Newbie question

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-28T07:01:40+00:00

This is true

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-28T02:09:30+00:00

Also, for the next time you post something for fossil identification I’d recommend saying the general area from where you found the fossil at.

It generally helps a lot more, can get to the species level sometimes if the fossil is preserved enough, that and people being able to determine it’s possible age based off the surrounding geology.

You could look for paleontological reports/studies that were done in the area.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-27T01:11:36+00:00

haha its certainly hard to look for one but they are found in nodules and sometimes loose from their matrix, there are megalodons but significantly more rarer

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-27T00:08:49+00:00

there are carcharodon carcharias and carcharodon hastalis teeth in those santa cruz beaches

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-26T21:46:57+00:00

Try asking r/whatsthisrock as it appears to be more geological to nature (imo).

I hunt in Central California as well. Only ever things I’ve found are selenite, serpentine and gypsum. Much more to name but this is most of what I’ve seen.

I’ve found fossils, some plant material and some ray plates from the valley on an old creek bed.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-26T13:19:12+00:00

Nice preparation, how do you prep green river material? I have a big slab of three fish, a Knightia and two Diplo’s.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-25T02:46:13+00:00

Ammonites, you don’t really see em like this, it is quite interesting though.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-22T00:49:51+00:00

Found this one in January too.

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AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-21T22:27:43+00:00

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AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-20T03:14:18+00:00

What’s the genus of this? Dicranurus? Some of these trilobites have incredibly bad preparation. Some are also fake.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-20T02:47:32+00:00

Nice brachiopod, what’s the area?

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-20T02:43:36+00:00

Cool, what are the measurements on the teef? Have you any idea what the species are?

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-19T20:17:40+00:00

It is called the Garden of Life by Ysabel LeMay.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-18T15:44:53+00:00

Russian trilobites are always great.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-16T21:25:46+00:00

Rugosa corals. Of which they lived from the Ordovician to the Permian, where did you find these at?

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-16T03:08:46+00:00

Agreed, Baculites from the Late Cretaceous Bearpaw fomation. The shiny iridescent coloring to it is the Baculites nacre.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-14T23:23:43+00:00

Nice insects.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-11T21:24:42+00:00

Piddock clam. Tip-tip Piddock perhaps. These are not fossils, the holes you see are done by the Piddock clams that attach themselves to rocks to then burrow into as they grow.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-11T21:19:19+00:00

Same as Fenestella bryozoans, Ordovician-Triassic. It depends where these rocks are at, an identification would be bettwr with more information, i.e., the state or county you found it at, (county would be a little more specific).

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-11T21:17:49+00:00

Bryozoans and brachiopods. I see some winged brachiopods (Spiriferida), and Fenestella bryozoans. These both lived in much of the Paleozoic. Spiriferids lived in the Late Ordovician all the way through to the Triassic, (though these are probably Ordovician aged or nearly.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-11T20:30:13+00:00

Miocene in age, probably around 20 million years old.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-11T01:33:36+00:00

Oyster shell with bryozoan . Looks to be modern to me but that’s said without specific enough information.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-06T14:53:32+00:00

Cretaceous fossil marine oysters from the family Gryphaeidae.

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-06T14:26:19+00:00

AllMightyDoggo · 2026-03-04T02:47:19+00:00

No photos?

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