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Cool Shell Fossil I Found In The Creek Today


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Hi its Matt again

today in the creek I found a sweet brachiopod fossil

it has a lot of fossil shells in it

and it is from the devonian time period

here are some photos

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beautiful piece Matthew, thanks for sharing it :)

"Your serpent of Egypt is bred now of your mud by the operation of your sun; so is your crocodile." Lepidus

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Real nice brachiopod plate, Matthew! :)

"There has been an alarming increase in the number of things I know nothing about." - Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant

“Try to learn something about everything and everything about something.” - Thomas Henry Huxley

>Paleontology is an evolving science.

>May your wonders never cease!

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Certainly one of your best finds. I like the solitary "spirifer" in amongst all those others.

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Very nice piece!

-Dave

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Geologists on the whole are inconsistent drivers. When a roadcut presents itself, they tend to lurch and weave. To them, the roadcut is a portal, a fragment of a regional story, a proscenium arch that leads their imaginations into the earth and through the surrounding terrain. - John McPhee

If I'm going to drive safely, I can't do geology. - John McPhee

Check out my Blog for more fossils I've found: http://viewsofthemahantango.blogspot.com/

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