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Hi, I found this little gem in Southern Alberta. Any ideas about what creature it looks like it might belong to?
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So I have posted some of the amazing petrified bones I have found from a special excavation site. I do not know what dinosaur it is, but it is huge. These were found off of a riverbank, in Edmonton Alberta and I have hundreds from the same site. I believe one picture is of a horn? Maybe another is vertebrate from a back? Any input please. Here is 2 more
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I am new to this so excuse my lack of terminology. I am looking for help identifying what this is. I picked it up next to a excavation sight that I have pulled hundreds of bones from. I have also found many primitive stone tools in the same location. I found what appeared to be a primitive tool. Upon closer examination I have discovered the top half covered in a leather like impression. I am not certain that this is a tool, or a bone but I am under the assumption that this is a impression of skin on this object. Any information will be helpful. I will be posting pictures of the amazing bones I have collected in hopes of identifying what dinosaur I have. This was collected in the north Saskatchewan river, just off of the shore.
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Hi i was hoping someone could identify this tooth from near Medicine Hat AB. I found it along hadrosaur spitters and turtle carapace fragments. Lots of fossils in the area but this is unique.
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Hi everyone. I'm new. I've been finding lots of fossils over the last 3 years so I'm glad to join the discussion -rod
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Baculites from Littly Smoky River, Alberta
JustPlainPetrified posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Another very successful trip to the Little Smoky River this year north of Valleyview, Alberta. River levels had finally receded and we were lucky to be one of the first to pick the banks for exposed baculites. They are mostly fragmented and I have yet to find a complete specimen. No matter the size their colours are brilliant from silvery white, blues, reds and greens. The shimmery colour catches your eye when they are wet and at the waters edge.
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Weird 'Rocks' at Robotics Test Site Turn Out to Be Dinosaur Fossils, Alberta, Canada
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Weird 'Rocks' at Robotics Test Site Turn Out to Be Dinosaur Fossils By Mindy Weisberger, Live Science, July 31, 2017 https://www.livescience.com/59986-rover-challenge-unearths-fossils.html Soil Survey of Midland Provincial Park and Interpretation for Recreational Use http://ags.aer.ca/publications/OFR_1984_37.html http://ags.aer.ca/document/OFR/OFR_1984_37.PDF Yours, Paul H. -
Hi, excited to make the introduction (and nervous), and start my first posts here on the forum (and anywhere ever for that matter). As a rock hound and father of two boys living in Calgary all google searches for alberta fossils brought me to @Canadawest posts and trips. Amazing stuff! Thx Canada west. Currently a rookie with a ton of petrified wood (large, up to 4ft by 2ft and tiny, 1-2" - amazing for terrariums) and shells from the shores of sylvan lake. Looking to make my first trip with the kids to the badlands in hunt of a tooth or some Dino bone this summer (any tips appreciated) Here's a small selection of some shells I have found. Thx all!
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Canadian Fossil Site Reveals Impact of Early Jurassic's Anoxic Oceans
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Fossil site shows impact of early Jurassic's low oxygen oceans University at Austin, Austin, Texas https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/uota-fss071017.php Rowan C. Martindale and MartinAberhan, 2017, Response of macrobenthic communities to the Toarcian Oceanic Anoxic Event in northeastern Panthalassa (Ya Ha Tinda, Alberta, Canada) Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology Volume 478, 15 July 2017, Pages 103-120 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0031018217300160 Yours, Paul H. -
Family Finds Partial Plesiosaur Skeleton, Peace River, Alberta
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Exciting new fossil in the Peace Country By Derek Larson, Dino News & Views Daily Herald Tribune, July 6, 2017 http://www.dailyheraldtribune.com/2017/07/06/exciting-new-fossil-in-the-peace-country Yours, Paul H. -
Hey everyone. So I am new to fossil hunting. Like completely new. I am taking a geology class and one of my assignments includes going fossil hunting! So fun. I have gone out twice and feel like I'm having no luck. However at the last minute I came across this. I am really not sure if it's just rock or something more. Since I am completely new at this hoping someone can help me. Thanks in advance for any insight.
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As above. After the silly Alioramus(?) locality mistake I made, I have taken on the colossal and necessary task of auditing all my locality info. Here's an area that has me stumped. Does anyone know if there's any late Cretaceous dino-bearing formations in Drumheller besides Horseshoe Canyon? -
Hello, Went into the Alberta badlands (Dinosaur Park Formation) last week for some fossil hunting. Usually I'm enjoying myself so much I rarely take pictures but I forced myself on this day to stop and take a few. Walking into the coolies. Another shot of the badlands, what do they contain? Some of the hills are very fossil rich. See anything good? Closer look... Big bones all over (mostly Hadrosaur leg bones) Another broken femur tip.. My finds of the day (Hadrosaur toe bones, Ornithomimus claw/toe bone, Misc verts, etc) And my best find of the day a sizable theropod toe bone (a first for me). He need a little repair work. Thanks for reading!
