minearroots Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) I have some fossils that were unearthed when my aunt was digging ponds on our property. I teach 8th grade science and would like to use them in my fossil unit. Can anyone identify these and give me a rough age? I will post additional fossil pictures in the reply area. Edited December 28, 2015 by minearroots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minearroots Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 Here are additional fossils Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Herb Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 (edited) the large gastropods are Busycons. I think the first shots are cave minerals The big clam might be Callocardia. Edited December 28, 2015 by Herb "Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence"_ Carl Sagen No trees were killed in this posting......however, many innocent electrons were diverted from where they originally intended to go. " I think, therefore I collect fossils." _ Me "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."__S. Holmes "can't we all just get along?" Jack Nicholson from Mars Attacks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 I wonder whether the first mightn't be a mass of tube worms? "There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant “Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley >Paleontology is an evolving science. >May your wonders never cease! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 The first picture is not from a cave-- I agree with Auspex, a colony of tube worms. Tony Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacha Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Those tube worms look like chunks of worm reef that is found in some south florida shorelines south of Melbourne. I lived in Stuart, FL and we had a nice sized worm reef at bathtub beach. I don't recall the scientific family name. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
minearroots Posted December 29, 2015 Author Share Posted December 29, 2015 (edited) Thank you all so much! Yes I think the tube worms answer is correct. With regards to trying to ID and date the clams I'm having a bit of trouble. I find lots of images that look just like my clams but then they end up being 1 inch in size. Edited December 29, 2015 by minearroots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guguita2104 Posted December 30, 2015 Share Posted December 30, 2015 Fantastic fossils! Wish I could found so big and well preserved gastropods! In the clam I can't give you a precise, but in my opinion it's definitely a Veneridae family member. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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