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I have two pieces of I think fossil, when I collected I labeled as bone. These were found in the peace River in Florida. I’m really bad at taking pictures and I’m a relatively new fossil collector. I’m thinking one could be something mammoth maybe? If my pictures are too bad feel free to ask for more. Thank you
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Hey guys, I need help identifying this specimen that I found in my backyard. We live in Whitfield County, Ga on a big rocky hill. This land has been passed down throughout the family for at least 50 years and before that it was just unused forest land. Thre Cherokee Natives resided here in the early 1800s and before. We find lots of white quartz and lots of perfectly round rocks the size of a large grapefruit. There is natural gas pipeline going through the land. (In trying to give a much info on the area the rock was found in)
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hi everyone, I found this digging in a small river in northern wisconsin about 6-12 inches under the sand in the water, while my son was crawfish hunting. Most rock identifier's say it is amber. I put a hot needle(smallone) on it and nothing on it noticable,and no pine smell. I tried the float in salt water and it did not. I am going to get a UV light and see what it looks like tomorrow but I cant find anything about finding amber in wisconsin but I love this thing and I would like to know opinions, I understand its only photos but let me know what you think please.
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Not sure if these are anything, but I was thinking maybe they could be sponges. First one pictured is about 1"x1". The second is about 2cm x 0.75cm. There are Carboniferous fossils present in the area. Found in Truth or Consequences, NM.
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I found this on the beach near Pensacola and I’m not sure what it is. I was thinking crab claw but the odd shape at the base makes me wonder if it’s a bird claw. It is 25.4 mm in length and almost feels ceramic in texture. It’s a very hard and a little weighted. It is hollow in the center. There is a slight ridge on the top but none on the bottom. If anyone has insight I’d appreciate it.
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It’s long overdue, but I’m finally starting this micro thread. Been meaning to do this for a while. I only recently started paying attention to micros, and they are annoyingly very interesting- and fun . So please don’t hesitate to correct my amateur identifications. Enjoy! To start things off, 2 different Streptognathodus sp. from the Stark Shale. Both ~ 1.8 mm long #C1STARK : <==(don’t mind that, it’s just my reference number ) #C2STARK : A closer look:
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Garage Prep-lab Compressed Air and Humidity Problem
Cameron Shepherd posted a topic in Fossil Preparation
Hello! I am currently building a prep lab in the basement and I am encountering a humidity issue within the compressed air lines. I currently am using the Husky 20 Gallon 165 PSI Quiet air compressor for my air scribes/pens but within minutes water comes out of the tools and I do not want to continue due to fear of harming the tools. What are some simple and cost-effective ways to limit/remove moisture from my compressed air lines? As a thank you for checking out this post, here is a photo of some ammonites I am working on!
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Hi again! I’ve been holding off posting unless I have something truly interesting, so here goes
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Found off the coast of NE Florida and would love some help identifying this fossil. My research leads me to believe it may be a small croc tooth. Can anyone confirm, offer further classification or other classification?
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I’m new here - not sure what this is but would appreciate any input! Found on the southern shore of Lake Erie.
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Are the road cuts outside of Harper Ferry West VA fossiliferous?
Samuel.73727 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Looking around at limestone roadcuts that are around Harper Ferry. The roadcuts are across the river. I was wondering if they are fossiliferous and worth taking a look at. example photo:
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Allopinna godleskya
cngodles posted a topic in Partners in Paleontology - Member Contributions to Science
First, hats off to @BobWill and his Falcatopinna bobwilliamsi Yancey 2024. We've been excited and waiting for this paper for years. In the Summer of 2021, Tom Yancey stopped by my house to study a collection of pinnids I had amassed over several seasons. I wanted to know what genus or species they were, and in February 2021, I wrote and published a long web article weighing the differences between Aviculopinna and Meekopinna. Yancey et al. were working on a different manuscript "Rebuilding the foundation of late Paleozoic pinnid bivalve study (family Pinnidae) (Yancey, Amler, Raczyński, & Brandt, 2023)" and his European counterparts found my article and pointed Tom my way. I collected about 100 specimens, and Tom stopped at my house to study them while teaching me a lot about pinnid morphology. People previously kept telling me these were Pteronites. The Ohio Publication “Pennsylvanian Marine Bivalvia and Rostroconchia of Ohio” heavily uses Pteronites in the text for pinnids. This is likely due to the Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology (1969) publishing the synonymy, with Pteronites as the senior name. Yancey’s 2023 assessment shows that Pteronites is a small genus limited to early Pennsylvanian specimens. It's been over three years since he left, but the paper is finally released in a 129-year-old