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From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
From the album: Crustacean Fossils of the Pliocene era in South East Queensland.
Sentinel crabs from the Pliocene era. -
Hi, I would really appreciate an ID on these crustaceans found 2019 at Miami, Mermaid And Nobby beaches on the Gold Coast, Australia. I've done some basic research and came up with Pliocene era. Thankyou so much!
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Nodule with embedded object (is it a fossil or mineral accretion?)
Gramps posted a topic in Fossil ID
All, I wonder if someone may have an opinion about the object(s) in the small nodule shown here? The entire nodule is about 0.63 inch wide x 0.75 inch long x 0.5 inch thick (1.6 cm x 1.9 cm x 1.3 cm). It came from an area of shale that is likely of Pennsylvanian age in Northeastern Oklahoma. The shale from this location has many fossil marine invertebrates. I'm assuming its a mineral formation, but any thoughts would be appreciated. It is very hard to get the 3-D relief to show up in photos, so several angles and lighting conditions are shown. Best wishes.
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All, I wonder if someone could help with an ID? The fossil in the pictures is about 0.75 inch (1.9 cm) wide x 0.75 inch (1.9 cm) long. It is about 0.125 inch (0.3 cm) thick at the two large “horn-shaped” raised areas. It came from an area of marine fossils (crinoids, corals, brachiopods, bryzoans) in shale that is likely of Pennsylvanian age in Northeastern Oklahoma. The fossil seems to have two small parallel ridges running through the middle where the halves meet. Also the left and right sides are roughly symmetrical. These features make me wonder if it comes from the midline of some organism with bilateral symmetry. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Best wishes.
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With extra time, I have been landscaping , sorting, and cleaning out fossil deposits around the house. I have rediscovered a number of unusual items. This being one of the most unusual. 3 to 1 marine versus land fossils. Once found a Llama sacrum that resembled this at 10-15x the size. Thought about fish nose, but never found one and really do not know.
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From the album: Mancos Shale - Grand Junction, CO
Marine burrow. Found this down in the Mancos shale, loose. Possibly from the overlying Mesaverde formation. I have seen many burrows in the Mesaverde sandstone. -
This is one of many fossils I have that range from marine fossils of ordovician or silurian to plant fossils in paleolithic era. Some are likely common to those with much experience, but a few Ive not been able to see even one near the same. Any help or even a point to the right path is greatly appreciated. PS, these arent enough I know but Im limited by size & technical skill apparently.
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Found in stream in Eureka, MO, USA. About 1.5 inch diameter and 3 inch from base of fossil to inside hole.
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Alright, these are from an area I frequent. I get all sorts of different kinds depending on how high or low I search. I’ve taken some to a professor around me and he said the red material is hematite. I’ll add them in the comments
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I collect fossils in already disturbed areas around Scotts Valley, CA, mostly sand quarries and road cuts. The fossilized sand dollars I've collected date to the Miocene 10-12 million and, from what I understand, most everything found in this area is similar from a chronological point of view. This region was a vast, shallow ocean back then so most of the fossils are aquatic. An intact sea cow from this era was famously collected in this region. The first fossil I posted appears to be coral. The second remains unidentified, but someone floated the idea of a worn sea urchin. Here are a few more fragments. They look like fossilized bone to me, but I'm clueless.
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I collect fossils in already disturbed areas around Scotts Valley, CA, mostly sand quarries and road cuts. The fossilized sand dollars I've collected date to the Miocene 10-12 million and, from what I understand, most everything found in this area is similar from a chronological point of view. This region was a vast, shallow ocean back then so most of the fossils are aquatic. An intact sea cow from this era was famously collected in this region. The first fossil I posted appears to be coral. Ithought this one might be a shark tooth, but I'm now skeptical. I've also added a collection photo of the other little bits and scraps I found yesterday. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
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I collect fossils in already disturbed areas around Scotts Valley, CA, mostly sand quarries and road cuts. The fossilized sand dollars I've collected date to the Miocene 10-12 million and, from what I understand, most everything found in this area is similar from a chronological point of view. This region was a vast, shallow ocean back then so most of the fossils are aquatic. An intact sea cow from this era was famously collected in this region. The first fossil I posted appears to be coral. The second photo indicates a concavity. Thanks in advance for any help you can give me!
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Hello, I have been finding all sorts of neat rocks and marine fossils in the desert outside of Yuma, Arizona where the Colorado river had once flowed into a large ocean. Are these fossilized coral or sponges? I would appreciate an ID on the specimens, or speculations as to what they are? Thank you.
