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Pennsylvanian Cordaites principalis leaf and Cordaites borassifolius Stern bark
ntloux replied to ntloux's topic in Member Collections
Bockryan and Mark, The greenish coatings appear to be some type of lichen or moss growing on the specimen. There are a few areas where the carbonized section has peeled away but mostly it is fossil with partial covering by lichen and/or moss. Nick -
Out hunting today. Friend Dave, last hunt of the Season, a snowbird heading North. I was not finding much and he was, so he invited me to come dig in the hole he created. I started finding interesting fossils and , kept on thinking I am about to find a really good , rare fossil. I found some shark teeth and even a Meg. I found some pieces of Mammal teeth and a piece of fossilized wood.... A pretty little Glyptodon osteoderm A couple of Bullas, One Dolphin, maybe Stenella... The other... Whale.. Interesting .. Do whale Bullas come this small. Finally, I stopped looking for that "special" fossil.. I was hunting my favorite river, with a friend, it was warm and the sun was shining.... An unusual thing happened. Fred Mazza charters Peace River Fossil Hunting. As we were hunting a large group passed by. One women did a double take as she paddle a canoe past us and said to me " I know your face." As she passed she asked "Are you on some blog"? Answer: I am Shellseeker on TFF. Response I knew it was you!!! I think she recognized my Avatar... Black Wetsuit and baseball cap... Enjoy.
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Member Of The Month - Time for a change? Please give your opinion.
fossilcrazy replied to Fossildude19's topic in Member of the Month
Participation is a broadband of posting topics. In the past, I thought the largest membership audience were avid collectors who would "check out" a topic posting of their particular interests and comment when they got the urge. The waves of change brought a larger influx of " look what I found, can you tell me what it is?" members. I love helping people find some incite to fossils. If a member is basically too lazy to do minimal research; why just hand them the answer? I am certain the best members are self taught and are driven to broaden their knowledge. The shear numbers of newest members give me the sense, why am I posting if no one reading cares. Just tell me what I've got. Worst yet - how much is it worth. These days it's log in, glace, hop right off. -
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Member Of The Month - Time for a change? Please give your opinion.
Fin Lover replied to Fossildude19's topic in Member of the Month
To me, this sounds like a good amount of continued participation. -
How to know age of conch shell? fossil? on Southern California beach?
Corey lakin replied to Corey lakin's topic in Fossil ID
It was found on Poche beach in Orange County ca. thank you for responding! -
Ocean polished and halved geode I suppose
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Top Trilo replied to Fossildude19's topic in Member of the Month
At most 97.3% (181 out of 186) -
That was a terrible joke to claim as your own. Check this find out
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Anyone want to take a crack at the first item, or is it a POR? The little black ‘teeth’ imbedded in it make me wonder… - Jon
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Thank you, Digit, Shellseeker, Fin Lover, et.al. - Jon
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Very interesting discussion! I don’t really have a grasp of how Bayesian methods work - despite sitting in on a few lectures Maybe I do? But if I understand correctly you can start to incorporate prior knowledge of how a system works into your calculations? I’ve used software to create radiocarbon age-depth models before and you can include prior knowledge/assumptions on how the sediments were deposited (e.g. constant vs pulses of sediment).
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Mark Kmiecik replied to Fossildude19's topic in Member of the Month
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Indeed! Super worn and polished. If it is turtle it would likely be from the softshell turtle (Apalone sp.). You nailed it! It is "squished" phosphate. Cheers. -Ken
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2024 Fossil hunting in Antwerp, Belgium
Shellseeker replied to dries85's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Thanks .. You are definitely right.. I was wanting a high res photo of just the Whale tooth for my local folder.. I am intrigued by rugose enamel..
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I meant that none of them are from the ocean. Nevermind...a joke isn't funny if you have to explain it.
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New to fossils/geology - excited to be here
Mark Kmiecik replied to OverCaffeinated's topic in Member Introductions
Welcome from the Carboniferous of Illinois. Check at the local library under f for fossils and read all you find. After that it gets extremely site and species oriented and less inviting unless it's the exact area of you interest. However, that's where the true joy begins. -
Chunk o bone. Can't really ID it as anything since it DID come from ocean and concurrence seems to be not a fossil. Since it can't really be dated, any guess is just as likely as any other guess.
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What are the dimensions of this specimen?
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Believe you'd be wrong there. Cattle weren't native to North America until 1500s. Pigs came over at the same time. Wild boar weren't introduced until 1890. Etc... i
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Silicified rostroconch, tiny but complete, Mississippian, England
Mark Kmiecik replied to TqB's topic in Member Collections
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Pennsylvanian Cordaites principalis leaf and Cordaites borassifolius Stern bark
Mark Kmiecik replied to ntloux's topic in Member Collections
Looks like coalified layers that have peeled randomly. -
Your last photo is typically identified as turtle shell. I would need one of our "turtle guys" to identify the species. @digit @Plantguy
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It's in the bottom right corner of the next to the last image.
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Then deer, horse, cow and pig would be just as likely as your guess of human. Edit: we posted at the same time
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Yes, yes of course. I was just saying that my guess is that more humans have been lost in the ocean especially around here where there are over 300 shipwrecks just off the coast of lower Delaware since 1600s. It's just fun investigating, I'm not pursuing DNA for a murder victim on Dateline
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