Simple livin CA Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 (edited) Found this at a undisclosed spot near Ventura, also found a large fossil shell deposit potentially from Pliocene. Will post pictures if people want me to. Btw if you have any clue or want pics of the other side of this please comment! Edited April 4, 2020 by Simple livin CA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 Welcome to the Forum. This looks like a water worn sandstone cobble with shell hash embedded. Do you have any examples of the shell layer you found to post? Tim - VETERAN SHALE SPLITTER VFOTM --- APRIL - 2015 __________________________________________________ "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks." John Muir ~ ~ ~ ~ ><))))( *> About Me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwood Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 This piece from The Museum of Science in Boston came to mind. Just for reference. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simple livin CA Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 Yes I do, here is a little fossil I cleaned up from that area while I’m trying to find pics of the whole deposit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simple livin CA Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 46 minutes ago, Fossildude19 said: Welcome to the Forum. This looks like a water worn sandstone cobble with shell hash embedded. Do you have any examples of the shell layer you found to post? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sixgill pete Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 37 minutes ago, Simple livin CA said: Yes I do, here is a little fossil I cleaned up from that area while I’m trying to find pics of the whole deposit These look like Pliocene aged gastropods to me. Definately not Precambrian. Bulldozers and dirt Bulldozers and dirt behind the trailer, my desert Them red clay piles are heaven on earth I get my rocks off, bulldozers and dirt Patterson Hood; Drive-By Truckers May 2016 May 2012 Aug 2013, May 2016, Apr 2020 Oct 2022 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tidgy's Dad Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 And 509 million years ago is also not Precambrian, it's in the middle of the Cambrian. The three rocks posted all look very different. Life's Good! Tortoise Friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simple livin CA Posted April 4, 2020 Author Share Posted April 4, 2020 4 minutes ago, Tidgy's Dad said: And 509 million years ago is also not Precambrian, it's in the middle of the Cambrian. The three rocks posted all look very different. All of them were found within 3 miles of each other, I really have no idea as I am just getting into this hobby but thanks for the info, spot also had shark teeth fragments I collected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandpa Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 3 hours ago, Simple livin CA said: I really have no idea as I am just getting into this hobby That's just the type of members we love to welcome and to support along their path of learning. Welcome to TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted April 4, 2020 Share Posted April 4, 2020 5 hours ago, Simple livin CA said: All of them were found within 3 miles of each other, I really have no idea as I am just getting into this hobby but thanks for the info, spot also had shark teeth fragments I collected You're in good company. No one here had a clue when they first started, so we can sympathize. Just like it is today, back millions of years ago 3 miles in any direction could be the difference between the top of a mountain and the bottom of a lake, and obviously no fish were being fossilized at the top of the mountain, but just 3 miles away at the bottom of the lake . . . and you can bet that the rocks being formed were different in the lake than they were in the river that flowed from it. Geology/paleontology can be just as frustrating as it is rewarding. One thing it will never be is boring. 1 Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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