General Fossil Discussion

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1. Us Coins As Size Reference 1 2 3 4

   By Sharkbyte, October 21, 2011
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   • Top Trilo
   • 1 hour ago

2. Please please use an international scale when posting images 1 2

   By JohnBrewer, March 10, 2018   

   • scale
   • metric
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   • Coco
   • Tuesday at 11:04 AM

3. Moroccan Mosasaurs 1 2 3 4 7

   By jnoun11, March 23, 2013   

   • mosasaur
   • morocco
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   • pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon
   • March 30

4. List of Trilobites with Preserved Appendages

   By piranha, February 13, 2018   

   • appendages
   • anatomy
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   • JohnJ
   • June 9, 2020

5. Geologic Formation Maps 1 2 3 4

   By Bev, September 3, 2013   

   • Worldwide geologic maps
   • Geologic Maps by State
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     • Geologic Maps by State
     • Geologic Maps by Country
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   • digit
   • January 2, 2020

6. Phacops Vs Eldredgeops 1 2

   By GerryK, June 9, 2014   

   • eldredgeops
   • phacops eldredgeops
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   • Kane
   • July 28, 2019

7. Flash From The Past 1 2

   By Indy, January 1, 2012   

   • show us your
   • classics
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     • older posts
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   • Uncle Siphuncle
   • November 8, 2016

8. Tucson Show Photos 2021

   By Troodon, 18 hours ago   

   • fosssils
   • tucson show
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   • Joe_17
   • 42 minutes ago

9. Show us your Devonian Epizoans & Pathological Brachiopods! 1 2 3 4 7

   By Brach3, January 19, 2020   

   • attachment scars
   • palaeoecology
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     • palaeoecology
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     • shell repair
     • predation damage
     • repair scar
     • cephalopod predation
     • damage to brachiopods
     • endoskeletobionts
     • ecological interactions
     • predation
     • repair of shell breakage
     • shell breakage
     • botryllopora
     • ropaionaria
     • rugose coral
     • coprolites
     • organic threads
     • holdfasts
     • crinoidea
     • sedentaria
     • polychaeta
     • phizhedxa
     • petrocrania
     • fistuliporoids
     • trepostomata
     • prestomata
     • trepos
     • cyclostomata
     • cystoporata
     • bryozoa
     • ctenostomata
     • rugosa
     • paraspirifer
     • spinocyrtias
     • drill holes
     • incertae sedis
     • eliasopora
     • ascodictyon
     • pseudobryozoans
     • hederella
     • microconchida
     • palaeoconchus
     • stenopora
     • aulopora
     • cornulites
     • durophagy
     • microproblematica
     • encrusters
     • sclerobionts
     • epifauna
     • epibionts
     • epizoans
     • brachiopods
     • barnacles
     • muscle scars
     • sphenothallus
     • graptolites dendroid
     • sponges
     • podichnus
     • microconchus
     • bore traces of predation
     • life orientation
     • brachiopods life position
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   • Mediospirifer
   • 8 hours ago

10. Future fossils being made in Icelandic volcano eruption.

    By DPS Ammonite, March 20   

    • iceland
    • volcano
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    • DPS Ammonite
    • 11 hours ago

11. Jurassic Gar

    By Microraptorfan, Thursday at 08:11 PM   

    • jurassic
    • gar
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      • lepisosteoid
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    • Microraptorfan
    • Yesterday at 11:22 AM

12. Long time I haven't been here...

    By The Amateur Paleontologist, Wednesday at 06:13 PM   

    • university
    • research
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    • The Amateur Paleontologist
    • Wednesday at 07:47 PM

13. Cretaceous deposits in Crete?

    By DD1991, Tuesday at 11:45 PM   

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    • cretaceous
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    • piranha
    • Wednesday at 01:43 AM

14. Ophthalmosaurus icenicus vertebra

    By DE&i, Tuesday at 04:44 PM   

    • ichthyosaur
    • vertebra
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    • DE&i
    • Tuesday at 07:35 PM

15. Upper Jurassic Kimmeridge Clay plesiosaurus

    By DE&i, Monday at 06:08 PM   

    • rasenia cymodoce zone
    • upper jurassic kimmeridge clay
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    • paulgdls
    • Tuesday at 04:41 PM

16. Cambrian - Carboniferous Spike Headed Trilobites 1 2

    By piranha, December 20, 2012
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    • piranha
    • Tuesday at 03:15 AM

17. Sometimes You Have To Whack It !! 1 2 3 4 51

    By Nimravis, May 14, 2018   

    • mazon creek
    • ferns
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    • Tidgy's Dad
    • Monday at 06:17 AM

18. Cookie cutter creek micro matrix search 1 2

    By will stevenson, April 1   

    • cookie cutter creek
    • miocene
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      • miocene
      • florida
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    • digit
    • April 4

19. Petrified wood found

    By jnicholes, April 2   

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    • wood
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    • jnicholes
    • April 3

20. Platyceras Dumosum

    By hrguy54, April 18, 2014   

    • Lower Devonian
    • Gastropod
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    • Ludwigia
    • April 3

21. Fossilized wood

    By Rothrockbc, April 2   

    • wood
    • petrified
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      • permineralized
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    • Rothrockbc
    • April 3

22. Dugong rib Predator markings?

    By PODIGGER, March 31   

    • peace river
    • predation marks?
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      • predation marks?
      • butchering?
      • other causes?
    • 9 replies
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    • Shellseeker
    • April 2

23. Pathological feature.? on centrum

    By DE&i, March 28   

    • pathological
    • centrum
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      • centrum
      • vertebra
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    • pachy-pleuro-whatnot-odon
    • April 1

24. Funny Fossil fish

    By jnicholes, March 31   

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    • fish
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      • funny
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    • jnicholes
    • March 31

25. Reconstructive skeletal drawing- perspective foreshortening

    By Mahnmut, March 31   

    • drawing
    • reconstruction
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    • Mahnmut
    • March 31