benw Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Just found a fist-sized fossil rock on a beach in Santa Barbara of California, USA. Please help ID the fossil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caldigger Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 I believe you have a chunk of pecten hash. Very prominent in the area. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Kmiecik Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 +1 pecten hash. Mark. Fossil hunting is easy -- they don't run away when you shoot at them! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benw Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 I am seeing the skeleton of a head with a big open mouth, a spine with ribs, hind legs, and a long tail, in addition to the bone-supported frill. Would it be possible that it was some type of ancient animal resembling frilled-neck lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benw Posted September 15, 2019 Author Share Posted September 15, 2019 It appears that the bottom part of the rock resembles a snake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kane Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Highly unlikely. This is a marine fossil. As others have said, pecten hash seems the most probable in this case. The "frill" is diagnostically shell ribbing. 2 ...How to Philosophize with a Hammer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ludwigia Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 41 minutes ago, benw said: I am seeing the skeleton of a head with a big open mouth, a spine with ribs, hind legs, and a long tail, in addition to the bone-supported frill. Would it be possible that it was some type of ancient animal resembling frilled-neck lizard (Chlamydosaurus kingii) ? No. The objects which you are seeing in the stone are obviously pieces of bivalve shell for people with experience. 25 minutes ago, benw said: It appears that the bottom part of the rock resembles a snake. Yes it does seem to resemble a snake spine to a certain extent, which is why you think it is one, although if you dug into the matrix you would see that it continues inward and is flat like a shell. The phenomenon which makes you imagine what you are seeing is called pareidolia. Like staring at clouds or a linoleum floor pattern. 3 Greetings from the Lake of Constance. Roger http://www.steinkern.de/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fossildude19 Posted September 15, 2019 Share Posted September 15, 2019 Scallop type shell hash, as stated before. Sorry, ... No skulls, skeletons, or bones. 1 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...
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