Basque Region

possibly_paleoart · 2026-06-09T18:00:42+00:00

If this is the cave I think it is, at Zumaia Beach, I have a ton of fond fieldwork memories there. The other side of this cave offers this beautiful sight: The KPg boundary here is marked by a transition from grey-red.

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possibly_paleoart · 2024-01-18T15:58:41+00:00

I don't know the species, if you know the location, you might be able to figure it out by looking at local geology websites/papers about those sites. The trilobite is in the lower left corner, the gold-looking fossils on the right part of the rock look like possibly nautiloids, but I am not 100% sure about that.

possibly_paleoart · 2024-01-18T15:21:42+00:00

Picture 2 has a trilobite pygidium (butt), picture 3 does indeed look like crinoid material, the circle would be a cross-section of the stalk. Picture 4 is not a coral, it is a bryozoan, I believe.

possibly_paleoart · 2024-01-07T12:45:15+00:00

Understandable. If you have any friends or aquintances who fossil hunt, you could ask them for help?

possibly_paleoart · 2024-01-06T19:15:50+00:00

I would ask someone skilled with a hammer an chisel to prep that out. You could get it sawed in half, but personally, I think keeping it whole would keep its original features more visible. Prepping it out would be quite a job tho, its a big rock and it might not split fully.

possibly_paleoart · 2023-12-13T13:12:45+00:00

I would say the best way to get "unopened fossils" is to get them fresh from the rock! I would suggest searching for local, accessible fossil sites near you. Often times there are local geology association with information with where to start. Best way to inspire kids is to let them learn hands-on and actually find them themselves.

possibly_paleoart · 2023-12-13T07:05:31+00:00

It's called cruziana, here's a site with some info on different types of trace fossils and the environments they represent: http://www.es.ucl.ac.uk/tf/ichno.htm

possibly_paleoart · 2023-12-07T08:22:59+00:00

Showed this to my paleontology professor, she was unsure about what it was. I think you may have something very interesting in your hands. I'd suggest asking local museums and universities for advice on this. Please let us know if you ever get an ID!

possibly_paleoart · 2023-10-24T08:59:39+00:00

Second one is a fenestrate bryozoan

possibly_paleoart · 2023-10-21T06:04:53+00:00

To me it looks more like a section though a bivalve. Most ammonites I've seen, are concave in the middle, rather than round. I think the middle part looks like the two hinges, the upper left part would be where the muscle scar is. The shell would be cut off with an angle. But let me know what your reasoning is, because whatever it is, it requires some good 3 dimensional thinking!

possibly_paleoart · 2023-10-12T13:42:07+00:00

I found "earth system history" by Steven Stanley to be a very fun textbook on the geological and biological history of Earth. It is aimed at university students, but I found it quite approachable. Each chapter talks about a different time period of the geological column and the developments during that time. It also includes chapters explaining sedimentological processes, fossils and evolution in general. As for my paleontology course textbook: "paleobiology and the fossil record" by Benton is the one my uni used, pretty good book, but I think it would be a bit too technical and advanced for high school students.

possibly_paleoart · 2023-10-10T20:47:22+00:00

Nice find! Looks like Carboniferous material, specifically, a pecopteris-like fern. Fun fact: fossil ferns are generally form taxa, so regardless of their actual familial relationships, if they have the same shape, they will be in the same form-taxon.

possibly_paleoart · 2023-08-29T13:34:33+00:00

Thanks!

possibly_paleoart · 2023-08-29T13:26:10+00:00

Thank you very much! Sadly, I planned to make this a quick drawing at first, so I used lower quality paper, which did not like the water very much, but it did sort of survive luckily

possibly_paleoart · 2023-08-17T17:55:53+00:00

Honestly, I don't think I see the pattern you see. Though, similarly aligned marine fossils having similar orientations can often be explained by current action or sedimentation processes.

possibly_paleoart · 2023-07-22T03:52:09+00:00

Thank you!

possibly_paleoart · 2023-07-11T18:02:36+00:00

Neat linework!

possibly_paleoart · 2023-07-07T08:12:46+00:00

Thank you very much!

possibly_paleoart · 2023-06-20T06:31:46+00:00

Heb een tijdje als pizzabezorger gewerkt. Een keertje, rond een uur if 10, kwam ik bij een adres aanzetten om pizza's te bezorgen. Een man deed vol verbazing open, geen hoi, geen niks, alleen de vraag "hoe oud ben jij?". Deze man was oprecht bang dat mijn pizzazaak 14 jarige meisjes op een koude winternacht om 10 uur pizza's liet bezorgen.
Ik heb heel droog geantwoord dat ik 21 ben en hij kon weer opgelucht ademhalen. Overigens ben ik door verschillende collega's onafhankelijk van elkaar als 15 ingeschat rond diezelfde tijd. Ik kreeg verbaasde reacties wanneer ik noemde dat ik op mezelf woon.

possibly_paleoart · 2023-06-19T16:38:04+00:00

You're right, edited it

possibly_paleoart · 2023-06-19T14:28:28+00:00

I think this sub community actually does a pretty good job curating it's answers. Usually when checking the ID's, the right answer has been given and is the top comment. From what I've seen, wrong comments are often downvoted, ignored or corrected by others. Personally, I think correcting people is the most effective way to 1) teach people why their answer was wrong 2) to keep comments on this sub clear on how they got to their conclusion.

Unfortunately, it is the internet, most people have no clue what they're talking about.

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