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Carboniferous fossil identification if anyone could help much appreciated!
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Hi I'm back again, I'm stuck identifying a few fossils and was wondering if anyone knows what any of the images exactly are? I think I've finally narrowed it down to them being of the following: coradite, neuropteris, alethopteris and pecopteris I don't know if information on sizing would help work out but if anyone knows? Thanks youu- 4 replies
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Liopleurodon ferox tooth Oxford Clay, Orton Brick Pit, Peterborough, UK Identified by Dr Adam S. Smith (Author of The Plesiosaur Directory) as belonging to Liopleurodon ferox due to the distribution, length, spacing of the ridges which is typical for the species
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Can anyone identify? And if so, what gave it away? Are there any keys I could use? All I know is that it's Carboniferous.
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Hi all. First time poster. My wife believes this may be a tooth that we picked up whilst hunting on the beach in Lyme Regis today. It is approx 7cm long. If you are kind enough to give your opinions it would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks.
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Hi there, I recently found this on the beach in North Yorkshire UK, I believe it’s a fossil but I’m not too sure of what kind. What do you think?
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Isle of Wight: Enormous fossil ammonite dug out from boulder
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Huge rare fossil in fallen block discovered on Island Liam Chorley, Isle of Wright County News, November 2023 Isle of Wight: Enormous fossil ammonite dug out from boulder BBC News, November 2023 Other Isle of Wright ammonites Huge Isle of Wight ammonite fossil discovered in Chale Liam Chorley, Isle of Wright County News, June 2023 It's all right with ammonite as student pair discover 96kg fossil Dominic Kureen, Isle of Wright County News, June 2020 Miscellaneous BBC article Jurassic Coast cliff falls tempt fossil hunters BBC News, September 2023 Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Hello everyone, I'm Aman. I have always been interested prehistoric organisms and environments, and have fossil hunted since I was a little kid. I am currently studying palaeontology at university, and am hoping to go into research after graduating. One of my main goals in fossil hunting is to one day find something spectacular, especially a complete ichthyosaur! However, every fossil that I find fills me with excitement, no matter how big or small it is. I can't wait to find out more about fossils from the other members in this forum! Aman
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Race to find world's oldest mammal fossils led to academic warfare in United Kingdom
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Race to find world's oldest mammal fossils led to academic warfare in the 1970s PhysOrgCom, October 10, 2023 The open access paper is: Benton, M.J., Gill, P.G. and Whiteside, D.I., 2023. Finding the world’s oldest mammals: sieving, dialectical materialism, and squabbles. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, p.zlad089. Yours, Paul H. -
Britain’s elite fossil hunters on their finds of a lifetime
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Britain’s elite fossil hunters on their finds of a lifetime Country Life, United Kingdom, September 18, 2023 Yorus, Paul H.- 2 replies
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Fossils: Boy finds 200-million-year-old ammonite on beach at Vale of Glamorgan, United Kingdom
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Fossils: Boy finds 200-million-year-old ammonite on beach By David Grundy, BBC News, United Kingdpm, March 30, 2023 Yours, Paul H.- 1 reply
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Why Is the Isle of Wight Rich in Dinosaur Fossils? Some of the first-ever dinosaur bone finds occurred on this British island. Now, researchers are discovering even more. By Joshua Rapp Learn, Discover, July 14, 2023 Yours, Paul H.
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Found this at a beach near Dover, UK does anyone know if it’s a fossil or just a cool rock? Has a cool pattern on the back with two distinct white patches on each end. Found on a rocky beach looking out onto the English Channel
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Hello, I'm very excited to be part of the fossil forum. I live in the UK and enjoy hunting for fossils along the South Downs, mainly marine fossils from the Cretaceous. I have recently visited the Isle of Wight, where Cretaceous and Palaeogene fossils can be found, and am particularly interested in the dinosaur remains that are found there. Thank you, W
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Hello everyone Used to collect trilobites, etc late 80’s / early 90s. Back in the fossil game after a hiatus of several years. Still interested in trilobites but with additional interest in dino teeth. Looking forwards to healthy debate, learning, advice and making new friends!
