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Hi, Congrats Coco
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The photos are just clear enough I think to confirm it's a conulariid. Conularia trentonensis is a possible one. Always a nice find.
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So I really like ceratopsians. My poor Tyrannosaurus doesn't stand much of a chance.
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Hi everybody from the middle-of-nowhere in the Nebraska Panhandle! I am a brand new fossil hunter....so brand new, in fact, that I just found my very first fossil (shark tooth) on a trip to South Carolina last week. I went on a guided excursion and found all sorts of other stuff than toofs as well. I am also hopefully making a trip to split some rocks in the Green RIver Formation area in Wyoming later this year. I also am wanting to learn some basic fossil prep, so I've been reading those threads a lot lately. Haven't worked up the courage to try some of my own yet, but still too cold here to work out in my garage anyway I am partial to ceratopsian dinos....see my photo in the plastic dinos thread! They're my favorite. Thanks for letting me join!
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Trilobite of the week #373 is Basilicus sp. of Early Ordovician age (Late Tremadocian stage) from the Fezouata Formation at the Zagora Area, Morocco. This is in many ways a typical member of the Asaphidae, with a broad, smooth carapace. But is has one notable feature -- it is humungous, a bit over 45 cm long. This is certain to be the largest trilobite I ever own and may well be the largest trilobite I ever see in real life. There is about 10% restoration on this trilobite, more than I like to see. On the other hand, you are unlikely to see a complete dinosaur in a museum that is as much as 90% real.
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Fracture pattern, not shell or fossil from what i can see.
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A Quick Trip to Green's Mill Run with a Few Surprise Finds (And a Very Brief Aurora, NC Visit)
Echinoid Express replied to Echinoid Express's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Thank you! I do enjoy the Squalicorax teeth, they're really interesting to me! I can't seem to find the much larger sizes of them there, they're dwarfed by the large ones I collect at Holden Beach, though I do find the smaller sizes at Holden as well. Speaking of Holden, I'm just about wrapped up with our family trip there, and I've got some exciting new fossils I found! I may wait a bit on sharing them though, as I have some additional collecting trips to other sites coming up next week, and I am waiting to hear back from an expert on some of the things I found this trip. I spoke to the gentleman who puts together the Virginia trip I've been going to where we find the Skolithos, and he thinks they are weathered clasts from the Cambrian mountain deposits as well, so I'm a little more comfortable labeling them as such for the time being. I was questioning it a bit due to the fact I've seen similar burrowing in the Peedee matrix chunks I've found at Holden, but the Cretaceous ones are either larger and in a less solid material, or something completely different altogether, which ties into my recent special finds. Next time I visit GMR I'll have to make a point of checking out the cobbles in the creek for more, it'd be nice to find some that have the three-dimensional mold condition. I do find them in Virginia that way occasionally, though it's less common than the eroded, "two-dimensional" ones. I haven't given up on Triassic stuff yet! I've befriended some swell folks in the area I live that may be able to assist me in my endeavors, so we'll see how it goes over time. I haven't forgotten to get in touch with the museums on that tooth either, though I'll admit I kind of delayed it a bit in order to have it be part pf a display of the Triassic fossils I did very recently! -
Looks like a piece of an obsidian cobble. The shell imprint looks like a weathered, time worn conchoidal fracture. Can you show the shiny slick side? Problem is ...I don't know that Florida has obsidian. Looked it up, apparently there was volcanic activity long ago. "The Florida plateau, which is the platform upon which Florida is perched, was formed about 530 million years ago by a combination of volcanic activity and marine sedimentation during the early Ordovician Period." "Florida's volcanic and sedimentary rocks (found 0.6 to 3 miles below the surface) have similar compositions and ages to rocks of Senegal, Africa, and are markedly different from those from the rest of SE North America (Dallmeyer et al. 1987; Lane 1994)."
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It looks like black glass.
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shell imprint on a sandstone coble- so yes it is a fossil.
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Very nice images, and congratulations on your new finds!
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I apologize in advance...I know nothing of fossils. A friend gave me this. It's from the coal mine by Sparta Illinois. The same mines that the pyrite suns come from. He said it was a snail. Here's my dumb question... is the snail the whole thing or just the small circle in the middle? As i stated...i know nothing of this so thank you for your help.
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Found this today with in my fossil shells dirt. It looks like a shell, rock, bone all in one.
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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
I have lots to sell. I keep my absolute favorites and the rest 😌 no room in an RV. Hence the wall of fossils lol -
But it will always be Burma (Moorhen) to me. (Sly cultural reference there for those to puzzle out.) Cheers. -Ken
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I'm exceedingly loquacious and I've got barely half Tony's count (I might top him in overall word count). Few will come close to matching Chas' total of over 40K but he was a daily fixture here on the forum chronically posting for many years. As always, the point of this forum is not to collect digital badges but to share in a community of like-minded enthusiasts with a passion for fossils. Longer term members who have shared a good bit of their fossil knowledge and made TFF a welcoming place for the rest of the membership will hopefully appreciate the role they play in being an important member on this forum--even if there is not a specific badge for marking a milestone. Tammy and I have had the honor of meeting Tony a few times in the field and found him to be as friendly and knowledgeable in person as he is textually. Here's to the next 20K, Tony! Cheers. -Ken
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Beautiful as always Kris!
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I hope these photos make more sense to you than they do for me...
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Surely. Thanks for the opportunity to elaborate for everybody's edification. The genus Heterodontus is common in localities like Sharktooth Hill in Bakersfield, CA (where I became familiar with this species while picking micro-matrix). This genus has been found in Florida (recently) but it is not yet scientifically known as nothing has been published about this unusual genus which is now restricted to Pacific waters. An additional locality containing Heterodontus teeth in Florida is of scientific interest. The larger lateral/posterior crushing teeth are more commonly found as they are bigger and easier to spot. The tiny anterior grasping teeth are less commonly found. A Heterodontus anterior tooth from the Eocene is understandably of interest scientifically. Cheers. -Ken
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Kimber, I am ecstatic that Mike & Mike got to this thread first because I was going to make a fool of myself, mis_identifying your excellent find!!!
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This is a piece of the plastron of a soft-shelled turtle. Nice find. -
Ptychodus04’s Fossil Fish Prepapalooza
Fossilis Willis replied to Ptychodus04's topic in Fossil Preparation
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Mixosaurus I bought.
Crazyhen replied to JJ Lavoie's topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
There are smaller ones, but not so common. Like the two below (one is incomplete, one is complete). I hope I could prep them nicely when I have time. The "red plate" is from Luoping, Yunnan. The normal black plate is from Fuyun of Yunnan.
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A Little Bit of Everything - North Carolina
old bones replied to bockryan's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Nice finds! I like your mosasaur tooth.
