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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 day, 20 hours ago
1 day, 20 hours ago1 day, 20 hours agoLooks like Crepidula sp.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 day, 21 hours ago
1 day, 21 hours ago1 day, 21 hours agoI’m inclined to say fossil due to what look like regular growth lines, but location, scale and views from other angles are needed.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 week, 2 days ago
1 week, 2 days ago1 week, 2 days agoHalysites coral
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 week, 3 days ago
1 week, 3 days ago1 week, 3 days agoIt is part of the outer lip of a mollusc, probably a helmet conch, Cassis sp.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 week, 3 days ago
1 week, 3 days ago1 week, 3 days agoCould be a fenestrate bryozoan.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 week, 3 days ago
1 week, 3 days ago1 week, 3 days agoOrthocone- concave on one end, covex on the other; overall shape tapering down to a point. It is a cephalopod, related to but not exactly a squid or octopus.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 week, 4 days ago
1 week, 4 days ago1 week, 4 days agoNot a tooth, broken piece of shell, probably oyster.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 1 week, 4 days ago
1 week, 4 days ago1 week, 4 days agoPart of an ammonite or baculite. You can see the dendrite shaped sutures that are characteristic.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new specimen. 2 weeks ago
2 weeks ago2 weeks agoPatrick Hsieh has contributed specimen mFeM 95361 to myFOSSIL!
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new specimen. 2 weeks ago
2 weeks ago2 weeks agoPatrick Hsieh has contributed specimen mFeM 95352 to myFOSSIL!
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 6 days ago
2 weeks, 6 days ago2 weeks, 6 days agoRock with tube made by a modern boring pholad clam.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 2 weeks, 6 days ago
2 weeks, 6 days ago2 weeks, 6 days agoModern coral
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 3 weeks ago
3 weeks ago3 weeks agoA scale and pictures from other angles would definitely be helpful. One possibility is that it is a partial fragment of the ventral edge of a bivalve or brachiopod shell. Again, a scale and another view looking down the dorsal-ventral axis showing the undulations of the shell could help confirm that.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days ago@mackenzie-smith Thanks! Further preparation may reveal more of it, but I’ve held out so far since I don’t have experience with this matrix.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days ago@bill-heim Thanks!
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days ago@mackenzie-smith At this locality, I found 3 distinct fossil bearing zones. At the bottom is a carbonized zone resembling lignite. Above the lignite layer is a compressed vegetation layer, which is where this specimen is from. Above this is a gray fine-grained mudstone which is where the fern came from. Above that layer is a tan sandstone layer…[Read more]
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 4 days ago
3 weeks, 4 days ago3 weeks, 4 days ago@mackenzie-smith No worries, thanks for the ID! It is late Campanian (73 mya) according to: https://naturalhistory2.si.edu/ETE/ETE_People_Wing_ResearchThemes_BCR.html I’m terrible with botany, what would be the taxonomic name for ferns?
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new activity comment 3 weeks, 5 days ago
3 weeks, 5 days ago3 weeks, 5 days ago@bill-heim Not sure what this is, the shape reminds me of an Isurus sp. type tooth, but I don’t remember ever seeing them with serrations.
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new specimen. 3 weeks, 5 days ago
3 weeks, 5 days ago3 weeks, 5 days agoPatrick Hsieh has contributed specimen mFeM 94691 to myFOSSIL!
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@bill-heim Not sure what this is, the shape reminds me of an Isurus sp. type tooth, but I don’t remember ever seeing them with serrations.
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Juvenile Great White lower tooth
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@bill-heim Thanks!
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Patrick Hsieh posted a new specimen. 3 weeks, 5 days ago
3 weeks, 5 days ago3 weeks, 5 days agoPatrick Hsieh has contributed specimen mFeM 94676 to myFOSSIL!
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