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Found this in the hills near coastal Southern California. From what I can tell, it’s another a croc egg or simply a concretion of some sort. I would appreciate any thoughts on this. Thank you in advance for your help!
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Hi All! Wondering what's in this rock? Fossilized worm burrows? Not fossils at all?
Spark posted a topic in Fossil ID
This is a 55lb rock my family found in a stream bed on a local hike in Southern California. Any idea what we've got? We are speculating some of the shapes look like worm burrows? Any information would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!- 8 replies
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Hey all, Apologies for my hand in the photos, they're the only pics of the fossils I will be able to take for a while. Here are two fossils found at the Topanga Formation, or The Ampitheater, a roadside sandstone and siltstone bed in Topanga Canyon, Southern California housing middle Miocene fossils. The clam was my best find, but I'm not sure of its exact categorization. It measures about 4 inches long and 2.5 inches wide and thick. (10.16 cm x 6.35 cm x 6.35 cm) I had some thoughts based on this list that it may be Chionopsis temb
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Found this while digging in my backyard in Southern California. More specifically, Cerritos, which is just a few miles north east of Long Beach. I uncovered a whole layer of interesting rocks, a huge chunk of breccia, shale, sandstone, and even a ~2 in. long quartz, but this one actually looks like a coral to me. I can add close ups if necessary.
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Over the weekend, I decided to take a trip to the Santa Monica mountains for a hike and a fossil hunt. There was information about the site in "NEW UPPER PALEOCENE SPECIES OF THE BIVALVE PLICATULA FROM SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA" by Richard L. Squires and Louella R. Saul, which contains Late Paleocene marine life. This is probably a good opportunity to warn fellow hunters that it is not a smart idea to go quickly up a canyon in near 100 degree heat. Under the early afternoon sun I walked too quickly and made the mistake of not pacing out the hike! Despite plenty of water intake I was sti
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ID request-probable Late Cretaceous, shallow seabed marine fossils
Shelley Rogers posted a topic in Fossil ID
I am new to fossil hunting, but I’ve always been a beachcomber and rock hound. I recently visited Sunset Cliffs in Point Loma, in San Diego, California. https://goo.gl/maps/csoVaYRvBr9556AJ7 As my husband surfed below, I remained atop the bluffs, where these sun-bleached relics kept demanding notice. Along with easily identifiable shells were a few items that I’d love to know more about. -
I headed up to Lawrence Canyon last week and this is what I found. Looks like the area is finally being developed. Say bye bye to another interesting and productive San Diego site. In honor of the site, here are a few of my favorite finds from Lawrence Canyon. I'd encourage everyone to post their favorites too.
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So sorry for all the spam, I just have so many items I’d like to get identified. Found this at a site along the Southern California coastline, along with many other specimens (some already published looking for ID). Can’t tell if it’s bone or some type of petrified palmwood (this site is littered with chippings of palmwood).
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Hello there friends, I’m new to the community, so I don’t really know how this works. I have a couple of artifacts I’d like to get an ID on, starting with what seems to be a Manta tooth?
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This was found at the same site we recovered a possible manta ray tooth from along the coast of Southern California. It has two to three distinct layers, one very thin layer possibly 1mm thick (on the outter side, displaying some black tar-like markings), a layer about 3-4mm thick (just below that thinnest layer described above), and the last layer being 3/4 of an inch thick (this layer is very porous). Can only provide one photo as I’m limited to the size of the upload, I possibly can upload more images if possible. Looking if we can get an ID on the subject, thank you for all of your help.
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I found this sticking out of the dirt on a hiking trail in southern California, Palos Verdes area. It was on a hill where there are a lot of rocks and I have found some other fossils in the general area (mostly just small plant fossils and a couple of tiny fish fossils). I am trying to figure out what it is. The top is domed, like a half cynlinder, and it has a hole in the middle. The length is about 3 inches. The hole is exactly 1 cm and perfectly round. There is a lighter color to the outside compared with the core (see photo that shows in interior edges of the hole) leading me to think it m
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I am new around here but thought I’d share a few of our humble finds. Nothing museum worthy here but very interesting for us nevertheless. These are from the Sunland area. They come from part of the Topanga Canyon Formation. We were fortunate to have someone show us the site and give us some information. My son is 8 and I am hoping this will be the first of many trips. I can’t identify them so you’ll have to make your own determination there. I like the one with the scallop embedded in the clam.
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These pictures aren't the best, but when I align the triangle hole to a picture of a nodosaur, most of the facial characteristics are exactly where they should be. This includes the line of the lip, the jawbone thing, the eye lid or whatever that is, etc. When you peer into the eye, you what looks like 3 spider legs perfectly fossilized. These must be veins, tendons, or ligaments. Theres a bunch of these on the other side of the face, along with what appears to be the meninges or dural matter. Two more facts on this heavy 15 inch piece - the optic nerve is about the size of a nickel and fossi
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Public invert fossil collecting sites in Bakersfield area?
Wendell Ricketts posted a topic in Questions & Answers
Dear FFers: I’ll be in Bakersfield for the week before Christmas, spending some time looking for shark teeth on the hill and doing some research and reporting for Fossil News magazine. I was wondering whether anyone would be willing to share me any information about publicly accessible invert sites within an hour or so of there. I have a vague memory of reading that there were some road cuts with freshwater and marine mollusks, but I’ve no specific information. I was also wondering whether it was still possible to get permission from Chevron to visit the Ket -
This small bone I found in my garden, was 1 of 2. It almost appears wooden.
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This is the same rock, that I found what looks to be a fossilized insect.
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Found this sandstone shale rock with possible insect fossil in the State Park.
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1 of the 2 fossilized shells found together in my backyard.
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2nd fossilized pearlescent shell found underneath what I think may be a California mussel?
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Hi! I'm 24 hours "new" to the forum and am so excited to part of it. I'm a full time mommy to two small children and former elementary school teacher. My family and I live in Chino Hills, Ca (Monterey and Puente Formation). There are about 65 known prehistoric sites in Chino Hills and some pretty cool fossil discoveries made. So, for fun, the kiddos and I started digging in our backyard. We also like to hike and explore the hilly State Park in our back yard. We've found some interesting things, that have left us with many questions. The first are 3 different bones we f
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I'm heading down to Newport Beach, CA- south of LA. Does anyone know of micro-sites there with access? I'm also looking for information on local stratigraphy there. Any on-line resources that you could recommend? I'm new to collecting- and have been learning a lot from reading previous related posts. Your suggestions and advice are welcome.
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Hello Fossil nerds. Hope all is well. I have been following all of the cool Instagram fossil accounts and it reminded me of something my son and I found this summer. USA California Santa Barbara County Jalama Beach 34°29'44.0"N 120°29'46.8"W measurements are in cm. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
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Here is a nice little gastropod cluster on the matrix that was rescued from a construction site along Reynard Way in San Diego. I think they are in the family Naticidae and are possibly Polinices galianor. Anyone have any thoughts? I'd love to nail it down more specifically if possible. Naticidae "Reynard Way" ~3-1.5Mya Pliocene to Early Pleistocene San Diego Formation San Diego County, CA Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda -- Subclass: Caenogastropoda Order: Littorinimorpha Family: Naticidae
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I recently went rock collecting in the Calico Mountains just off the 15, 10 miles E of Barstow. In the book I have, it mentions petrified wood, specifically date palm or date palm root. Is this it? The pics were taken after I scrubbed these in water with a toothbrush.
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My new find,not sure age or name though. Still learning I have more pictures
