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Found this today, which I think is a fossil of leaves? Thanks! Location: Monterey Formation shale, Monterey County, California (Miocene) Outside of Carmel Valley, near Garland Ranch, among pea crabs (Pinnixa sp.) Description: About an inch and a half in length (I could get exact measurements). It looks like they have a complete margin(?) with a central midrib and veins that alternate. From a single split, so, positive and negative sides.
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Is this a fossil bug? What age? Look underneath the right corner of the bug and you will see a Hillichnus lobosensis which is thought to be a feeding trace of possibly a clam in the muddy sediments. Someone also suggested that it might be a sea cucumber feeding trace. A variety of stunning trace fossils are found in the Paleocene Carmelo Formation in Point Lobos State Park near Carmel California. The geology is great too. Back to identifying the age of the bug, this nearby outcrop looks like a Lucky Charms leprechaun holding a bunch of flowers. Look over to the left and you will see the answer: 70. The VW Bug is vint(age) 1970. Let's see if Woody Allen can start it and get it to run. Look at a larger view of the leprechaun and you will see a line of circular trace fossils that might be part of Hillichnus lobosensis. . Here is another interesting outcrop that looks like a giant foot with a missing toenail. This one looks like the aftermath of a strike of small meteorites . Continued in next post....
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I've been fairly absent from the board the last month and the reason is I got crabs, and the good kind. It was posted a couple years ago by a one time poster/user about Pinnixa galliheri (Rathbun, 1932) from Atascadero, CA, I had since been looking for similar outcrops in the area, considering his front yard is off limits to collecting. A friend of mine, another fossil nut, found a small outcrop by chance while on a walk. The shale is denser and more silicious than the classically known localities near Carmel, CA, also has more iron staining in certain layers, while others we call "Ghost Crabs" since they are white on a grey petroleum chert rich shale. First I'll start with a less common specimen from the Monterey/Carmel area, Parapinnixa miocenica, as described by Mary Rathbun in 1932. I purchased this item on eBay last week, got it in the mail on Monday and prepped it Tuesday, could tell it was just begging to be prepped out I use a PaleoTools MicroJack #2 under magnification for this work, I'm still learning, if you have suggestions please feel free to share. Here is a Before/After sequence:
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Anyone know specific locations Off Carmel valley road for looking for crabs and plant fossils?