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There are frequently events to help tourists spend money. The Shell Show certainly qualifies. I went this morning. Here are some of the displays that I enjoyed.. Some from Sanibel, Key West, Bahamas, Morocco, Senegal.... This sheller has been traveling... A close_up Sanibel and Fort Myers Beach took a direct hit mid_afternoon from Hurricane Ian. It destroyed 98% of mangroves (Black, White, Red) in the vicinity. So far, only the Red mangroves are starting to recover near the Marriott. I used to collect modern shells, now more of fossil shells and I do not buy shells anymore....
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Found this on a cove near Palos Verdes CA wondering is it a fossil shell or something modern, looks something like a murex, but maybe a whelk ???
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I’m pretty new to fossils—I have found a few strays before. But the other day, I found what appears to be an entire fossil bed. It’s about a 150 square foot area, full of fossils, on a hillside ridge near the Whetstone Mountains, outside of Tucson, AZ. I don’t know if this sort of find is very common. But there is a layer with what I think are marine fossils—hundreds and hundreds of seashells. And then about 50 feet in elevation above that layer are what appears to be long bone fossils. Dozens and dozens of them. Most are about as thick as my fingers and the longest are about 18 inches. The reason I think they are bones is because of Photos #9-12, which show what seems to be a bone which was snapped in half before fossilization. Please correct me if I’m wrong—I am no expert here. I believe there are still some seashell fossils mixed in with the bones. But there are no bones in the lower seashell layer that I could tell. The Carmex container is 35mm in diameter. Most of the well-preserved seashells are 1cm long or less. The shells that appear to be sitting on top of the bedrock are actually firmly attached. There are also loose bone fossils that have washed out of the rock—see photo 19. I’m sorry my photography is not very good. I do have several more photos if anyone wants to see them. Some of the photos rotated when uploaded--I'm not sure why. I am very curious to know if anyone can tell me what kind of bones these might be. (If they are bones.) And how old they might be. I’m also curious to know if anyone can age and identify the kinds of sea life in the lower fossils. Photo #5 has a bigger spiral that looks like a fossil. Also can anyone tell me what kind of stone is the gray rock which the fossils are trapped in? It’s very gritty and there’s absolutely tons of it. Is the gray rock what you would call bedrock? Also, what kind of stone are the fossils themselves in this case? Really I would be grateful to know anything you all could tell me about these fossils. I’m absolutely fascinated by it all. Thanks in advance.
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Florida Paleontological Society (FPS) Fall 2021 Field Trip
Shellseeker posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
This has been a very busy week for me and my fossil addiction. I was out to the Peace River on Tuesday, attended the Lee County , Florida Fossil Club meeting Thursday, went to the Friday night dinner preceding the FPS meeting and was fortunate to be part of those FPS members who went on a field trip to a Pliocene-Pleistocene Shell Pit in Charlotte County, Florida. I know at least 4 other FPS and TFF members who also participated in this Outstanding Field trip. 1) I have volunteered to write_up this field trip for the next FPS Newsletter. I will do that and when complete, will post a copy to this thread. 2) I will also, as time permits, post photos of my many finds.. They need to be cleaned first. @calhounensis is a FPS member and participated in the Shell Pit hunt. He was extremely generous in giving me a number of horse teeth he found, suggesting that I would enjoy them more because I seem addicted to fossil horse teeth. 3) I will attempt identification of all these horse teeth and post my success or lack thereof. Right now the Horse teeth are soaking in water. In addition to these horse teeth (Equus and pre_equus) I heard that a Mako, and some Great Whites, some echinoids and Sand Dollars were found but the dominant % of finds are seashells and corals.... they were all over the ground. I invite any and all TFF members in attendance to post comments on the trip, photos of a few or many of their finds, or not. I have had a great week, just in the company of my numerous fossil addicted friends... but I am weary, and will get some sleep before my next post to this thread. Jack- 31 replies
