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I found this today at big brook in nj. It looks like a turtle to me...any thoughts?
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Hello together, for now something different: i bought the round objects pictured below cheaply on ebay. The only information the seller gives is that he found them on his attic with a note saying "eggs" No location, age or species mentioned. If they really are fossil eggs I´d tend to say turtle, because of their shape. So, can anyone tell me if these can be real eggs? Thanks, Jan
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Now I have seen many people state their fossils are from the kem kem beds and this normally follows taouz or begga ..but what exactly is this magically formation that gives us so many fossils? Well to start with the kem kem beds are composed in my opinion of two formation the earliest being the Aoufous and the earlier being the Ifezouane, and thats great but what are there how can I tell if my fossil dinosaur tooth comes from either one of these formations? That's a good question and while the Ifezouane formation to me remains a much of a mystery as I have only ever dug in this area twice here is a general description the fossils are usually lighter in color can range anything from light sand to heavy conglomerate depending on where you dig, the fossils from this formation are normally more water worn and the layer that produces the greatest abundance are usually fast moving river deposits. Now onto the formation I know too well at this point and how do I know it so well? that's a good question the area I dig is only comprised of the aoufous formation. How do I know this well you can keep digging downwards but you get nothing this area missed out on the earlier formation and for this reason I keep it a knowledgeable secret not for stop people from having fun but this area only the father and son mine (and they claim the land is theirs ...i'm not going to get into politics in this topic) but now comes a further question well there is just the aoufous you are digging in yeah? ....well nope there are four layers to this formation mostly comprised of clay and sand but always a mix of two these photographs might help show this the bottom aka the floor is a layer and the roof is also a layer.
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Hi, first time fossil hunting hoping someone can help me ID some of these! I thought the first pic might be a turtle shell fragment, but have no clue about the others. The last photo,Found at Flag Pond Nature Park in Southern MD. Thanks!
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While sorting out shark teeth finds from Stump Pass Beach, near Englewood, FL on Manasota Key, I found some pieces that I have no idea what it is. One of them looks like it could be a piece of small turtle shell? I am just curious what they are, they look very interesting to me. My phone's camera is horrible, so I hope the pictures are not too bad for ID.... It is about 10mm thick, 25mm wide and 20mm long. The short edge angles up about 45 degrees. This piece is 30mm long x 15mm wide x 10mm thick. When wet the colors of the little "squares" are a golden brown. I found a couple of these, this being the largest. No clue if this is a fossil or just a interesting pebble... Thanks, John
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I found this cool specimen quite a while back in the Paleocene of Maryland and never finished prepping it. I still have a ways to go, especially to reduce the size of the matrix because it is super heavy. This came from a much larger size boulder of matrix. I only saw a tiny piece exposed and kept digging to expose more and break it away from the large boulder. I believe this is a section of plastron from a turtle shell (bottom) from possibly a leatherback turtle.
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This is said to be a pyritized Anosteira maomingensis from Guangdong of China. Is it genuine?
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Last season was a great season at the quarry. For those who dont know, our quarry is in the Fossil Butte member of the Green River Formation in southern Wyoming. We ended up with three turtles coming out. Two of them were large turtles, 48" (Apalone heteroglypta) and 52" (Chisternon undatum), and they were found stacked above one another, separated by only 7 inches, and a tiny little guy that is a new species. I will post pictures of these amazing fossils as they are finished up. We have Brock @ebrocklds doing the preparation work for us on these three amazing fossils. Here are pictures of the Apalone. You can see it took us a bit of time to excavate and collect all of the tiny pieces. It was in a large fracture zone in the rock. Enjoy.
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Nice Spring outing, very green, nice balance of frogs, salamanders, nesting birds (in the creek bank?), with poison ivy growing well and more background construction/ farming noise than usual. Not much has changed in the creek bed, could use a good rain to wash out more. The tooth hunting was slow (probably because I wasn't working at it hard enough). Still, came out with a nice intact(?) ecphora, two broken cow shark teeth, four angel shark teeth and a bunch of drum teeth (or facsimiles thereof; don't usually pick them up unless pretty, but it was a slow day). Some stuff in matrix, unusual for the creek but nothing clearly exciting. The sand shark teeth were small and many broken (guess the kids in the area have been picking these). Picked up a lot of bits and pieces (a few of the smaller ones are in the photo; guessing many are turtle= my default for flat pieces that look like but are not seashells). More to sort through. Small stuff to puzzle over.
