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A fossil i found a few years ago.
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Colin&Lee
Thanks for sharing Bez, any idea on the age?
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C&L
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C&L
shows how attentive you have to be.
bet the crab would be rapt that someone cared about him . looks like he had a bit of a wait though
bet the crab would be rapt that someone cared about him . looks like he had a bit of a wait though
headbut
Paul
Nice one Bez
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That's a nice crab, Bez. Where was it found? I'm sure you could deduce its age by looking at a geological map of your local area.
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Headbut said:
Thanks mate!
Paleoworld-101 said:
I found it in about a foot of water in the ocean. I have looked at geological maps from the area, the rocks are from the cretaceous period. But being a concretion, who knows when it actually formed, but the actual fossil is indeed as hard as rock. So It's got to be very old. So who knows, could be 80 million years old, or could be only a thousand.. though I'm not even sure how long it takes for a fossil to.. well you know.. become a fossil. Would be awesome if it was a million years or older!!!
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nice find!
