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  1. Shellseeker

    Peace River Hunting

    Trying to get out hunting more often just for the exercise and good feeling of being on the river in the sunshine. If you are not familiar with the Peace River, there are many/most locations shallow enough to hunt. I went out Tuesday to a number of locations that had proved productive in the past. This was a location that would have been over my head a month ago. We hope to find that heavy rains and currents have moved the gravel and sand around opening new opportunities. Today was mostly small shark teeth and unidentifiable bones.. I did not keep the bones. Note the colors of the shark teeth on the left. Darker colors typical of the Peace River with tannic acid. We hunted at this location for a couple of hours. It had a number of artifact "flakes" and I kept one. The rest of the lighter finds came from a 2nd location, mostly marine based... This Dolphin jaw segment is less worn and longer than the vast majority of similar jaw segments I have found in the Peace River.. Here is a sponge, once again higher quality , less worn and more complete than most others that I (very) occasionally find. These last two fossils do not show typical wear from water erosion. I will likely return to see if I can find more similar fossils.
  2. Hi everyone take a look at this favosites fossil I found in the creek today here is a photo
  3. Hi everyone this is matt again today in the creek I found this favosites coral it is very cool. take a look at the photo of the fossil everyone and enjoy
  4. Hello there! On my revisit to the James River in Surry County, Virginia, I found something interesting on a broken fragment of a Chesapecten I can't quite narrow down myself! The area contains primarily Late Miocene Eastover formation, with a bit of Early Pliocene Yorktown formation as well. Most of my resources for the area's fossils I have are related to the molluscan fauna of the formations, so I haven't found anything reliable yet as to the identity. I initially picked it up thinking it was some sort of crab, but I realized I was looking at a much simpler animal after a few moments! The whole mass is about 5.334 cm (2.1 inches) "long" and 2.794 cm (1.1 inches) "wide", and wraps around the fragment. The fragment of shell has a lot of bore holes related to Clionaidae sponges, so I was wondering if this is what this is. I don't have a lot of experience with sponges, although I do have one from Tennessee I got from an online acquisition. I do know that the structure of sponges tend to be somewhat chaotic and overlap each other, and this appears to be the case. However, the unusual shape also reminds me of a bryozoan colony as well, so I just want some additional input with this. I don't know if there are described sponges from the area. I have a few angles taken with my trusty (and tricky) phone camera, and I tried out my USB microscope I got for my Aurora, NC microfossils. Although the quality isn't perfect on the microscope, I tried to find more "pristine" pores on the surface to take images of.
  5. Hello all, Curious to see if you folks could assist me in the identification of this item. I came across this at an auction. Initially I thought it was a cast metal - non-ferrous (perhaps bronze) - depiction of a Peach, Lemon, etc., and was perhaps used as an altar fruit. But the material just does not quite fit the bill - unless the piece is made of quite ancient metal. Upon diving into research, I came across a "fossilized flint coconut" which had strong similarities, (however this piece has only one pore or 'eye') which then led me to learning about flint sponges, which also had strong similarities. Any thoughts or further resources would be greatly appreciated, Kindly, J
  6. SPrice

    What did i find?

    During a recent (Sept.16) fossil hunting adventure I was searching for the source of the concretions containing fossil ammonites to get a better understanding of the stratigraphy I was standing in. So I went to the top of the slope/cuesta to check out the current highest layer. It was tons of saltine cracker sized bits of shale/sandstone and slabs of the same protruding out of of the lip of the ledge. No fossils were visually evident so I pulled the nearest slab out and flipped it over. The slab was smooth on the top and when flipped had a loose coating of either white calcite or shaly bits like smashed potato chips/crisps on it. Brushing the chips off revealed what you see in the images. The period is Cretaceous and possibly Triassic. The fossil concretions had the appearance of a massive mortality...like the Ordovician extinction event. Any ideas, suggestions or correct ID of what I found and absentmindedly left behind at the end of my adventure? A closeup from the left corner of the above. My first thoughts were this is some kind of marine forest of sponges, corals, plants, with other fossils mixed in. Or trace fossils like burrowing animal trails or maybe crinoids. I'm stumped having never seen this and a big dose of rookie-itis. What say you? BTW- pay no attention to the rock on the card..it was just a paperweight to keep the wind from blowing the card away.
  7. Rockwood

    Sponge or coral ?

