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Last weekend after a windy week I decided to go to the beach of Katwijk aan Zee (Netherlands) to see what fossils had washed up. It was a lovely walk along the North Sea. Mammal remains from the Pleistocene (part of the Neogene period) sometimes wash up on the Dutch coast. The bone material comes from layers that are eroded below the sea surface. In the Pleistocene the North Sea was a kind of tundra plain where various animals lived such as woolly mammoth and rhinoceros, the giant deer, eland, wild horses, red deer, musk oxen, steppe bison, cave bear, cave lion, a kind of hyena and the wolf. It is best to search between the somewhat coarser material washed up on the beach, especially after stormy weather like the week before I went looking. The find frequency on the coast is generally quite low. Unfortunately, this time too the yield turned out to be low. But still it was a fantastic afternoon, where I found a fossil Bovidae molar and some fossilized bryozoan colonies. Due to the stormy weather, a lot of material from the sea had been left behind on the beach. There were also many egg cases of rays (especially Raja brachyura) and sharks (Scyliorhinus stellaris). Also found some sea urchins, of the common species the little sea apple, also called common sea apple (Psammechinus miliaris). In addition, we enjoyed the typical 'Dutch skies' with beautiful clouds. All in all, a very pleasant afternoon, with a beautiful sunset. An afternoon to repeat.
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Who loves the sound of fossils tinkling against each other? Just me? What, oh what, could these be? Picture of fronts and then of the backs. You guys are so educational and kind to newbies.
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Hello. I picked this up the other day thinking it was wood, but on a closer look I could see webbing, with a bone like structure, however it is really worn. Would anyone have an idea on what it may belong too if it is indeed a bone? Found in a Cretaceous beach site, South Island, New Zealand. Many thanks in advance.
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Hello, I was wondering if anyone could help me ID this possible reptilian bone? I found it at a late Cretaceous beach site in the South Island of New Zealand, often rich with marine reptilian fossils. It looks like there is a lot of holes where there used to be calcite? and is well water-worn.
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Hey all, new here so sorry if this isn’t the way to do this…is anyone able to help identify what animal this may have come from. It was found on a small portion of beach below a cliff with a lot of erosion in WNY south of Buffalo. Not sure if it came from soil or lake…either way it seems on the heavier side and I’m thinking it might be a phalange from a deer figured I’d see if anyone could help confirm or come up with a different ID
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These were all found on Myrtle Beach over the last few months and I was just wondering what they were (obviously). They look like fragments of turtle shell but I'm not completely sure. I realize I should've used a lighter more even-colored lighting/background, but I hope these pictures will suffice. Thanks for any input. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.
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its my first time back in a while .. just noticing the new format anyhow i found this within 10 mins of arriving to the beach
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Hello, I found this on a beach along Croatian coast and was unlike any of the surrounding rocks/geology. It's symmetrical and submarine-shaped. I'm wondering if it's a fossil v. a natural formation. Any information is greatly appreciated!
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Hello guys my 7 year old daughter found this at the harbour beach on holy island Northumberland. When dropped on a hard surface such as a table it sounds and feels like solid stone. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi everyone. First time posting. My son who is 7 found this on a beach. Assumed its some sort of fossil. Can someone please identify if possible please? Found on a beach in South Devon during summer.
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Hi there. Wondering if anyone can help with this. strange story: Found it in a fossilized ash beach- and it had clear impressions on the exterior of suction cups kinda shapes. However the substrate wasn’t stable and was kinda falling apart over time. so… I put it in my kiln to IDK see if it would turn into a ceramic. Instead the top blew off and revealed a similar shaped but non aligned actual fossil. any help with ID appreciated!
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Anybody know what these are? Biggest in the image is about 35 x 25 mm and smallest is about 20 x 20 mm. Found on north Florida beach.
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Found on north Florida beach. About 20 x 15 millimeters. Has two holes on either side and two in the back underneath.
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Found these rocks on the beach today, (one I found in the grass on the way there so not technically at the beach) what do you think? Anything interesting? found them in Ystad, south of Sweden.
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