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Jennifer Bauer posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoHi, @bruce-salas – very interesting specimen. Do you have another image with a scale bar?
Any idea of when in geologic time this specimen is from?
Here is some information I found during my research on your fossil: https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=244354&is_real_user=1Talk to you soon, Jen
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Victor Perez replied to the topic Turtle or some sponge? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 5 months ago
7 years, 5 months ago7 years, 5 months agoHi Bruce (@bruce-salas),
It’s very difficult to tell from the photos, but I’m fairly certain it isn’t turtle. It may be coral, but honestly I can’t rule out that it might just be a rock. Perhaps you can share some more photos from different angles and include something for scale in the image?
It would also help to know where it was found, if you…[Read more]
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Dr. Ronny Maik Leder replied to the topic rudist? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
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Dr. Ronny Maik Leder replied to the topic rudist? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoHey Bruce, @bruce-salas, I agree with Eleanors feelings about the object you have uploaded first. It still looks more like a concretion to me … sorry.
best
Ronny
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic rudist? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months ago@bruce-salas – Nice fossils! Would you be interested in uploading images of them into our fossil gallery?
Regarding your original post, I still have a gut reaction that the second photo makes the mystery object appear more like a calcareous concretion. @rleder, what are your thoughts upon seeing the other pictures from Bruce?
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Dr. Ronny Maik Leder replied to the topic rudist? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months ago@egardner@bruce-salas, looks indeed more like a concretion or at least like an unidentifiable fossil
best
Ronny
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Eleanor Gardner replied to the topic rudist? in the forum What Is It? 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoHi, @bruce-salas! Interesting find. To me, it looks more like a calcareous concretion than a rudist. @rleder , what do you think?
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Eleanor Gardner posted an update 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoThanks for joining the myFOSSIL community, @david-kubinski, @justin-tweet, @ron-evans, @sarah-sheffield, @sarah-zhang, @catalina-pimiento, @bruce-salas, @meredith-rivin, @elizabeth-mizikar, @emily-thorpe, @jeanette-pirlo, @aaron-wood, and @jason-pardo! We are excited you’re here. Please check out the ‘welcome page’ linked below to become fa…[Read more]
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Kent Crippen posted an update in the group Welcome Committee 7 years, 6 months ago
7 years, 6 months ago7 years, 6 months agoWelcome to @bruce-salas, newest member of the myFOSSIL community!