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Hello. I have been working on properly cataloguing my old fossil material and was wondering if anyone might have any ideas about the origin of these two fossils from Point A Dam near Andalusia, AL. I know they don’t have many descriptive features but figured I might try. Based on shape, I think 1 might be part of a ray mouth plate, lost on 2 completely. Also, my apologies about the image quality; hopefully getting a phone with a better camera soon. Thanks! 1: 2:
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This specific little item here is found amongst some very very large five valves but I'm not quite sure what to make of it I have added photos dry and after rinsing it off it's larger than my hand does anyone have any idea what this may be exactly? It is very heavy at least 2 1.2 lbs
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I don’t know if this is just a weathered shell fragment or a fossil, but I found it in one of my old bags from a past trip to orange beach and I thought I’d have y’all take a look.
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Figured I would share my recent project, a Basilosarus bone block found by myself in AL. Got alot of work to do and wish the jaw section had complete teeth, but who knows whats else lies in the matrix. Some pretty cool crystals throughout. Let me know your thoughts
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This tooth was found in Montgomery County, Alabama, and is about 70 million years old. Looking for an ID on the species. I'm pretty sure its a lateral from a goblin shark but I'm not certain.
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Took my shark obsessed 8 year old to Point A Dam for the first time yesterday! The water level was fairly high so we hung out in the first bend but he had a blast! He found 388 items (whole and pieces) total. We know what the more common ones are (lemon, tiger shark, stingray mouth plate bits, some bull possibly) but there a few were unfamiliar with! I'm guessing picture #6 is nurse shark? #7 honeycomb coral? #8 tip of a coral? and I dont have a guess of what the other items are.
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Found this jaw in southern Alabama with some suspected Basilosarus material, but cant seem to find any teeth that match, any ideas?? Tje jaw bone is approx 3 inches in length. I appreciate the help
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I grabbed this rock as a friend was tossing it out of a flower pot, mostly because it initially looked like petrified wood. After studying it some, I don't think it is, but I am not certain how to identify pet wood (am researching how to do this, though)? I don't see regular patterns on the ends of the rock, which I would expect to find in petrified wood. Is that correct? Found in Alabama, but no idea where it's origin is, since it was in a flower pot. See last photo for size comparison to a water bottle lid - it's a small rock. I checked it for transparency and some edges are transparent but not the entire rock. Thanks! Ramona
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Central AL Pottsville Formation What are these round, flat cookie shaped things? Stromatoporoids? Mineral concretions? Thanks for looking!
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Being stationed in Southeast Mississippi and curious about good fossil locations in Mississippi and Alabama.
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I am looking for a guide for the identification of Mississippian Period shark teeth , Assisstance appreciated
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Really interested in this specimen. Found in Barbour County, Alabama. Described as being Deinosuchus rugosus. Is that accurate?
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This was found on a beach in Gulf Shores, AL along the Gulf of Mexico. I'm thinking copralite? Probably turtle? Or have we just found a cool rock? Lol. Thank you.
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These are all sorted and very similar, may be more than one species. Size: 0.25 to 0.33 inches Coll. Location: Eocene, Gosport Sand, Clarke Co., AL
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These are all sorted and very similar, may be more than one species. Size: 0.25 to 0.33 inches Coll. Location: Eocene, Gosport Sand, Clarke Co., AL
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It has been a minute since I posted. It has been wonderfully rainy here in my part of Alabama. So I have been out hunting. I would love to know what this maybe and if it is a tooth….what mouth could have held such enamel. Found in Dry Creek where it meets Turkey Creek in Jefferson county Alabama.
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crane Hill, AL -Carboniferous Wondering if any of these could be fossils such as bivalves or brachiopods or if they are limonite concretions? Y the one below looks a bit like a lingua in person, but hard to see in the pic Would it be beneficial to try to dissect the one below? Also wondering if the area of interest below could be better exposed? Thoughts if fossil vs concretion? Thanks for looking!
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Every facet of this specimen has me intrigued. Could this side contain fungi or flora? @JBkansas Potential Bryzoa? Ideas about the circles? Potential barnacle fragments below?
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Greetings all, I will be staying in Gulf Shores AL in March (9th-13th) and was wondering if anyone had any fossil hunting advice for the area? What laws do I need to remember? Best time to walk the beach for fossils? What kind of fossils are typically found there? Most of the info I've found is for creeks, but it's a beach trip with family. Thanks in advance!
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Hello! I found these two teeth while fossil hunting at Point A Dam in Andalusia, AL and noticed that at least one appeared to be more reptilian than shark. Sizes are ~1 cm each Though it was hard to get a decent image, this tooth is extremely flat. This tooth is very round, which led me to believe it may not be a shark’s tooth. Thank you for your time!
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These 2 items are cemented into a shrimp burrow from the Mooreville chalk, upper Cretaceous of central Alabama. Each one is about 2 mm in length. they don't resemble anything I'm familiar with. I was going to acid clean them but need to know if they are calcareous first. I'm hoping someone knows what they are. Also, can someone tell me how to draw lines on these photos to highlight features?
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Here is my Tylosaurus proriger tooth. species : Tylosaurus proriger age of the tooth : 83 to 75 million years (cretaceous) size of the tooth ; 1,06 inches location : Barbour County , Alabama formation : Blufftown Formation
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Formation: Bangor Limestone Age: Mississippian Found this location in a remote area of Alabama recently. I Haven't hunted the Bangor in awhile, so I gave it a shot. A fragmentary calyx. Northern Alabama seems to be teeming with these, as I found 8 others in a nearby locality as well. A complete, but squashed roller of a Kaskia? Fenestrella are found commonly articulated with their fans here. This was the best individual I found. My guess is these are Spyroceras? All of my nautiloids come from the Ordovician, so these are unqiue for me. I'm not certain I know what these are. Could be a bryozoan? Bacterial structure? Steinkern? These are sponges I believe, species unknown. Composita brachiopods: Unknown productids: Next are some new brachiopods I have yet to identify. Oh, and here is a brachiopod with an exposed brachidium. Finally here are some blastoids with weird preservational attributes.
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Good afternoon, Went shark tooth hunting today in lower Alabama to find Eocene age shark teeth and found this. Buried in the same layer and is very fragile, not sure if it is a fossil but definately organic. What do you guys think??
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These are graptolites I dug out of an Athens Shale outcrop. They're fragile, so I am questioning whether it is better to leave them be, or seal them somehow? And if so, the best substance to get the job done. Thanks in advance. I have trilobites in shale too, so im hoping I can extrapolate from the answer here.
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