Little_Bird Posted July 9, 2018 Share Posted July 9, 2018 Hey friends, pulled this one from the surf at Flag Ponds Nature Park in Maryland. Flag Ponds is part of the Miocene era Calvert Cliffs formation on the Chesapeake Bay. Nickel for scale. It’s solid and heavy, teardrop in shape. Best guess from an internet search is a fossilized lingula brachiopod, but I can’t find many loose fossils, just ones still set in matrices. Any and all help is appreciated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ynot Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 Fish tilly bone. 3 Darwin said: " Man sprang from monkeys." Will Rogers said: " Some of them didn't spring far enough." My Fossil collection - My Mineral collection My favorite thread on TFF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Auspex Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 To me, that is an iconic fossil of the Calvert Fm.; it is surprising how many I found there over the years, and back then I had no idea what they were. LINK 2 "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! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 10, 2018 Share Posted July 10, 2018 56 minutes ago, Auspex said: To me, that is an iconic fossil of the Calvert Fm.; it is surprising how many I found there over the years, and back then I had no idea what they were. LINK Strangely I’ve found none, must think they are nuts and pass them by! 2 “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 Just for your information : we are many foreign members on this forum and we don't know the size of a nickel ! use a rule or gives directly the size in cm or in inch, then we shall manage ! Coco ---------------------- OUTIL POUR MESURER VOS FOSSILES : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 1 (Poissons et sélaciens récents & fossiles) : ici Ma bibliothèque PDF 2 (Animaux vivants - sans poissons ni sélaciens) : ici Mâchoires sélaciennes récentes : ici Hétérodontiques et sélaciens : ici Oeufs sélaciens récents : ici Otolithes de poissons récents ! ici Un Greg... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miocene_Mason Posted July 15, 2018 Share Posted July 15, 2018 On 7/9/2018 at 9:25 PM, WhodamanHD said: Strangely I’ve found none, must think they are nuts and pass them by! Spoke too soon, this changed two days ago. “...whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been and are being evolved.” ~ Charles Darwin Happy hunting, Mason Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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