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I have recently purchase two large pieces of Jurassic aged bone from the Morrison Formation near the Dinosaur National Monument in Northwest Colorado. They seemed to be shaped in a way that it maybe possible to give them a general ID, I don't know if it can of course go as far as ID the specific dinosaur of course but if anyone with experience may know what kind of bones they are, any help would be appreciated as I would like to label them for the collection. As it stands the first larger one I believe to be likely sauropod bone or some other large herbivore while the second one I think may be theropod of some sort. Also if it's possible would anyone be able to tell what kind of bone they maybe like for example limb, leg, metatarsal, etc. Any feedback will be greatly appreciated! The larger bone measures nearly 9 1/2 inches long The smaller one measures approximately 6 1/2 inches long
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Found this in northern Arkansas. Need help identifying what they are from? slab is 6"x 4"x 5" some photos you can see the bone protruding and texture inside the bone
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Hi! I’m new on here and not super familiar with fossils. However, today I was walking on the beach in Hatteras Village, Hatteras Island, North Carolina (a part of the Outerbanks). I stumbled upon what appears to be an old bone of some sort. For the life of me, I can’t figure out what type of bone it is/which animal it is from. Any ideas?? The photo is posted below. For some reason, the other photos won’t upload, so I will try to upload them in the replies hopefully.
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Hello, I found these 4 bones today. The three on the right were all in fairly close proximity to each other and the bone on the far left was found alone. I am having trouble figuring out if these are modern day bones or dinosaur bones. A few main reasons that lead me to believe they're not modern is the location. I found these at the base of a large hillside within the Hell Creek formation slightly buried in the dirt. This is an area that has produced dinosaur bones in the past. Also it seems to me when I find more modern day bones usually the entire animal itself or other bones can be found nearby (cattle, deer, and etc.). Any ID help would be greatly appreciated also let me know if I need to provide more detailed pictures. Thanks, Nic
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Hi, I found these today, but not sure at all what these could be. Could somebody help me identifing these, please? Much appreciated, thank you.
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Here are a few items from my trip report http://www.thefossilforum.com/index.php?/topic/84497-another-spring-hunt-on-edisto-island-sc/ that have not been identified yet. The first is a large vertebra that I would love to be sure of... @Harry Pristis This is bone #2 which has been suggested as a possible broken process; Number 3; thanks for looking.
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I had another great day at Brownies. A bit windy and much cooler than you would expect for late April, but this Spring has been chillier than usual here in Maryland. There was no crowd today, which was very odd, but I am not complaining! Not many big teeth out, but I did manage to find my personal best today, a Mako that measures 5.4 cm. I was so excited about that, that I almost called it a day, but I had only been on the beach for two hours, so I decided to keep going. Then after not much more luck I found what I believe to be a piece of a dolphin jaw. I had a hard time trying to photograph that tonight, so I will try again tomorrow. I also found a nice piece of whale rib, around 7 cm long. I left it in the car, so I will have to photograph it with the jaw. Today was a great day for finding bones. I found a heap of small bones, which I will photograph later. Then toward the end of the day I found the two teeth with cusps. I need to read more about cusped teeth, I am weak in that area. One disappointment of the day was watching a father & his son digging in the cliff. They had climbed up a hill of loose material about 15 feet up and we're digging right into the cliff. They were oblivious to not only the rules of the beach, but also their own safety. It made me sick to watch them. I will update this report tomorrow.
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Hello, Sorry for the not so great equipment that I am using. Hopefully, you will be able to see enough detail to verify. Thank you.
