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I don't think its true shape can be determined.
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Nice! Now I have Pink Floyd’s song Time stuck in my head, which isn’t a bad earworm to have.
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Try the Rockd app to get age/formation information from a spot. iOS: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/rockd/id1153056624 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.macrostrat.rockd&hl=en_US&gl=US
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Newbie_1971 replied to Newbie_1971's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
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Tidgy's Dad replied to OverCaffeinated's topic in Member Introductions
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+1 for chert nodule.
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For the bryozoan ID, do you know which formation you were in?- 3 replies
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I failed to make clear my point: I don't think this is a deer incisor based on the shape. It appears to me to be a cropping tooth from a grazer like a sheep - a bovid, but that does not comport with the reported context of the find. bovid_incisor.mp4
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Agree with the others, not a fossil, but rather a piece of flint/chert.
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I'm not seeing a fossil here either.
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No specific trip planned, but I'll keep you in mind when I do go.
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I could be wrong, but it may be a flint nodule. Just a thought
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First of all, I really like your username (I can relate) For the most part, spots that are very popular- and thus well searched, don't have the best stuff at least in my experience. What we did, and what I'd personally recommend, is for you to learn about the local layers in your area. Read a bit on local shale/limestone/sandstone layers, and if there is fossils reported in those layers, try to find an exposure. Not sure what kind of fossil hunting your after, but we checked out a bunch of roadcuts- we've found decent stuff by stumbling on some good layers. Of course, check local laws and ordinances. It took us a lot of prospecting before we started finding better fossils. So I guess I'd recommend to do a good amount of research. It's pretty fun to find fossils at a spot that you spent the time to discover Sorry that I can't really help you any further than that.
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Found this a while back on a landsite I was wondering if its worth taking out of the rock or if its better to use it as a display piece. Along with if anyone has any idea of what it could be, I think its a whale ear-bone or a tortoise leg spur. It for sure would have that bone valley blue in any case.
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After a long hiatus, I received a new guitar I get to go back to scale runs like in the old days. But as I was digging through my life's detritus, I rediscovered my Roland 1000. For those old enough, it can replicate much of Pink Floyd's album 'Dark Side of the Moon'. It is entirely analog. This was invented for no real reason at all. Much of computer science began this way as well. I just need an amp to play this again. It still works. Transistors and all. It has a switch for pink and white noise.
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Agree #2 is the ventral aspect of a crab; wide "apron" would indicate female, unsure as to genus or species.
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ted coulianos replied to Newbie_1971's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
"bumpy thing" is a fragment of bryozoan colony, maybe Monticulipora sp. ; enrolled trilobites look like Flexycalymene (meeki ??); looks like you were in the Ordovician. Hopefully, someone else will chime in and confirm.- 3 replies
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Hi Everyone! I'm a molecular biologist, and every time I do an outreach event folks end up asking me about dinosaurs (jurassic park, de-extinction, etc). Anyway, I don't know much about ACTUAL dinosaurs, but maybe I should - eager to learn. Happy to be here and interested in any recommended books/resources. Thanks for letting me join.
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I went out today for a couple of hours and found some good stuff. Could someone help me out please, and let me know what the bumpy grayish brown thing is with the pattern (in the first photo), and the last 3 photos (besides the last, which is an isotelus) thank you!
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Hello, I hope this is the appropriate location to post this question, my apologies if it isn't. Does anyone have advice or location suggestions for fossil hunting in the Florida panhandle region? The few locations that have been suggested to me *appear* to not legally allow collecting. I am alright with just observing, but my preference is to have the option to collect. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
