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I have no knowledge of this ammonite’s history. Does anyone have any idea of its type? It’s about 5 to 6 inches in diameter, a portion of it being fossilized with calcite.
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From the album: Russian Upper Volgian ammonites
Moscow, Fili Park, Kachpurites fulgens zone. Ammonites have pinkish color, fragile and very rarely preserved with umbilicus -
From the album: Russian Upper Volgian ammonites
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From the album: Russian Upper Volgian ammonites
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My 9 year old daughter’s collection had outgrown the old shelves so we took a trip to Ikea today to get something more suitable. Though I don’t think it’ll be long before this one is full too... From top to bottom; ‘Ice Age’ A mammoth tooth, couple of mammoth ribs and a few other bits Purchases A few things we’ve bought, including some fish, a nice display of pecten and a few teeth (plesiosaur, mosasaur, spino) North Yorkshire finds The best of our finds on the coast (excluding ammonites) including a lot of belemnites, bivalves and a couple of ichthyosaur verts Other purchases A potamon and a pea crab, a few trilobites and other bits and pieces Ammonites Nearly all found ourselves on the coast but a couple of purchases too. Local river finds Some rugose coral, crinoids, stigmaria and a few brachiopods Hoping to add plenty of interesting new fossils with a week on the Jurassic Coast in August
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Hi All, Over a year ago I found this in situ NSR - Ozan formation Late Cretaceous; Gulfian Series. It's the only one I've found like this in both size and fossilization. I'm terrible with ammonite identifications and would love to put a name to this little specimen and an opinion on if this might be a heteromorphic ammonite? Might it be a Scaphites sp? Thanks! Suture lines:
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I made a trip to a new creek in Hill County last Thursday. This is another Eagle Ford creek, though it is very close to Austin Chalk coverage. It was another creek that's tough to hike in places. Even with my new, first time ever, prescription glasses on, I didn't find a whole lot, but I did bring home a few interesting pieces. Here are opposite direction views of the same outcrop in the creek. It has the blue gray clay you find so often in Eagle Ford outcrops. There were lots and lots of small ammonite imprints in rocks, like the one in the upper left part of this rock, but no surviving ammonite fossils that I found. And there were lots and lots of shell fragments in rocks. These were bigger than most. This rock looks like just another of those with lots of shell fragments. But this side view of the same rock shows a hidden jewel I almost missed. That's a ptychodus tooth. Shark teeth were few and far between in the creek, but here are a couple of pretty ones, though small, still in the matrix. As I get more experience, I've gotten better about not just picking up everything neat looking that I find. But I couldn't resist this, one of the larger bison teeth I've run across. There were lots of hard to identify fossils in the rocks. That looks like some kind of tooth on the left, but I have no idea what the others are. They all look too delicate to remove from the matrix, but I may do a bit of pick work to try and tell better what they are. And finally, this bone. The first photo shows a view of each side of it. There is still a bit of rock attached. I didn't remove any matrix from it; this is just the way I found it. The last photo shows a side view. Does anyone have a clue what this is?
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Hi everyone, As a beginner i have picked up some pyrite nuggets which hopefully have fossils underneath (hopefully an ammonite). I am wondering which is the best way to uncover what lay beneath (if anything). Lots of mixed methods on the web so can anyone advise which is the best way to start please. Thank you
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While out on a hunt in the Marias River Shale (Cretaceous) near Fort Benton, MT, I found what I believe to be either a holoscaphites or clioscaphites, based on the research I have done. The rocks in the exposure are quite segmented and eroded and don't take much force to break apart; a few small taps from my hammer made the rock, and the fossil inside, essentially fall apart into several pieces. My question is not one of ID, but rather of how to best prepare this fossil. From looking around this forum, it seems that many people use super glue for repairs that aren't very large. Would super glue be smart to use here, or should I order some Paleo-Bond? My best guess is that this fossil is only about 10 cm across or so, but it's hard to tell because it's in pieces. I am also about 95% sure that I got all the pieces, but I'm sure there's small fragments missing here and there. Is it important/necessary to fill in missing bits with epoxy, clay, etc.? My next question is about the white powder that covers this fossil. Most every fossil I found still in matrix had some amount of white powder on it, so I can assume it's either part of the shell or a chemical/geological effect of the fossilization process. Is this powder important to the integrity/aesthetic of the fossil, or is it something that can/should be cleaned/removed? There are some very neat internal structures visible on the breaks, plus some crystallization. The white material rubs off at the slightest touch. I have tried my best to minimize how much white comes off the main segments (this one was a swipe off a piece of the negative). I have not done anything to this fossil except attempted to fit the larger pieces together to make sure I'm not missing any other major pieces; I've already made one return trip to the site to recover some bits that I know I left behind the first time. Please let me know if I need to upload more pictures. I would love to repair this gorgeous ammonite and do it justice by not destroying it even more. Thank you!