journal. Its final form notes an August 2024 publication date, so I can talk about it now. The PRI website has yet to offer it for sale: https://www.priweb.org/research-and-collections/bulletins-of-American-paleontology . However, Google Books has a reference up: https://www.google.com/books/edition/Revision_of_Late_Paleozoic_Pinnid_Genera/bAfU0AEACAAJ?hl=en Allopinna Yancey 2024 is the best of both worlds. It has the inflated shell shape of some species of Orthopinna and the shell ornamentation and posterior margin of Meekopinna. Allopinna godleskya Yancey 2024 is the type species of Allopinna. You can see some here. The holotypes and some paratypes are there, but they now live at the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh. https://fossil.15656.com/catalog/search-for/Allopinna I hoped for an acknowledgment at best but didn't think it would be named in my honor. Here are some specimens I've collected after Tom stopped to study and take my specimens for donation. CG-0399—Allopinna godleskya Brush Creek limestone, Parks Township, PA, USA Note the prominent hingeline along the top. The separated shell layers make getting one of these with the outside intact challenging. Lucky for me here, this was embedded in a wood-like matrix. CG-0435—Allopinna godleskya Brush Creek limestone, Parks Township, PA, USA Note the upturned lamellae in the middle, a feature shared by Allopinna and Meekopinna in the Paleozoic. And last, more thoughts about the species here: https://fossil.15656.com/research-pages/allopinna-godleskya-a-new-species-of-pinnid-from-the-brush-creek-limestone-of-parks-township-glenshaw-formation-conemaugh-group-western-pennsylvania/
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Hi all, When planting some plants in my front yard, about one foot down I found a fossil that appears to be some type of claw. It's about 16cm (6 inches) long. I live in Wright County, Minnesota, USA. The fossil does have some weight to it I'd guess about 1 pound and is pretty fragile (a chunk broke off one side when removing it.) If anyone has any feedback that could be helpful as to what this is or where I should go with it that would be great!
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Found in a road cut in the shale pile on the slope of the cut. Kind of looks like a coral but I am not sure.
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Hi Everyone ~ This rock/bone/mineral was found in Rock Creek on our private land in Wisconsin. The creek is located in a heavily wooded area where there's zero foot traffic & a very diverse wildlife population. Bear, badgers, cougars, fisher cats, etc. The water is shallow and has numerous sandy mounds & outcroppings, that are full of rocks & minerals, just as the name implies. This rock was in a pile of pitch black stones and caught my eye because of the rusty red color & unusual shape. Historically speaking, millions of years ago, our land was part of a shallow inland sea. According to an Ice Age map, during the Pliestocene Period, much of the state was covered by the Wisconsinan Glacial Ice Sheet. However, the location of our land was actually situated in what is identified as a "driftless area". Thousands of years later, after the ice melted, Native Americans lived and hunted on these grounds. A farmer up the road from us found several Native American artifacts ploughing his field, so I'm always digging and searching for relics of any kind. This rock (or bone) caught my eye, because it was lying in a pile of pitch black stones. One side has a thick brown sandstone coat that measures up to 1.9cm (.75") in some places, while the other side has a thin layer of rusty red sandstone or sedimentary rock. There's a lot of red granite on the land. The rusty red color of this rock, is really close to the shade of numerous granite stone on the land. There are small spots of chalky white substance that have the characteristics of bone under magnification, but they are so small that it's hard to tell. Also, there's a small circle, and finger mark impression on the sandy side. Actually the shape reminds me of a T-Bone steak. The measurements are approximately 16.5 cm (6.5") long by 10.16cm (4") wide, and has a thickness anywhere from .66cm (.25") to 1.9cm (.75"). Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time! My apologies for the long post.
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How would I prepare to go to a creek? Like mostly gear and clothing. Is there anything specific I need to wear if I’m also gonna go in the water?
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Found in the California Sierra Nevadas.
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Hi all, I found this rock in Oregon, USA on the beach in Clatsop County. I was struck by the interesting impression in the rock and I wondered if anyone could tell me whether it might be a fossil imprint or just a natural variation of the rock! It looks like some kind of plant to me.
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Reconstructing Globidens in the Ozan formation, Campanian
Ekhyl posted a topic in Paleo Re-creations
Hi everyone ! This is my first post here so first of all I'll introduce myself : my name is Nathan Dehaut, I'm a herpetology researcher, fossil collector and paleoillustrator living in France. I recently got the chance to create an illustration for a new publication on Globidens remains found in the Ozan formation of Texas (New remains of the mosasaur Globidens alabamaensis from the North Sulphur River of Texas, Rempert et al., 2024). This reconstruction includes several molluscs species that can be found in the Ozan (notably in the North Sulfur River) such as the ammonites Baculites, Pachydiscus and Scaphites, and the bivalve Exogyra and Inoceramus. The environment was reconstructed as an oyster reef. Let me know if you have any questions/comments ! Nathan
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