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Newbie needs help with fossil ID


FossilDaddy

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I’m a huge amateur, but I found what appears to be a cool fossil on the beach in Capitola, California, and Id love to learn what it is! I’d assume it’s mammalian but I don’t know much more than that. Trying to get into fossil hunting and it seems like there’s a lot of cool stuff around here, any help would be appreciated!

 

 

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Likely cetacean bone in stone matrix. Very worn so you probably can't get much further on ID than that.

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Yep. Most likely cetacean. The beach there is FULL of them! Pliocene Purisima Formation: 3-6 million years old.

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