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Science has been wrong for over 100 years. Here we have the proof that birds stem from turtles. Look at those long front legs. These extended front legs are an unmistakable indication that birds (and perhaps even the giraffes?) are descended from turtles. Have fun Thomas
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From the album: Vertebrates
Turtle non det. Early Cretaceous Lingyuan Liaoning China Length 6cm / 2" -
A small claw ( roughly 14,8mm big ) i found in the hell creek formation in South Dakota, the first two pictures show both lateral sides of the claw and the last picture shows the ventral side of the claw. I hope that any of you might have an idea of what species this claw is from. regards!
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I've been trying to work out what this bone is - can anyone offer any suggestions please? Nearest match I could find would be a pectoral or pelvic girdle of a turtle, but my bone guesses tend to be wrong.
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I was wondering , if the thickness of fossil turtle shell is relative to the size of the turtle, is there a generic formula for estimating how large the turtle would be based on shell thickness of a fragment ?
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I'm preparing a presentation on turtles to be used with elementary age kids. I need information on fossils, common ancestors, earliest turtle fossils. I'm also interested in fossil sites I can visit in the Southern Appalachians. I live in Hendersonville, NC. The Only one I know of is the Gray Fossil Site near Johnson City, Tenn. I'd especially like to know where I can find fossils to collect.
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Manchurochelys Turtle genuine?
Crazyhen posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
This is a Manchurochelys from Liaoning. Do you think it’s genuine?
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My friend has acquired a turtle fossil from Ganzhou. It is quite big. Is it a Jiangxichelys ganzhouensis?
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My first post, so hopefully I can figure out how to post some photos of this find. I have been going out to the NSR some and have found the usual bone fragments, vertebrae, etc. but this was something unique for me. Thought I would post it to see if I am correct on the identification. From what I have learned this is probably a large piece of turtle plastron. It is about 1 inch thick, so I assume this was a big turtle? Has a unique pattern to the surface and the other side has what appears to be large scrape marks? Now that I have got started posting on the forum, I hope to continue sharing some of my finds. Thanks for any input. Tommy
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Looking for Living Fossils for summer camp
I_gotta_rock posted a topic in Member-to-Member Fossil Trades
I'm running a paleontology camp this summer in Delaware. We can' actually do much digging because there are no fossils at the camp site. We do, however, have living fossils around that the kids can meet. I'd like to introduce the kids to the living fossils and show them the evidence of their ancient ancestors. We have snapping turtles (common and alligator), an alligator, horseshoe crabs, access to ginkgo leaves and magnolia, pileated woodpeckers aplenty, and triops kits are easy to come by online. Anybody have any fossils of these that they could part with? I have mostly marine fossils I can trade from all over the east coast, though mostly common stuff. From Delaware I have silicified pleistocene cyprus wood from Odessa, DE, belemnites, cretaceous gastropods, brachiopods (lamp shells), pelyceopods, and button corals from the C and D Canal (Mt Laurel Formation), plus various paleozoic tabulate and rugose corals that wash down the river from the Appalachians. I have oodles of shells, stingray plates, coprolites, and a piece of palmate coral from Calvert Cliffs (Miocene, Choptank formation). I have FLUORESCENT pleistocene shells from the Tamiami Formation in Florida. Plus, I have calamities and lycopods from the Lewellyn Formation in Carbondale, PA. The pictures here may not be the exact specimens and only represent a sample. If there is something specific from these locales that interests you, ask me. I might have something. Anyone willing to help me out? It doesn't have to be museum grade, so long as we can match it up to the modern version.
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Found this guy today and wanted your imput. Is it turtle? If not, then what? Let me know!
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Any idea who this belongs to and what exactly is going on? Florida.
Cthulhu2 posted a topic in Fossil ID
This bone appears to be stretching? I believe it's turtle, but help is always appreciated.
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Is this a turtle shell? It has some rib, so it seems pretty convincing.
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