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We recently found this sample at about 300 meters elevation, 20 kilometers from the ocean. Can anyone give me an idea of their age from these pictures?

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My best guess is Invisibilicus noseeuminisis. But we might want to wait for other members that are more familiar with the fauna of your area before you label them.

 

 

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Caldigger. We Islanders are experts on the genus "Noseeumus". I promise you, these are not them!

By the time Noseeumus got that big, a tennis racket would work much better.

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12 minutes ago, snail said:

Thanks, but I cannot upload. Here is a link to another forum where I posted the pics:

 

 

 

 

The photos are not prohibitively large, so they could be uploaded on TFF.  It would be good for them to be uploaded here for the convenience of members and prevention of this topic becoming obsolete, due to a future broken link.  ;)

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Posting here for those who do not want to leave the Forum, and for archival purposes.

 

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It's hard to tell what kind of fossil it is (ammonoids?) but there is a lot of Triassic limestone at the north end of the Island and this fits with what I have seen of it.

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The white lines look like calcite veins - could be the source of the internal calcite.

Also, I wouldn't call it "semi-fossilized". 

It looks to me like it broke and then was worn down by weather, or glacial deposition.

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Wrangellian; The outside of the shells seem quite smooth other than small irregularities and I see no evidence of chambering?

You could look us up on telus and call if you wish.

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Interesting...Can you possibly give us additional sharply focused pictures of these 3?

possible ammonite fragments.jpg

The one on the right does look like some internal ammonite like chambering and the one on the very left may show some suturing patterns.   They appear to have been weathered a great deal but still a neat preservation/contrast of color with the darker matrix. Regards, Chris 

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7 minutes ago, Plantguy said:

Interesting...Can you possibly give us additional sharply focused pictures of these 3?

possible ammonite fragments.jpg

The one on the right does look like some internal ammonite like chambering and the one on the very left may show some suturing patterns.   They appear to have been weathered a great deal but still a neat preservation/contrast of color with the darker matrix. Regards, Chris 

The rightmost arrow points to a object that looks like a shark vert. 

Picture for comparison.

don't you guys think so?

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Keep looking! They're everywhere!

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I'm still thinking we need clearer pictures to confirm what critter. Here's an internal view of a ammonite I have that shows some similarity.

Possible ammonite internal comparison.jpg

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Thanks Plantguy; Nice enhancements. When my "technical person" gets home I'll get more and closer photos.

Is there a Forum mailbox to send the entire file to?

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9 minutes ago, snail said:

Is there a Forum mailbox to send the entire file to?

 

No, but you should be able to post them right to the forum. :) 

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I noticed the same thing Plantguy did, I'd like to see better/clearer pics of that and the other items from different angles too.

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