

Hi everyone, I made a trip in the Judean Mountains around the city of Ramallah yesterday. It was there that I found this specimen. The scale provide is in cm: the specimen is about 6 cm long, that is about 2.5 inches. I found it on a high hill at an altitude of about 800 m (2600), on the ground among countless rock fragments. The hill was subject to severe erosion and bedrock was visible all over with patches of earth and smaller rocks in between. The rock seemed to be limestone, with many features that I as a novice can only describe in the most casual terms: many spherical holes turtle shell pattern on the surface of rock large and small pebbles embedded in the rock, apparently slightly more resistant to erosion I would like to ask you the identity ofthis specimen, and would also be interested to read tips on how to identify promising spots to find more fossils based on altitude, surrounding rock, layers... Thank you for your time!