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Exceptional fossil preservation and evolution of the ray-finned fish brain. - Carboniferous - United Kingdom
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A 319-million-year-old brain has been discovered. It could be the oldest of its kind By Amarachi Orie, CNN, February 2, 2023 Scientists Discover 319-Million-Year-Old Fossilized Brain Amada Kooser, CNET, February 1, 2023 The paper is: Figueroa, R.T., Goodvin, D., Kolmann, M.A. et al. Exceptional fossil preservation and evolution of the rayfinned fish brain. Nature (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05666-1 Yours, Paul H.- 3 replies
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Ordovician opabiniid-like animal from Welsh Sheep Field (United Kingdom)
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Scientists Just Uncovered Fossils Of An Unknown Prehistoric Creature In A Welsh Sheep Field By Kaleena Fraga. Alls that Interesting, November 23, 2022 Fossils found in Powys sheep field by researchers BBC News, November 16, 2022 Welsh 'weird wonder' fossils add piece to puzzle of arthropod evolution ScienceDaily, November 15, 2022 The open access paper is Stephen Pates, Joseph P. Botting, Lucy A. Muir, Joanna M. Wolfe. Ordovician opabiniid-like animals and the role of the proboscis in euarthropod head evolution. Nature Communications, 2022; 13 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34204-w Yours, Paul H.- 5 replies
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What genus of ammonite is in this news picture? Evesham, United Kingdom
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What ammonite is in the news article image? Link to image of ammonite in news article The news article is: Suspected Roman ford unearthed near Evesham during waterworks BBC News, BBC West Midlands, October 6, 2022 Another link to news article. Yours, Paul H. -
100's of fossils - I don't know where to start
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Hi everyone, My uncle passed away near the start of the year sadly. He was an avid collector of fossils and he has left 100's behind. I have photographed them all in their draws but there is that many I cannot even begin to take individually photos. What is the best way to offload these without being taken advantage of, due to my lack of knowledge? I am based in Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom. -
Hi all, this is my first post on here, but defnitely won't be the last. I'm newly returned to fossil hunting after a multi-decade absence, and I'm very glad to have found this forum! The teeth in the images came from a Pleistocene deposit overlying the London Clay of Essex. I'm tentatively going with deer for the small ungulate tooth, but no clue with the other rooted molar. You might be able to see that a third root has broken off. I've done plenty of searches along the lines of 'ice age mammal tooth ID guide', but could do with some help on the molar - and pointing towards any online/published ID guide! Thanks all.
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Hi all, greetings from this retired Royal Navy officer/fossil newbie in Southern England. I've returned to fossil hunting after maybe 40 years doing plenty of other stuff, and the bug has bitten pretty hard. I've attended a couple of organised field trips and it turns out that I like nothing more than crawling along a beach with my nose about a foot from the sand. I'm looking forward to plenty more opportunities for getting my hands dirty, and to using the great resource that this forum seems to be. Here's to dirty fingernails and heavy rucksacks.
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I will do these over a few posts. The site is Jurassic Oxford Clay, Peterborough Member, c.163 ma at Yaxley in Cambridgeshire. Any help would be greatly appreciated! The scale is in mm. The first I thought was Genicularia Vertebralis, but it looks a bit different from the others I've found, and has three distinct lines at the bottom of an unusually straight column.
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Just published a paper that describe a new dromaeosaurid, Vectiraptor greeni from the Barremian Wessex Formation of the Isle of Wight. Very cool Paper is paywalled but looks like its just vertebrae and partial sacrum that were discovered. Posted it to get in on record since we have many collectors that have material from this locality. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0195667121003712
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My Jurassic Park now heads across the pond to England and Germany. Dinosaur material from these countries is not common like North America and in fact very difficult to obtain. Theropod material is extremely rare and most remains are fragments. Most of my material from England comes from the coast of two areas The Isle of Wight and East Sussex. Material from these area comprises the Wealden Super Group (Hasting+Wealden+Weld Clay) and is early Cretaceous from the Valanginian to Barremian Stage (140-125mya). Yellow - Hasting Group , Green - Weald Clay Red - Wealden Grouip Theropods Baryonyx walkeri My collection includes two examples of this Spinosaurid from England. One tooth is partially rooted. Megalosaurus bucklandii One of the large theropods of region. This tooth was found encased in a block and the tip was restored based on the matching blocking Dromaeosaurid indet A very cool small theropod tooth. May not have yet been described.
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A new herbivorous dinosaur with an oddly shaped nose from the Isle of Wight
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An overlooked fossil turned out to be a new herbivorous dinosaur with an oddly shaped nose Brighstoneus simmondsi has a big lump around the nostrils, like a chunky alligator. By Philip Kieffer, Popular Science, November 10, 2021 The open access paper is: McDonald, A.T., Barrett, P.M. and Chapman, S.D., 2010. A new basal iguanodont (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) from the Wealden (Lower Cretaceous) of England. Zootaxa, 2569(1), pp.1-43. Researchgate PDF Yours, Paul H.- 3 replies
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