    Found on a spoil pile in the Mazonia wildlife management area in northern Illinois. I'm leaning toward it being a chaetetid sponge, but I would like other opinions.
  8. JacksonR

    Central Arkansas find

    Found in Carboniferous strata. Any ideas?
  9. Normally I have a good knowledge about Solnhofen-Fossils. This is the first one since many years I really do not exactly know what it is... Might be a Jellyfish (but the symmetrie does not fit), a sponge? (do not think so, but...), young Sting ray (you see, the ideas become more interesting because we really do not have a clear idea...). Size is approx. 15 x 12 cm (6 x 4,5"), split pair what do you think? thanks for input
  10. Kane

    Ordovician sponges?

    While splitting upper Ordovician shales in Ontario, I encountered these and reasoned it was possible these were sponges (owing to the presence of what appear to be spicules). I have encountered sponges in the upper Ordovician limestones, but not in the shales. The solo specimen measures about 1 cm. The cluster piece contain specimens slightly smaller than that. Firstly, I just wanted to rule out these as simply artifacts of mineralization. If they are sponges, I was curious if anyone had a bead on their genus as sponges are well outside my wheelhouse.
  11. My better half has just rediscovered some of her old fossils from years ago - as such, she does not know the provenance, though based on the matrix and preservation, I believe them to be Cotswoldian in origin - Jurassic, Inferior/Greater Oolite. These two in particular absolutely had us stumped - This is number one - I originally thought disarticulated crinoid, but the 'branching' pattern in picture 2 threw me off a lot, going to bryozoans and all sorts, bouncing around til' I decided, maybe, not a fossil? But then again, it displays the glow from calcite: And, secondly: The gap between the layers suggests to me that something dissolved - a shell? Any input appreciated! Isaac
  12. This oddball looks like a sponge, coral, tubeworm, or something. I think. Maybe. Texture on the rounded parts is suggestive of sponge. I found it in the Peace River, Florida. I've never seen another one like it. Does anyone know what it is? Thanks in advance! MikeG
  13. Desrosiers1718

    Coral or sponge?

    Also found this looks to me like maybe a piece of coral or sponge. Also found near Palos Verdes CA.
  14. Darktooth

    Back to the Silurian

    Yesterday I was fortunate enough to get back to the Silurian site were I found a complete Dalmanites last month. I met up with @Jeffrey P, @Scylla and his son Grant, as well as their friend Chris who is a member of the New York Paleontological Society. I met up with them around 8:30am. They had gotten there about a half hour or so before me and were already finding things. I spent more time exploring the site then I did the last time as the fossil exposure covers a very large area. I would check out various spots, and it took awhile before I found a good spot to get settled in and do some serious digging. I won't bore you with all the trivial details, but there were plenty of fossils found by all. Brachiopods, bivalves, small horn corals, trilobites, ang even a sponge. I was very surprised by the sponge, which according to Jeff and Gus are rare finds. I actually thought that it was a small concretion and was ready to toss it, but then something caught my eye. There was a small piece broken of the sponge that showed the internal structure. Once I saw that I knew it had to be something and Gus confirmed that it was a sponge. Then a noticed a pattern under the thin film of dirt on the surface. So I was happy. It was only about 36° out but after awhile of digging I ended up removing my jacket as I was getting too warm.( I always dress with many layers in the colder months.) So I set my jacket next to my bucket of tools and moved away a bit. Sometimes later I was talking to Gus when the wind picked up and blew my jacket into the Canal. It was too far out to retrieve it went to the other side. Thank goodness I didn't have anything important in the pockets like my keys or phone. Then a while later Chris had the wind blow his bucket in the water twice. Anyhow, it was really great meeting up with everyone and I had a good time. I will post some pics of my finds and I hope Jeff and Gus will share their finds when they get the time. Sorry not all of the fossils have been cleaned up yet. Pic#1 Sponge 2 Sponge 3 Trimerus pygidium The rest are all Dalmanites partials.
  15. BionicNeko

    Shale/mudstone fossil or mineral?

