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Hi guys , I hope you can help me in identifying this rock .I found it in a small dry river in Catalunya. It is covered by small quartz or calcite crystals I think. I am not sure if it is a fossil, maybe a coral fossil? Thank you 🙏
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Placosmilia vidali Mallada, 1892 Location: Lleida, Catalonia, Spain Age: 86-84 Mya (Santonian, Upper Cretaceous) Measurements: 5,4x3,7 cm Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Cnidaria Subphylum: Anthozoa Class: Hexacorallia Order: Scleractinia Family: Montlivaltiidae -
My father found these fossils near Vilafranca del Penedes (Catalonia). I would be grateful if someone could identify their species (I do not know even if there is more than one) and how old could they be. Their size is up to 25 cm and on the narrow end can be seen, in some of them, a few grooves, sometimes blue in colour while the rest looks mostly pale yellow.
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A new genus of Troodontid has been described from late Maastrichtian fluvial deposits of Spain's Talarn formation (Tremp Group). It was named Tammaro insperatus named for a small, elusive creature from local folklore and the latin word for unexpected due to where it was found. Very interesting to see this family of dinosaurs officially represented in Europe's fossil record, along with the overall diversity on the continent when it was still archipelagic. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-83745-5 http://www.sci-news.com/paleontology/tamarro-insperatus-09426.html Holotype metatarsal II http://cdn.sci-news.com/images/enlarge8/image_9426_2e-Tamarro-insperatus.jpg Artist's reconstruction (Oscar Sanisidro): http://cdn.sci-news.com/images/2021/03/image_9426_1-Tamarro-insperatus.jpg
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First described by Dr. Sebastián Calzada (Batalleria nº 5. Barcelona, December 1995) Named after Lluís Viladrich, amateur paleontologist (1957-2006)
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Initially named Rhynchonella sardanyolae by Josep Ramon Bataller, revised by Dr. Sebastián Calzada as Viarhynchia n.gen.cerdanyolae in this paper. (In Spanish) ID of this specimen confirmed by Dr. Calzada Genus named in honor of Dr. Lluis Via Specific name toponimical: municipality of Sant Julià de Cerdanyola
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Hello! I'm both new to the forum and new to fossil hunting. I have been hiking regularly in Catalonia for six years and am often surprised at how many fossils I happen to come across along the trails. I have a lot to learn about finding and identifying fossils and look forward to sharing new and interesting finds.
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Hello! I'm new to the forum and fossil hunting. I've actually come to it by way of hiking. I've been hiking for years and grown curious about my finds. Most I've come across are easily identifiable, but these two have proven more challenging. A geologist friend suggested that they are a type of echinodermata. But since the first has six rays I thought it might possibly be evactinopora radiata. However, the examples of evactinopora radiata I have seen online are significantly smaller than this example. I know I should have photographed a coin or something next to them to give them scale, but I didn't do that with my early finds. The first fossil, with six rays, was about six inches across at the widest point. The second, with five rays, is about four inches across. I found them next to each other embedded in the rock north of Barcelona at the following coordinates: 42° 08'08.20" N, 2° 14'22.17" E I don't know if it is of any help, but I added the third photo as an example of other fossils I found in the area. Any help is appreciated!
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Seacows in the street. Museum für Naturkunde Leibniz- Institut für Evolutions- und Biodiversitätsforschung https://www.naturkundemuseum.berlin/en/insights/research/seacows-street El fòssil de vaca marina trobat a Girona té més de 40 milions d'anys, ACN, http://www.emporda.info/multimedia/videos/cultura/2016-06-28-104691-fossil-vaca-marina-trobat-girona-milions-danys.html Fossils under your feet: Ancient sea cow found in Spanish street, Society of Vertebrate Paleontology, October 28, 2016 http://phys.org/news/2016-10-fossils-feet-ancient-sea-cow.html https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-10/sovp-fuy102816.php http://scienmag.com/fossils-under-your-feet-ancient-sea-cow-found-in-spanish-street/ Yours, Paul H.