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Zach DuFran posted a new specimen. 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoZach DuFran has contributed specimen mFeM 58861 to myFOSSIL!
Zach DuFran posted a new specimen. 4 years, 8 months ago
Zach DuFran has contributed specimen mFeM 58861 to myFOSSIL!
Hi, @zach-dufran – did you take this specimen home with you? Here is a site where you can explore local bedrock to better understand the geologic context of an area: https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=11.0/x=-96.7124/y=33.9538/bedrock/lines/
Yes, I collected the fossil.
Thanks for the link, but it’s not loading for me. :/
Hm that’s weird. Maybe try their home page: https://macrostrat.org/ and click on ‘geologic map’
I got it to work on my mobile phone. Incidentally, the layer at the location where I found a lot of ammonite fossils in limestone is labeled as Holocene, which I know is not correct. I guess the nearest area labeled as Cretaceous is the correct information for my fossils.
Yeah, that’s not uncommon. The software is pulling from maps from a variety of ages – so things could be drastically different from when they were originally mapped but it is always a good starting place!