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- Florida
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23 hours, 54 minutes agoRita Klein joined the group What is it?
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1 day, 8 hours agoSadie Mills posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL appIf I found a living one I would call it a Moon Snail, any ideas if the fossil one goes by the same name? #fossil
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Yup, also called a moon snail
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2 days, 10 hours agoTheresa Mayer posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app
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Looks like a few more corals but I’m not sure about all the pieces. Those with linear and crosshatched patterns are likely corals
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Where did you find them? Location can help narrow down the possibilities!
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they are from a gilmore city iowa quarry
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2 days, 10 hours agoTheresa Mayer posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app
Theresa Mayer has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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Could it be some kind of coral maybe?
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I agree with coral!
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I agree with @max-dereme. Looks like rugose (horn) coral. MAPS (the Mid-America Paleontology Society) is a good group of people to talk to for Iowa fossils. They are based in Iowa City.
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2 days, 10 hours agoTheresa Mayer joined the group What is it?
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2 days, 18 hours agoFrancisco Pardo posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL appHi,
Please, can you help me identify these ammonites from Madagascar?
Thanks. #fossil
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Can’t help, but those are beautiful!
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2 days, 18 hours agoFrancisco Pardo joined the group What is it?
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3 days, 12 hours agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app
Here is a diagram to help you distinguish between brachiopods and bivalves. They both have two shells but have many differences! How do you tell the difference between the two shellies?
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Oysters: *evil laugh
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Oysters are the odd clam out… @max-dereme hah!
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5 days, 16 hours agoCassie Pendry joined the group What is it?
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5 days, 23 hours agocorey konarik posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app
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Nice! Looks like a very well preserved eagle ray plate!
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thank you very much 100% correct
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6 days agocorey konarik joined the group What is it?
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6 days, 6 hours agoHarry Vallant joined the group What is it?
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6 days, 10 hours agoJennifer Bauer posted an image in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app
This is a sponge in the group Calcarea. Does anyone know more about the lower level taxonomy? Family, genus, species? Easily recognizable by the spicules (star shapes) but I never really learned much more! #fossil
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1 week, 4 days agoBrian Trudgen posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app
Brian Trudgen has contributed a new specimen to myFOSSIL!
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After a couple google searches,I think it might be a Bear,just look up Florida black bear and there is a resemblance,possibly it was a claw of a bear that died near a river and was washed away in a rainy season.
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Cool claw! I think somebody had something similar a while back and it turned out to be a crab claw. Maybe that’s what this is?
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thank you
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looked up some crab claws, it is possible that it is a stone crab claw. I am surprised it stayed preserved so well.
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The bumps along the inner curve and size make me think it’s crab as well. I doubt it would be mammal because they would look more like a folded nail (in other words, not a conical surface like we see here). Crabs preserve well because they 1) have calcium carbonate in their exiskeletons, 2) the ionic-molecular arrangement of their exoskeleton allows additional minerals to perculate and strengthen the fossil and 3) because crabs molt there are more crab parts to potentially be fossilized than other organisms.
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1 week, 4 days agoBrian Trudgen posted a new specimen in the group What is it? from the myFOSSIL app
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