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Waiomu Beach , Thames Coromandel New Zealand 11 cm long 9cm wide 2cm thick Thankyou
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hello , Are these fossils? All found in at the beach Te puru ,Thames Corommandel New Zealand . Fossil 1 is roughly 8cm wide 5cm long Fossil 2 is 18 cm wide 15 long Rough estimations as I couldnt take them back with me im a newbie but i believe from what Ive read that theres alot of marine fossils in NZ.
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Hey Everyone! Found these cool bedding features whilst hiking a different route today from usual. Are these structures produced by turbidity currents or are they something completely different? Any reply would be very much appreciated. -Nick
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Had to split this into THREE posts: too many pictures! lol. My apologies for the large images; I thought they would be resizable once uploaded here. Will do better next time! PART I I honestly wasn't sure what to share for my first post here on TFF, but then I realized I just spent a week hitting my favorite (and some new) spots and decided maybe I'd make a post about that. I had to to pretty severely limit what images to include, and I apologize for not having a scale in each shot; I normally forget since I tend to shoot my finds just because I like the art of photography. The first location I decided to hunt is a pretty well-known one here in Texas. I've hunted the NSR in Fannin County multiple times over the past six months, always searching for a mosasaur vertebra; I have THE worst luck with good mosasaur finds! At the end of last summer I'd found one I had been told was digested (have since learned it may simply have been severely tumbled), and it was terribly ugly, so my search continued for another six months. On this most recent trip, I stumbled across not one, but three! Ironically, the very first one I found was the smallest one and I don't even think I realized what it was until I got home and looked at it; I initially thought it was just a chunk of random bone. The second one was more worn, but more about the size of what I was used to seeing posted online. The last one was enormous; it was so big and such an odd shape and color (from the red zone), that I hesitated even calling it a bone. I couldn't wait for some sort of ID, so I immediately posted images to the Dallas Paleo FB page and it was confirmed as a large, but shockingly worn mosasaur vert. Still, I was thrilled, even if they were all in rough shape! Beggars can't be choosers. These were some of the last things I found before I headed home, so it was great to end on a high note. Before all the vertebrae excitement, I found the usual assortment of things (along with other items not pictured, such as a couple of phosphatized clams and gastropods, pet wood, and bone fragments): Durania rudist, which I have always loved collecting, no matter how many I have. Ammonite fragment from the red zone. I have yet to find a complete ammonite from here, but I still enjoy the partials with suture marks. My first red zone baculites that still has a visible suture pattern! It's present on all sides. A day or two later, I visited a Pennsylvanian spot just west of Fort Worth. I've come to love this particular site, partly because it's a closer drive for me than most places, and partly because I had never heard of goniatites before I started hunting there a few months ago. I've been often enough at this point that I mainly focus on collecting the goniatite partials and the Tainoceras and Metacoceras nautiloid partials. I still pick up a random horn corals or gastropods if they are better than ones I've previously found, but I don't specifically look for them any more. This particular trip was quite interesting for two reasons: the paraconularia and a brachiopod. On my first visit or two to this location I was able to find a few paraconularia, but multiple trips after that produced none; most recently I stumbled across quite a few, and they were more complete than any I had found previously. As for the brachiopod, which I generally ignore, I spotted this Linoproductus half in the mud and could tell it was quite large, so I picked it up purely because of its size. It turned out to be quite beautiful and the only brachiopod I have displayed at home. I also got quite a tease. Right now one of the two top specimen on my "fossil bucket list" is a complete gonioloboceras; I realize this would be an incredibly lucky find, but I don't think I'll ever stop looking. Cephalpods are my favorite fossils. In any case, I managed to find a goniatite fragment that included both part of the top and the bottom and the center! I think I even laughed out loud when I found it. Maybe I'll just make a Frankenloboceras with all the pieces I have now! And, of course, the nautiloid pieces. [continued below]
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Looking to have growths id present on late cretaceous wood. The growths are the scales present on the wood. They appear to have been growing between wood layers. Wood is partly carbonized and not fully mineralized. Wood was drift wood mixed in with baculites and scaphites. Fossil taken in situ from upper part of Kevin mb of Marias Fm in Montana.
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Had a great day getting out this weekend and exploring some cretaceous clay outcroppings along the creek bed. Lots off impressions of shells but other interesting things that I don't recognize. Are they anything other than erosion patterns? I have more photos if needed. Thank you! ay ge I think the top is some type of shell but what about underneath?
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This fossil is about 6cm in diameter, from Luoping, Yunnan of China. Triassic. Any idea what kind of fossil it is?
