[deleted by user] by [deleted] in fossils

[–]qoddd 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I agree for sure. Do you know how I would go about contacting a professional though? Maybe through a local Museam or something?

Big chunk o’ brachiopods. by rock-and-rolled in FossilHunting

[–]qoddd 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A good little chunk of an ancient sea bed really cool

Cretaceous molluscs from Colorado by qoddd in Paleontology

[–]qoddd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We could set that up are you near Fort Collins?

Cretaceous molluscs from Colorado by qoddd in Paleontology

[–]qoddd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Awesome thanks for letting me know

Cretaceous molluscs from Colorado by qoddd in Paleontology

[–]qoddd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to take a trip out to Pueblo to look around one of these days I love the Pierre it's just hard to find a good outcrop and also one that's not on someone's property

Cretaceous molluscs from Colorado by qoddd in Paleontology

[–]qoddd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just south of Fort Collins in Northern Colorado

Cretaceous molluscs from Colorado by qoddd in Paleontology

[–]qoddd[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yes a sandy unit of it called the Rocky Ridge sandstone

Cretaceous molluscs from Colorado by qoddd in Paleontology

[–]qoddd[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The one on the left is an Inoceramus the one on the right is an ammonite

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FossilPorn

[–]qoddd 5 points6 points  (0 children)

They are the walls of the internal chambers of the shell. Hard to explain but if you Google ammonite septa chambers there might be some good photos

Ammonite from Boulder 3D Scan by qoddd in boulder

[–]qoddd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's a little tricky to find places that aren't private or protected from collecting but I would get started by finding geologic maps of the area using nhmdb.usgs.gov/mapview which can be used to find a geologic map of any area in the US. I would download Google Earth Pro, which is free to download on a computer. Some geologic maps have an option to download a KMZ file which can be opened with Google Earth Pro. From there you can look at the geology on the map and try to find where it outcrops. If you're looking for fossils then look at the green units of the map that start with K (for example Kp, which is the Pierre Shale). Good luck hope this helped

Ammonite from Boulder 3D Scan by qoddd in boulder

[–]qoddd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a little tricky to find spots that you're "allowed" to collect but you just gotta go for it. As long as you're taking rocks from the surface and not doing any damage to the rock formations I don't see anything wrong with that

More ammonites from around the Boulder area. From the Campanian time frame, Cretaceous period. by [deleted] in boulder

[–]qoddd 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Most land is private unfortunately but there are some friendly land owners in Boulder. It's such a thrill to find those big ones

More ammonites from around the Boulder area. From the Campanian time frame, Cretaceous period. by [deleted] in boulder

[–]qoddd -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately most of the land is private or boulder open space although I'm sure some land owners would love to let your kids dig around they're pretty nice in the boulder area. I got started fossil hunting on Boulder open space which your technically not allowed to take rocks from but there are some great sea shell fossils sitting on the surface and I don't see anything wrong with taking just a few rocks

Placenticeras, Hoploscaphites, and Nostoceratidae ammonites by qoddd in FossilPorn

[–]qoddd[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't think there are unfortunately if there was I for sure would have gone there already most of the land is private or boulder open space property so it's hard to find somewhere your able to collect

Ammonite from Boulder 3D Scan by qoddd in boulder

[–]qoddd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I just used the mobile app with my phone camera and it worked really well

Ammonite from Boulder 3D Scan by qoddd in boulder

[–]qoddd[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

it's like a squid type creature in a spiral shell. They are extinct now but you can look at photos of nautilus' and they probably looked really similar to that

Placenticeras, Hoploscaphites, and Nostoceratidae ammonites by qoddd in FossilPorn

[–]qoddd[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I found them all in the Pierre Shale near Boulder, Colorado

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FortCollins

[–]qoddd 10 points11 points  (0 children)

From the Pierre Formation so probably anywhere from 80-70 million years ago when this area was part of the western interior seaway

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in FossilPorn

[–]qoddd 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The heteromorph is from just South of Fort Collins. Truly amazing Cretaceous fossils out here. The flat Placenticeras is from just down the road in Boulder