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Not sure there is enough there to say for sure, one way or the other. @Shellseeker
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Hello and welcome to the forum! There is something called the Texas rule: if you don´t know what kind of fossil you found in Texas, its a rudist. I think it may apply here, this looking like a rudist internal cast, sediment that filled the former cavity. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudists others more familiar with your region will know more. Best regards, J
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Starting the 2024 Season at Big Brook Preserve, NJ
Fossildude19 replied to ruffalo's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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I lift a glass in your honor, ynot. Now remind us, where do we find this data? Edit...Uh....nevermind. I see it right there under my photo.
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Wow, im impressed by all the cool pets that members own ! But it seems to look like, if guinea pigs are still missing here. So here she comes, my guinea pig, Rosine (raisin in english) I've named her like that because of the brown ring around her eye, which for some reason, reminded me of a raisin. She has two sisters, Pauline and Mimi, but Pauline sadly passed away last year to unknown reasons. She also has a husband, Tobi, who is my brothers guinea pig. And we had three more guinea pigs, Lissy, Laura, and Tiger Lilli, but all of them got cancer, and only Lissy is still among us. And we also have four bunnys, Hoppla, Cookie, Klara, and Leonie. But theyre technicly not my pets, because theyre my dads pets. And thats why im only posting a picture of Rosine, because only she is really, really, really my pet.
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Mixosaurus I bought.
jpc replied to JJ Lavoie's topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
I agree with what has been said about sclerotic rings. One of my volunteers prepped a well articulated ichthyosaur skull and found two or three sclerotic ring bones. None of them anywhere close to the orbit. I would be willing to say they are the first part of an ichthyosaur (and other beasts) that disarticulates. Yu must also consider that they are only held to the body by eyeball tissue....no ligaments or tendons anywhere near them. -
Job Security... good for you. Nice work. As expected.
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Starting the 2024 Season at Big Brook Preserve, NJ
jpc replied to ruffalo's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Nice fossil haul. A tip for IDing gold. bring it out in the sun in your hand; it will shine like gold. Now turn around an put your hand in your shadow. Gold will still shine. pyrite or other non-golds will not. I don't know much about gold in the northeast, but I would be shocked if it is gold. -
Hi new to the forum. I found this in the Texas Hill Country. Appears to be limestone. The smaller radius (ventral) appears to be slightly flattened or even mildly concave on each side visible in the lateral images as a faint broad groove. The larger radius (dorsal) has two grooves, one shorter and deeper than the other. thanks, Tom
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Starting the 2024 Season at Big Brook Preserve, NJ
Al Dente replied to ruffalo's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
These are brachiopods- Choristothyris.- 5 replies
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Starting the 2024 Season at Big Brook Preserve, NJ
ruffalo replied to ruffalo's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
It’s almost certainly not gold, but it is definitely something interesting. The closest picture I could get from my iPhone shows some kind of? oozing bubbles? And I had no idea it would glitter/reflect like that until I took a photo of it with flash! Without the flash it’s just a dull red rock - I guess it’s the clear yellow bits that are reflecting? Makes me think of amber, but I’ve never seen it look anything like this.
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Ptychodus04’s Fossil Fish Prepapalooza
Ptychodus04 replied to Ptychodus04's topic in Fossil Preparation
Thanks all. The shocking part for me was when I added up my hours for the entire project, it was only 67.25! I had a 100 hour budget to work with so, that makes for a very happy client. -
Starting the 2024 Season at Big Brook Preserve, NJ
automech replied to ruffalo's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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Thanks for all of the help guys. I’m pretty sure I’ll be labeling this as ‘unknown’, however I thought I might as well post my (poor) attempt to highlight the enamel with the blue lines.
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Just as a fun fact, the resemblance to shell impressions is where this fracture type gets it's name. Conchoidal means "shell-like". Also, I've seen those sorts of radial lines in conchoidal fracture before
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Thanks for the additional photos,. That feature had me wondering about bovid but with the occlusial views I have to agree with partial horse tooth, though it's been a bit beat up in the surf I'd guess. As for how old, I'm sure some of the forum's members from Florida can correct me, but I believe Pleistocene material has been found on Venice Beach before so I would think that's a possibility.
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Pile of Gold! Fossil shells & more that is! One shiny piece started my hunting!
Kimber replied to Kimber's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
As far as I know it all comes from the same place. It appears to be Bank Run Shell Roadbase or FDOT Road Base. This is a wonderful, natural, renewable, material that is perfectly suited for roads, drives, paths, etc. in Florida. It is a combination of shell, crushed shell, pulverized shell, sand, calcium, lime, and other natural minerals. Road base is centuries old shell and minerals. As sea life dies, they leave behind their shells. These shells build up over time and the bottom layers are crushed by the weight of the layers that build up on top. This bottom material, road base, is inexpensive, renewable, I'm guessing it's coming from Sarasota? -
yea, I agree with conchoidal fracture, it just looks strange for what I am used to.
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It looks so much like a shell imprint. It's really cool.
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More strange to NOT see any kind of growth lines, or evidence of such, in a supposed shell imprint. This totally looks like a conchoidal or hackle fringe fracture to me, and NOT a bivalve shell.
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Pile of Gold! Fossil shells & more that is! One shiny piece started my hunting!
MikeR replied to Kimber's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Different location? Looks like you are now collecting Upper Pliocene Tamiami Formation.- 19 replies
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obsidian oxidizes over time (there is no known obsidian older than the cretaceous.) and there is no obsidian in Florida. Could be a dark colored chert. Not sure about the conchoidal fracture(?) Very strange too see the radial ridges.
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Not sure what you mean on the shiny slick side?
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Wow! Thank you!
