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Possible Megafauna Metapodial ID found near Florida/bama border
ccjj2244 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hey y'all, First post here and would definitely enjoy any input on this bone I found today. It measures 4.15" in length. Thanks!
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Found this fossil on the bank of the Bow River just below the Bassano Dam in Alberta while I was fishing. Pretty sure is is a fossil but not sure what from. Let me know of any more info is needed.
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Hello all, I am very excited to join this forum. My name is Miguel, I am originally from Colombia although I am living in Florida right now. I work at the National Museum of Natural History in DC, and had to move back to FL because of the pandemic. Some friends from the Florida Wildlife Research Institute introduced me to fossiling here and I cannot get enough. So far my favorite pieces from the Peace River are an Otodus megalodon tooth and several glyptodont dermal plates! Throughout this pandemic I've had to create my own little lab at home which has been evolving little by little. I bought an old stereo microscope may last year, and this led to me not stopping buying them (I think I have a problem now... haha); I think that I have around 30 and I am just fixing them and restoring them. I was very excited to hear that there is some people looking for microfossils, which is something have been dabbling into, so keep and eye out for me crashing that topic sometime. I hope to learn a lot from you and hopefully help spread the word about the engaging field of paleontology. Thanks: Miguel Montalvo
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Hi guys! I am looking for new areas to hunt for rocks and fossils around the KC area. I have been to the Blue river, Kansas river, Cedar creek, Tuttle creek, Perry Lake, Mill creek, and abandoned quarry areas. Anyone have any general locations of where I can find some stuff? I am an avid hunter for all sorts of fossils and rocks (rockhounding is my favorite past time)! I've had the most luck at the Kansas river and Perry lake. Some of my finds include cow skulls, cone coral, shells, agates, vertebrae, and a bunch of druzy quartz geodes and chalcedony. I have included pics of some of my finds - the petrified wood was sanded down and polished up to 3000 grit. Any suggestions are GREATLY appreciated!!!!! Much love KC!
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Hello! I'm a Central Florida native, but have been out of town for the last decade. I'm looking to get into fossil hunting in the greater Tampa area. Anything from riverbank sifting to offshore diving interests me. Any tips are greatly appreciated. Thanks!
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Did subglacial meltwater create Martian channels and valleys?
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Geology
The below article is discouraging as far as the possibility of Martian fossils. Early Mars was covered in ice sheets, not flowing rivers, researchers say University of British Columbia, August 3, 2020 Summary: "A large number of the valley networks scarring Mars's surface were carved by water melting beneath glacial ice, not by free-flowing rivers as previously thought, according to new research.' Grau Galofre, A., Jellinek, A.M. & Osinski, G.R,. 2020, Valley formation on early Mars by subglacial and fluvial erosion. Nature Geoscience, 2020 Other recent papers: Shaw, J., Gilbert, R.G., Sharpe, D.R., Lesemann, J.E. and Young, R.R., 2020. The origins of s-forms: Form similarity, process analogy, and links to high-energy, subglacial meltwater flows. Earth-Science Reviews, 200, p.102994. Rodriguez, J.A.P., Dobrea, E.N., Kargel, J.S., Baker, V.R., Crown, D.A., Webster, K.D., Berman, D.C., Wilhelm, M.B. and Buckner, D., 2020. The Oldest Highlands of Mars May Be Massive Dust Fallout Deposits. Scientific reports, 10(1), pp.1-15. Open Access Yours, Paul H. -
Hello, I'm excited to join the forum! I'm looking forward to learning more about fossils in general and hopefully more about some of my finds. I'm from North Carolina and primarily search along the Neuse River near New Bern. Thanks!
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Good afternoon, We are new and learning so much about searching for fossils, primarily shark teeth. My husband, Luis and I, Valerie, are eager to become more involved. I only started this past August on the beaches of Manasota key. I want so much to do this every weekend, but driving 3-4 hours is not always feasible and we wish we could find areas closer to home. I keep searching for historical geological maps too in hopes that we may find a nearby source. We have since joined a local club hoping to learn more and have applied for our fossil license too. Any links we can read up on and any information would be great! I know many prefer to keep the "SPOTS" private, however a general direction would be nice.
