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Brevicollis replied to sixgill pete's topic in General Fossil Discussion
I didnt expect you were that young ! Most of the members I know the age of, were nearly fossils themselves... -
Picked up from the surface. I believe this to be bone. It was associated with the Poison Creek Formation in Southwest Idaho. Fossil in this area is lake shore. Petrified wood, Fish jaws/teeth/vertebrae. The photos show the fossil wetted with tapwater sitting on the seat of a lawnchair.
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I agree with @Brevicollis. @Fossildude19 may want to remove the price, as we don't disclose or discuss those here.
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Well, Jp I will leave it to others who pay more attention to Megatooths than I to answer your questions. I am just going to add a photo so you will know when you find one of those Juvenile Megs with Cusps.. I believe that I was hunting with @Sacha when I picked this up...
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What's the Story Behind Your Screen Name
Fossildude19 replied to sixgill pete's topic in General Fossil Discussion
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Picked up from fine lacustrine sediment associated with Lake Idaho in SW Idaho. No other signs of like fossil around it.
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Thank you for the quick response! I’ll look into that!
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Moroccan Otodus obliquus tooth maybe ? I have teeth labeled as these, and they look very similar to yours. @Fin Lover, @Al Dente
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I exactly wanted to argue the opposite, this not being crocodile, as those teeth, in my experience, are often somewhat laterally compressed and may exhibit horizontal banding in the enamel - neither of which features is present here...
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Hey everyone, I bought this tooth from a local art store and the owner didn’t have any information on it aside from how she bought it online. I paid $15 for it and was wondering if it’s possible to ID the shark it’s from and any information pertaining to that. Thank you in advance! Quarter for scale!
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I agree.
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Requienia bivalve? (Austin Chalk, South Central Texas, USA)
JohnJ replied to Jiesen's topic in Fossil ID
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Thank you , Harry. I’ve bookmarked the website for future use too. For what it’s worth, whomever is responsible for the “readability” of the info on elasmo does an incredible job of making it accessible to a wide level of educate. So, Florida Specifically: Pre- Miocene species would be limited to discovery in the areas where the Ocala and Suwannee limestone are present? Meaning that in the Peace river the earliest that’s represented would be the early Miocene versions of the Chubutensis? The cusps… if this is a can of worms just put the top back on… I feel like it’s a big question: why would the evolution out of a cusp feature be different than a mammal evolving the removal of a pre molar tooth? I guess I’m confused as to why sharks evolved into different species because of simple dental changes but other genus evolved over their existence and were not reclassified as separate species? Jp C. aksuaticus (MENNER, 1928) [late Early Eocene] C. auriculatus (BLAINVILLE, 1818) [early Middle Eocene] C. sokolovi (JAEKEL, 1895) [late Middle Eocene to Early Oligocene] C. angustidens (AGASSIZ, 1843) [Early Oligocene] C. chubutensis AMEGHINO, 1906 [Late Oligocene] C. megalodon (AGASSIZ, 1835 or 1837) [Miocene]
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Hi all! First post here! I'm a newbie fossil enthusiast, went fossil hunting near Whitby and found this interesting piece, I'm not quite sure what it might be? It's about the size of a playing card, and from what I can tell it has pyrite growing on the sides of it. I gave it a good wash and scrub with a toothbrush, any thoughts? Thanks!
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Right on cue, yesterday morning when I went to swap my nodules from the freezer, another coprinoscolex (i think) popped open. This one is far better presented. Also wanted to show a major stroke of luck. About a month ago I went to my first trip to Torino Hill with my kid and I found a small open concretion that was definitely something, but in the field and not cleaned up I had no idea. Turned out to be a Schramine max (thanks Andrew Young for the ID!) I decided to head back about 10 days later and invited some ESCONI members along on my boat. Believe it or not I actually found the other half of this dime sized concretion among millions of shards and stones, maybe halfway up the hill in a rain water gully, 100’ away from where I found the first half. Still working on my photography skills - the washed out one is under a lighted magnifying glass - hopefully I can get a bit better!
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... Thanks My vote: North-East Great Britain, Yorkshire-Coast, Lower Jurassic, Toarc The nodule reminds me to the nodules with Dactylioceras from there. Only problem for me: the ?Calcit-druse. Never seen this from there before
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Requienia bivalve? (Austin Chalk, South Central Texas, USA)
Jiesen replied to Jiesen's topic in Fossil ID
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6 more photos of number 8 as requested by @rocket. there doesnt seem to be much on the sides sadly, except a small opening which has - on the last very close up of the hole you can just make out the shapes linked to the inner part of spiral, they are much clearer without the photo but i cant get it to zoom in more (this was taken on macro). i would guess they are english as the auction was north east. but they said didnt know anything more and the contents were a guess
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Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
Images added to a gallery album owned by paleoflor in Member Collections
Album with fossils from the Piesberg quarry near Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany. This quarry exposes a Late Carboniferous (Westphalian D) paralic succession.- 10 comments
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See this: elasmo.com
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thank you 😊
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Age of the rocks. This is the problem with "species". Species don't really exist, or the concept stops working when the sample size is too big and complete. Since Otodus chubutensis is currently assumed to have evolved into Otodus megalodon, you get later stage chubs that are very similar to the early stage megs. You also naturally will get individuals within O. megalodon that would still look like O. chubutensis.
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The difference between Megalodon teeth and Chubutensis teeth is that they have protruding cusps. Unlike Megalodon, Chubutensis has cusps on both sides as shown in the picture!
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when you have a minute to educate a novice. What is the noticeable difference that makes this a Chub instead of a Meg? I am aware they are both mega sharks but I can’t see the difference with my limited knowledge. Thanks Jp
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This ones reminds me to some finds I did in Great Britain at the beach of the south coast. Could you please post a pic more from the Nr. 8? I love to see it from the sides to see if the ammonit has something like spins, a rim or...? Do you have any idea about the continent they have been found?
