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Scientists discover 'ghost' fossils beneath a microscope By Ashley Strickland, CNN. May 19, 2022 'Ghost' fossils preserve haunting record of ancient life on a hellish Earth By Joanna Thompson, Live Science, May 20, 2022 Scientists Discover “Ghost” Fossils – “Completely Unexpected” University College London, May 20, 2022 The paywalled paper is: Sam M. Slater, Paul Bown, Richard J. Twitchett, Silvia Danise and Vivi Vajda, 2022, Global record of “ghost” nannofossils reveals plankton resilience to high CO2 and warming. Science. 376(6595) pp. 853-856 Yours, Paul H.

Not sure if this is the right thread, but, here is a bunch of specimens. All are resin or plaster casts of the real deal. some appear to have been painted (poorly) none have been stored correctly and any records of them are long gone. These are part of the collection at the University I work for. I'm not a mammal guy, but I suspect I had better become one quickly. Some have various collection codes on them, but I have been unable to figure out what they mean. These are some of the ones I am clueless on: Jokingly referred to as the "bonenana"...tusk? rib?

Iv had these worm things for quite a while, i found them in a river in the UK, unfortunately i found the fossils broken in 2 in the water but the 2 pieces join together perfectly. Iv been wondering for some time what they are and also what their in as what now is rock must have been some soft substance because they are tunnelling inside what now is rock too, the entire fossil is a V shape, much like if you spread your 2 fingers apart, quite an unusual shape. There has to be over 30 of these things crawling around. Any ideas?

Iwent back down to Fl for a wedding and reception not really expecting a fossil hunt so I was accepting that no matter how hard a pill it is to swallow... We arrived in Mt. Dora area and checked into the hotel. Most of us avid hunters know to look down and around everywhere we go. I saw lots of river rocks in the shrub/landscaped areas. But most will know that a very remote possiblity to find a fossil in there. They did have an spot behind a fenced in area that housed the pool pumps and other pool clorine tanks. This area was locked and there was a layer of chunks of burden from probably a local/state mine. The fencing was similar to a picket type as it had spacing in between the metal pickets. Over the weekend I am sure I got some strange stares as people walked behind me and saw that I was picking up material from the area. I was limited to distance also that I could reach into so improvising I used my flip flops as a tool to reach a little further in and roll pieces towards me. It was not a banner hunt by any means but I came away with a couple nice pieces and got to hunt a little. Also my nephew is into spiritual stones and their meanings and for the reception as party favors he had some Morrocan Calcite geodes at all the tables. I was able to come away with several as some guests left theirs. (more for me) So it goes to show you always look around for any oppurtuninty to hunt.. You never know where you could be..and what you will find. Here are a few pics of what I found first ones are group shots of over all haul..Thanks for looking Jeff