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This may be wishful thinking, but is this a chunk of sloth tooth? TIA!
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Found at peace river (FL). It’s ivory but not like the mammoth or mastodon ivory I’ve seen. My novice research says it’s WALRUS?! Looking for those who know to confirm/deny/educate “coo coo cachoo!” (Beatles pun for those who didn’t catch it). It also dried incredibly quickly when I put water on it - vid is for fun because it kinda blew my mind. Thanks!
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Found in the Peace River, FL. Arcadia area. I wasn't too excited about it but a man who was fossiling nearby wanted to see what I had found when I was leaving the spot and he said it was mammoth ivory. I do not think it is and told him that I didn't think so but he insisted quite enthusiastically. I am still learning and am a beginner so I told him he may be right and moved on with my day. But now I cant stop thinking about it haha, if that man is in here, I swear if you were trying me! The texture is hard and sounds quite like ceramic when tapped or dropped. It kind of appears rusty and dusty but it's not dusty and doesnt crumble when touched. I tried to include photos next to a penny and well lit from every angle. Thank you!
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I previously obtained Nobel Prize Winner Roger Sperrys Fossil Collection I'm in PA and need help Identifying some of the fossils
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I've only been shark tooth hunting for about 3 years. I need help identifying teeth.
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Hi I would like some help identifying this PC any idears people found in maquarie river Bathurst 2795 NSW Australia
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This is a fossil from Kem Kem. Does anybody know what it is? I would highly appreciate your opinion. Thanks in advance!
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I have a sneaky suspicion that this is turtle shell but someone has suggested that it could be the top surface of a Mammoth tooth. I have no idea where it originated from. Many thanks!
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Hello! I've recently been given a small collection of fossils and bones. They belonged to a collector here in the UK who recently passed away. I have no information about any of them. This group of 5 bone pieces look, to the untrained eye, very similar. They all look quite smooth but with distinct lines that remind me of a tortoise shell. They all measure between 4 and 6 cm. I'd be grateful for any information. Many thanks!
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Here is a vertebra from my small collection. Again, it belonged to a fossil collector here in the UK but I don't know anything other than that. All I've been told is that it is a C2 vertebra but I'd love to know what it belonged to. Many thanks!
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Good Day. I Have seen this in my back yard lying around - looked like n peice of wood. when I picked it up I was shocked at its weight and it is like stone. on closer inspection it looks like a Rib bone of some sort. also picked-up the small piece looking like a fraction of a joint - also seems like solid rock. note sure if it forms part of the same animal. Could someone Please help ID. This was found in my Back yard in Capetown South Africa
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I seem to have quite a lot of turtle shell in my Collection. Is this turtle too? Many thanks!
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Can anyone tell me what type of shark this came from? I found it in Caspersen, FL. It’s 3/4in.
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From huge mammoth bones to tiny fragments. I've got a few bone (I think!) fragments that I would like to identify but they are probably too small. They belonged to a fossil collector here in the UK but I don't know anything other than that. I'll start with the smallest. Many thanks!
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Keichosaurus real or fake?
sokastar05 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello, everyone. I am a first time poster. I received a Keichosaurus fossil as a gift. My grandfather purchased it many years ago in Alberta, Canada at a gem show. Could you please have a look at the pictures I took and let me know if you think this fossil is real or fake. Thank you kindly!
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Here is a large bone from my small collection. Again, it belonged to a fossil collector here in the UK but I don't know anything other than that. Many thanks!
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Hey all! I found this at Caspersen (FL) and have no idea what it is. It’s about an inch and a half. Hoping you all can educate me! Thanks! IMG_4601.MOV
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Hello again! I'm a complete newbie here so any help would be gratefully received. I've recently been given a small collection of bones that belonged to a neighbour of my parents here in the UK. He was a fossil collector who recently passed away. The largest bone has been identified as a woolly rhino femur but I'm struggling with the others. I'm wondering if this is a section of vertebrae but from what I really don't know.! Apologies for the background.
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Hello! I'm a complete newbie here so any help would be gratefully received. I've recently been given a small collection of bones that belonged to a neighbour of my parents here in the UK. He was a fossil collector who recently passed away. The largest bone has been identified as a woolly rhino femur but I'm struggling with the others, especially this strange looking thing! Apologies for the background.
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I don’t think this is quite fossilized yet, and think it’s some type of shell but I don’t know. I find similar shell pieces on the beach but not with this weird bumpy swirl. Anyone know what it is? I can’t remember where I found it but it was definitely Florida. Thanks!
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Hello. Happy to be included in the group. Thank you. I found a rock that appeared to have a fossil inside. Driving back to Toronto last summer we pulled off the highway at a rest stop in the mountains of Pennsylvania. I spotted the interesting piece in relatively new crushed rock that was placed along an embankment. I assume placed to to help with erosion. After a vinegar bath to soften the rock, I have been using my Dremel to carefully expose the seahorse. I presume the fossil must be very old to find it in the Appalachian mountains, but I cant find much information online about the fossil itself. Any info provided would be greatly appreciated. I have attached a few pics of the very slow progress to date. Regards
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Hello all! This is my first post, so forgive me. I found this near a small stream in a hiking spot called LimeKiln in Porter Ranch, California, Los Angeles County. I know nothing about the area, and while I’ve heard that LimeKiln used to be a lime quarry I don’t even know what lime looks like so I’d rather not guess as to what sorts of rocks are nearby. Anyway, is this an actual fossil? It feels heavy like a rock, not light like bone. If so, any ideas as to what it might be? Please forgive my hand holding video with no measurements. I will dig up a ruler tomorrow, but for tonight I’m just so excited about this I’m posting anyway, just in case what I have found is super obvious. Forgive me, I’ll do better next time! I really appreciate you looking at this thing I’ve found. It’s been on my list to find a fossil for a very long time. Hopefully this is it! IMG_1382.MOV
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Found this fossil in a riverbed in Fannin County (North Texas) while hunting for fossils from the cretaceous period. (This is a follow-up from the same trip as my previous post - thank you to those of you who helped ID the mosasaur vertebra! And also thank you for correcting my terminology on mosasaur vs mosasaurus ). I'm not totally sure what this is (at first I thought it was nothing too special - possibly just a very eroded Baculite as we were finding many of those in the area), but on closer inspection, there are fine striations on the fossil that make me think it is bone. My current guess (based on those striations and the longish/slightly curved shape of the fossil) is that it is a fragment of rib, and further, (based on the facts that everything else we were finding was from the cretaceous and that mosasaur are the only large marine vertebrate that I know of being regularly found in the area), that it is a fragment of mosasaur rib. However, I am not sure about this and am hoping for some more help on identifying what I've got here. I hope these photos are good enough to see the details (i've tried to shoot them in half-decent light). If you zoom in, you can see the striations I'm talking about fairly well. (See dime for scale). Here are both sides of the fossil Here are the ends And here is a closer shot of the more intact side So in summary, I'm wondering if I'm right (or even on the right track) that this is a fragment of mosasaur rib? And following that up, whether ribs are identifiable by speciesm (probably not, but worth a shot )? Final sub-question that is probably totally speculative, but I'm curious about: there are a lot of indentations and gouges in the fossil. Is it possible that these are marks from a predator and/or scavenger (e.g. sharks) chewing on the dead creature's carcass? Or is it more likely to just be erosion? Thanks for putting up with so many questions!
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Hello! Help please with identification. I think it is some genus from Rhinobatiformes, but I did not found such teeth before. Size ~ 1 mm. Middle Miocene, Badenian. Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!
