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Hello everyone, I went to visit family this past week in Gilmer County, West Virginia and found these mammal teeth in a creek. They were found pretty close to each other, which makes me wonder if they were from the same animal. They appear to be old, but I don’t think they are completely mineralized. They remind me a lot of the bison teeth I find down in Peace River, FL, but this is weird considering there are no cow or buffalo farms very close to the area I found these (that I know of). Anyone have any idea what these are, why they’re here, and how old they could be?
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Hi all, about 2 weeks ago during my spring break my father and I made the 6 hour trip up to Buffalo NY to collect at Penn Dixie. Our main focus is to bring back blocks for our weathering pile in the back yard, so we worked from around 11am to 5pm moving chunks and transporting them to the car. Here is a photo of me driving a wedge into the huge row of rock we were working on, it was pinned and took probably 30 min and a lot of thinking to break it free. Ill attach photos of some finds from the day below. Disarticulated Eldredgeops and a complete Greenops (I have done some exploratory prep and uncovered a genal spine) Another Eldredgeops This beautiful prone Eldredgeops had an unfortunate encounter with Murphy’s Law, and when I tried to split down the chunk to a more manageable size the whole bug shattered. In hindsight I should’ve just deadlifted the rock as a whole into my wagon, but hindsight is 50/50. The next day was a bit short, we had pretty much ran out of room for chunks and I was sunburnt and fatigued (Despite regularly applying sunscreen and drinking lots of Gatorade). If you zoom in on the image below you can see the sunburn on my arm. View of the spot we were digging before we leave (Kompsfossilsnminerals for scale) As we were packing up, I started tapping on some of the rock from the layer above where we were working. On my second or third chunk, this beautiful Eldredgeops rana popped out! Only missing a little of the cephalon’s shell as well as an eye, which I think I can recover from the negative. 1/2
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Wondering if the experts wouldn't mind weighing in on an ID for these. They were found half-submerged in a spring creek near an old cow pasture and they seem to be in at least the beginning stages of mineralization. They don't quite pass the burn test though I've heard that's not necessarily definitive, and they're quite rock-like - the pieces I used for the test make a nice clink when dropped on cement. My question is mostly whether or not, in these conditions, the process of mineralization could occur in 100 years or less (which is about the length of time the land had been used as pasture), making them "pre-old" as I've read is possible in other threads. As per the sticky thread, the creek in question is in the driftless area of Minnesota. Also I can provide measurements if that would help, but I'm under the impression that cow and buffalo femurs are too similar for that to make much difference. Thanks!
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Hello everyone. I am new to the site.I was hoping for some help identifying a humerus bone I found on our ranch located in south west ND. I was searching for points along the Cannonball River that runs through our property in a low water crossing. I seen the bone barely exposed at the water line. The bone was roughly 15 ft below the top of the river bank. We have teepee rings nearby and I have found multiple artifacts in this location. I have found many bones but never any at this depth under the soil. Any help would be appreciated. I am thinking its a left bison humerus but was hoping for some clarification between cattle or bison.There is also some marks on the bone that i am wondering if they could be from a knife or have been made from breaking down the animal. Thanks everyone.
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Hi all, my good friend @Nautiloidand I have been doing some collecting at a site in the Trenton Group recently and we have been finding what we believe to be Gravicalymene magnotuberculata. The matrix is soft and quite easy to prep, which was a nice surprise. This one was found by my father @Penguin Fiasco Here it was before preparation Bonus headless Triarthrus Beckie appears! All done, now time to clean off the abrasive powder! Here it is after preparation, I am pretty happy with the result. Please excuse the Dolomite on my fingers, I took the plate outside to photograph as soon as I finished prep. Closeup of the Triarthrus beckii body For my first time prepping this material I don’t think I did too bad! There are of course some spots that could use more preps but I really worry about going too far and accidentally burning the shell, so I figure I’ll quit while I’m ahead on this piece.
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Fossils found in various places in Bancroft idaho. What do they belong to?
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None of these were necessarily taken from the exact same location. https://imgur.com/a/YlLr3Os
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Brought my kids to explore a local creek. Found this along the banks. It's a bone. I'm just unsure from what and the approximate dating. Approximately 2.5 inches. Thank you in advance!
