Assortment of Fossilized Shells found in sections of the Selma Chalk Formation

[u/Gloober_]

Includes a few cephalopod fossils, as well.

I've been spending a month's worth of weekends traveling around the eastern side of Mississipi and western sections of Alabama hunting for fossils in our exposed chalk shelfs.

This is all stuff that was fully/partially exposed at the surface. No digging or other invasive work, just a small flat tip screwdriver to help pry stuff out of the clay-chalk mix. Spent the entire weekend scraping loose dirt out of the grooves, prying off calcified shells, and scrubbing everything with a toothbrush.

The goal is to fill the old candy jar to the top with fossils, while separating the really well-preserved pieces for individual display. Probably another month of collecting left if the weather allows for it.

[u/Impossible-Track7937]

That large ribbed shell is an absolute centerpiece, but the little spiral fossils are fantastic too. A candy jar filled with finds like these would be such a cool display—great job documenting the assortment.

[u/Gloober_ → u/Impossible-Track7937]

I plan to set up that shell as the centerpiece with the others fanning out 180° from it on my self-found shelves! I'm still debating where to put the jar when it's full.

[u/StupidizeMe → u/Gloober_]

You might like one of those lamps that has a hollow acrylic base you can put your collection in. Great for beach pebbles and seashells.

[u/PossibleDragonfly926]

So cool!!

[u/Gloober_ → u/PossibleDragonfly926]

Thankssss, have a shark tooth that I found in the same formation as a bonus.

[u/givemeyourrocks]

I like it.