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Can any one ID this bone? I found it on Caspersen Beach 3/15/23. It looks petrified. I love the find, but have no clue what it is! Also theese are the big shark teeth of the day. Bull, great white, baby megaladon? Any help would be great!!
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Hi, I found these while hunting on private land outside of Big Bend park near Terlingua, TX. I found them on the surface near a collapsing hillside in a creek bed. The two that look like bone I found within feet of each other. Any info that you could give me on these would be greatly appreciated. Are they even fossils?
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So this came out if the same batch I posted last week. Between Arlington and Fort worth. Don't know if it's better to show video or pics. So I am doing. Both. I'm just curious what it is. Thx in advance for any help
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Interesting fossils found in bag of river rocks from Petsmart
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So I was caring for my snapping turtle when I found these 4 rocks in his tank. 3 of them are undeniably fossils. I was wondering if anyone knew what type of fossils they are. One looks to be some sort of clam, one looks to be the tail of something, and the other almost looks like a turtle shell. The rock that looks like a turtle shell has a smooth top, what looks like car tracks under it, and a hole in the middle where a turtles head could go. As you can see by the photos, they are very small, and there's likely much more in my turtles tank. There is a 4th rock that I didn't take photos of that has a few black hair-like things stuck to it. I would love to know what types of fossils these are. -
Hey new member from Charleston SC I have a few fossils I would like identified. All were found here in Charleston (besides the third one) at a spot I frequently hunt for sharks teeth the first fossil I know is a horse tooth but the specific species is what I want to know. The last fossil I believe might be a bird bone because the hollowness but I’m not sure. For the others any help would be appreciate, thanks. 1. 2. 3. 4.
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These are from multiple trips between 2022-2023. all from Calvert cliffs, each trip has something unique I would like assistance in identifying so for convenience's sake, I will refer to the items in alphabetical order relative to the numerical trip order. 1A 2B etc. Trip 1 1A pretty sure it is a crocodile tooth, Thecachampsa sp? 1B this is a bone that i found on the beach, im not sure if it's a cetacean atlas or skull fragment. but it's got this weird hole in it on one side. 1C clearly a cetacean vert. probably a juvie dolphin. i think so bc it doesn't have any fused epiphysis. id like to know what part of the spine this would have been on the animal. 1D maybe the wing of a vert? 1E is this anything? or just concretion 1F biggest fossil I've found yet by far! this massive chunk of whale jawbone. I am going to make a separate post in fossil prep to see about the best ways to clean it. 1G maybe a rib? i believe its a bone of some sort. i need to paleobond this one back together. Trip 2 2A definetely a tooth of some sort. not sure if its a croc or a cetacean since the enamel is worn 2B maybe a rib? or vert wing? 2C I think this might be a turtle shell, because its texture is not pronounced enough to be a cookie fragment. 2D maybe a skate osteoderm? 2E 2F 2G Sand tiger shark 2H crab claw with some sort of borehole? any other comments or ideas are as always, appreciated!
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I found this piece last weekend in a creek off of the Trinity River just north of Huntsville Texas. Initially I thought it was a piece of stone but it has some interesting grooves and looking at the texture compared to other stones from the creek makes me think it is fossilized bone, and size makes me think a good sized mammal. It's at least partially mineralized (based on feel and weight), but eroded from the water and I would guess it is part of a join but I'm not sure what it is from, any ideas?
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Any ideas what this could be? Not sure where it was found as a bunch of fossils were chucked out of a university department in the 70s and this is one of them, some fossilised horn or a coral?
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There was big chunks of peat washing up on the beach that I go to and I looked it up and it’s remnant’s of an ancient forest floor? There was land out there a few thousand years ago and a mile or so down the coast ancient tree stumps show from under the sand every once in awhile so does this peat actually contain plant matter from thousands of years ago?
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I suspect this is a stromatolite (and not a stromatoporoid) after reading up on both, but seeing as I’ve never found either before, I wanted to put this past the experts. I do see some structures that could possibly be “pillars” but I’m just not convinced that’s what I’m looking at. Any opinions shared are very greatly appreciated, thanks!
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These are a few of the nicest/most interesting teeth I've found, and I was wondering if anyone knows about the two on the bottom left. I think the one with the red and orange tip is some sort of mako tooth or a similar species, and from what I could find the one beside it with the round profile could be one of the earliest ancestors of white sharks. The top three I believe are all from megalodons, as well as the really short yellow tooth on the bottom. I think that one is a tooth that was growing inside the jaw or something due to its small size compared to the size of the root. The smaller tooth on the right is one I am unsure of too, looks like a giant snaggletooth but I think it's something else that I don't know about. Also pictured is the nicest tiger shark tooth I've found so far, but the camera has a hard time getting the red and purple in the base of the tooth.
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Here's something I've been trying to ID for a while. At first I thought it was a conodont, but all my research has so far indicated that it's too big to be one, and I don't really know what else it could be, or if it's even a fossil at all. Any input is highly appreciated
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Hi, I have found this in New Zealand close to Orere Point on the North Island on a beach. Can someone please help me ID this? I believe it could be a tooth or a fossilized barnacle, or maybe a fancy rock :), thanks
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I found these in central KY, dry creek bed areas. I think they may be vertebraes. But I just don’t know… and if so, what kind? Shark? Dino? I have one at least 4 times as big as this one as well! Whale? I’ll add it in another post. Any ideas?
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Hi, it would be nice if I could get some opinions on this grallator footprint I purchased as I don’t know anything about this kind of stuff and how to spot if it’s fake, and another thing I’m confused about, if u flip it over there’s another footprint on the other side but it doesn’t match with the over one?
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I’ve had this fossil in the back of my case for a while, and only remembered it recently. It appears to be some sort of bark, but I am unsure if it is so. I found it in Nova Scotia a long time ago, and unfortunately didn’t think to write down location. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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I did more collecting by the Grand River the other day and pulled this out of one of the cliffs. With its ridged and seemingly circular shape I think it may be an ammonite. The exposed portion is about 1.5cm. Please let me know if images of better quality are needed for an ID.
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Hi! Thought I'd give this a shot: I found this piece as a kid, and have held on tight to it because it's always been my "cool rock I found all by myself". Decades later, my opinion hasn't changed. Found in a rural part southern-central Ohio. Decent weight for its size, would definitely hurt if someone threw it at ya. My only query is that I have no idea what it is, as a super amateur mineral collector/enthusiast. Some strangers on the internet have pointed to it being limestone, but no guesses on what's imprinted on it (if anything). Would love to hear some opinions, or just for someone to flat out tell me it's been nothing special this whole time. Happy almost New Years!
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I was visiting Fergus, Ontario, earlier today and found some fossils along the Grand River. I am unsure what they are: piece 1 (first 3 images) is definitely a fossil, but I do not know for sure what. Is piece 2 a fossil or some geologic formation? Piece 1 is ~1.5cm Piece 2 is ~3.5cm Piece 1 seems to include this protrusion. The hole from the first 2 pictures is outlined in red.
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I found this in the Judith River Formation years ago but have never got it fully identified as a Hadrosaur or Ceratopsian jaw piece. Any help will be appreciated.
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Hi folks. New here. Glad I found the forum. My son and I found this in a creek bottom where we have found several large complete ammonites. Any ideas on what kind of bone it is?
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