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A quick half-day trip to a few new sights yielded some exciting finds for me. I'm not well versed in Eagle Ford fauna but here goes! There were many of the boulders comprised almost entirely of oysters and bivalves: I was mainly looking for teeth and had no idea I'd find an ammonite so I was surprised with this find. On of the reasons why I love fossil hunting so much is that you never know what you might find out there! This heron flew in literally 6 ft behind me as I was inspecting the creek bank. I heard a whoosh and turned around and there it was. After nearly jumping out of my skin I froze and watched it head upstream. A few minutes later a sounder of hogs started snorting and I walked around the bend and they were snorting at the heron - something I'd never seen before! My favorite find of the trip a 2 inch shark tooth (Cretodus I think). My first Ptychodus tooth hidden amongst the pebbles! I thought this was a goblin shark tooth when I found it because it was covered in mud. After cleaning it up at home now I'm wondering if its a partial reptile tooth (maybe Pliosaur)? The largest find was this section of bone: The only artifact (if it is one) was this possible Native American bead: The oysters and bivalves cleaned up! I was surprised with how many were present as well as how many were complete. And lastly a few more of the shark fauna: Hope you enjoyed! The trip was worth the heat, poison ivy, constant mosquitos, and running into several sounders of hogs!
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Hello everyone, I am new to the Forum , I was trying to determine if this is a Pachydiscus or Smaller Parapuzosia ? Thank You
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From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
REMPC-C0039 Aioloceras besairiei (polished) Cretaceous, Albian Boeny Region, Southwest of Mahajunga, Madagascar-
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From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
REMPC-C0036 Aioloceras besairiei Cretaceous, Albian Boeny Region, Southwest of Mahajunga, Madagascar-
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I purchased this ammonite a few years ago at a store it was supposedly found in Utah, U.S.A. Now I'm wondering if it's real or not. Any input is appreciated.
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So I bought this ammonite at a shop while I was on vacation but it didn't have the species/genus with it. So I would really like to know what the species is (if possible). Thanks in advance!
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From the album: Prae's Collection (REMPC)
Ammonite - Indeterminate species Jurassic, Tithonian Solnhofen Limestone, Altmuhltal Formation Bavaria, Germany -
Dear forumers. Need your help with ID of this ammonite. D about 4cm. Cretaceous, albian.
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Hey y'all, I'd like any ID's on genus or even species, if possible. Below - Ammonite partial, Comanche peak formation, from a creek in round rock (which is just north of austin) Below, a Coral, from the same creek in round rock, but on a different formation. According to the map, it could either be Buda formation or Eagle Ford
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From the album: Fossildude's Purchased/Gift Fossils
Dactylioceras tenuicostatum. Jurassic A gift from my good friend and fossil hunting partner, Jeffrey P. Thank you, @Jeffrey P ! It looks great in my display case.© 2021 Tim Jones
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Here are some pictures of my latest fossil hunting trip. I have been going to post oak creek a lot for shark teeth and wanted to try something new out. I found a steep embankment on a river in Tarrant county with several partial ammonites sticking out. After climbing down the embankment I found an assortment of fossils. I am not sure of the period or the formation in Tarrant county but there was quite a variety. Picture 2 is a conglomeration of marine fossils. Picture 3 is a nice ammonite I went back and chiseled away later. I will post that picture later but it was a very nice enact one. Pictures 4 and 5 are of a nice ammonite that unfortunately broke as I was removing it from the matrix but I was able to piece it back together. It was also interesting to see the internal structure of it as well. The rest are just closeups of common fossils except for the last 4 pictures 13-16 I have no idea what they are. Any ideas? 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16.
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From the album: C&D Canal Micro Fossils
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I'm new, both to the forum and to fossil collecting in general. As with my new rock hounding hobby, I'd like to keep my collection constrained to specimins I've collected myself as much as I can. Thus far, I have a couple of moderately-sized brachipods (fingernail-sized), several crinoid stem segments, and at least one as-yet unidentified.
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A recent trip which i found a beautiful cannon ball full of ammonites inside. It's my best one so far.
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Hello! Found these ammonites (?) in a rock at Lyme Regis today but not sure how (if possible) I could extract them and see if there's more in the rock? Also I'd be interested to know the minerals they are made of if anyone knows. There's also a few sparkly crystal looking bits in the rock. Thanks! Eloise (:
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