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  1. levip

    Sand dollar?

    I found this in moose lake MN looking for agates was curious what it might be thought possibly tiny sand dollar
  2. Just got given these Sand Dollars by my dad. I was wondering as to whether they are fossilised or not.
  3. Hi all, See attached - most of these are 5-10mm in size (cm/mm ruler in background). Found at/near base of sandstone cliffs near Aireys Inlet, Victoria, Australia. I have previously found Lovenia fossils in the area (and found a couple more today), but these are much smaller and flatter - more like sand dollars? IDs appreciated, and also suggestions re further cleaning - I just soaked them in water (~30min) and tried to remove loose material, but haven't done anything further. Would it be worth soaking/cleaning them further to try to remove more matrix? Also, do you think the small spines/tripods in 2a/2b/23c are the original spines of the sea urchin? I think 4 is probably the top lid of a similar brachiopod to 3/3a - does that seem reasonable? Cheers & thanks in advance, Oli
  4. Hi everyone, I just went exploring at the beaches of Daly City and found some cool fossil sand dollars. Any idea on species? I’m not too sure the time range but I do know the Merced formation is nearby! Thanks
  5. Echinoid Express

    Mellita caroliniana inside a Dinocardium robustum

    From the album: My Echinoid Collection

    Mellita caroliniana inside of a Dinocardium robustum Waccamaw Formation Early Pleistocene (~2.5 Ma) Columbus County, North Carolina, USA Self collected in November, 2023 This is my first "whole" echinoid of the Waccamaw formation, and my third North Carolina species found! This Mellita caroliniana was hiding inside of a matrix-filled Dinocardium robustum also known as the Atlantic Giant Cockle. I discovered it at the last moment before I probably would have accidentally destroyed it, though I was using a less aggressive cleaning method due to a drought in the area. There are a number of other mollusk species in the cockle as well, but I stopped attempting to extract them to keep the matrix stable. The aboral surface is crushed in and the petaloids are a little fractured due to this, with some very small surface pieces missing, but it is still a great specimen! It is currently sitting in a cabinet until I can figure out the best way to preserve it with consolidant, as I am worried it will fall apart if I am not careful. It is likely going to stay in this cockle as well, which I think makes for a good pairing, as well as a demonstration as to how things get buried together in the formation. There is another fragmented specimen in the shell as well, but likely not complete. There is no telling what else is buried in the matrix beneath the sand dollar that I may never unearth; there could be a whole other echinoid under there as far as I know!
  6. Echinoid Express

    Periarchus sp.

    From the album: My Echinoid Collection

    Periarchus sp. Castle Hayne Formation Late Eocene (41-33 Ma) Holden Beach, Brunswick County, North Carolina, USA Self collected in September 2023 A highly unexpected but exciting find, I came across this chunk of Castle Hayne material while searching the beach for Cretaceous Hardouinia mortonis specimens. The tide and surf was particularly strong due to an offshore tropical cyclone, which made it difficult to find the Cretaceous echinoids, but was bringing in large stones and other things. As best as I can recall, this is the first Castle Hayne formation material I've seen on Holden Beach. The chunk is fairly hefty, and is at least 30.5 cm (12 inches) long. There are a number of Periarchus fragments in the material, and there is one other visible specimen that is only missing about ten percent of the test. I am unsure of the species due to the periproct being obscured. I have little doubt that there are probably more specimens in the center of the material. The chunk also has numerous bryzoan fossils.
  7. Fin Lover

    Summerville sand dollar

    I posted this in my gallery, since it is my first echinoid, and now the comments have me curious. Does anyone know the genus and whether these are uncommon in the area? I've found one paper about echinoids in the Goose Creek Limestone (Miocene-Pliocene fossils), which is one of the possible formations where this was found (ex-situ). Chandler Bridge (Oligocene) is also present, and possibly a Pleistocene lag deposit that contains reworked Miocene fossils. Being the first one I've found (compared to thousands of shark teeth), I would think they are uncommon; just trying to find out to what extent. Thanks so much! Approximately 26 mm across at widest point.
  8. Echinoid Express

    Parascutella gibbercula

    From the album: My Echinoid Collection

    Parascutella gibbercula Ternopil Beds, East European Platform Middle Miocene (16-11 Ma) Stare Porichchya, Kolomyia Raion, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine Acquired from online, July 2023 While most of the Parascutella gibbercula I've received come from the Ternopil Oblast, according to my source of them these detailed, "textured" specimens come from the Khmelnytskyi Oblast instead. This is probably my most detailed one I've acquired to date.
  9. I am spending the week in Myrtle Beach, SC and I have been finding various shell fossils all week. Today I found this unusual fossil that I can't ID as well as what I believe is a sand dollar fossil in matrix. If I could please get an ID on the first one. Thank you in advance!
  10. TheCreekendWarrior

