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H Forum, these 2 speciments come from the eichstatt quarry (DE, next to the most famous Solnhofen quarries) the first one should be well preserved enough to try an accurate specie ID the second one, i'm not sure it is a fish, but the curved body and the strong orange color should indicate a bad preserved little fish Thanks a lot Paolo
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Howdy everyone! I came across a neat partial armored fish fossil and was wondering if y’all could help me ID it. It is said to be from the village of Nyrkiv in the Ternopil region of Ukrain. I really appreciate y’all and I hope you’re all staying cool in this crazy heat! (Or staying warm if you live in the southern hemisphere)
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I just don't know what this thing is. It's from the Glenshaw Formation of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Some is below the matrix, but what is showing is about 1 cm top to bottom and 1.5 cm across. I believe it is Brush Creek Limestone and it looks like part of a fish spine to me. As always all help is appreciated. Thanks.
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Hello! I think I've just about tapped out most of my local hunting spots. Yet a week ago I found a couple fossils that look like teeth. Please let me know what you think. They are 1.5 cm wide by 1 cm long, Pennsylvanian (Carboniferous), Glenshaw Formation and from Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.
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This piece, (around 2.5 cm) split out from some shale. I know very little about fish at this point, but other pieces I have found Placoderm plate pieces before. This appears to be a fin. Maybe Placoderm or Onychodus ... or other? Does it look familiar to anyone?
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Hi, I was wondering if it is possible to identify what animal a vertebrae came from. I'm pretty confident it is a small back boan. It's just over a cm in diameter, and 4mm 'high' and was found at low tide on Monmouth beach in the UK. UK 5p for size reference.
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My son (7 years old) and I are traveling to Wyoming late September to see the sights and hunt for fossils. We plan to hit up the green river formation for sure, I have looked into Fossil Safari as a possible place to try our luck. Does anyone have any suggestions as to places where we could legally collect fossils, in that area or elsewhere? My son being 7 does limit me in terms of stamina and focus, but he is motivated and equally hooked. I know people are coy with their spots and collecting bone is largely off the table, but any thing we should be sure to catch would be greatly appreciated, even museums, lunch or any such tourism thing. We have a rent car so we are mobile, plan to hit mostly Western Wyoming and then South through back to Casper. Just want to make the most of the experience. Thanks.
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keasey formation, unknown, seems fibrous and iridescent, fish tail?
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Found this in the Keasey formation in Oregon off Highway 47 about half way between hwy 26 and Pittsburg. Really baffled about what it could be, seems to be made up of numerous stands all orientated in the same direction. There is a iridescent quality in the light. Thanks for the help, love to put this mystery to rest. Fossil? is 1cm wide and 8cm long
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At the beginning of the summer @Cris and I took a trip up to Michigan and stopped at Alpena while there. I ended up finding a bony armor fish plate there, you can see in the top center where it had fallen to rest on a coral that dented and crushed it. We painstakingly glued it together before lifting it from its host rock to reveal beautiful blue vivianite and small white druzy crystals on it. It’s about 8 inches long and 3.5 inches tall. I believe it’s from the Devonian Rockport Quarry Limestone Formation. I’m not sure what species it belongs to, I would gladly accept any input! It currently needs repairing, but I can get more photos of it once that is done if needed. Thanks!
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Hi there, I have just found stored away these two fosils that I bought as a youngster many moons ago and am hoping you may be able to help me identify thier authenticity or otherwise and perhaps ID them also. I assume the fish either is or is supposed to be from the green river formation, but beyond that I am lost... Any info would be much appreciated Ta, Dave
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Three fossils dug from Fossil Oregon: First 2 fossils are a bit of a jumble, not hoping for a specific id, but mostly wondering if these are plant/seed matter or bones of some stipe? If they are bones would anyone be able to tell if they were fish, reptile or ? Last one seems very insect like to me, though this could be just wishful thinking. Am I in anyway correct here? Thanks so much. Austin
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Did I find a tiny piece of fish skin? I have been to NSR about half a dozen times and I can't for the life of me find a nice (or even not nice!) mosasaur tooth or vertebra, but I do manage to find some interesting things nonetheless and this is by far the most interesting thing I've found. It's tiny - about an inch (or 2.5 cm) but has the most interesting pattern. I'm assuming fish. ID will be appreciated..confirmation or whatever!
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I just got home from 6 days of digging in Kemmerer, WY. We focused our time in the 18” layer and Sandwich Beds. We dug Sandwich during the day and 18 at night. the sandwich produced your typical split Knightias and Diplomystus is quantity with several fry being found. It also produced a nice Pharaeodus and a complete stingray. Below, you can readily see the stingray tail in the matrix. The 18 gave us around a dozen large Diplomystus (one possibly being an aspiration, multiple Priscicara/Cockerelites, Knightias, smaller Diplomystus, a few Mioplosus, a palm frond, and an interesting plant that may include leaves. All in, we came home with around 200 fish and the stingray! A very successful week. The scenery was beautiful also.
