mamlambo Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 My second time out fossil hunting for crab fossils and struck pay dirt! Found 2 nice examples of what I think is Tumidocarcinus from some Googling. My first time finding a complete(ish) fossil so I am very excited! Found a smallish one and a medium one. Both seem to have the legs and claws. 14 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamlambo Posted January 3, 2019 Author Share Posted January 3, 2019 And here are some finds I am unsure of, anyone have any ideas? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pemphix Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Location, age and stratigraphy would be helpful...and more pictures from the end and the side. First impression is: First pic: maybe coral (?) Second pic: bone fragment Third pic: fossil wood Btw.: nice crabs ! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 solitary coral, worn bone and wood????? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
masonboro37 Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 Cool crab nodules!! Process of identification "mistakes create wisdom". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plax Posted January 4, 2019 Share Posted January 4, 2019 On 1/3/2019 at 9:36 AM, Plax said: solitary coral, worn bone and wood????? Sorry about the redundant post. I didn't see Pemphix's reply while I was typing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamlambo Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Went out again today, from reading up, it looks like a Miocene area. Found my largest crab fossil yet! Here is a picture of it: And compared to the crabs from the previous trip (it's the far right one): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamlambo Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 This is the area I was concentrating on today, a recent landslide that is being eroded by the waves: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Amazing finds - congrats!!! Are you planning on prepping the crab nodules to further reveal them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamlambo Posted January 7, 2019 Author Share Posted January 7, 2019 17 hours ago, Monica said: Amazing finds - congrats!!! Are you planning on prepping the crab nodules to further reveal them? Thanks I would love to prep them but need to save up for the tools. And I think I will practice on some less delicate fossils first. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OwlEyes Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Great finds! Thank you for sharing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 Nice finds, love to see them prepped out. 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...
jpc Posted January 17, 2019 Share Posted January 17, 2019 The first mystery fossil after the crabs seems to be a Favosites coral that as weathered away. I found these at the Tumidocarcinus site decades ago. The other one looks like a big piece of bone... whale vert is my guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goatinformationist Posted January 18, 2019 Share Posted January 18, 2019 Nodules that suggestive of crab, even with so much shell showing must be a cheat. I like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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