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6" Fossil found at about 9000-10,000 elevation late July 2023. From Summit County, near Alpine Acres. What is it!
Gordon Johnston posted a topic in Fossil ID
A family friend found this recently in the forested mountains near Oakley, Utah, by Alpine Acres. It stumps me. Would appreciate any help identifying it. It was near a bunch of marine shells. I am putting in a couple photos of the 6" fossil, a couple of the seashells he also found there, and a photo of what I think is a concretion. Many thanks, Gordon -
I found these two rocks in BLM land around the Ding and Dang slot canyons, which are close to Goblin Valley state park in Utah. I believe that they are both some sort of fossilized bacterial colony, but I'm not sure. The two possible fossils are made of different types of sandstone, as seen in the deferent shade of color. The larger one: The smaller one: Additionally, the smaller one has a barely visible mineral layer (gypsum?) running through it, seen below. Could anyone please help me identify these two possible fossils?
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Half-billion-year-old sea squirt could push back origins of vertebrates (Marjum Limestone, Utah)
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Half-billion-year-old sea squirt could push back origins of vertebrates, including humans Rare fossil “looks like it died yesterday” by Amanda Heidt, Science, July 6, 2023 The open access paper is: Nanglu, K., Lerosey-Aubril, R., Weaver, J.C. et al. A mid-Cambrian tunicate and the deep origin of the ascidiacean body plan. Nature Commun. 14, 3832 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39012-4 Yours, Paul H. -
My 1st attempt at asking advice got locked because I mentioned specific sites. Sorry! (Mods please delete that one if possible). But I'm not even looking for advice about WHERE to go. That's already decided. We are going to a trilobite quarry in Utah and a Green River Formation site in Wyoming. We've never done this before and are driving a LONG way, so I want to be as prepared as possible. So if anyone has any helpful advice for first-timers so we can make the most of our one chance, we'd love to hear it. Thanks in advance!
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My wife and I will be making our first trip out to Utah (U-dig, trilobites) and Wyoming (American Fossil, GRF fish, etc.) later this month and are very excited to finally experience these places. If anyone has any advice for first-timers we'd love to hear it. Thanks in advance!
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From Utah in House range/Wheeler shale. Selkirkia willoughbyi worm?
Anna Marie posted a topic in Fossil ID
1-1/2" (3.81 cm) long. Head/tail areas still seem buried in matrix. Caught my eye as it looks nothing like the Margaretia dorus algea there. Thanks for any help!- 7 replies
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I found this near Logan utah, I have another “bone” fossil I found there that I would like to post also. A hater told me it was natural who looked at it in person. I just want to know. I am a proud rock hound. This seems odd to me. I found several horn coral fossils and sea life proof near by. This would have been near a lake bonneville shore at some point. The surrounding seems very sedimentary while the inside seems agatized. Following what looks to be an actual foot and not a print seems you can see the actual outline of how a toe was curled into the mud. There looks to be a total of 3 toes but doesn’t look to be all forward facing by Dino prints I’ve seen so maybe big bird or just the way it laid to rest. I need help please!
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I was finally able to make it down to Delta to go to the U-Dig Quarry and have all my mudbug dreams come true. While the husband and I didn't make any huge or groundbreaking finds, we did come home with about two Home Depot buckets full of loose trilobites, mortality plates, and big chunks of shale ready to be split. I decided to try my hand at prepping some of the loose bugs using a stainless steel brush and a dremel. The first victim: before And after. I'll admit that I was nervous that the brush would scratch up the trilobite, but it seemed to come out pretty okay. So I tried it again. Before. After. I can't wait to clean up everything else, and I can't wait to get back out there and hunt some more! I just wish this wildfire smoke would subside... Happy hunting, everyone!
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From the famed U-dig Quarry of Utah. It was a nice little specimen for not much. Wheeler shale.-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
A nice double from Pierson Cove.-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
Nice inflated example. B. microps is a truly minuscule species, rarely making it past a single centimeter in length.-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
An uncommon species with a coarse preservation method. Covered in tiny spines, the bug is only missing its right librigena.-
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Agnostid right next to the worm fossil.-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
Soft tissue fossil, split open on the ride back to the lab!-
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O. pugio?-
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Olenoides + Bathyuriscus hash plate
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
Perfect specimen! Thanks to Jon for prepping this out!-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
Weathered but complete bug!-
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Brachyaspidion sulcatum Double
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Partial double with a beautiful hash plate on the reverse.-
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A brilliant example of this uncommon species.-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
A cool brown Brachyaspidion from a different section of the mountain.-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
Beautiful example of a puny species. Pierson Cove-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
Marjum Formation, found this surface collecting after I got sick of working the insanely tough rock.-
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From the album: Pierson Cove // Marjum Formation Fossils
Uncommon corynexochiid from Pierson Cove. Partial cheekless molt, but rare!-
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