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  2. Mark, Thanks for all of the information that you have provided to me. Nick
  3. jpc

    Snake egg fossil!!! Very large.

    It is a nice looking chert nodule.
  4. jpc

    Found object

    Could be a piece of dinosaur bone. But there is not much left to try to ID it. My best guess is a piece of a rib.
  5. Jared C

    Juvenile xenacanth

    There's always the opportunity of independent research It sounds like you might have the opportunity to take it on yourself. If one is enthusiastic about the subject, reading the relevant literature to round out your understanding of your finds will be enjoyable and fulfilling. Folks can unintentionally become the experts in their niche fields this way. Plus, when it comes time to jot your ideas/observations down on paper, you can talk with paleontologists working on other types of critters and they will help you construct your paper. That, and email correspondence, zoom calls etc. with people more versed with your finds will assist you further. Plus, some journals are free or very cheap to publish in (ex: paleontologica electronica, which has no fees for authors).
  6. Lori Peterson

    Found object

    I don't know how to use this site so I hope I'm doing this right. I found this flattened and petrified piece on the Missouri River in South Dakota. I'm so curious to know what it might be.
  7. Lori Peterson

    Found object

  8. wellsay

    Need Help Identifying Fossil

    Horn coral would make sense for my location. I compared it to images online and I think you are right. I will go with that identification, thank you.
  9. Jaybot

    Neutache Shoreline

    Fossils from central USA. I named this album after the Neutache/Missouria tribe. Please note that I am -not- attempting to 'show off' (not that i've found anything worth showing off) I am mostly posting these here for my own id'ing reference, and for anyone else to use as reference material as well. All photos in this album are under: CC BY-NC license. Feel free to download and use these photos for non-commercial use Thank you, -Jaybot
  10. Jared C

    North Sulphur River vertebra (Mosasaur?)

    Really cool find. As far as I've heard, there have only been a couple full blown plesiosaur excavations on the NSR and its tributaries. One of them done through the Texas through time museum, which isn't exactly the most research oriented institution, and one through SMU that only yielded a very partial skeleton. Ozan formation plesiosaurs are definitely rare animals.
  11. izak_

    Juvenile xenacanth

    Unfortunately there are very few people working on Triassic fish in Australia so I doubt it'll be published for a long time. I'll try to contact some people who have published on Australian palaeozoic sharks, there's probably the most overlap with those groups. The fish of the Sydney Basin (especially the Ashfield Shale) really need to be worked on but very few people seem to be interested!
  12. ThePhysicist

    Juvenile xenacanth

    That's great to hear, I'm certain it would be of great interest to them.
  13. Newbie77

    Help ID’ing possible whale bones please!

    Ha!!! Love it. You are all right.
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  15. Harry Pristis

    Please help me identify!

    Take a cold chisel to your concretion. Give it a good whack. When split, any fossil will be revealed. If a fossil is split, the concretion can be glued back together. The concretion can then be prepared from the exterior, working to expose the full fossil. That's how the most delicate Moroccan trilobites are identified and prepared.
  16. trilobites_are_awesome

    New member from California

    Welcome from Michigan!
  17. Randyw

    Help ID’ing possible whale bones please!

    LOL! Me and the wife compromised when we got our house. She does whatever she wants with the main floor, the basement is mine and we split the top floor
  18. Balance

    Help ID’ing possible whale bones please!

    Husbands claim entire rooms!!! Ridiculous man cave nonsense. ENJOY the heck out of that table layout. 😁😉 A fossil cave makes far more sense. Go claim something in the name of science! Jp
  19. Randyw

    Need Help Identifying Fossil

    Depends… if it was bagged it could be from anywhere. I used to work in a store garden center and our bagged rock was shipped from 2 states away…
  20. Randyw

    NSR teeth?

    Is it possible to get pictures of the wide ends?
  21. Fin Lover

    Help ID’ing possible whale bones please!

    Wow, you have a lot of nice finds!
  22. Al Dente

    Need Help Identifying Fossil

    Gravel usually isn’t transported very far from its source. What state did you find this in? It reminds me of a piece of silicified horn coral.
  23. Fin Lover

    New member from California

    Welcome to the forum!
  24. Fin Lover

    New member

    Welcome from South Carolina!
  25. Randyw

    Help ID’ing possible whale bones please!

    Whoa! I wish my table looked like that!
  26. Randyw

    Snake egg fossil!!! Very large.

    Sorry but I agree with fossildude. Not an egg. No egg shell texture, no snake bones no fossils. etc…. It’s all geological…
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  28. Fossildude19

    Snake egg fossil!!! Very large.

    Sorry, but this is a chert nodule. Not a snake egg. No egg shell texture.
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