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Today I got a quick one hour hunt in, tide was lower than I’ve had in a while but I could tell many people had passed through prior to me. Because of this no particularly large teeth but a nice hemi with a lightning strike. As I was walking along I was ecstatic to find my first cetacean vert, looked dolphin/porpoise (odontocete), excellent neural arch! I was then surprised to see two sieves not three feet away. I assumed they had found it and left it, as I could see them 20 yards away, one was my age (mid-late teen) and a younger (brother?) person walking with him. I went along my way. Golden rule of fossil hunting: don’t take what another hath found. I already have (albeit buoght) similar ones so I wasn’t too bothered. Not too far away I found a nice piece of whale rib and a concretion with another piece of rib embedded. It took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out the two fit together, I’ll have to prep that one out. Anyway, I came back down to the place the sieves were and the two kids had started back. I was flabbergasted to see the vert was still there! I grabbed it, and ran over to them. I asked them if they had left it they said no. I gave it to them, and they seemed happy. Sounded like tooth hounds (which is not a bad thing) and I don’t think they knew what it was, so I told them it was a dolphin vertabra. I hope that will help those two get more into fossils. Anyway, not far away I saw this dreadful digging in the cliffs. Whoever did it left the shovel there This is illegal is it not? Even if it isn’t it is extremely dangerous and ill-advised (so don’t none of y’all do it!). lastly, I had a pleasant conversation with a pair of mallard ducks, however the conversation was rather one-sided. They must be very used to people. No big teeth but some nice bones. Will get pictures up soon, starting with the “potholes” and the ducks.
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I found this in the mid-2000's but never really had it checked out, I'm having a paleontologist look at it soon, but I wanted to get your guys opinions. I can only post 1 photo because there is a size limit.
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Hey. Saw this nice matrix full of ichthyosaurs bones. Can somebody identify which bones are which? It would be a great help. It is a juvenile Stenopterygius sp. The upper surface is plastered with the dissarticulated front part of a juvenile Ichthyosaur. Shows coracoid, scapula, humerus and numerous paddle bones as well as jaw fragments a few scattered teeth and a lot of ribs and other bones. I can’t tell which bones correspond... I don’t know if there is jaw fragments(can’t see any teeth)and the images are quite bad quality. Can you help? It is from the Jurassic, Lower Toarcian. Posideonienscheifer Formation And the location is Weilstetten near Balingen, Baden-Wurtenburg, Germany. The matrix is 22 x 17.5 x 2 cm. This is all the information I have. Thanks for helping. Kind Regards.
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Don't Cringe, Help with Peace River Bone "Chunkasauruses" if possible
minnbuckeye posted a topic in Fossil ID
I know bone fragments are hard to identify. But take a look and see if any info can be given on the samples posted today: 1. These long bones are very hollow, hopefully bird in origin????? 2. These are 2 heavy chunkasauruses, scapulas?? Can one tell terrestrial from aquatic? 3. This bone seems like a phalanx??? Again, terrestrial or aquatic? 3. 4. A weird bumpy bone, lots of projections. Anatomically, I am having difficulty placing this one.
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Hey all this is my first time posting here! I found a fossil (i think) that i need some help identifying. Its unlike most fossils i have seen. I work in landscaping so i see a lot of rocks, this one was different and appeared to have all sorts of shells and mollusks trapped inside. I cracked it open to find it was full of bones, iridescent bones that looked like an oil sheen had dried over them. I have tried to look up opalization but find mostly plants and nothing really comparable. I need help! More pictures available on request. The pictures do no capture the true sheen of the bones and some of the opal looking substance has started to oxidize i think. You can see where it is starting to peel away. Some of the bones that cracked in half revealed more fossils inside the bones including a large grub worm looking thing sticking out of one. I was only able to fit these 2 pictures per the limit, just ask for more. Thanks for any help!
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I received wonderful responses to my requests for Identification/verification of my recent Florida finds. It allowed me to research on my own and begin to understand Florida of the past much better. Today, I provide a few more specimens for Identification: 1. Two more teeth. I will GUESS deer, maybe camel??? 2. I can't remember what was suggested for this. Maybe dolphin tooth??? 3. Finally for this section, this mandible was suggested to be from a carnivore. Any stabs as to which one fits this the best. Tell me it was the mandible that my dire wolf tooth came from. Unlikely since I tried fitting it in place already without much success. Hopefully the responses will be as enlightening as my first post. To all that reply to this or my previous post, I thank you kindly. Mike
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I would like to make a topic about your dinosaur Teeth and Bone Collections. So that we can talk and learn about them. Feel free to post your dinosaur material!
