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Collected from matrix that washed into the Chesapeak Bay by landslide. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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Collected from matrix washed into the Chesapeake Bay by landslide. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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This piece was excavated out of a block of matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by a landslide. It was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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This piece was excavated out of a block of matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by a landslide. This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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I took a morning trip to the North Sulphur River this morning in Ladonia, Texas. I found a beautiful piece of baculite, a few fossilized snail shells, a fish vertebrae, fossil shell cluster, and a nice, detailed piece of petrified wood or maybe coral?
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A gastropod shell of the family Olividae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A gastropod shell of the family Olividae viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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From the album: Fossil Flourescence
A volute shell, Scaphella sp., viewed under natural light at left and under short-wave ultraviolet light at right.© c. 2017 Heather J M Siple
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This piece was excavated out of a block of matrix deposited in the Chesapeake Bay by a landslide. The shell was partially exposed in the water. The dark side was still in the matrix while the light side was exposed to the water. The pock marks on the light side are from modern barnacles which I removed during preparation. L. heros is a species with variation in shape. It may have a taller or flatter spire and the overall shape may be more or less globular. This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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Lunatia heros is a predatory snail that drilled holes in other mollusks' shells to eat the contents. One often finds hole that they left behind in the surrounding fossil shells. The shells of L. heros are variable, having more or less extended spirals, more or less globoular shape, etc. This specimen was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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Found on the beach at near Matoaka Beach Cabins. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History. Genus reassigned from Lemnitina.
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OK so far everything I've posted has not been a fossil. I'm sure that this first one with the little snail dude is, but how about the second one? I feel like I can see something on that rock and I'm not sure what it is. Also, is the snail a fossil or is he considered something else. These were all found in Ladonia Fossil Park in North Texas, Sulphur River, Cretaceous period.
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I've found a few fossils , or finds that I believe may be fossils. Am excited to find out your opinions about each of them. Thanks for all help!
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Hi all, my grandpa recently gave me this snail shell he brought from a Florida holiday some decades ago (he said he "pulled it out of the ocean"; but that's all details I have on the finding situation). I saw this post by Herb with Florida shells, one of which looks quite similar: For the one in my images I'm wondering whether it is a recent exemplar or a fossil one. In a German fossils forum where I showed the images someone tended to recent because of the slight color remnants. On the other hand, it looks really similar to the fossil busycon contrarium I saw here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busycon_contrarium Any hints regarding recent vs. fossil and more specific ID are highly welcome! The Euro coin for scale is about 0.9 inch in diameter. Many thanks in advance Jan P.S.: Very nice forum you have here!
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Hey everybody-- I'm new here. I've always been into fossils, rocks, and other cool historical 'leftovers'. Although I don't go out specifically for the purpose of finding and collecting, I always look closely to see what neat stuff I may find.
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Found in a shell pit in Columbus County, N.C. an very nice example of this species.
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Hello all and happy new year to all... I got a question,this in the middle is a rudist,and the two things on the side are some snail?this is big about 3-4cm,from Croatia,but on the place i found was "rock" whit same shape but 1m big.could this be sea snail?tnx.
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The shell of a giant snail.
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Howdy, I'm not actively attempting to sell this find, but am curious to hear your thoughts as to the value of this particular specimen. It was removed from a large block of limestone. The shell was mostly preserved, as it was facing inward. The matrix was carefully worked near the opening, revealing a more solid mass of forms underneath. I believe that in this case there is some soft tissue preservation near the opening. I know that's a bit incendiary, but the textures definitely resemble snail skin. The most amazing thing about this specimen is the crystallization, which can bee seen on the right. Thanks!
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Hi Fossil Forum, I went fossil hunting today by several creeks in the Middle Georgia area. I used to find shell fossils there when I was a teenager. Now that I'm older, I'm having fun searching the area and trying to identify fossils. The geological map identifies the area as Suwannee Limestone from the Oligocene period. There are also layers from the Eocene period in this same area. This is the first snail fossil I have ever found. Can you help me identify it?
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I Need help identifying this fossil i found near Davison Michigan. This item may have came from elsewhere due to me finding it in a GUTTER on a house! at a landscaping facility. To me it looks like a claw or toe. i was looking at the fossils of sea creatures first but the lines in the item appear to run front to back not side to side. most others that see this think a toe/claw of some sort. Really neat item, just wanna try to put a name to it. Thank you
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Please can someone help me out to ID some specimens...
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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....
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Hello can anybody help me to identify this fossil please. It looks like a snail to me and as it's in a clay quarry, Bedfordshire , uk surrounded by ammonites I guess it lived in the sea. Please excuse my basic lack of knowledge in this topic as I'm a novice. It isn't complete and measures 8.5 x 2.5 inches. It has a lovely plant imprint on it. I will try and upload more pics but I have a 2mb upload limit at the moment. Thank you all for your time. Rob
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Found this in the Commanche Peak, Hood Co.,TX. It differs from many Tylostoma in the same area. Can anyone help me id? Swirls at the top are interesting. Thanks in advance for any help.