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This tooth was found in a creek in Washington county, MO. Can someone verify if this is a buffalo or cow tooth.
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Hey all, I've had this stone with me for over 20 years now and have always wondered if it was actually something or just a random luck-of-the-draw design on a rock. It was found in the Buffalo, New York area if that helps. Any kind of insights would be greatly appreciated.
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Can you please help me ID the fossil rock in the picture? Also would like to know anything about it you can share. I found it on the shore of Lake Ontario this afternoon. Thanks in advance!
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Hey everyone, Staying on some private property with a river in central Colorado. While walking the creeks looking for anything of interest, I came across this. I am not familiar with the horned creatures! Is this bull? Buffalo? Bison? Antiquus? I don’t know, any information would be much appreciated. My wife wanted to get a picture and then looked a little peeved when I said, “Why? I’m taking it home.” Lol Sorry for the pics, don’t have anything to scale. Lemme know what you think. I can post better pics tomorrow. i thought it was driftwood at first, had that exact consistency and texture. -J
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Found approximately 5" below current soil level in central Kansas. Closest item to tooth was thumb scraper which was about 2" in length. Buffalo? Horse?
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Hello, I found this specimen on the banks of the Buffalo River in NW Arkansas. I have been puzzling over this for the past week and have decided to ask the experts here to see if anyone knows what this possibly could be. It is hard as a rock and heavy.
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Not sure what I have. Any info would be appreciated. Out of Oklahoma.
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Hey how's it going, long time lurker and recent member. Used to spend time here when I was younger and now that I'm graduated and back home in upstate NY, I'm on the hunt for bugs (and everything else). I've always been interested in paleontology, and just recently finished up a bachelors in evolutionary biology, with a focus on genetics. While my specific interests lie in ancient DNA and genetics, I've taken a few classes and been lucky enough to have had some experience in the field (in Kenya), and learned enough geology and paleontology to get me by. So far I have been hunting the exposures around Rochester/Buffalo/Geneseo and the Finger Lakes, but hoping to spend time elsewhere in the state as well. Looking forward to seeing what others find and how they do it! Here are a couple of finds from the last few weeks... I recently finished up my blast cabinet and prepping setup, now just waiting on a more reliable (non-Harbor Freight) air eraser and hopefully I will be able to clean up what I've found and post some of the best!
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Has this bone been around long enough to be a fossil? Found Nemaha River valley. Who's hand was this in so long ago?
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I got this from a friend about 2 months back. Lately the black coating on it has been flaking off. I am not sure what it is and was curious if I should remove it or do I need to stabilize it with something?
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Found these jaws today in a creek in Kansas. Found around bison and elk parts. I'm guessing and hoping bear, but could be more recent. What do the mammal experts on here think?
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A former 4-Her of mine found this and knew I liked fossils so he sent it my way. It's a fairly large partial skull. From what I have read on here, I imagine it is bison bison as opposed to bison antiquus. The tips of the horns are 22 inches apart and if you tie a string between the tips it is exactly 2 inches above the skull. It isn't complete like a lot of the others they have found, but I really like it. The strange thing I am curious about is the hole in the forehead. He thought it might be a bullet hole, but I would think it would have done more damage than just break the surface of the skull off. Plus, it being fossilized I would think it would predate guns in the area? Not sure on how long fossilization/mineralization takes. If I had to guess I would figure at some point in its time in the Red, it hit something and caused it to breakoff the plate right there. Of course it could always be cause of death trauma, but again I would think it would have damaged the area below the surface as well. Anyway thought I would share. I have also attached some of my Megalodon teeth I have acquired. A couple of nice ones and one big one that was polished and cheap.
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Any known sites near Davenport Iowa or Buffalo Iowa?
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I work for an ecological restoration company and I work in rivers all the time. I find weird things from time to time, but I am stumped. Please help I know it’s a “petrified tooth” but I don’t know what it is from. Any ideas?