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Back to the same hole I have been mining. Really nice weather, which brought out the mosquitoes. Found lots of sand shark, some bull/ dusky shark, several more angel shark, and the smallest cowshark tooth I've ever found (and a small one with big root and small tooth that I don't recognize). I looked hard in the area where I found the ulna with quill attachments last week and did find more bone pieces, and busted teeth(?). Many were "whale bone" (including two pieces that were one earlier, fit together well) but two were more interesting, although non-descript. I'll try to add some better pictures of those two. 2-16-18-teeth.pdf 2-16-18-tiny-teeth.pdf 2-16-18-bone.pdf 2-16-18-bone2.pdf
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Hi there. I received a box of larger chunks today, and whilst most are unidentifiable, some are a bit more interesting looking, and I suspect that some ID may be possible. I'm going to 3D scan them, because for mystery bones I think it's a much simpler way of getting across their shapes. Here's two for starters. Any suggestions welcome. This first one looks to me like a bit of vert. Am I right, and if so, what does it suggest? It's 2.5 inches long. This second one looks a bit more unusual. I'm hoping that the rough surface on one edge is informative. This one's three inches long. Thanks in advance. More pieces to come as I prep/scan them (including some slightly more intriguing bits).
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Ive had these forever. I may have gotten these from a little rockshop in Hanksville Utah about 26 years ago. Earnest Shirleys Rockshop. he's long gone now. Was a really nice old man. anyways, i am trying to get whatever info on these before I put them up for sale. One looks like some kind of toe bone, the others some kind of verts. May not even be from a dinosaur? Thanks RB
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I found these bones in Wilbur Oregon , while blackberry picking . i found bones sticking out of the ground. two bone sites about ten ft apart , they look like bison but i am really confused about the skull. can anyone identify these ? i would like to sell them. i have many bones from the site.
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Im looking for dinosaur eggs or partial eggs or egg shell collection. I have to trade shark teeth from Aurora NC, New Jersey, Maryland. Also bone and vertebrae from Aurora NC. I also have unprepared trilobites from Oklahoma. Let me know if interested
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So these are the before and after of the bone fragment prep process. This material was found at Aust Cliff in the U.K it's from the Triassic. I'd love to get your opinions on what you think it could be, given that it's only a fragment it will be hard to tell. I've not left it in the sun before you ask haha that was just to take a clear picture, don't want it cracking. Thanks guys. I think ichthyosaur/plesiosaur bone fragment as these are some of the most common bones found from there. Plenty of coprolite and micro fossils visible here as well including some teeth. I prepped this myself over the course of an hour, the matrix is nice and soft and easy to get through
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I am looking into going to a Fossil dig (looking at the Marmarth Foundation and Paleoadventures) over the summer. I have noticed that some digs specify you have to pay for some of your finds ie T Rex teeth. Anyone have any advice on how much I should spend on T Rex tooth? Or able to give me a crash course on appraising their worth? I dont want to just shell out $$ over a tooth that isnt worth half the amount I paid.
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Being from California, we have never hunted the Peace River. We will be in the Naples area for a few days. Is anyone willing to take us out for a hunting trip? Can offer an exchange experience for Shark Tooth Hill in Bakersfield. This is an example of what we find!
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An unidentified bone-like specimen from Wealden supergroup, Hastings subgroup (Cretaceous, Valanginian). Scalebar 1 cm. Looks like a medium-size reptile bone, but which bone and which reptile (if it actually is a reptile)? Any help would be very appreciated.
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What kind of bones are these?? These are 'not' cow are they??
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