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Welcome to FOSSILGUY.COM
FossilGuy.com: A resource for fossil collectors in and
around the mid-Atlantic region. Including virtual tours of fossil
sites, and fossil identification.
The Purpose of this Fossil Site is to:
Answer questions such as what are fossils? Where to find fossils? What is a megalodon shark? What are trilobites?
Provide information about fossils, fossil collecting, and fossil hunting sites.
Help fellow collectors identify their finds.
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May 2013 |
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There's a new Shark in the Prehistoric Shark Gallery. This one is a living fossil: The odd looking
Goblin Shark.
This gallery contains numerous images of the living goblin shark, fossil specimens, and video of goblin sharks!
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April 2013 |
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I've made some changes to the
Fossil Gallery.
There are also a few more prehistoric animals in the gallery to learn about, including some cetacean history.
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I've been getting allot of general questions about fossils lately. Here is a new page dedicated to the basics of fossils:
What is a Fossil?
It has general information on how fossils form, the different types of fossils, and the different types of sedimentary rock.
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The Fossil Gallery has some relatively new pages
all about trilobites. Currently it contains an overview of
trilobites and information on 6 specific genera of trilobites. More are being added soon!
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February 2013 |
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December 2012 |
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October 2012 |
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I acquired some really neat
fossil Olive specimens from Santorini.
They are from a really nice Greek website visitor. These fossils are interesting in that
they are the oldest olive fossils in the Mediterranean, and of course, olives have a far reaching history in the Mediterranean. Read about the interesting
history of the olive, including the mythological and paleontological origins!
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I took a relaxing
Trip to the Calvert Cliffs area and the Potomac River area in search
of Miocene and Paleocene shark teeth. I found some Native American pottery along the Potomac, and a small meg and a nice mako at the cliffs. Check it out!
I also made my first fossil hunting video. It's a short 1.5 minute clip.
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SITE MAP
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The Fossil Gallery
Here you can browse through a sample inventory of fossils and learn about each one.
When possible, the specific fossils are
linked to additional information, articles, collecting sites, and collecting trips.
And yes, for those of you looking for information on the megalodon shark, the
megalodon gallery is here.
Fossil Collecting and Fossil Sites around the mid-Atlantic
Take virtual fossil tours to collecting sites!
This link includes fossils found at specific locations, collecting info, tips, site photos, etc...
If you want to know where to find fossils, or need help identifying a fossil, this is your place.
Collecting trips
Read about our latest fossil collecting trips & see what we found.
Printable Fossil Identification Sheets
These are printable fossil identification sheets for a few fossil sites. The sheets are in PDF format for easy printing.
These sheets include common shark fossil identifications for the mid-atlantic U.S.
Topics
Topics about prehistoric creatures from collecting sites
Topics include, the size of megalodon, megalodon evolution, the Shark-toothed whale (Squalodon), Eurhinodelphis (long snouted dolphin), types of shark fossils, and Triceratops dinosaurs.
Articles
Articles on featured collecting sites, fossil digs, and paleontology excavations.
Fossilguy Shop
Right now we are selling one item: "Calvert Cliffs Coffee Club" Coffee Mugs
Great Links to useful places
Links to other Fossil related websites
References
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FOSSILGUY.COM has been up and running since March of 2000
Questions, Suggestions, Answers? Email me at:
Please don't send emails asking for the monetary value of a fossil, for that check
out the fossils on Ebay.com, or other commercial web sites.
All of the fossils we found are identified to the best of my ability. In many cases
publications, books, and the help of very knowledgeable people were used to identify them.
If you think any fossils are miss-identified, please email me so I can change them.
On the same note, if you know that info on a collecting area featured here is wrong, or has been changed, please
let me know.
Thank you!
Also, I would like to thank everyone who has corrected any information and/or helped identify any fossil
found on these pages, via email or in person. Thank you very much for making this web site a better
place!
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