Miocene_Mason Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 So I bought thirteen Mazon creek nodules for 99 cents (am I allowed to say that?) and two fossils are apparent. The rest might be just rocks but I don't know enough to say that confidently, so for the next while I'm going to post them and I hope you all can tell me if I missed a fossil. Here are four, two is the most promising. Also, are those bumps that are on most anything?Thank you and good luck! “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 @fossilized6s @RCFossils @digit I'm gonna go out on a limb here, and say Jellyfish. 2 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...
fossilized6s Posted June 13, 2017 Share Posted June 13, 2017 Tim is correct. 2,3,4 are essexella asherae jellyfish. 1 has to be cleaned a bit to give a confident ID. Soak your nodule in vinegar for 10-15mins intervals while scrubbing with a toothbrush in between soaks will get most of the calcite off (white chalky stuff). I'm assuming e.asherae as well, but we all know where assumptions get us...... 3 ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted June 13, 2017 Author Share Posted June 13, 2017 6 minutes ago, fossilized6s said: Tim is correct. 2,3,4 are essexella asherae jellyfish. 1 has to be cleaned a bit to give a confident ID. Soak your nodule in vinegar for 10-15mins intervals while scrubbing with a toothbrush in between soaks will get most of the calcite off (white chalky stuff). I'm assuming e.asherae as well, but we all know where assumptions get us...... Thanks for the ids, I will clean it up. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimravis Posted June 14, 2017 Share Posted June 14, 2017 I also agree as to Essexella asherae. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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