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Is it paint or natural?Priscacara liops Green River Formation?thanks
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Need some help from the experts on this one. I've been searching for something similar but have so far struck out. Found in some Lee Creek material from Eastern North Carolina. Scale is 1mm. What do you think?
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Hi All, I bought a fossil fish on online a while ago. The seller identified it as "PTERONISCULUS Fish fossil Trias 250 mio Madagascar" It would be nice to confirm and also get additional information on possible locality, ideally reference to a scientific publication. I'm really curious about in situ conditions where the fossil was found. Could it be desert, or a mine. It seems like the fish nodules are not that rare if you look on-line but it's hard to find anything about the place of origin. Clearly, recognizing a fish species in this condition is a rare skill. So, many thanks in advance to those who will weigh in and share an opinion and information. Pictures are attached.
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Here are my new fossils! And how my collection looks now. For size comparison the enchodus tooth to the right in the picture of the entire collection is 5,6cm long (2.2 Inches long)
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Fossils range from 1.5 to 7.5 inches. Found in the last three years at American Fossil and Warfield quarries.
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I tried to walk away and let this go, but it’s really bugging me. This fish is confusing the heck out of me. I came across it on the ever popular auction site. The seller states that it is a juvenile Fundulus goreti from the Oligocene in France. The thing that bugs me the most is I can’t find ANY information on that species (apart from one mention in a 1940’s paper)! I’m starting to wonder if it even exists. Also, and I could be completely wrong, I can’t find any information on any Fundulus species in France. Am I not looking hard enough, or the correct way? Am I crazy? Most importantly, can anyone shed some light on what it may actually be?
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Recently, I went fossil hunting at Jalama Beach, California. After splitting open numerous rocks I encountered a variety of fossils; however, I am new to fossil hunting and I am unsure what species of marine fossils I found. Any help with ID would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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Does anyone know why there are so many Spinosaurus teeth on the market? Did they shed them as a shark does? Did they discover a Spinosaurus graveyard in Morocco? Tom
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Hi everyone, i'm doing the thesis of master degree in paleontology and I'm studying a new internal lagoon near a carbonate platform. At this moment I can't go to university because we are in quarantine and therefore I can't consult with the professors and can't use various methods. So I ask you for help. Can anyone identify these fish, even just the family they belong to? They are all from the Turonian and they come from a kind of Plattenkalk and represent the only vertebrates found. Thank you
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With extra time, I have been landscaping , sorting, and cleaning out fossil deposits around the house. I have rediscovered a number of unusual items. This being one of the most unusual. 3 to 1 marine versus land fossils. Once found a Llama sacrum that resembled this at 10-15x the size. Thought about fish nose, but never found one and really do not know.
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Hi Everyone, I’ve been living down in Texas with my family instead of my usual location in Missouri, and had a free day to go to the North Sulfur River (NSR). I had no idea my family lived so close to such a fun location to fossil hunt. I had a great time and have been trying to find the identity of a few of the fossils I found. I know identification posts are generally individually done, but since they were all found at the same location I decided to group them into one post. Hope that's not too against forum rules. Anyway, I’d love y'alls thoughts on what they might be! All the following were found in the North Sulfur River – Ozan formation. Number 1: This seems to me to be a jaw bone, but beyond that I'm unsure. Two possible growth teeth. What do you think? Number two: Are these bacculites end pieces? Number 3: I saw in another post these were identified as mammoth enamel. Think that is what they are or just something geological? I have a few more I'll include in a following post...
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Hi guys Is it possible to work out exactly what species of fish this fossil vertebrae is from, or is it too difficult to pinpoint ? Definitely fossilised. Found on the north coast of Norfolk U.K 25mm wide 7.5mm thick Happy Easter Matt
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I found this fossil in Devonian rock in Johnson County, Iowa. I think it is a fossil of a placoderm fish, and I think it has a "fin" next to the quarter in the photo. The fin would be coming out of the placoderm plate at a perpendicular angle, which would make sense, but I have never found a fin before. I will attach a close-up photo of the "fin" below. Am I on the right track or is this something else? Thank you! Ben
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Question about my fossil
acron611 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone, half a year ago I bought this Phareodus fossil. I am extremely happy with it and know it’s real, but my question is how much, if any, has been retouched. There is obvious putty in the center of the fish to glue it together. There is a noticeable orange glaze over it which I’m wondering is just to keep it from getting scratched or damage. Thanks
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Help request! I am putting together a tool for judging rock age based on very crude, whole-rock, hand-sample observations of fossil faunas/floras -- the types of observations a child or beginner could successfully make. I view this as a complement to the very fine, species-level identifications commonly employed as index fossils for individual stages, biozones, etc. Attached is what I've got so far, but I can clearly use help with corals, mollusks, plants, vertebrates, ichnofossils, and the post-Paleozoic In the attached file, vibrant orange indicates times in earth history to commonly observe the item of interest; paler orange indicates times in earth history to less commonly observe the item of interest. White indicates very little to no practical probability of observing the item of interest. Please keep in mind that the listed indicators are things like “conspicuous horn corals,” purposefully declining to address rare encounters with groups of low preservation potential, low recognizability, etc. Got additions/amendments, especially for the groups mentioned above? Toss them in the comments below! Thank you..... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1tVm_u6v573V4NACrdebb_1OsBEAz60dS1m4pCTckgyA- 5 replies
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Some of my latest finds from the Wealden strata of Sussex (135 MYA approx). Bexhill and Hastings. Hope collecting is going well for everyone. Quite rare and a very nice specimen of a Sauropod pes fossil footcast. 20cm. Nice curved gaff claw toe.Lateral view.
