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I received these from my friend who passed last year. I am not sure where he found this. It was in a case with all North Sulphur River items, but these do not have the density/hardness of items I have found from there. They are very flaky. I think these might have come from Montgomery LA, but anyone's guess is as good as mine. I think they belong to a mammoth, they were separate in the case, and they do not appear to exactly line up to make a single tooth, one is slightly larger than the other. Anyone care to comment?
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These aren't my only finds but these are the "big" rocks that I have. I've found a lot of pet wood (no palm sadly) and a lot of agate (which ain't a fossil!) down here which is always a treat to find. Anyways here is the first picture of my collection, showing the overview.
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New guy from Louisiana, militaria collector who also has a interest in very old dead things
ShibaLegend posted a topic in Member Introductions
Name's Shiba. I've been into fossils for a fairly long time now, but if you know Louisiana, you'll know that fossils here are a bit few and far between. However I like to think i've gotten a fairly respectable collection with some decent finds. Nothing scientifically important, but nice to have knowing how rare interesting fossils are to find. You guys in Texas and Florida sure are lucky haha. Because I don't have much to find I can't say I will be a frequent poster, but ill post what I can dig up every here and there. Im also a big militaria collector, something I also love and enjoy. Really old history is great, but learning about what happened 20 years before your parents were born is also very rewarding for me. Anyways, thanks for letting me on board! -
Hello , I recently found this tooth here in central Louisiana! Just curious if this is normal to find ? Or have I possibly stumped onto something greater ? Thanks
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This was found in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana earlier this year mixed in with some rocks near the river. I am not quite sure if this is in fact a fossil or not. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello, I'm new. This was found in Central Louisiana, in a rock/dirt pit. Between 30-40 ft. deep. Other fossils were found in the same area. It was under a thick (around 10 ft.) layer of reddit. Please be patient with me. I'm new, but have found some great fossils from this new dig. thanks
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While riding four wheelers along the creek, my friends found this. To my completely untrained eye it looks like some sort of phalanx, but I have no idea. Several fossils have been found in the area from the pleistocene, pluocene, and miocene epochs. If you have any ideas, let us know!
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Does anyone know any good places to search for fossils in Louisiana?
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I found this fossil a few years ago (since coronavirus started) in south Louisiana. I found another fossil tooth, likely mammal, that conveniently disappeared as soon as I got my forum account. It appears to be an Isapod like creature, any help? Sorry the picture quality is not great.
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Hello, the decorative rocks in the complex where I live in Louisiana have fossil traces. Many (possibly all) seem to be metamorphic from originating sedimentary layers. Mostly shells and coral imprints, but I've found two like this now. What is this please? Is it vertebrate or invertebrate? I don't know the actual origin of this rock, where the company that provided it gets them from. It is about one quarter inch in size.
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My mother accumulated some fossils during her teaching career in Louisiana. At one point...probably 50 years ago....they were sent to LSU to be identified. Over the years, some of the labels have been lost and I've recently gotten the identification of most. But this one is still "up for grabs"...the original label said "annelid?" Any help would be appreciated....I'd like to get them appropriately displayed....for some reason someone thought it was a good idea to glue them onto styrofoam.
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I have been too busy to get out fossil hunting when I want but there are a few recent times I've been able to get out. I wanted to try and post a small trip report about them. On October 31 I had the opportunity to visit the W.M. Browning Cretaceous Fossil Park in Prentiss County, Mississippi. Most people from the area are probably familiar with this old site but I'm a new resident to this part of the South so I wanted to give it a try. It's Late Campanian Demopolis Formation. It was a little cold and rainy but warm enough for someone used to North Dakota. Apparently these large concretions erode out of a higher formation. First tooth I found wasn't even in the creek but on the bank where I set my sieves. A good sign. A little tributary carving through the bedrock made for relaxing sounds. A little mosasaur tooth. Washing and drying the teeth back home. "Junk" teeth I set aside to use for biology outreach programs. S Some more pics of the mosasaur tooth. A nice Hybodus cephalic clasper. A chunk of cartilage and some verts. A blunted Ischyrizha rostral spine. Keeper fossils. A couple Baculites asper pieces and some Cadulus sp. didn't get in close pictures. I'm always a sucker for lightning and cool color variations in teeth. Serratolamna serrata teeth were the second most common. Squalicorax kaupi Squalicorax pristodontus Hybodus sp. and Pseudohypolophus. Most were missing tips but the Enchodus were a good average size. Xiphactinus teeth were just tips. Some bigger Scapanorhynchys were also present. Baculites asper and Cadulus sp. Anomia argentia The small Gryphaeostrea vomer. Exogyra ponderosa and Pycnodonte convexa (not pictured) were also a common find. Aside from the common material there were some nice rarer specimens and stuff new to my collection. Overall it was a very good trip.
