Dad was plowing a field with his tractor and unearthed what he thought was a rock, but it was a cluster of fossils. Looks to be from an ancient seabed. Strange it being in North Alabama.
Fossil Collector: Danmanua
Location: Tuscumbia, AL
[Editor's Note: These are fossil crinoid stems, a relative of the starfish although they resemble plants. You can likely see a few other examples by searching the keyword crinoid on this website. The fossil location is far inland now, but I encourage you to find out how far the vast inland sea extended into ancient North America. I think you will be amazed. The world was very different then.]
Oligocene shells in limestone.
Fossil shells from Flint River Formation.
I saw an imprint on a large rock while hunting in Arlington, GA. Chiseled off the small fossil and it exposed several other full shells and other impressions. Very interested in any other info on how to dissect the rest of the rock to see what else is in this 30 lb. rock!
Fossil Collector: Tripp Moore
Location: Arlington, GA
This was found behind my father in law's cabin in the woods, in a pile of rocks next to a creek. Not entirely sure if this is a fossil but I would suspect that it is a clutch of eggs. I have found numerous, large crinoid stem fossils (they appear to be carboniferous) in the same area every time I go out on a fossil hunt. If it were from the same general time frame, I'd suspect it to be a clutch of early reptile eggs. However, this is only an amateur's guess.
Fossil Collector: Andy C.
Location: Hocking County, Ohio
[Editor's Note: This sort of thing fools collectors all the time. It is almost certainly a mineral formation like goethite or hematite or other sedimentary formation. Perhaps someone familiar with the minerals of Ohio can leave a comment to be more specific. I'd like to point out that, although not a fossil, it is still a very interesting find and worth taking a look at.]
There's a reason collector's love the Green River Formation of Wyoming. The fish there never go bad even after 50 million years! Cracking open some limestone and catching an Eocene fish is such a treat. This one is probably a fragment of Priscacara.
Fossil Collector: Walt S.
Green River Formation, WY
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