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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Mar 6, 2011 17:56:54 GMT -5
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Mar 8, 2011 8:19:11 GMT -5
Fish are approx 15million yr old.
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Post by Joe Botting on Mar 8, 2011 8:27:42 GMT -5
I've got to admit it is an amazing specimen!
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Mar 8, 2011 9:30:50 GMT -5
Hi Joe: Thanks. A bit about the fossil... collected from earthquake fault line... by Bill Brand
Puente Formation and its age is Luisian, 15 MILLION YEARS OLD, These fossils belongs to the Miocene and were found in the Santa Ynez fault that runs through the Santa Ynez river valley, centered around 10 mile RADIUS from Buellton, California. About 15 million years ago there was a volcanic disturbance that caused a mass extinction of these SEA BEDS & remains of the aquatic life were quickly covered with silt, mud & calcium carbonate, resulting in finely preserved fossils in this particular biota.
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Post by archimedes on Mar 8, 2011 19:39:18 GMT -5
very very nice fossil
I enjoyed Thanks
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Mar 8, 2011 20:11:27 GMT -5
You are welcome Archimedes... this is one of a dozen fossils from this formation....
Peter
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Post by ammocarbsteve on Mar 9, 2011 7:33:09 GMT -5
Peter.... What a beauty !.... Thanks for sharing that...
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Post by pleecan (Peter Lee) on Mar 9, 2011 8:33:58 GMT -5
You are welcome Steve.... some really nice preservation in this particular biota / Lagerstatte.
Peter
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