caldigger Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 I HAD to get out there and find something so off to the quarries I went. I didn't find too much different sifting beyond the usual shark teeth and such normally gotten at the quarry. For some reason I decided to bring home a bucket of the hardened silt blocks to dissolve (sometimes you can find some pretty nice teeth hidden within them). As I was dissolving one large block I got a nice surprise. A very small rodent skull dissolved out and presented it's self for the first time in 15 million years. Many of the bones you find here are so well preserved, they look like a recent death. Not hardened to stone like you would expect fossils to be. I also washed a big piece and discovered what looks like a rib bone (?) with obvious predatory marks on both sides. More of the skull pictures in the ID topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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fossilized6s Posted October 22, 2014 Share Posted October 22, 2014 Oh my! You're right, that rodent does look recent. Are you sure it's mineralized? If it is, that is one awesome find! Cool predation marks too! Thanks for sharing these. ~Charlie~ "There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why.....i dream of things that never were, and ask why not?" ~RFK ->Get your Mosasaur print ->How to spot a fake Trilobite ->How to identify a CONCRETION from a DINOSAUR EGG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcbshark Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 Great finds, Congrats! Every once in a great while it's not just a big rock down there! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnBrian Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Really nice predation marks! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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