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How old do you think this fossil is?
« 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.




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Re: How old do you think this fossil is?
« Reply #1 on: January 27, 2022, 08:51:31 AM »
could be from the Cretaceous age..over 100 million yrs ago.



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Re: How old do you think this fossil is?
« Reply #2 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.

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



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Re: How old do you think this fossil is?
« Reply #3 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.




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