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Found this south of Green River, UT. Does anyone know if this is a fossil or what it is?
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I see on the web many deferent looking specimens being sold as Dino Coprolites. From what I’ve read on the web, most of these specimens are thought to be purely geologic. I was able to purchase 14 slabs labeled as Dino Coprolites from Utah for a very reasonable price so I bought them to see what I could see under a microscope. Chemical analysis and analysis of thin sections are much better ways to approach this. The individual pictures of the below 5 slabs (one is an end cut) were taken with the pieces wet and the close-up pictures taken with my microscope were taken with the pieces dry. These slabs are unpolished which makes it more difficult to see clearly the inclusions and other features in the below pictures. However, the pictures do show the vivid colors of different minerals and crystal structures on the surface of these pieces. I’m not seeing inclusions that look like the remains of a dino meal. However, there are some really interesting circular shapes in the pieces. What do you see in the pictures? Do you believe that any of these slabs could be dino coprolites? I have 9 more of these slabs that I could take pictures of if there is any interest to see more examples. Slab 10 (170 grams 4.75 inches x 3.25 inches x 5 to 8mm thick Continued in next reply Marco Sr.
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Hello All, I wonder if this trilobite is the common kingii, or is it another species? I believe it must be a trilobite from Utah, but my knowledge is still small. Thank you for taking a look!
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Horse remains reveal new insights into how Native peoples raised horses
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Horse remains reveal new insights into how Native peoples raised horses The findings, published today in the journal American Antiquity, are the latest in the saga of the “Lehi horse.” Heritage Daily, February 5, 2021 Horse remains reveal new insights into how Native peoples raised horses By Daniel Strain University of Colorado, Feb. 4, 2021 Unearthed skeleton sheds light on how Native Americans cared for their horses, Horsetalk.co.nz, February 5, 2021 An older article. Lehi family finds prehistoric bones in their backyard Karissa Neely, Daily Herald, April 27, 2018 The paper is: Taylor, W., Hart, I., Jones, E., Brenner-Coltrain, J., Thompson Jobe, and others. (2021). Interdisciplinary Analysis of the Lehi Horse: Implications for Early Historic Horse Cultures of the North American West. American Antiquity, 1-21. doi:10.1017/aaq.2020.109 Yours, Paul H. -
Trace fossil named after Univeristy of Alberta paleontologist
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Newly discovered fossil named after U of A paleontologist By Andrew Lyle, Univeristy of Alberta Research News, January 26, 2021 https://www.ualberta.ca/folio/2021/01/newly-discovered-fossil-named-after-u-of-a-paleontologist.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/uoa-ndf012621.php https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2021/01/210127093217.htm The paper is: M. Ryan King, Andrew D. La Croix, Terry A. Gates, Paul B. Anderson, Lindsay E. Zanno. Glossifungites gingrasi n. isp., a probable subaqueous insect domicile from the Cretaceous Ferron Sandstone, Utah. Journal of Paleontology, 2021; 1 DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2020.115 Yours, Paul H.-
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Should I go through the process of trying to clean up the large crystal or not? The were garnets I found in north eastern utah near Flaming Gorge. If I should clean it, what can I do to best preserve it?
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Hello, First time ever posting here and I am looking for some fossil ID's for the three attached fossils. The first one below is 70x65x10mm; middle is 100x90x60mm, and the bottom is 100x90x40mm. Unfortunately, I can't say much about location. These come from a relative who passed away who had a degree in earth science, and got that degree in 1960. He did a lot of traveling and collecting of fossils in the western USA, although he was raised and went to college in western PA USA. Not sure how useful that is, but that's all I have. Thank you in advance for any help!
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Taking a break from my many projects to do a bit of planning/research for my 2021 Utah excursion, putting together my "preop brief" Kept stumbling on references to Bathyocos housensis. Its a "new" genus and the species description only has very nice stereo images of the cranidium. Looks like all the paratype specimens are also just glabella-centric cranidia as per SUNDBERG, F.A. 1994. Corynexochida and Ptychopariida (Trilobita, Arthropoda) of the Ehmaniella Biozone (Middle Cambrian), Utah and Nevada. Contributions in Science from the Natural History Everyone else seems to just regurgitate the same cut and paste mention from Jell, P.A. & Adrain, J.M. Available generic names for trilobites. which is just a mention of Sundberg 94. Was just curious if anyone has or had seen any images or reconstructions of this curious little bug. Looks like its a Drum, Wheeler, and Snake Range critter.
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Here is a good website that gives the gps coordinates for several fossil sites near Moab, Utah. https://www.discovermoab.com/dinosaur-museums-and-hikes/ Nearby south of Moab is the newly discovered mysterious 12 foot tall metal monolith, sort of like the one in Planet of the Apes. 38°20′35.2″N 109°39′58.5″W See video still from David Sparks Instagram page. If no one claims it then maybe they should take it to a local museum.
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This trilobite pygidium was found in a talus slope at base of Fossil Mountain in Western Utah. As you can see it is quite weathered. I found it about 25 years ago when my mom and I went back country driving in my Ford Tempo lol. That car went into a number of not car friendly areas haha. From what I know of area geology I believe it would be Ordovician in age
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Im Flaviano a minning engineer. Fossils and minerals lover. im fascinating about the geology of USA.
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Odd Mineral Formation in SW Utah - with a preserved root inside?
