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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: Reporter on January 26, 2022, 11:58:23 PM

Title: How old do you think this fossil is?
Post by: Reporter on January 26, 2022, 11:58:23 PM

I found this snail fossil in southern Minnesota on some pebbles of a stream.

I might get it tested soon.

(https://scontent.ffcm1-2.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/r90/272840042_10227209656972927_8614610401206240455_n.jpg?_nc_cat=108&ccb=1-5&_nc_sid=8bfeb9&_nc_ohc=BDjP8XOIHvsAX8rffbZ&tn=_QIYxzgfnXenQ3ob&_nc_ht=scontent.ffcm1-2.fna&oh=00_AT8HHfgrel953LeOW2Zk2JaUnh9KGbVRIEMJAA4SmFhdWQ&oe=61F76D7E)

Title: Re: How old do you think this fossil is?
Post by: Dok_Champa on January 27, 2022, 08:51:31 AM

could be from the Cretaceous age..over 100 million yrs ago.

Title: Re: How old do you think this fossil is?
Post by: Reporter on January 27, 2022, 09:21:03 AM

Yeah. Likely. For a snail shell to have collected enough sediments to crystallize that way,it must have been millions of years.

Surprising this one was on the surface though. I'd expect that it would have been buried deep underneath.

Quote from: Dok_Champa on January 27, 2022, 08:51:31 AM

could be from the Cretaceous age..over 100 million yrs ago.

Title: Re: How old do you think this fossil is?
Post by: Reporter on January 27, 2022, 10:00:37 AM

Gastropods (snails).

Just checked around. It's estimated to be around 100 million years ago for those found where I found this one.