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Hi, We found this on the beach in Southern Sweden (Skanör). The whole stone is about 35X20mm, the fossil part about 12mm long. I'm guessing it's an imprint of something? I'm a total newbie in fossil identification, any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

Spent a few weeks in a hotel in the region of The Hague a month or two ago and was able to take the time off in the evenings to look for fossils on the Zandmator DeltaDuin. I hadn't gotten around to writing a report yet. Now that I have organized my finds, I thought it would be a good moment. The Zandmotor is an artificial sandbank in the form of a peninsula, constructed off the coast of the Netherlands near The Hague . Under the influence of waves, wind and the current along the coast to the north, the sandbank slowly changes and many fossils are therefore found when the currents are favorable. The peninsula is in 2011 for the coastal defense. This coastal defense is of great importance and must prevent the Netherlands disappearing into the sea. After all, 26% of the Netherlands is below sea level and 59% of the Netherlands is vulnerable to flooding at high tide and severe storms. Due to subsidence, the Netherlands is still sinking further and deeper below sea level. The largest European seaport of Rotterdam is also visible from the Zandmotor. The Zandmotor is an experiment in the context of dynamic coastal management with the intention of using natural processes to keep beaches and dunes at a safe width. The sand used for this project comes from about 10 kilometers off the coast in the North Sea, and contains fossil bone remains of all kinds of land mammals from the Quaternary (Most fossils are Pleistocene). During the moments of fossil hunting on the Zandmotor, it was clearly visible how the sea continues to form and move the sand on the wide beach. I found several interesting fossils, especially in the channels that the water formed between the shell banks. In stormy weather, large bone material can be found. Unfortunately I had to do it with calm weather and for me this time I didn't choose a spectacular mammoth or other large bone material. Still, I was able to find a lot of beautiful material. During the week I went searching in the early morning, evening and also during the nights. I have now identified the most beautiful finds, desalinated them and treated them with wood glue where necessary. Here's a nice overview of my finds. First my Mammal finds. Young deer and reindeer: Bovine and red deer: Horse: Beaver molars and horn ends: And my two top finds of the week, woolly rhino which I found after a windy night. Unfortunately, one of the two is broken in half: Mammoth ivory point: I also found some nice fishing material. Such as ray teeth (Aetobatus irregularis?), two Carcharodon carcharias teeth that were still nice and intact, pieces of jaw from Sparus aurata Linnaeus with molar teeth in it. Also nice fish recruiters, from left to right: Salmo salar (or trutta?) linnaeus, Esox lucias linnaeus,m Dicentrarchus labrax and Cyprinidae indet. I hope this report has made you a little wiser about this location. Anyway, I really enjoyed these quests. As if my back was broken after having walked bent over for many hours several times in a row for a number of weeks. I learned from that and it is certainly not recommended!

Hello, I found these coral looking things and was wondering if they were fossil coral or just rock? They were found in kuwait in salmiya on a beach shore. Below are pictures: regards, Husain.

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

Hi, apologies if this is entirely inappropriate to the forum, interested in anyone's thought on what the mesh-like cellular structure found in this flint flake might be. The flake is approx. 15 x 10mm. The structure extends approx. 8mm from edge of the flake. Not sure if it's organic in origin or jus a feature of the flint itself. Recovered from foreshore in Chichester harbour area, south coast of England.

Hey guys, I found what looks like a tiny fossilized jaw bone but I don’t know what it belongs to. Any ideas?

Hi, all. I found this on a beach in Maryland and thought it might be something cool. Or just a rock. Started googling around and found you all! I'm an absolute beginner. Let me know what you think. Happy to answer any questions.

Hi, sorry if this is off topic, but I've found these "bones" on a beach in Italy yesterday. Do you know what it may be? They don't feel like strange pieces of wood

Found this in Southamerica. Is it a Fossil?? The Hole i made by myself Thanks for Help

Hello Guys, I found this interesting little fossil at Pointe Aux Oies/Wimereux last Thursday. it is from the Thithonian/ Kimmeridgian layers. It reminds me of a tail spine of a ray, or a sea urchin spine. Am i correct?

Found these Saturday (5/20/23) on the beach in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL. 1. Some kind of bone? 28 cm at its longest, 5-6 cm wide. Weighs 435 grams. 2. small vert maybe? About 1.2 cm wide and tall. 3. small row of teeth about 2 cm long and .5-.75 cm tall. I’d greatly appreciate any insight on ID. Thank you so much!

These are some bits of coral and a shark tooth I found on the beach at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, this morning. Obviously there's not much geologic context, so I don't expect much, but can anyone tell me more specifically what they are? Or how old they are (are they even actually fossils?)? The scale bar in the shark tooth photo is about a centimeter.

Hi All! I am a newbie & amateur, making my very first post. I picked this up whilst searching for sharks teeth along the beach. I am a very curious being and this is just a mystery to me. Any help or advice is greatly appreciated! Thanks again!!!

Hey there just wondering if anyone can help ID this skull found in Australia NSW on the beach

Found by eroding cliffs between Santa Cruz and San Francisco.

Hi guys! I just found this shark tooth on the beach in Duck OBX. My husband thinks it’s a shell but I really think it’s a shark tooth. Tell me what you think!

Hello! I stumbled upon this peculiar item while searching the beaches today (ok, it’s not as exciting as I just made it sound) and I’m wondering if this is a fossil or something dried within that I’m not able to identify. I can provide more photos, but a suggestion would be appreciated. Please help and thank you for reading!

My 9 old and I are headed to the Outer Banks for adventuring and he really wants to find shark teeth. Anyone willing to share some beaches? We'll only be there a few days, so I'd rather not waste time beach combing every beach. Lol We're staying in Kill Devil Hills, NC.

Found this fossilized structure. Not sure what it is from. Bf says it’s from shark tooth and I say it’s not…it looks pointy from one side like a vertebrae.

Hi all! I had a thought recently while I was reading about a specimen of Arambourgiania that had been found in the Coon Creek formation. I was thinking that (I have no idea if anyone had thought of this before), much like modern shore birds, maybe these animals were 'beachcombers', basically wandering beaches in search of carrion and small prey such as fish, crustaceans, and large mollusks. Maybe they could use their long beaks to catch clams and other burrowing animals? Let me know what you all think of this idea!

Hello, I found this fossilized bone on the beach on Tybee Island, GA while looking for shark teeth. It looks like a tiny alligator or snake head but I'm guessing it's not. Any help to ID would be greatly appreciated! The first pic is the top of it, second is it flipped over. Thank you for any help!

Hi found this vertabra on a beach near Los Angeles. Even though it is not a fossil I was wondering if anyone can ID it for me, I was thinking dolphin or porpoise but I’m not 100% sure. Thanks

From a beach in California.

Hello all! I was combing the beach in California and I came across these cool fossils but am not sure what they are! The first two pictures are of the same one. Can anyone help me ID them? Thanks!