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I collected this specimen at an Eocene Cane River Formation site in Louisiana during a recent trip. It kind of resembles a cephalopod gladius but I can't find a particularly close match. I did find a ton of Belosaepia guards at the site so the environment seems suitable at least. It's about 5 mm in length.
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Extinct shark named after LSU museum official as she retires (mynews13.com)
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Seeking area to search north central Louisiana for birthday gift
BlazedDiamonds posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
My grandson is turning 8 soon and he dearly loves dinosaurs and fossils. I want to take him fossil hunting for his birthday. I'm in Winn Parish, which is the northern part of the central area of Louisiana. Natchitoches, Grant, Rapides Parishes are close. Does anyone know where I could take him to find any fossils in these areas? I hope so and would be so appreciative! -
What about this possible mammoth jawbone? So I have a questions about large jawbone.
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In the late 1950's my Dad was working for the Boy Scouts of America professionally out of Alexandria, Louisiana. One of his volunteer leaders north of Alexandria was a collector of Native American artifacts, and while looking for artifacts, stumbled upon a large lower jawbone near a sandy steep nearby hillside overlooking a river. He gave my Dad the jawbone and told where he found it. We as a family went to the site and found numerous large "sharks teeth", and petrified sea shells. Dad later became friends with a oil drilling crew foreman, who gave Dad two what appears to be petrified large vertebrae the crew had found (no photo shown below) . A letter was sent with photos to the Smithsonian museum in D.C. in 1959 and we got a response saying likely the jawbone was that of a mammoth. My questions are: Anyone confirm the identity? Any idea what the jawbone may be worth? You are welcome to email me back at pinemttrailassoc._jim-AT-msn.com Jim Hall- Columbus, GA -
Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana
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Giant tsunami from dino-killing asteroid impact revealed in fossilized ‘megaripples’ By Akila Raghavan, AAAS Science, Jul. 12, 2021 The paper is: Kinsland, G.L., Egedahl, K., Strong, M.A. and Ivy, R., 2021. Chicxulub impact tsunami megaripples in the subsurface of Louisiana: Imaged in petroleum industry seismic data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 570, no.117063. Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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These were found about 10 - 15 ft. below the surface in red dirt layer of a hill with elevation about 100 ft. above sea level. (one of the highest points in our parish) along with lots of other similar pieces that look like Osteoderms or scouts. They are not located at a known fossil formation but in a current dirt/rock pit. We have found many native American tools and arrow heads on this hill in central Louisiana and while my husband was digging with an excavator we started noticing random bright objects in the otherwise solid red dirt layer and some of their photos are attached. We did lick them and at least one side stuck. Lol. (We didn't lick both sides) Thank you for your help. Let me know if you need any other info. I also have what looks like a vertebrate that I need to share as well.
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This bone was found in a pit, along with lots of other bones and various pieces. It looks like a steak with veins and tendons. Found in Central Louisiana. photos of other pieces to follow. Thank you for your help.
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After a 3 month dedicated search (coughSisyphean) to figure this out on my own, I still can’t find anything that remotely looks like this. I’m a longtime SE LA/SW MS creek gravel rockhounder and I’ve never come across this before. I’ve shown it to some other area collectors-no luck. This was found in a creek running through the upper terraces of the (pre-loess) La Citronelle formation not far from the Amite County, MS border. *I should also mention that Louisiana gravels within the (Plio) Citronelle contain much older rocks/fossils that are believed to have been transported by glaciers, as well as ancient interbraided streams. Frequent flooding subsequently washes these out of the upper terraces. To my eye, though, this piece doesn’t appear to be rounded or very worn. If I had to call it, I’d say table coral/freed piece of reef, but that one side having the appearance of muscle attachment grooves has me wondering about that. I greatly appreciate your time and opinions; thanks for giving this an eyeballing for me.
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