Mystery fossil find investigation
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- čas přidán 29. 05. 2024
- When they had worked on this road, a bunch of the overburden had been pushed over on to the side of the hill which is where I found this mystery piece of Cretaceous material. I thought I would show my process of figuring out what it is. If I hadn't done an investigation first before cutting into it, I could have destroyed an important fossils.
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Really glad you enjoyed opening it! Also the last fossil that you thought is a sea urchin is indeed a trilobite piece that I found last year. Also you might possibly remember having seen some of these fossils some time ago, if you don't remember it is also not a problem, I did send you the sea urchin images and the repair video of the crinoidstem a while ago ( sea urchin was a picture of an email and the crinoidstem was over on instagram) But really glad you liked them! You can also display them if you wish to!
They are so amazing! Thanks again!
@@MamlamboFossilsYou are welcome, I knew you would like them!
I am French and I love your videos, I also look for fossils but less often because I also have school. I find only ammonites, rostres of bellemnites and mussels but I always find it exciting. Thanks for your video and keep it up! 👍
So happy to see the surprises and all the Sea Urchins from before Sand-Dollars.. Thanks for sharing your treasures..
Might be interesting to cut the "forest floor" into thin slabs then polish the slabs and put them in epoxy resin
Cool idea! I might have to do that one day!
What great fun, you solved a mystery and got a load of great presents! Well done. Love the shop. Be happy, safe and stay healthy. 😷⚒
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Have you done a video tour of your workshop? I'd love to visit but I'm in England.
The one long fossil appears to be the straight shell of a cephalopod.
The one small mystery fossil appears to be a pygidium ( tail section) of a trilobite.
First processing in the new building, another great step forward. To manage echoes, drape a blanket or two somewhere out of shot to soak up the sound. Happy fossil hunting!
i love how found your self some low grade coal I've never really thought of it like that before
I’ve never heard of forest floor fossils. Very interesting. Thanks!
I don't know if this is a local term - it's not really a forest floor I think as it would have been a marine deposit most likely
@@MamlamboFossilsThanks for explaining.
Great video
Cool saw 😍
hi Mamlambo, thanks for sharing.
When you find this kind of wood, is it possible to say what kind of tree it was ? It seems very brittle.
Is it possible, as in all forest soils, to find fossilized insects or tiny springtails ?
I don't think this was actually from a forest floor, it was probably marine, but you would be able to find insects if it was indeed from a forest! Thanks for the question
Thank you for sharing this awesomely enjoyable video with us six stars brother
Thanks so much Joseph!
Thanks!
Thanks so much 😁 i appreciate the support!!
If theres plant material there may well be seeds and insects and larvae and all sorts of things not visible to the naked eye.
Good point! I'll take a closer look at it!
It looks very similar to the kind of "log jam" deposit that is how i target material for wet sieving. Where a bunch of sticks and bits of wood accumulate in an ocean or river deposit often teeth and bone will also accumulate
Oooh that is a great tip! I need to check this area out then!
I found a awesome cluster of fossil shells next to the coal mine near me. And at a construction site I found a bunch of ferns but they are in sandstone and they crumble easily.
I love finding fossils in the most random places!
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Ancient forest floor with carbonized wood.
Thanks!
Rubbin my hands like bird man. Hope its something good!
Hi, we have loads of similar fossils to the thing you are holding up at the end in the chalk cliffs of Sussex. They are identical in size and shape although smooth all over. I thought we call them Echinoids.
Yip! Sea urchins, they are beautiful!
@@MamlamboFossils The friendly fella who sent you it may be a little confused, definitely not a Trilobite.
@@petergwatts9037 It is, it was inspected, also I mean the one in the same matrix as the endoceras was (the red looking matrix), as it is a limestone that contains endoceras/orthoceras and trilobite pieces, Done some research also was at a museum helping out and a geologist looked at it and confirmed that it was a trilobite shield. I have a few of the trilobite tail shield segments and a book regarding the said material, so yeah. Just wanted to clarify. (sorry if it sounds a bit mean)
@@linuskorff4074 Not mean at all, just trying to help you sort it. I am still with the Mamlambo fella, Sea Urchin or Echinoid which I believe is different from a Trilobite, I am no expert though.
@@petergwatts9037 They are different, the fossil shown at 9:30 is the trilobite shield that I am talking about, i have a few larger ones and yes I did confuse my first one of them as well, as it was in a different matrix that can contain sea urchins/echinoids, it was found at the baltic sea, and the matrix is as old as the endoceras and no sea urchin that I know if has been found in that matrix.
If i can figure out shipping, would you like some fossil samples from Pennsylvania, USA? Specifically the valley and ridge section of the Appalachians and the area surrounding Snyder county in Central Pennsylvania.
I would love to see them, but shipping is expensive to New Zealand so please don't send anything that would cost too much
double it and give it to next person
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❤How nice presents u get
I would consider it lignite as it still exhibits wood fibers.
Some of the fibers were from plants that were growing near the surface which confused it all!
Looked like a brachiopod
Can it be a fossilized poop from some animal?
It's definitely wood material I think
I also think it looks kinda like a coprolite from a large herbivore.
The shape and other structures in it look like the inside of one I saw that someone had cut in half, much larger but it looks very similar.
What if it was it would be the biggest fossilized turd ever found! lol
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1:26 clearly, you've found the Ent wives.
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