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As noted elsewhere, I am accelerating into the end of season on the Peace River. More days hunting, less sleep at night. I am finding lots of items to identify, but not much time to photo, and post. Normally I find Pleistocene mammal fossils, but in the huge variety of the Peace River, I sometimes run across something else. Just sharing a different set of fossils. Along with Equus and Tapir teeth, I start finding seashells, most are broken fragments because there are lots of rocks and bedrock in the river, but a few recognizable. Lots of this showing up on my sieve. but just a little of this.... So thinking marine, will stay with that thought. I find fragments of ray teeth all the time, but these chunks of ray mouthplate are pretty unusual and I have found 2-3 . and then a Meg...photographed with sunlight flowing thru screening: Now what seems to be a fish tooth ... or is it alligator and finally a bird claw and a horse tooth. It was pretty hot out there and it is a lot easier to see small fossils in the sunshine. I managed to position myself so that the screen was in the sunshine, and I am in the shade, standing over the location producing this wide variety and age of fossils. I think this last horse tooth may be too small for Equus, making this location at least Pliocene, and possibly Miocene. I was also considering which fossils were the rarest for me to find... the fish tooth and the ray plate fragments. Enjoy, Jack
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I have a few dozen not-quite-fossilized-yet shells, ranging from 5cm to 1mm, mostly in the range of about 2cm. I also have a glass cabinet that I display modern seashells in, and I'd like to put them in one section of that cabinet. Does anyone have any general display suggestions? I have some of the tiniest ones in little plastic boxes so they can be seen close up, and am thinking of a sort of miniature shelf arrangement to set a lot of the rest on. The cabinet is away from a window, the nearest window has UV film over it anyway, and the fossils don't have much color to them that would need to be preserved. LED lights won't hurt them any, right? Any pictures of how y'all display your microfossils? I'm aiming for something that straddles the line between practicality and aesthetic, where the fossils won't be damaged and are displayed in a way that allows for proper labeling, but can be seen openly instead of them being in drawers? What about putting a lot of these in little boxes, with cotton or another substance to gently press them against the lid so they don't move around? I know people do that with regular seashells sometimes, but these are particularly fragile.
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Accidental Fossil Find on Bio Field Trip to Freedom Park in Williamsburg, VA
RiseOfTheExtinct posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
On a class field trip for 3rd Block (3rd Period), we went to Freedom Park to measure slope, air temperature, soil temperature, etc. of the Northern & Southern sides/slopes of hills. In between the hill slants, there was a creek bed. Inside the creek bed, there are fossils that I just had to pick up some. I got this oyster and this other shell. It seems everywhere I go (someplace new in nature, or a field trip) I always find either a fossil shell or seashell or land shell. It's really weird, but cool, because mollusks are my favorite type of fossil. And fossils are my favorite study. I am somewhat surprised, still, when I find the shells and fossils, even though it happens every time. The white one I've never seen before, but it's hard to identify because it's broken. I wish I knew what it was...I've tried to figure it out. Actually....I have a guess. It's some kind of clam. It's a tongue shell! It's gotta be! These fossils I found in that creek. I thought it was an interesting story, so I wanted to share it.- 8 replies
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I recently bought a smallish "fossil kit" online. Just some fossils in a bag from an outfit in West Virginia. I figured there would be a lot of steinkerns & bad preservation. I wasn't wrong in that. Lots of gastropod steinkerns, mangled urchins & urchin spines & star shaped crinoid stem sections. And some shells that seem sort of crystallized that light shines through. 2 reg pics of one of the better ones + 2 pics of light shining through. Pic #5 is an edge view of one of the broken ones & #6 is what I think may be beekite, which is present on several of them. Not really concerned with shell id for the most part, more curious as to what replaced the shells to make them semi transparent like this. Almost crystallized or agatized.
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From the album: @Max-fossils 's Zandmotor Finds
Two pholads from the Zandmotor, species Zirfaea pilsbryi.