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Hello! First of all, I am not a geologist. This isn't my field of work. I am hoping somebody here can help me with this! Today I drove a few miles southeast of St George UT and into AZ. This place is amazing. Fossils everywhere. Just incredible stuff. Was out looking for crystals and whatnot... And unearthed these... Looking to what it is, a guess maybe on how old, and HOPEFULLY an explanation of what the small "hair looking" matter is. It looks like a root, and hair, I actually have no idea but this thing was entirely underground and inside this chunk of material that came apart. So whatever it was, it's been there for a while. So cool! Added a quick snapshot of the Gaia app. Coordinates for the area 36.948968,-113.471321 Any help would be much appreciated!
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My dad, Marvin Mabbutt, was one of the early rockhounds in the American west. He put down the first set of tire tracks on roads that are now maintained by the county. And he picked up a lot of beautiful agates and jaspers back when there were a lot to be picked up. Regrettably, that is no longer the case. As a very early rockhound, he became a good friend of the head of the geology department at the local college and a founding member of the Board of Directors of the Eastern Utah Prehistoric Museum. (Now, the Utah State University Eastern Prehistoric Museum) -- mainly because he donated a lot of really great fossils to their collection. Can you say that Cope and Marsh were really that much different? I know that many of you don't appreciate what rockhounds have done to eliminate the smallest trace of fossils from thousands of square miles of desert land. I didn't do it. My dad did. I invite discussion on this interesting issue if you like. My life went in another direction. I became an engineer and had a career in computers. My main interest in joining this forum is to identify rocks so I can be more accurate in describing them. But I also want to learn some of what my dad knew about geology and fossils.
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Hey everyone, I’ve been meaning to get this post up for a few days but I’ve been dealing with my poor cat inky (Sweetheart of a cat) who is on her final day of life today. I will have to put her down November 1st. Very sad time as she’s been my companion the last 13 years. I’m sure many can relate. I’ll try to keep the chatter short and just get up as many photos I can for you kind people on the forum to enjoy. I just got back recently from an amazing trip to Utah and Nevada (Oct/11/2020-Oct/18/2020) Where I was camping in the field and trilobite collecting for 6 days straight. It was a very rewarding trip but it also required some serious gusto and hard work in the field. This type of collecting I did isn’t for the faint of heart with many days stacked on top of each other. With that I’ll try to get to the photos cause we all know that’s what we wanna see. These will consist of mostly field shots of finds during the first moments after discovery. My prep lab is under construction and it’ll be a couple months before I can start prepping these amazing bugs. First time to Utah requires pictures upon arrival. This was home....the nights got very cold and the days were comfortable but dry and sometimes kinda hot. Avoided some serious heat so I was lucky. This time of year is a little more forgiving in the desert. field shots incoming! It may take a hour or 2 to get them up.
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Probably from Petrified Forest member. Literature says phytosaur remains a common occurrence. Can anybody confirm what it is?
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This is an isolated find, mixed in a gravel pediment perched above the Colorado River. So I cannot even guess what formation it was derived from. The first photo looks like the anchor to bedrock. The third photo is the top view.
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Found this on a hike near Jacob Hamlin Arch. Wish I had something next to it for scale, but it was sticking out around 20-26cm and about as round as a large loaf of french bread.
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This purchase was advertised as an Allosaurus (half) vertebrae obtained from Ernest Shirley inventory. Matches well with exhibits 4,5,6 of the illustration from Charles Gilmore's 1920 report on Osteology of Carniverous Dinosauria... which is considered to be a 5th (?) caudal vertebrae of A fragilis (Antrodemus). I would appreciate any feedback on what details are present in this fossil and perhaps where this may have been collected, as no provenance was provided. There are small pits visible in the side view which may be fossae. I have seen photos of similar looking specimens with a gemmy "peacock" internal preservation. The external surface is black silica while internal details are calcite/dolomite based on the reaction with acid.
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Please help identify this fossil
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Greetings everyone! I live in Utah and look forward to learning more about fossil hunting. Glad to be here! I'm hoping to find out where I can find star crinoids in my local area
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Dr. Barry Albright, University of North Florida - Discovering Nothronychus Graffami, Northeast Public Radio UNF professor involved in new dinosaur discovery in Utah, University of North Florida L. Barry Albright, University of North Florida, Researchgate Papers Yours, Paul H.
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In May of 2020, my boyfriend David and I drove up to Utah to go look for septarian nodules. I should preface this by saying that David has the most amazing "beginner's luck" of anyone I have ever known. Not only did we find a beautiful "normal" septarian nodule, David found a spot where apparently a large marine reptile of some sort died, and was later encased in septarian. We have since learned that this is basically the find of a lifetime! The beauty of these specimens never fails to amaze me. The large free form was cut and polished for us by Joe's Rock Shop. The matched pair was cut at Joe's, then polished by me. The largest piece is what it looks like in the rough.
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This is a specimen from the strata near the top of Fossil Mountain/ Ibex in Millard County, Utah, USA. ( Ordovician- Lehman Formation) This is as-found 17JUL19 , no prep was done as I thought the weathering was beautiful just the way it is! Lots of interesting stuff in there, bits of various trilos, bivalves, ostrocoda,and lots of those coiled and partially coiled critters I have yet to identify.
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Question for the prep people out there. I have a handful of unprepped, but we’ll exposed Elrathia trilobites I’m hoping to clean up, but I don’t have any scribes or wire brushes. Are there any simple alternatives I can use to polish these guys? Cheers!
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Found in a small Yellowcat wash, outside Moab, UT while scouring for petrified wood. Not near a uranium mine. Partially exposed and nothing else like it around the area all day. The wash was in Morrison material. About 3” x 5”. Super shiny even without washing. Thanks!