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This was found on the spoil piles at the Mazonia Wildlife Management Area in northern Illinois. It looks like fish bone to me. Please excuse the poor photos. I found it just before rain set in and am impatient to get opinions on it.
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Hello everyone Below are a few photos that I'd like some IDs on (if possible) from my trip with Paleo Prospectors to Garfield County, Montana back last month. We were fossil hunting with the ranch owners permission on private land in Hell Creek exposures. Row 1-Likely theropod/raptor toe bone and two theropod/raptor broken limb bones? Row 3-Small bones with odd texture/shape Row 5-Small broken limb bones? Row 7-Small crocodilian vert and small fish verts Thanks for looking. Feel free to request more photos (clarity, different angles/sides, etc.) if you see something odd or cool. Also found some nice teeth (likely nanotyrannus, ceratopsian, and gator) and a bunch of other cool bones. Can't wait to head back with them next year.
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Hi all, Wondering if you could help me identify these teeth found from the Kem Kem group. The top row I believe are Pterosaur teeth (am I correct in saying that they can only be identified as Ornithocheirid indets.?) The second row, I'm not too sure. Could they be fish? Thanks in advance, Josh
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I just bought this green river fish and couln't figure out what species it was. It also looks like it is preserved from the bottom of the fish instead of the side.
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From the album: Misha's Late Devonian Fossils
Hyneria lindae Large tristichopterid fish tooth My first complete tooth from Hyneria without significant feeding damage. Largest one too, unfortunately broke apart when getting it out, but was able to salvage and glue together the major pieces. Catskill Formation Fammenian Pennsylvania -
From the album: Misha's Late Devonian Fossils
Langlieria radiatus Tristichopterid skull piece, possibly opercular Catskill Formation Fammenian Late Devonian Pennsylvania- 1 comment
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From the album: Misha's Late Devonian Fossils
Arthrodire placoderm bone Unknown species Found near the boundary of the marine Catskill and Lock Haven Fms in light gray colored sandstone Unfortunately the bone was very weathered and fell apart while splitting down the matrix, this is what I was able to piece back together. Lock Haven Formation Frasnian-Fammenian Pennsylvania -
Hello, I found a trilobite and a fish jaw(?) at a nearby flea market. The person who sold it to me had no geological information. Enchodus? I'm simply looking for any information that can be provided. Thanks.
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Found this today 7/21/23 around Westport, Washington, USA beach.
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Found this tooth in the vertebrate layer on my second Whisky Bridge (Lutetian, Eocene) hunt like 6 or so months ago. I just assumed it was a fish tooth, so I didn't put too much research into it at the time. Found it again while packing today and now I'm wondering what it is. I can't find any similar Eocene fish teeth in my Googling. Now that I have some marine croc teeth under my belt, I'm starting to wonder if this could be one even though I've never heard of croc material from the site. The tooth is about 9.5 mm tall and 1.5 mm in diameter on the base. It has deep striations that are densest and most uniform on the lingual side. The striations persist on the labial side, but are less dense and deep. It has a sigmoidal curvature labiolingually and two prominent cutting edges. Feel free to tag anyone who knows a thing or two about the site! @jkfoam @Jared C @erose @JohnJ Thanks!
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From the album: Misha's Carboniferous
Cardiosuctor populosum Coelacanth late Mississippian Bear Gulch Limestone The matrix of this specimen is a bit unusual and not typical of what I've seen from most other Bear Gulch fossils, does anyone know why this might be? I'm assuming it might be a specific layer within the Lagerstätte which is also rich in Coelacanths as the only other fossils I've been able to find online in similar dark colored matrix from Bear Gulch with the same type of preservation are also Cardiosuctor specimens. The dark color of both matrix and fossil make it a bit difficult to distinguish some of the features, but there's some good preservation of skull elements, the vertebral column, fins and some scales around the specimen. generously gifted to me by my friend @Dean Ruocco- 1 comment
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A large fish from the Ashfield Shale SW of Sydney, Australia. The nodule it's in is really annoying to work with, it fractures vertically in most cases so lots of smaller pieces are missing. Unfortunately the specimen is pretty poorly preserved so I labelled one of the photos with what some parts may be, please feel free to correct me if any labels are incorrect. Also, it is difficult to photograph the details well due to poor contrast between the fossil and matrix, so hopefully these photos are adequate (I may readjust some soon). Thank you for any help! Skull Pectoral fin? Caudal fin Pelvic fin? Dorsal fin? Possible fin from the lower middle part of the body
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