    Periarchus Lyelli Prep Help

    Any tips on preserving this specimen I found over the weekend? I'm happy with the aboral side but I'd like to uniformly remove a majority of the sediment below, which is loose enough to scratch off with a fingernail. However, avoiding damage to the fossil is obviously of utmost concern... is there something I can safely apply to the fossil surface to prevent stress cracking?
  11. I found these on the beach in The Netherlands. I would appreciate if someone would tell me if they are fossils or just rocks and what they are, if fossils. In the case of the sand dollars, I don't know if they are skeletons or fossils. They are hard and I can't break them. Thank you so much!
  12. kirkjeremiah23

    Basilosaurus

    Found some suspected Basilosaurus material today. Buudy found a large vert. I found this partial rib bone. Cant complain!!
  13. I am going to take my 9 years old son to California in mid February for a week. We plan to collect shark tooth at Ernst Quarries and we also want to collect other fossils along the coast from San Francisco to LA. I did many research and found a few sites that we really want to go. Bean Creek at Scotts Valley for sand dollar, Capitola Beach for shells and maybe whale bone, Carmel valley for crab, and Jalama Beach for fish. I did more research and found out that the Bean Creek location is off limit now. I would like to ask if the other places still ok. We will fly to LA and drive up north to San Francisco so I don't want to have to drive all the way up just to know that we can't collect the fossil. Also if you have other locations that you can share, it is greatly appreciated. Thank you so much and I can't wait still February.
  14. Checked out a new rock store and have always wanted an Ammonite fossil. Was browsing and wanted to make sure this and the Sand dollar are real? I'm very inexperienced so I can't really tell. Thank you!
  15. Nimravis

    Sand Dollar ID

    I have had this sand dollar in my collection for forever, I alway keep it with a modern one. I have no info on it and it was given to me from a friend. Any ID and possible location would be appreciated.
  16. These are so hard find in the Peace River. I've only found one echinoid and small chunks of sand dollars in 20+ years then kabóom 4 echinoids and 2 complete sand dollars. The sand dollar maybe Melitta Carolinas I'm sure I did not spell that correctly. As soon I manufacture some extra time these and more are gong to FLMNH.
  17. Right up there with the Conasauga Shale further north, the Late Eocene Tivola Limestone is a formation that has become one of my absolute favorites to hunt over the course of my visits to the formation. 2 months ago I went there and got a good series of photos and as always good finds, but I neglected to actually post a proper field trip report. It was the first time in a good while that I had gone fossil hunting, something that I had been absolutely craving for a while in the midst of a sea of university exams that lied ahead in the coming month. When we arrived at the always reliable abandoned cement quarry I had one particular idea in my mind for my gameplan; I wanted to see the other side of it. Most of the visits I've paid to this site I'd only really stayed to one side of it while collecting, so I didn't give myself much of a chance to see what the whole of the pit had to offer. I also had the idea to take some photos of the walls of the quarry itself, as you can see the fossilized fauna embedded in the walls just about everywhere you looked, be it the Periarchus pileussinensis sand dollars or the Chalmys spillmani scallops that are so plentiful in these rocks: As is always the case with this formation, I had many nice Periarchus and Chlamys to show for my efforts by the end of my visit, one of which happened to be the first double piece of Periarchus I've found here so far:
  18. Caaaleb

    Possible Cretaceous Sand Dollar

    Hello, I found what I believe to be a sand dollar a little over a year ago in a small creek in the DFW area in North Texas. I checked the USGS Pocket Geology on my phone and it said that the area in which I found the sand dollar in was in the Washita Group in the Cretaceous, next to some Woodbine Group members. I recently heard that sand dollars first appeared in the Eocene or Miocene or sometime in the Ice Age. But as already mentioned, I found the sand dollar in a Cretaceous area. Is it possible to find sand dollars in Cretaceous-era rock? Is it a REALLY early sand dollar? Or is it a mistake with the USGS Pocket Geology? Is this even a sand dollar? I see urchin patterns on it as well and the shape of a sand dollar, so I know it's at least an urchin of sorts. I didn't know if I should've posted this in the Id Section or another section of the forum, so I think it's appropriate to post it here, right? Please correct me if I must post this somewhere else.
  19. wledswift

    California Sand Dollars

    It s been a while since Ive been on the site, Life interupted our family fossiling adventures for a while. Our daugther, who pretty much leads our fossil and rock hound adventures has gone off to college to become a paleontogist. She was home for the holidays and we had the chance to visit Eureka CA, Samoa Point shortly after the 6.2 earthquake on December 20th. We have noticed in past visits that shortly after quakes large number of fossilized sand dollars appear on the beaches of Somaoa. this is the result of less than half an hour of walking the beach on a rainy sunday afternoon. Hope you enjoy our finds and hope to post more often in the future Itst
  20. SafariSam

    Sea Urchin ID Needed

    This is at a museum gift shop so I can't measure or give you the location found sadly. Seems like a sand dollar of some kind. Not really my speciality. Can anyone help me find the specific species? Thanks!
  21. historianmichael

