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Pygocephalomorph crustaceans? What species? I found hundreds of these today, it's funny as I have not even seen these in this location before and today they where everywhere. Also found some mesosaur material, not the best specimens. These fossils are found in the early to middle permian Ecca group which is a part of the Karoo super group. Today I was just thinking how blessed I am to have a variety of different aged formations so close to home. I live in the heart of the Devonian bokkeveld and witteberg group which forms part of the cape supergroup, there are Mio-Plio-pleistocene deposits an hour and half west and south, as well as some Karoo super Group locations 10min from my home. So much to explore and learn. Also this forum has really helped me these last couple of months since I have taken fossil hunting much more seriously now, than in the last few years. Thanks to everyone
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I was not aware but convergent evolution has created crab shaped creatures 5 separate times! https://boingboing.net/2020/10/15/animals-have-evolved-into-a-crab-like-shape-at-least-5-separate-times.html
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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From the album Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
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Hi, I would really appreciate an ID on these crustaceans found 2019 at Miami, Mermaid And Nobby beaches on the Gold Coast, Australia. I've done some basic research and came up with Pliocene era. Thankyou so much!
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My top soil is very rocky. When I'm working in my garden I remove the rocks that surface over time, sometimes I toss them in a bucket, sometimes curiosity overcomes me and I bring them into my kitchen sink, this rock below is one such such curiosity. Now I have the Fossil Forum! I was wandering through your Collections, crustaceans and there was something familiar about the photo of the Pulatius Vugaris. Further research on the web led me to following article, A new mid-Silurian aquatic scorpion-one step closer to land? January 1 2015 Janet Waddington, David M Ruskin and Jason A. Dunlop The article explains the fossil was found by workers who had purchased the shale from a local quarry. They were doing a landscape project.The authors wrote “We postulate that these animals were aquatic but occasionally ventured into extremely shallow water or into a transient sub aerially exposed surface while moulting before returning to deeper water” They named this new species Eramoscorpius Brucenis (named after the Bruce Peninsula ). The rock is now soaking in vinegar. I’m planning to remove more matrix, and possibly removing the shells and seeing if I can piece this together? Not sure if this is do able. So I’m asking for any advice available, any thoughts?
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Found this yesterday. Not perfectly round, but really close. Very smooth except the “eyes”. There is a pattern of sorts that looks like a crab, maybe. Diameter is the same as a penny.
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From the album Lebanese Fossils
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untilFeatured Speaker: Our speaker will be Dr. Rodney Feldmann. Although retired from the Kent State University faculty, Dr. Feldmann continues to teach graduate-level courses in paleontology, directs graduate students in that area, and conducts grant-funded research. The title of his talk will be "What the heck are cyclids?" https://www.kent.edu/geology/profile/rodney-feldmann
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From the album Cretaceous
Protocalianassa mortoni (partial ghost shrimp claw) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattawan Group Willow Brook Holmdel, N.J.- 1 comment
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Protocallianassa morton (ghost shrimp claw parts in nodule) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattewan Group Big Brook Colts Neck, New Jersey The other side of the same nodule is seen in the next photo. -
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From the album Cretaceous
Protocallianassa morton (ghost shrimp claw parts in nodule) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattewan Group Big Brook Colts Neck, New Jersey -
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From the album Cretaceous
Protocallianassa mortoni (ghost shrimp pincer) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Mattewan Group Ramanessin Brook Holmdel, N.J. -
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Cretaceous Ghost Shrimp Claw Segments from Monmouth CO., New Jersey
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From the album Cretaceous
Protocallianassa mortoni (ghost shrimp claw segments) Upper Cretaceous Basal Navesink Formation Monmouth Group Bayonet Farm Holmdel, New Jersey -
Plant-eating Dinosaurs Consumed Crustaceans - Cretaceous, Utah
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Dinosaur dung reveals giant plant-eaters ate meat By Ben Guarino, Washington Post, Sept. 22, 2017 https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2017/09/22/dinosaur-dung-reveals-giant-plant-eaters-ate-meat/ 'Vegetarian' Dinos Made Exception for Shellfish, Poop Study Shows By Laura Geggel, September 21, 2017 https://www.livescience.com/60470-poop-reveals-vegetarian-dinosaurs-ate-shellfish.html The open access paper is: Chin, Karen, Rodney M. Feldmann and Jessica N. Tashman, 2017, Consumption of crustaceans by megaherbivorous dinosaurs: dietary flexibility and dinosaur life history strategies Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 11163(2017) doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11538-w https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11538-w Yours, Paul H. -
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From the album Cretaceous
Hoploparia gabbi (lobster claw parts) Upper Cretaceous Wenonah Formation Big Brook Colts Neck, NJ. Prepared by Ptychodus04 -
Been a very long time ive been this excited about a fossil hunting trip! This upcomming trip has been 18 months in the making. Going to find lots of ammonites, but thats not the exciting part for me. I should find some rather rare fossils that ive been after for quite some years!! All private property. Cant freakin wait! Gunna be losing some sleep tonight!!! Oh the mystery. Im not gunna say anything about what im after, but i will post a trip report once I get back. Believe you me my fingers are crossed!!! I should be making a trip report by the 1st of June? Oh the mystery!!! RB
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Half carapace of Devonian phyllocarid from Madison Co., NY
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From the album Middle Devonian
Echinocaris punctata (Phyllocarid-half carapace) Middle Devonian Windom Shale Moscow Formation Hamilton Group Deep Springs Road quarry Lebanon, NY. collected 7/13/15