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Interesting find leads researches to speculate that Iguanodonts were in Canada? Footprints found in the Gladstone Formation of Southwest Alberta appear to be the first piece of evidence that the range of Iguanodonts was global. The footprints are similar to Iguanodon bernissartensis which is found in the UK. https://www.paleowire.com/just-out-the-first-evidence-of-iguanodontids-dinosauria-ornithischia-in-alberta-canada-a-fossil-footprint-from-the-early-cretaceous-cretaceous-research/ The first evidence of iguanodontids (Dinosauria: Ornithischia) in Alberta, Canada – A fossil footprint from the Early Cretaceous Donald M. Henderson $$$ http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195667117300952
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Hi I am new to this site was wondering if someone can help me ID this tooth I found along the North Saskatchewan River by Drayton Valley, Alberta, Canada. Thanks.
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Hello there! I'm posting pictures of four items that a colleague of mine collected/acquired when he worked out in western Canada (Alberta, I think) as a geophysicist before he became a teacher. He doesn't recall the identity of the rocks because they were collected a long time ago, but I thought that some knowledgeable people on TFF might be able to help! Here goes: Rock #1: Some very cool-looking projections on this specimen... Rock #2: When this one is angled you can kind of see rainbows on its surface (the second photo kind of shows this)... Rock #3: The first image is the "top" and the second image is the "side"... Rock #4: This bad boy is black (maybe even a little greenish?), sparkly, and very heavy... Thanks in advance for your help!!! Monica
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http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/ammolite-mine-expansion-canada-gems-1.3993105 (although I don't know how I feel about processing lovely ammonites into other things )
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New Early Jurassic (ca. 183 Ma) Fossil Lagerstätte from Ya Ha Tinda, Alberta, Canada
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Exceptionally preserved Jurassic sea life found in new fossil site https://news.utexas.edu/2017/01/25/exceptionally-preserved-jurassic-sea-life-found https://phys.org/news/2017-01-exceptionally-jurassic-sea-life-fossil.html http://www.heritagedaily.com/2017/01/exceptionally-preserved-jurassic-sea-life-found-in-new-fossil-site/113997 https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-01/uota-epj012517.php Martindale, R. C., T. R. Them, B. C. Gill, S. M. Marroquín, and A. H. Knoll, 2017, A new Early Jurassic (ca. 183 Ma) fossil Lagerstätte from Ya Ha Tinda, Alberta, Canada. Geology (2017). DOI: 10.1130/G38808.1 (Open Access paper) http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2017/01/09/G38808.1.abstract http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2017/01/09/G38808.1.full.pdf+html Yours, Paul H. -
Greetings from west central Alberta. Not much for fossil finds locally other than wood and trace plants but many a site to check out north and south of me. foresterab
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From Bonebeds to Paleoecology by Don Brinkman Extinct: The Philosophy of Palaeotology http://www.extinctblog.org/extinct/2016/7/11/paleoecology-in-the-badlands http://blogs.plos.org/paleocomm/2016/08/04/from-the-community-from-bonebeds-to-paleoecology/ Yours, Paul H.
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Hello everyone, As the title states, I'm from Alberta. I am currently a student at the University of Alberta, having recently completed my BA in Anthropology, and I am working on a degree in business. My BA brought me back into the world of fossils for the first time in a long time, creating with it an interest in the mammal fossil record. I look forward to showing off some of my collection with you all in the future. Thanks, Mat
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This fragment of dinosaur bone was in the old Hobberlin Museum collection, stuffed into a milk crate with a bunch of Cretaceous material from Alberta, Canada. Most seemed to be segments of long bones, but this stood out to me. Any help would be appreciated!
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Dear all, As I said long ago, this year I might be going to Canada. However, most of the time will be spent in Alberta for a dinosaur dig with Prof. Philip Currie. This basically washes away my plans of going to Vancouver Island and find heteromorphs on the Comox Valley. So, as I would still like to find some heteromorph ammonites, I was wondering whether there would be any heteromorph ammonite sites in the vicinity of Dinosaur Provincial Park (of preference less than 2 hours away, by car). Thanks for any help, Christian
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Hello, My name is Kristyn. I'm a blissfully addicted fossil and all things earth hunter/collector. I live in and mostly explore Nothern Alberta, Canada. I have a little bit of a school environemental background and I'm furthering my knowledge in paleontology and geology through reading and home experimentation. I'm looking forward to learning more through this community. Check out my instagram treasures.of.nature Peace, Kristyn
