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Here is the next part of my north slope trip pictures. After camping for two days I headed west and stopped on the Canning River to fish for char. The gravel bar I landed on had pieces of fossil coral and the river cut bank was of the same Kingak Shale with some large concretions. The view out of the plane shows the Ignek valley, east and west. After fishing headed west and stopped at the Kavic Camp for fuel, bring cash as avgas is $12 a gallon and glad to get it! Saddelrochit Mountains Looking west Ignek River valley Looking east Ignek River valley with Ignek Mesa behind the rear lift strut. Coral present in Canning River bed. Pingo- a feature of permafrost, ice lens buildup of up to 300/400 foot elevation. Polygons- ice lens in the soil giving the polygon shapes seen next to the pingo. No place to land here or would have checked it out. Reached the Colville River in the evening and flew all the way to the Killik River where the Colville takes a sharp bend. Killik River Colville River at the Killik River bend. Upon returning home read that there are known dinosaur track ways there and would have like to hike over and see them. Camp at Killik River ( the next day) Landed for lunch and was greeted by several bunches of caribou Kobuk and caribou bone Lignite present on most of the gravel bars. Colville River bar where fossils were seen. Bone or antler fragment.
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Fossil hunting in Long Creek Hood County Texas, found these (all the same shape) fossils. Are they a pelecypod, oyster, gryphaea? Any suggestions appreciated! It almost looks like a weathered bi-valve. See the last pic I posted.
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I am fortunate to live in a fossiliferous neighborhood in Fort Worth Texas. Not only have I found a strata of gryphea across the street from my house, but I have found pelecypods in my backyard and an ammonite in Arcadia park down the street from where I live. Just recently I found more gryphea in my yard. All of the fossils in my neighborhood are, according to my research, Lower Cretaceous in age. I took one of my grandsons down to one site a mere one hundred yards from my home and he found excellent specimens of gryphea. (Samples are attached). Have any of my fellow Texans found gryphea in their locations? ----- Olenellus
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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
This second specimen as well has a lot of clams that are visible. As I was studying this piece and seeing the side views of both Clam 01 and Clam 02 I realized these two specimens at one time were attached to each other many years ago it looks as if it broke in half? I will upload a pic of both halves together.-
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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
This second specimen as well has a lot of clams that are visible. As I was studying this piece and seeing the side views of both Clam 01 and Clam 02 I realized these two specimens at one time were attached to each other many years ago it looks as if it broke in half? I will upload a pic of both halves together.-
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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
This second specimen as well has a lot of clams that are visible. As I was studying this piece and seeing the side views of both Clam 01 and Clam 02 I realized these two specimens at one time were attached to each other many years ago it looks as if it broke in half? I will upload a pic of both halves together.-
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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
This second specimen as well has a lot of clams that are visible. As I was studying this piece and seeing the side views of both Clam 01 and Clam 02 I realized these two specimens at one time were attached to each other many years ago it looks as if it broke in half? I will upload a pic of both halves together.-
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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
These fossils are all over this 333 g specimen There are several small clams on the (b) side and two rather large clams on the (a) side. The specimen, like many of the items in this collection appear to be roughly split into sections as if being divided to recipients? (this may have been the practice in those days to get investors?) This specimen in the "split" shows several side views of clams insides. (No evidence of pearls as of yet, but I'm looking)-
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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
This second specimen as well has a lot of clams that are visible. As I was studying this piece and seeing the side views of both Clam 01 and Clam 02 I realized these two specimens at one time were attached to each other many years ago it looks as if it broke in half? I will upload a pic of both halves together.-
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Hi everyone! Holidays mean more time to photo and post. As previously mentioned in my previous post, I am finding a lot of fossil impressions and voids in chert and mudstone on a small artist residency and farm in Kingsbury, Texas, in Guadeloupe County. And some petrified wood. Most of the casts I find are pelecypods and some gastropods; however I am finding some other stuff, some of it total mystery. This time I will post the mystery items first. Let me know your thoughts! This first mystery (3 views) has tight incised lines around the darker shape - most evident in central photo. The next item, below, has lots of impressions. The closeup on right shows a spiral on left side, is that a worm, or a gastropod internal cast/mold? I think the horizontal cavities on right of closeup are some kind of coral? Here's some coral ... or petrified wood? (two images Photoshopped together) And also...the below is super interesting...at first I thought it was just a chip, or a shell impression. But starting to think insect wings! At first I thought this could be a bryozoa (left photo below), but I think it is more likely a worn pelecypod impression, re like the typical one on the other side other rock (right photo). And here's some pet wood, various types And bone? Or coral? I keep thinking bone because of smooth sides.
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From the album: Neogene fossils
Chesepectin middlesexensis, Pliocene, Yorktown formation, Yorktown, Virginia, USA. Interior of shell