    Shelling Along the Chesapeake

    Inspired by trip reports by other members on the fossil shells of the Middle Miocene Choptank Formation, especially @I_gotta_rock's report from 2018, over the past several months I have made a couple trips to Matoaka Beach Cabins in Maryland to collect some of the incredible invertebrate material exposed along the cliffs and in that way draw the quizzical looks of other collectors there combing for shark teeth. It is a lot of fun to just park myself along the beach and break down pieces of talus with a screwdriver to uncover hundreds, if not thousands, of shells. Unfortunately the shells are incredibly fragile so a lot of effort was taken to wrap the fossils in aluminum foil on the beach and to meticulously expose them with dental tools and toothbrushes and consolidate them with glue at home. Despite my precautions, many shells were lost, both on the beach and at home. I found everything along the beach and in talus falls, except for the large piece of the sand dollar Abertella aberti. On my latest trip to the Chesapeake Bay a man collecting shells along the beach asked me to identify a few things that he had found washed in by the tide. He asked if this fossil was a piece of turtle shell and when I told him that it was instead a piece of sand dollar and that it is rare to find a piece that large, he asked me if I wanted to have it. I of course graciously accepted his offer. I offered a couple of other fossils later on, but he seemed satisfied with what he had already found. There are so many fossil shells to be found along the cliffs of the Chesapeake Bay so I will try not to bore you with all of my finds. I think the gastropods are really cool so I have included all of my gastropod finds. Without further ado, here are my favorite finds: The only vertebrate fossil I found was this Aetobatus sp. ray tooth that was found lodged inside the opening of an Ecphora shell What is a post about Miocene shell collecting without a big Balanus concavus barnacle. This one was found in about six inches of water at low tide on my first trip. About the same time I found the barnacle I found this awesome chunk of Astrhelia palmata coral, which even has some bryozoan on it A couple crab claws found while searching the excess matrix compacted in the shells The aforementioned piece of the sand dollar Abertella aberti Now for the shells. First off are a couple Chesapecten nefrens. I love to find ones that have barnacles still on them. This was my largest one, measuring about 6 inches across. I found one that had both valves, but sadly one of the ears is missing Chesacardium laqueatum blackwelderi Atrina harrisii Stewartia anodonta Dosinia acetabulum blackwelderi Timothynus subvexa Ostrea carolinensis The largest shell found along the beach is the geoduck clam Panopea americana You can also find another species - Panopea goldfussi. I love how this one preserved in life position. All I had to do was dig some of the matrix out and glue the rest in. Glossus marylandica Mercenaria cuneata While finding the big gastropods was the real draw, I also really liked finding the tiny gastropods, which I only found at home after screening extra matrix or breaking extra matrix down by hand. The first of the tiny snails to show off are these three species of Calliostoma. From left to right is Calliostoma aphelium, Calliostoma philanthropus, and an unknown species of Calliostoma. Perhaps my favorite tiny gastropod - the predatory murex snail Typhis acuticosta I believe this one is Surcula sp. Perhaps the smallest fossil I have ever found- Teinostoma calvertense. Can you see it in the photo on the right? Terebra sp. Cymatosyrinx limatula Mariadrillia parvoidea Nassarius peralta Nassarius peraltoides Neverita duplicata The moon snail Euspira heros is by far the most common gastropod. I found a dozen of different sizes. Here are only a few. Mariacolpus octonaria Turritella subvariabilis Crucibulum costatum Crucibulum multilineatum Scaphella virginiana I love this juvenile Busycotypus rugosum whelk shell Spinifulgur spiniger oslowensis
  22. Wrangellian

    Pliocene? Southern California fossils

    The other day I acquired a few fossils from fellow members of the rockhound club who spend their Winters (except this past winter) down in Arizona and collect there and in neighboring states. They gave me the location via the Gem Trails book they used to find it, but of course that doesn't provide any info on the formation nor any specific IDs for what you find there. I'm having trouble (as usual) finding this information, so I wonder if anyone here has this info handy. I found a geo map of Calif and it appears to be Pliocene in that area, but it doesn't give any formation names. The area is in the Coyote Mountains, SW of the Salton Sea, north of Ocotillo. Looks like you drive north out of Ocotillo to get to the site. Anyone know the formation name or recognize the taxa I have here? Just two items, a basic bivalve (3 views) and a sand dollar-type echinoid (2 views).
  23. Paton

    Limestone Fossils?

    Hi All, I am new here but have a couple photos of recent finds and would appreciate any thoughts on what they are. These are about two inches long and were found on a decorative limestone slab near a neighbor's pool in Woodside, CA. The limestone was sourced locally. Thanks!
  24. Nimravis

    Fossil Sand Dollar ID

    I have had this piece in my collection and just sitting on a shelf for a very long time. I was wondering if anyone recognizes it and can provide a name, location and age? Thanks
  25. Left sand dollar is modern day I found in the Red Sea on the right is a fossil sand dollar I found embedded in limestone on dry land this is all in Saudi Arabia when I checked the last time it was underwater was in the Cretaceous I want to know as much as possible about this both sand dollars are very different in size and shape for it to adapt this much it must be millions of years old
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