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Catherine Bernal posted a new specimen in the group Beach Fossils from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 6 months ago
2 years, 6 months ago2 years, 6 months agoCatherine Bernal has contributed specimen mFeM 109750 to myFOSSIL!
Catherine Bernal posted a new specimen in the group Beach Fossils from the myFOSSIL app 2 years, 6 months ago
Catherine Bernal has contributed specimen mFeM 109750 to myFOSSIL!
Beautiful piece. Can you date the rock? Those curved pieces look like dorsal and ventral brachiopod shells
I would love to but how does one date their fossils?
Go to https://macrostrat.org/map/#/z=10.2/x=-121.9582/y=36.9845/bedrock/lines/, pan to where you found it and it should tell you what formation and date the bedrock is. You can internet search that formation and see if the rocks match up with what you have.
Keep finding things that say anywhere from 6 – 2 million years old! Thats wild.
@catherine-bernal Lots of snails and clams! I don’t know the species though since I’m unfamiliar with Mio-Pliocene molluscs from California.
@catherine-bernal To answer your question about how it formed though, yes, these are the actual shells. They are preserved in a course-fine grain sandstone. We would not find fossils associated with granite because that is a rock that forms from magma cooling underground.
@mackenzie-smith and @patrick-hsieh thank you!