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fifbrindacier Regular Member

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So what is that?

Just a poor calcareous little stone. :(

A NOshrimp. :P:rofl:

Tony

With a noshrimp inside. :rofl:

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I posted this in another thread some time ago but since Tony's egging us on I hatched a plan to re-post an old photo instead of just winging it:

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I was positive it was a fossil duck but a certain avian-loving moderator assured me it was really a baby penguin. Other TFF members appreciated the rarity of a smoking bird and the incredible preservation of the fossil smoke. I'm rather proud of it.

Great, you should use it for a movie : " The smoking Jay". :rofl::hearty-laugh:

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fifbrindacier Regular Member

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I know someone that found this E.T. stuff :

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"We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes."

 

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ynot Regular Member

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I know someone that found this E.T. stuff :

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There sure were a lot of aliens running around this planet in the past!

Tony

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Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough."

 

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So here is My Fossil alien.

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Chalidone

Found at Round mountain Arizona.

And a "walnut" from the same location.

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Chalidone geode

Tony

In the first pic, it reminds me little aliens in a cartoon :ninja: . The other, it's "Mars Attacks" :popcorn:

How about this fish in an agate nodule...

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Tony

Nice fish, yum, did you E.T. it ? :P

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Here are a few from Escondido formation in South Texas

"Bones" that are burrow infill

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"Plant" that's a dendrite

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"Petrified wood" that's a mineral stain

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"Crab" that's a feeding trace

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"Crocodile" that's a shell track

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Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer

Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year

Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert

Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous

Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk

Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus

Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html

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In the first pic, it reminds me little aliens in a cartoon :ninja: . The other, it's "Mars Attacks" :popcorn:

Yup, that's definately an alien brain. I used to do alien autopsies for the MIB, and can confirm.

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I suspect it is a brain from one of the Kryzznack people, left during the planetary invasion of the late Cretaceous. It was actually the Kryzznackians who made the dinosaurs go extinct, when one of their cruise ships exploded near the Yucatan peninsula. Those Kryzznackians really know how to party!

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Yup, that's definately an alien brain. I used to do alien autopsies for the MIB, and can confirm.

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I suspect it is a brain from one of the Kryzznack people, left during the planetary invasion of the late Cretaceous. It was actually the Kryzznackians who made the dinosaurs go extinct, when one of their cruise ships exploded near the Yucatan peninsula. Those Kryzznackians really know how to party!

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Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys."

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More from Escondido formation in South Texas

"Sushi" that's a piece of quartzite

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"Vertebra" that's a concretion

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"Coral" or maybe "bone" that's a piece of pitted chert

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"Pottery" that's a concretion

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"Horse poo" that's ant burrow infill(?) vs actual horse poo

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"Stromatolite" that's a feeding trace (Zoophycus)

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Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer

Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year

Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert

Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous

Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk

Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus

Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html

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More from Escondido formation in South Texas

"Sushi" that's a piece of quartzite

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"Vertebra" that's a concretion

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"Coral" or maybe "bone" that's a piece of pitted chert

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"Pottery" that's a concretion

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"Horse poo" that's ant burrow infill(?) vs actual horse poo

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"Stromatolite" that's a feeding trace (Zoophycus)

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Here are my zoophycus, the one on the right was at the end of its feeding trace :

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And here is my alien stuff :

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"We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes."

 

In memory of Doren

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My personal all-time favorite so far is from ionRocks: http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/66041-green-river-fossil/?hl=picasso#entry691707

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Info: Craig Hyatt, retired software/electrical engineer

Experience: Beginner, fossil hunting less than a year

Location: Eagle Pass, TX USA on the border with Mexico, hot dry desert

Formation: Escondido, Marine, Upper Cretaceous

Materials: Sandstone, Mudstone, Shale, Chert, Chalk

Typical: Thalassinoides, Sphenodiscus, Exogyra, Inoceramus

Reference: http://txfossils.com/Txfossils.html

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Haha...that was just fun!

I especially like the smoking bird! I've been caught looking long and hard at more than one mineral stain. Craig, your "vertebra" still looks like a water worn vert to me!

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ynot Regular Member

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Hey Hi Y'All,

I found a petrified eye just like John's, but mine must be from a different critter.

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Here it is from the sides...

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An uncut geode from Dugway Utah.

Tony

PS A special thanks to all of the people that have contributed to this thread! :goodjob:

PSS Please keep them coming! :thumbsu:

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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.

 

 

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Tony, the leading paleontologist at University of California at Hollywood has identified your eye as having come from the rare marine Cretaceous sea monster, the Cbsaurus. Compare your fossil with a photo from the internet.

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Tony, the leading paleontologist at University of California at Hollywood has identified your eye as having come from the rare marine Cretaceous sea monster, the Cbsaurus. Compare your fossil with a photo from the internet.

:faint::rofl::rofl::hearty-laugh::muahaha:

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.

 

 

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Hey Hi Y'All,

I found a petrified eye just like John's, but mine must be from a different critter.

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Here it is from the sides...

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An uncut geode from Dugway Utah.

Tony

PS A special thanks to all of the people that have contributed to this thread! :goodjob:

PSS Please keep them coming! :thumbsu:

Tony, Tony, Tony...please set a better example for all pupils. :D

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?tahW

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:blink::head scratch: ! erew uoy elpoep egnarts hcum woh dezilear t'ndid i yadot llitnU

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? (htdiw fo mc 1 tuoba) ffuts naihctirtsaam taht fo kniht uoy od tahw dnA

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"On ne voit bien que par le coeur, l'essentiel est invisible pour les yeux." (Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

"We only well see with the heart, the essential is invisible for the eyes."

 

In memory of Doren

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