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Good morning to all, I will be traveling to Seabrook, South Carolina on Saturday (6/15/19), and have been doing some research regarding potential sites to go shark tooth/fossil hunting. I have been fascinated with fossils and shark teeth my entire life, but never lived in a location to support this hobby. I've read that Summerville, Charleston, and Cooper River (maybe off-shooting creeks), are common spots, but I'd like to have a more calculated game plan than just stopping at random rivers/creeks LOL. After reading through several of the forums here, I understand that some basic advice would be to utilize google earth or maps, and attempt to locate "dredge spots" in rivers..? Would anyone be willing to help a newbie out with some research 101 type advice? Again, your craft absolutely AMAZES me!!! Any and all advice is greatly appreciated!!!
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I'm about to go to Venice FL, hopefully will find some small shrimpers and maybe a few medium sized teeth I know there aren't any gators in the ocean, but if I were to plan a trip to the Peace River or other similar locations --- would gators be a huge problem? I'm not from Florida, and I would really appreciate any advice on how to ward them away or avoid them in general (like what time they are most active, where to look before diving, etc). Thanks!
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Can Rivers Cause Earthquakes? If so, it could help explain some quakes that happen far from tectonic-plate boundaries, By Charlie Shobe, Scientific American, Dec. 18, 2018 https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/can-rivers-cause-earthquakes/ Rivers can cause earthquakes, geologists claim By Brooks Hays, UPI https://www.upi.com/Rivers-can-cause-earthquakes-geologists-claim/5161545400911/ UK Researcher Suggests Rivers May Cause Earthquakes By Jenny Wells, University of Kentucky, Dec. 21, 2018 https://uknow.uky.edu/research/uk-researcher-suggests-rivers-may-cause-earthquakes The paper is: Gallen, S.F. and Thigpen, J.R., 2018. Lithologic Controls on Focused Erosion and Intraplate Earthquakes in the Eastern Tennessee Seismic Zone. Geophysical Research Letters, 45(18), pp.9569-9578. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327600717_Lithologic_Controls_on_Focused_Erosion_and_Intraplate_Earthquakes_in_the_Eastern_Tennessee_Seismic_Zone https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Ryan_Thigpen https://agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2018GL079157 Yours, Paul H.
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Hi, just found this forum. I am completely new to this. Seen quite a few folks in my area with nice shark teeth finds and started recently to look for the during walks on the beaches of Sullivan's Island and Isle of Palms close to our house. Was (am) getting frustrated as I have not found a single one yet . Hence, my quest for information on "how to" and as a result ended up with links to this forum. I have always been fascinated by fossils and historic finds of all nature and would like to dive deeper (no pun intended) into it. I have a bay boat and am able to get to get to places in creeks, rivers, and remote beaches where others may not be able to get to. I have already read some good suggestions and will hopefully soon be able to post my first finds.
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Hi everyone! I'm fairly new to Beaufort, SC. Recently moved up from FL where I hunted Peace River a lot. I'm hoping to connect with other fossil hunters in the area and maybe gain some local knowledge. I've watched a ton of videos of nice megalodon teeth being found in Summerville/Charleston area land sites, creeks, ditches. What I'm looking for is the possibility of similar sites here in Beaufort County but I don't know enough about local formations to draw any conclusions. I'm not a diver yet so my main focus is on land at the moment. I've hunted the sands at Port Royal with minimal success (the occasional small meg) but I'm really looking for the bigger stuff. I also have a kayak if that helps! Any info is greatly appreciated! Thanks!
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I have not been at this very long. I have only been casually looking for sharks teeth at Jacksonville Beach, and then the obsession began. I have been to Casperson, Venice beach and the sweet little Mulberry Phosphate Museum in Lakeland. I met some really cool folks from the Lee County Fossil Club there who were experienced fossil hunters. I really don't know how to look for anything anywhere other than the beach. If I take a trip up the Wasissa or Aculia rivers near Tallahassee, where should I look? Im also petrified of snakes, so I may need to stick to the beach. I'm obsessed with Ray plates and shiny sharks teeth, and vertebra too. I have one book on fossils in florida and how to find them, but it's not really practical advice.
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Always keeping an eye out for potential Pleistocene stuff I spotted this large slippage of flints and orange sediments at the Lower Chalk cliffs near Ventnor on the Isle Of Wight whilst looking for Ammo's and Sharks teeth etc. I was wondering whether anyone could possibly identify if this is a slippage of river gravels or not. Any help would be really appreciated.
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