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Where was this found? County, state or region, county or department? Location is the foundation of any ID attempts.
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Talityphis floridanus (Dall, 1889). Similar to T. harrisi, but more elongated and greater degree of curvature of the tubular varices towards the spire. In my experience T. floridanus occurs in the Lower Pleistocene while T. harrisi in the Upper Pliocene. If found in the same location as your other specimens, then Lower Pleistocene Caloosahatchee Formation. Mike
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It looks like a tooth but for anyone to ID what animal this went to they'll want photos of the chewing surface indicated by this black arrow I added to your photo;
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don't worry i am going to post a clear picture soon sorry about
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Can anyone tell me what this is please
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That line down the middle tells me it is not a tooth, but a clearer picture would be worth 1000 words.
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I had broke open a rock and found some other fossils but this one caught my eye the most. I am new to this identification thing. So anyone know if it’s a tooth or not?
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It is likely Silurian. There are a lot of Silurian dolostones scattered in the park.
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Maybe one of the mods or admins could gently nudge this topic over to General Discussion?
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@Mikrogeophagus I was definitely looking for conodonts, but I've never found any, so it's possible I missed them, even though I generally "know" what to look for. But I think I would have noticed them if there were any...at least I hope I would!
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No. Posting replies and topics goes towards the post count, unless they are posted in Member Introductions. Those do not get counted.
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20000, that a lot..., I am around 10% of this, so, might be, in 20 years...
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Beautiful finds, especially the ammonoids! Intact Gonioloboceras seem to be quite rare.
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Very minor prep on this. Cleaned a little around the teeth and upper palate. Last picture is where it was found on the beach under about 6 inches of water at low tide. Besides teeth from these animals, skull components are surprisingly rare to find. 2 hours of prep time finished on 4-16-2024 Date of Discovery: 4-10-2024 Preparation Completion Date: April 16, 2024 Scientific and/or Common Name: Desmostylus hesperus skull Geologic Formation and/or Geologic Age: Miocene-Astoria Formation 17.2 mya State, Province, or Region Found: Lincoln County Oregon
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A House Finch, Haemorhous mexicanus, occupies a tree at the margin of a SC salt marsh...
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Hot off the press! Collantes, L. 2023 Trilobites and Stratigraphy of the Marianian Stage (Cambrian Series 2) of the Ossa-Morena Zone, SW Iberia. [Trilobites e Estratigrafia do Marianiano (Séries 2, Câmbrico) da Zona de Ossa-Morena Zone, SW da Ibéria.] PhD Thesis, Universidade de Coimbra, 245 pp. OPEN ACCESS PDF
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A Common Gallinule, Gallinula galeata, navigates the waters of a SC swamp...
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Tiny little babies. Nothing is over half an inch. Most are about a 1/4 inch or smaller.
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A Little Bit of Everything - North Carolina
bockryan replied to bockryan's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Lastly, we had a separate trip to Holden that started off very slow, with very few finds on the first day. The second day got off to a much better start, with the nice half crocodilian scute and many more teeth. The last find of the day was my first mosasaur tooth, not a huge one but well preserved and sticking out of a patch of sand that probably 100 people had walked over that day. I have spent a lot of time in Big Brook and Holden looking for one, so was very pleased. The collected finds from this trip also include a number from another trip to GMR, which is honestly becoming my favorite hunting spot, despite the distance from DC. Ryan
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A Little Bit of Everything - North Carolina
bockryan replied to bockryan's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
On the way home I stopped by the famous GMR in Greenville, NC and came away with one very nice tooth as well as some other interesting finds and a bucket of worn/broken teeth. I stopped when I saw my credit card floating in the stream, as I had dropped it while searching - that was a close enough call that I decided I had had a lucky enough day!
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Is there a way to more gently approach/explain pareidolia to people on here? Many seem to take offense to the suggestion and we often end up with some degree of negative interaction, and a locked post.
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Lake Jacksboro TX PSoA Field Trip
Collector9658 replied to JamieLynn's topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Very cool and pretty finds. Thanks for sharing.- 5 replies
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Long overdue to post about some of my NC finds from earlier this year! First up was a very exciting trip to the NC Triassic to look for a variety of plant fossils, which were my first Mesozoic plants. Beautiful white coloring on some of them as well, the matrix is extremely soft (you can easily scrape it with your finger nails) so I've done some experimenting with how to best consolidate them without damaging the visual effect. Not a ton of variety at the site, but they are abundant and sometimes surprisingly well preserved. I have found Otozamites hespera and Otozamites Powelli, as well as a few other kinds of plants. I also disturbed a "hibernating" lizard, initially I was concerned that my digging had injured him, but after a some time in the sun he scampered off seemingly no worse for the experience.
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