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More Scottish fish fossils from Tillywhandland quarry.
James_R_V posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I have been fossil hunting at Tillywhandland quarry near Forfar Scotland over past few months and found quite a few fossils that I thought I would share. The first fossil is an Ishnacanthus gracillis fossil, which I have just finished prepping tonight. It is pretty much complete apart from the very tip of the tail.
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Here's another I have had since I was a kid, found in the St. Louis Missouri area. Thoughts on type of fish-and age?- seems pretty large. thanks! Stay healthy! Bone PS- the number is part of my "fossil museum" when I was 12 I started a fossil museum and would make tiny cards to explain the fossil, its age, etc. Still have them all and my up-front apologies, as I will be sending photos of most for help with i.d...
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I am always eager to try new things and develop or expand my skills. I've been putting in a lot of hours doing final prep on Hell Creek bone, and frankly, thats easy compared to these fish! I recently bought some un-prepped green river slabs from Ptychodus04. Since the weather and pandemic have put a halt to most things I began trying my hand at prepping these. Such a difference from working big dino bones! The fish bones are like fossilized hairs and unbelievably fragile. The matrix (on most of these) is extremely soft which makes clearing easy with a scribe, but also easy to blow it out. Using a soda blaster is a little more gentle, but still easy to blow out the fossil as soon as the matrix is gone. The bone details are so fine, I can understand how having a stereo microscope (along with a micro-jack scribe) would make this type of prep a lot easier. I think I did OK on my first fish. I'm scared to try and clear the spine any more because the bones are so thin and fragile. Then the second fish is in a harder matrix (and deep), but from what I've cleared so far, it seems to be a in a lot better condition. I'm afraid I may wear out my scribe exposing it though, LOL.
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Hey guys, Here's a small osteoderm I found recently on the Zandmotor in the Netherlands. I think it's possibly an osteoderm of a sturgeon or some other type of fish, but I'm really unsure. It kinda reminds me of a tiny alligator osteoderm... Anyone have an idea what it could be? It's probably from marine sediments of the Eem Formation, from the Eemian stage of the late Pleistocene (130'000 to 115'000 years old), but could easily be from the last Ice Age (around 40'000 years old), or older than the Eemian (anywhere in the Neogene is feasible actually, the Zandmotor has quite a bit of reworked fossils). Thanks in advance! Max
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Need some help with this one. I think it's fish, but beyond that I'm lost. Found on the banks of the Tar River in Eastern NC -- I believe Pliocene, Yorktown formation (other NC members please correct if wrong). First thought was fish tooth in a fragment of jaw but its all one piece, so not likely. Tooth with a strange piece of attached root, or not tooth at all, but bone?? Scale divisions are 1mm.
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Hello all! This is my first post in the forum besides the introduction. I’m open to any and all interpretations on this piece. Did I just find a fish head in my backyard? There are tons of fossils (marine and palm) pouring out of the hills on my property. I’m so close to Chattanooga (10 minutes away), I imagine we would share similar geology but I’m unsure and try not to make assumptions. Yay for the scientific method! Found on the surface at the base of a shallow ravine among lots of fossil palm wood, shale outcroppings, and some volcanic(?) glass. Northern Walker co, Georgia, USA. Pictures are as follows... 1) “Right” side 2) “Left” side 3) “Top” 4) “Bottom” with “mouth” facing left 5) “Back” side with “top” at the top of photo 6) “Underside” with “mouth” at bottom left of photo 7) The location behind my driveway that keeps vomiting out fishy bits and petrified wood!
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'Morning, everyone. I appreciate all the input on my last post, which was an outstanding demonstration of the Venn diagram of photography, limited magnification, and apparently wishful thinking... Less of a mystery here -- I'm trying to ID this little (11mm) fella. I collected him in 2010 at the Mazonia-Braidwood South Unit. The ESCONI guide doesn't seem to have anything similar -- thoughts? Thanks.
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From the album: Cenomanian Shark Teeth and other Marine Fauna, Ryazan Oblast, Russia
Enchodus ferox (Agassiz 1835) tooth. I believe this specimen to be an E. ferox, but I am unsure on my ID. -
From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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