Any idea how old this is?

[silicity]

Found this sand dollar on a beach in humboldt county california, thought it was neat finding one intact, let alone "petrified" like. Anyone got ANY idea how old this thing possibly could be?

 

[bountyhuntergirl86]

Could be 1000's of years old... nice find

 

[vpnavy]

Age - beats me - but still a nice find silicity.

 

[krazyace]

My first thought is that it looks like it took an oil bath. There was an oil spill in Humboldt Bay at the end of 1997.

I hope it is a cool fossil instead.

 

[Paul48]

If you found it in its original formation, it can be dated by the age of the formation. Here is a link to common Humbolt County fossil locations. Page 4 shows a geologic time scale and fossil locations.

http://www.humboldt.edu/natmus/get-outside/fossils/Geol-Fossil-Guide.pdf

Paul

 

[CoilyGirl]

That's pretty cool.