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How cool is that!

Way long time ago, in the '50s and '60s when my kids were young, we found quite a few rocks with embedded clam shells here in the Fresno/Clovis area. I've always wondered if that was because of Noah's flood, as this is way far from any water. I never saved any of them, not thinking they were important at all.

We have them here too, but then at one time we were under water.
 

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That is a shark tooth, i'm pretty sure from a fin-spined hybodont shark, designed to crush shells.
I think it's a species of Orodus from the Upper Pennsylvanian , 300 million years old or so. .
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Oh, MY!!!! I thought all shark teeth were those triangular ones !!!!!COOL!!!!
 

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Oh, MY!!!! I thought all shark teeth were those triangular ones !!!!!COOL!!!!
Ptychodont shark teeth.
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For crushing molluscs.
 

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This is a fossilized shark tooth that my brother gave my eldest son. He told me how old it was but I have already forgotten.
He did say though that it isn't really a good one and that there are better ones. It also has a little bit of clay on as he wanted to make it into a necklace. But then gave it to my son.1516209560260.jpg1516209607520.jpg1516209758681.jpg1516209799316.jpg
 

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My favorite of all!
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Fossil carnivore poop recently sent to me by an American friend.
This is the second time I've been sent pooh in the post.
What are people trying to say?
These are 30 million years old and possibly from this extinct dog :

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This is a fossilized shark tooth that my brother gave my eldest son. He told me how old it was but I have already forgotten.
He did say though that it isn't really a good one and that there are better ones. It also has a little bit of clay on as he wanted to make it into a necklace. But then gave it to my son.View attachment 227872View attachment 227873View attachment 227874View attachment 227875
That's very pretty, but not enough of the base and root to make an positive id.
It is a fossil Great White, though, I think.
Carcharodon carcharias.
 

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Fossil carnivore poop recently sent to me by an American friend.
This is the second time I've been sent pooh in the post.
What are people trying to say?
These are 30 million years old and possibly from this extinct dog :

cynodictisWC-56a255a55f9b58b7d0c9215c.jpg

That looks more like a cat or a weasel than a dog!!! [emoji33]
 

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I was already in the basement to do laundry today, so I fished out my little fossil for you guys. I've had it for a long time so I don't remember who gave it to me or where it's from. It's only about 7 cm (3 in) at its longest, I'm guessing.

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I was already in the basement to do laundry today, so I fished out my little fossil for you guys. I've had it for a long time so I don't remember who gave it to me or where it's from. It's only about 7 cm (3 in) at its longest, I'm guessing.

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WOW!!! [emoji2] Is that a trilobite? [emoji2]
 

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