spicemen
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Post by spicemen on Dec 19, 2017 21:57:55 GMT -5
I found this digging in my backyard. Some people say it looks like a fish but I don't see a fish.
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Post by Peruano on Dec 20, 2017 10:11:21 GMT -5
Spiceman, Yes it does look like a tropical reef fish, but what do you think it really is? Its hard to tell whether it is concave on the back side, like a scale might be or . . .. ?Those white stripes (ridges) look somewhat like the fortification shells have around the edges where abrasion occurs. but hey its hard to evaluate without more angles of view. Cool.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 20, 2017 10:24:07 GMT -5
I have so many,I will look....
Ok found one or two..This is a hollow baculite,quit rare and hard to find..
This is the wildest fossil I found,so far......
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Post by rockpickerforever on Dec 20, 2017 13:28:06 GMT -5
I have so many, even just counting ones I have personally found! Just a few for now.
Here is my favorite. This is a fossilized fish, found inside a chunk of jasper, which I found on an RTH fieldtrip in Brenda, AZ. This was during a trip to Q in January 2014.
With the exception of the fossil fish above, found in AZ, the rest of these fossils were found in the Ocotillo Wells State Recreational Vehicle Area. This area is a wonderland of rocks and fossils, having a varied geologic history. The basin is made up of different deposits - There are lake deposits (from the prehistoric Lake Cahuilla - now called Salton Sea), deposits from the ancient Colorado River, and then fossils deposited when the area was covered by a shallow inland sea (which happened several times in it's long history).
Forget the name of this, some kind of sea creature.
Another of the same, that I polished on my flat lap.
Rock full of fusilinids.
Rugosan coral, an extinct order of solitary and colonial corals. This one is colonial.
AKA cerioid (honeycomb structure) rugosan.
One side polished flat on flat lap to better see structure.
Colonial rugosan, an erratic from one of the Paleozoic horizons in nearby mountains. Found in OWSRVA in 2012. It did not originate in this area, as the strata do not go back far enough age wise. They went extinct during the Permian, the oldest here is much younger. They were most abundant in the Mississsippian and Devonian periods.
Most likely it came down the ancient Colorado River, from points north.
Need to get back out there!
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 20, 2017 13:59:11 GMT -5
HOW COOL IS THAT Jean!!!!!! Two thumbs up
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Post by rockpickerforever on Dec 20, 2017 15:08:00 GMT -5
Thanks, Mike. Your bac and ammo are pretty cool, too!
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 20, 2017 18:47:44 GMT -5
Holy smokes that fish in jasper is cool Jean!
Spiceman. That does look like a fish too but I think it might be a horn coral piece.
My fossils are buried under a pile of books right now. Will have to dig out my favorite....Mel
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Post by fernwood on Dec 20, 2017 19:13:11 GMT -5
This will take a while to only select a few. I love fossils and my many finds on my property.
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gemfeller
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Post by gemfeller on Dec 20, 2017 19:15:29 GMT -5
This is an ammonite pseudomorph replaced by pyrite. It's from Germany and half of the mold has been broken away while he cast itself is partly embedded in its limestone matrix. The pyrite has been wire-brushed to bring out the metallic sheen. I bought several of these unusual specimens in Quartzsite about 20 years ago. The detail in the pseudomorph amazes me.
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Post by rmf on Dec 20, 2017 21:34:31 GMT -5
The best fossil I ever found. A Thoracosaurus (Crocodile) from the Cretaceous.
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Post by spiceman on Dec 20, 2017 23:07:23 GMT -5
Spiceman, Yes it does look like a tropical reef fish, but what do you think it really is? Its hard to tell whether it is concave on the back side, like a scale might be or . . .. ?Those white stripes (ridges) look somewhat like the fortification shells have around the edges where abrasion occurs. but hey its hard to evaluate without more angles of view. Cool. The backside of the fossil looks just like a old gray rock. the part that looks like the eyeball does stick out about 1/16 everything else is round shaped. It was a accident that I keep it. it was just in a pile of dirt, it rained over night and I seen it the next day. It was looking at me.:)
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Post by spiceman on Dec 20, 2017 23:11:55 GMT -5
Holy smokes that fish in jasper is cool Jean! Spiceman. That does look like a fish too but I think it might be a horn coral piece. My fossils are buried under a pile of books right now. Will have to dig out my favorite....Mel It could be horn coral because I did find lots of that during the dig.
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Post by spiceman on Dec 20, 2017 23:14:14 GMT -5
This is an ammonite pseudomorph replaced by pyrite. It's from Germany and half of the mold has been broken away while he cast itself is partly embedded in its limestone matrix. The pyrite has been wire-brushed to bring out the metallic sheen. I bought several of these unusual specimens in Quartzsite about 20 years ago. The detail in the pseudomorph amazes me. That looks very nice now why couldn't I find cool fossils look that?
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Post by spiceman on Dec 20, 2017 23:16:43 GMT -5
The best fossil I ever found. A Thoracosaurus (Crocodile) from the Cretaceous. Nice looking. So did you find the rest of the croc?
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Post by rmf on Dec 21, 2017 5:33:11 GMT -5
The best fossil I ever found. A Thoracosaurus (Crocodile) from the Cretaceous. Nice looking. So did you find the rest of the croc? I found the head (which is encased in a siderite nodule), one scapula, several vertebra and some scutes and a couple of ribs. Maybe 20 to 30% is all. The hidden cost of hunting fossils is the $$ you spend trying to research what you find. In my case I have spend >$5000 purchasing old out of print scientific papers on Cretaceous Crocs, Getting things sent into the library and getting copies made. that does not include the equipment to clean the beastie. It has been fun and I have learned a lot. But there is still a lot to do and that work conflicts with my job so it gets put on hold most of the time.
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Fossilman
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Post by Fossilman on Dec 22, 2017 10:35:31 GMT -5
I love fossil hounding,so in my opinion,its the best fossil,you find for the day.. Head it out again,the next day,to do the same thing for that day...
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Michael
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Post by Michael on Dec 22, 2017 22:17:05 GMT -5
Acquired this stand up of bog wood with some fresh water snails at the Exeter Rock Show in 2012. Does anyone know where it may have been originally from? The dealer had no idea.
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Post by rmf on Dec 23, 2017 2:43:00 GMT -5
Acquired this stand up of bog wood with some fresh water snails at the Exeter Rock Show in 2012. Does anyone know where it may have been originally from? The dealer had no idea. This is a nnice piece. I have found pieces of fossil wood from the cretaceous that have been bored so there are holes. this piece has the little pests present.
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Post by Garage Rocker on Dec 23, 2017 7:07:38 GMT -5
I 'found' this one in a box of agates I bought here on the forum.
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Post by fernwood on Dec 23, 2017 12:42:04 GMT -5
I 'found' this one in a box of agates I bought here on the forum. Great find for sure.
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