    I am back with another one I cant quite work out! Being quite amateur I am still learning, so apologies if I'm mistaken on rock type etc. This was found on the jurassic coast of the UK, on the beach near Charmouth and is in shale/mudstone so already trying to break apart as you can see. I've been wondering if it's a sponge or root of some kind, or just mineral like pyrite as it has a goldy metallic sheen in some light, although it seems too brittle for that and has got what looks like more calci(?) layers when I look at the ends. Any help from all of you lovely lot would be greatly appreciated! Side note: if it is a fossil is there a good way to preserve these delicate shale ones to avoid the crumbling? I've been looking at the guides but there is so much information I might be tying myself in knots a little
  16. FindersKeepersFossil

    Please help identify: Possibly corals and sponges?

    Good evening, This is my first post on this forum and I apologize if I have not followed the appropriate etiquette. Attached are images of fossils collected at Lake Travis in Austin Texas. The rock type should be cretaceous. These were collected from and around crumbling limestone near the lake's edge. Often the sponges/spheres were found sticking out of the limestone walls, other times they were found on the ground scattered amidst large bivalves and gastropods. The same can be said for the long coral type fossils also pictured. Identification is requested and I would appreciate the help of anyone who has familiarity with fossils of this type. Thank you everyone for your time and expertise.
  17. I have no information about the location. Is this a sponge or is it a worm colony? Modern or fossil? It has a waxy texture to it, I originally thought it was plastic. Thank you!
  18. Shellseeker

    Peace River February 19th

    Went out Monday, going back out tomorrow. My last find of the day was a bear premolar. I have posted a thread http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/130052-maybe-bear/&tab=comments#comment-1405238 But needed more time to sort, take photos, etc We had gone to a spot on the Peace River that we had hunted numerous times before, knew every curve and straightaway, where we found gravel and how deep.. Sometimes it pays to go home again. We had a hurricane that moved LOTS of sand and gravel , and some of that came from the banks, and rearranged it down the riverbed. We were basically prospecting for new gravel on top and returning to deep holes. Just small teeth early, then found a stretch of more productive gravel on top... So, 4 armadillo osteoerms, a couple of Equus teeth, 3 tillybones, 3 gator teeth, chunk of ivory, bunch of small shark teeth.. There were some odd finds... a couple of sponges... when did we last have sponges in the Peace River.... Should I search for an ID on this sponge ? Were there many different kinds and shapes? I also found almost a a perfect end of a dolphin vert, but most of it had disintegrated. ... strange. I pay a lot of attention to texture.... This has got to be bone , maybe hoof core.... the "bone" is shaped and curving from top to point,, and has channels, maybe for blood vessels.... I rarely toss anything that I don't understand I only bone I have seen that reminds me of this.... curving bones layers, blood vessels... Sloth claw is a possibility... there may be others... There were many others.... That's a wrap... 5am is coming fast. Looking forward to the hunt.
  19. drbush

    Coral os sponge

    Dear friends, I was in a Bathonian area (Dhruma formation) to the north of Riyadh city, it was a surface find, small 2cm X 3cm .what could it be? Is it a coral or a sponge?
  20. SilurianSalamander

    What kind of sponge is this?

    Silicified sponge(?) fossil found in Wisconsin Paleozoic gravel. Likely Ordovician or Silurian, possibly Cambrian or Devonian. Thanks!
  21. hi everyone this is matt again today in the creek I found this very big coral fossil here is few photos
  22. my father found this at work, it was found in southern Ontario Canada. was curious if anyone knows what it might be, im thinking coral or possibly a sponge. thanks in advance.
  23. Shale_stack

    1/2 Douglas Pass Colorado mystery

    This was found in Douglas Pass Colorado years ago. I’m not sure if it’s coral or a sponge or nothing. Thoughts ?
  24. Hi, I have been recently to a Cretaceous quarry in Kazimierz and I found these. I believe this one is some sort of a sponge - can anyone confirm or correct this assumption? This one too, I guess. I also found two specimens like this - they look like some kind of bivalve. Can anyone help ID those? I will appreciate any clues as whay these might be. Kasia
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