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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 1 year, 6 months ago
1 year, 6 months ago1 year, 6 months agoStromatolite?
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 1 year, 6 months ago
1 year, 6 months ago1 year, 6 months agoConch, pronounced: konk
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Catherine Carr posted an update 3 years, 9 months ago
3 years, 9 months ago3 years, 9 months agoLiving in a totally different fossil hunting environment: different digging tools, different specimens, totally different geology from Florida!
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 5 months ago
4 years, 5 months ago4 years, 5 months agoI got to help there about three years ago. So glad y’all are still finding great specimens!
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 6 months ago
4 years, 6 months ago4 years, 6 months agoIf you look up this fossil on google (images), you can find many more images like this.
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoMight the outer material provide additional clues? What does the other side look like? Please provide a measurement or measuring device next to it. I thought it might have been some soft-bodied creature, but then I thought the outer material might be a turtle shell, with that curving imprint evidence of aome sort of spine. I look forward to…[Read more]
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoAlso, it is REALLY helpful if you can place a small measuring device or coin next to fossils so viewers can have a better idea of its size. My initial guess on this was that is was part of a tail from a ray. But I happily defer to the professional opinion.
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 7 months ago
4 years, 7 months ago4 years, 7 months agoHorses originated in the ‘Americas’ and spread from there a long time ago. Those which evolved here eventually died out. Contemporary horses were reintroduced when these continents were colonized by Europeans.
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoSimply stunning!
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoWhen lightning hits sand it sometimes melts some of it and makes a glassy substance – or a tube shape with partially melted sand around the outside. I think they are called fulgerites. This might be what you have. There might, of course, be inclusions.
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoDuh! I just saw this after posting my suggestion! Interesting!
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoSeveral shot from other angles would be helpful – and perhaps a really clear closeup of this.
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 8 months ago
4 years, 8 months ago4 years, 8 months agoAre any of the smaller features identifiable?
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoJust a guess: some sort of crystal. Take it to major gem and mineral show – but don’t sell it!
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoI’ve read it, too! Great read!
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 9 months ago
4 years, 9 months ago4 years, 9 months agoFossilized coral, I believe. Study some photos and see if you can locate similar specimens. It’s also helpful to place a metric measuring tool next to a specimen to assist in identification.😉
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago
4 years, 10 months ago4 years, 10 months agoYou need to place a ruler or measuring tape with metric measurements next to your specimen. I think it it some sort of toe bone.
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago
4 years, 10 months ago4 years, 10 months agoHave you checked Robin Brown’s ‘Florida Fossils’? It looks so familiar, but I can’t remember. Or send it along to Dr. Richard Hulbert at UF. He’s the vertebrate person for the museum.
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Catherine Carr posted a new activity comment 4 years, 10 months ago
4 years, 10 months ago4 years, 10 months agoMaybe a stromatolite? I have seen photos of them still growing in the ocean shallows in Australia.
Sometimes people bring home geological souvenirs and their families just throw them in the yard when tasked with estate responsibilities😣.
Maybe you could determine who used to live there. Also, there might be other geological discoveries…[Read more] - Load More