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It's taken me a while to post this, but my boyfriend and I took another trip to Penn Dixie on the Fourth of July! For those who have been to Penn Dixie I'm sure you know it's impossible even for a total newbie to leave empty handed. I didn't get anything super amazing like some of the full trilos th at I've seen other people post, but I did get what I went in hoping to find - gastropods!!! I THOUGHT that I found 2 - the large one and the good spiral one. But when I started washing the mud off them last night I discovered two others on the other side of some chunks that we had kept for their trilo fragments! They aren't perfect, but I'm so happy because all I've wanted to find since I started going to Penn Dixie was a snail It has a little bit to do with my love for David Attenborough shows and learning that we are currently in the Golden Age of the Snail which makes me unreasonably happy. I'll try to get some more pictures tonight of everything we found to help illustrate how many fossils you can leave Penn Dixie with - even when your boyfriend is making you be more selective and says you can't keep everything! I took a picture right after I found the third gastropod (the smaller not spirally one - I know the name is in the Penn Dixie guidebook but I can't think of it right now) Realized I jumped the gun by taking a picture of the three when I found this guy! He's definitely not as great as the other spirally one, but I might try to extract him better at some point! Not even the best trilobite pieces we found, but the only ones I have pictures of at the moment!
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Hello everyone! I'm really new to the fossil world and I found this forum site while looking for locations near me to hunt for fossils. I recently got sucked into this world more than ever before when I read "The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs" by Steve Brusatte. It's a really good read and it inspired me to look into fossils here in Western, NY. I know it's going to be a lot of Devonian fossils near me, but I'm really excited to start getting out there and looking. I welcome any tips or any suggestions for good threads here on the site for getting started or locations to start looking. Thanks! - CasualCoprolite
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Hey everyone, This past weekend I was out in Buffalo, NY for my bachelor weekend. My brother planned a fun fishing/hiking/fossil weekend at an air b&b on Lake Erie in wanakah. We had the house from May 30th to June 3rd. Buffalo is like my Mecca. I need to go there at least once a year and get back to my roots where I first starting being fossil crazy. I did some form of fossil hunting every day. I came out to buffalo early and stayed late to get extra time in! One major highlight from the weekend would be 3 pygidiums and a cephalon w/ 3 body segments of the rare pseudodechenella rowi trilobite!!! I also found some top notch big brachs!!! Heres general list of what I did. Thursday 5/30 -type locality of wanakah shale (lake shore) -smokes creek, Buffalo (wanakah shale) Friday 5/31 -fished bear lake. Caught 7 bass -Hamburg beach surface collecting Saturday 6/1 -Penn Dixie Sunday 6/2 -18 mile creek highland on the lake (big bust, water levels) smokes creek, buffalo (revisit wanakah, hiked all the way to windom shale) Monday 6/3 -Smokes creek, West Seneca (wanakah shale) -Francis rd, Bethany Ny railroad cut (big bust, now posted trespassing). Went on the way home. -purchased a few Eurypterids from a friend in Rochester. -Got back to Utica New York 8pm. I can’t show every single thing I found cause I took a lot of material with me. I did however find a lot of amazing stuff!! I’ll break up the findings by each day. I’ll mention locality and if it’s from the wanakah or windom shale. I’ll show the best stuff (still lots!!) and spare everyone the extras haha..... Bear with me. I’ll be uploading pictures in chunks throughout the day. Thats everything. Looking at each column from left to right. 1. Wanakah shale type locality 5/30. 2. Smokes creek (wanakah) 5/30 3. Hamburg beach 5/21 4. Penn Dixie 6/01 5. 18 mile creek (lake shore), smokes creek (wanakah, windom) 6/02 6. Smokes creek, West Seneca (wanakah), Francis rd, Bethany (2 small specimens). Ill upload the highlights and extra details later today. Stay tuned!
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Hello everyone! I'm from Houston, Texas and I've recently gotten into fossils and natural history from reading books to my young daughter who loves dinosaurs. From my limited research it doesn't look like there is much in the way of fossils here in the Houston area, except maybe on the Gulf Coast. As a kid I used to sift for shark teeth on Florida's Gulf Coast, and found tons. Does that technique work here as well? I'm also hoping there may be some opportunities during our family trips this spring/summer. We're heading to Branson, Missouri this month and Buffalo, New York in July. Maybe some trilobites or brachiopods? Either way, just excited for an excuse to be outdoors with the family! Looking forward to learning more from this site.
