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Post by vegasjames on Mar 18, 2024 6:57:10 GMT -5
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 18, 2024 7:01:24 GMT -5
What is it?
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 18, 2024 7:14:47 GMT -5
The rings look most likely like a coral. We have a lot of ocean fossils around here. Various corals and sponges, sea worms, crinoids, bryzoans, shells, etc. I found a fossil jellyfish, and one of our club members found a cluster of baby brittle stars. |
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Post by 1dave on Mar 18, 2024 8:04:45 GMT -5
Ocean Front Property in Nevada?
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 18, 2024 8:31:09 GMT -5
Ocean Front Property in Nevada? This whole area was was once one big ocean. Fossil corals and crinoids are mainly in the higher parts of the mountains around here as those were once shallows where the light could reach them.
There is a trilobite bed on the East end of Las Vegas, and a major deposit of fossilized fish poop just outside of Las Vegas.
All the limestone around here is formed from the old ocean bed.
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johnthor1963
starting to spend too much on rocks
Cattle dogs rock
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Post by johnthor1963 on Mar 19, 2024 7:06:32 GMT -5
Nice find and it looks like Jax has something to guard. Wondering did you have to dig it out of the ground. Always amazing when you people find things like that what the surrounding area looks like and if there is more in the area. Love it great find thx for sharing
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 19, 2024 8:45:30 GMT -5
Nice find and it looks like Jax has something to guard. Wondering did you have to dig it out of the ground. Always amazing when you people find things like that what the surrounding area looks like and if there is more in the area. Love it great find thx for sharing No, it was just laying on the ground at the tip of the mountain. Passed a bunch of fossil staghorn coral in limestone on the side of the road just before the mine.
And this is relatively close to an area that has fossilized sponges all over the place.
The cluster of baby brittle stars (starfish) my friend found was found about a mile or two from this spot. So lots of ocean fossils in the area.
Have a couple other fossils I found recently I have to photograph still.
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quartzilla
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Post by quartzilla on Mar 22, 2024 11:18:28 GMT -5
Can’t wait to see the pics! I’m curious what a fossilized jellyfish could even look like. All those soft parts it’s amazing one could even fossilize in the first place.
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 22, 2024 17:20:32 GMT -5
Fossil jellyfish  |
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 22, 2024 17:25:29 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 22, 2024 17:29:16 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 22, 2024 17:32:22 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 22, 2024 17:34:15 GMT -5
If you look carefully, this large rock is full of bryozoan fossils.  |
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 22, 2024 18:02:22 GMT -5
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Post by liveoak on Mar 24, 2024 6:24:34 GMT -5
Thanks for the show, that's quite a collection you found
Patty
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Post by rockjunquie on Mar 24, 2024 6:38:33 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 24, 2024 8:17:39 GMT -5
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Post by vegasjames on Mar 24, 2024 8:32:33 GMT -5
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Post by jasoninsd on Mar 24, 2024 12:08:58 GMT -5
The fossilized "Dumbo Dong" is hilarious! LOL
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wargrafix
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Post by wargrafix on Mar 24, 2024 18:42:58 GMT -5
vegasjames plays the odds and won big time.
I am still looking at these pics. Really really wonderful
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