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Hello everybody! I'm currently a senior at UW, studying something entirely different than geology. However, I've become obsessed recently, and have spent the last year learning about geology. I'm taking my second geology class this quarter with an incredible human being, Prof. Roger Buick, who has inspired me to become fascinated with Sedimentary Geology. I've now gone on my first field trip to observe the Lincoln Creek & Blakely formations in the Chehalis River region in western Washington. I was able to find some amazing fossils, but I'm unfortunately ill-equipped to preserve or identify them. I'm really excited about learning from - and hopefully contributing to - this community. Thanks for having me! MudDauber
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Hello fellow FF enthusiasts! So first of all, please bear with me, I basically just got into fossil hunting and my eye is not as keen yet, but I managed to have a nice hour / two outside and found a couple of different small finds, things buried deep within bigger sedimentary rocks, located just next to the river (some inside). I'm going to give some short info regarding where they were found and the geological age of the region I'm searching in. Location: River rocky beach (river Drava / Drave, southern EU). Geological era: Neogene / Neogene (-Quaternary) I will post some pictures, which are accompanied by a ruler in EU measurment (centimeters - cm). Like I said I'm no expert, but I will try to give some opinion on the pictures. If you are familiar with anything found here let me know, I'll be happy of just about any new knowledge and information that will be obtained Pic. #1: The way I see it, it looks like a 'Brachiopod' shell, but I'm not sure if it actually fits into the time zone. I would more likely say it is a 'Barnacle or a Theostraca' found in Pleistocene. Pic. #2: (three pictures of it total): I found this 'rock' already submerged in the water and by the looks of it it just might be a regular rock, but it's shape caught my attenion since it is very smooth underneath and seperated by, what it looks like, a channel of some sort? It's length is approximately 3 cm (1.1811 inch) long. Again, any info on this would be great! Pic. #3: No idea on this one. Maybe a part of a gastropod, like an inprint of the shell itself? Lenght 8mm (0.314961 inch). Pic. #4: Preety sure it is a gastropod of a sort, looks like the whole shell is solidly preserved. Underneath is also a small part, most likely a part of the upper and bigger shell. I would say it looks like a 'Neptunea contraria', but I can't say if it is actually from the Neogene period or something more recent? I would also like to ask for any tips how to remove it or at least not brake it when attempting to make the entire rock smaller. Also is it necessary to apply any substances to such things or will it survive like this, stored somwhere dry? That would be that. Like I said, it's not much but I was very happy to find anything at all. Thank you in advance for any answers and the time you will take to read the post!
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Hi, I am trying to get some help in identifying this fossil in a couple of rocks that fell out of the hillside in Tomales, CA. in last years rain.I would like to get an expert to come and have a look at it. There are shell impressions as well as seen in the pics. It is on my friends sheep ranch. Please contact me through this forum if you can help or know of someone. Thanks,Wild Bill
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If anyone could help me out identifying the following I'd really appreciate it a lot... The coral is a little bit crystallized - petrified, I found it in a beach near Cabo San Lucas, Baja California, Mexico The black polished fossil, was a gift, and there is not a clue of information The shells are from the coast of Portugal, and the fossilized snail I found it near Zacatecas, Mexico The Sedimentary Rock, I can't remember where I got it...so maybe because of the different colors and shape someone has a clue... Thanks again....