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Found in the basement of an abandoned home in South Bend, Indiana, surrounded by farm land. What could this be? (Photo taken ~10 years ago, apologizes for the less-than-great quality)
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
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From the album: Muncie Creek Shale Phosphatic Nodules
Thanks goes to Connorp for the ID! -
Looking for conodonts, I found and meticulously cleaned this object-at first I thought insect wing, but then fish scale, then plant, then, nuthin special. Thoughts again appreciated!! What say ye? (Stark shale, between Winterset and Bethany Falls, Pennsylvanian) . Bone
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This is my best find to date and I would love your input and observations... I found this specimen in McKinney Texas (suburb north of Dallas) in late 2020. While my wife my was antique shopping, I went to a local housing development to look for fossils. To my surprise I found this beautiful tail fin in the Austin Chalk formation. It was in about a 300 lb boulder, but it was well worth the effort to salvage it. I have returned to the area to search for more sections, but after hours of searching I haven't found anything new. In the original boulder, I also found a suspected scale and a si
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian Formation: Muncie Creek Shale I was cracking Phosphatic concretions and this baby popped out! I was excited and thought I should share and ask what it is! I believe it is a cartilaginous fish spine, but I have little knowledge in such topics. Ps Information on good glue to glue together the cracked piece is welcomed!
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I was fortunate to be able to take two trips recently to the Marmaton group in Northern Missouri and wanted to share my trip report with the forum. It's hard to find information on the Marmaton in Missouri, and I struggled with the geology and understanding what members within the Marmaton I was seeing, but I had a great time non the less. I grew up in this region and have some ‘insiders’ information on a few spots I wanted to check out just from spending time running around the countryside as a kid. The first was in a local creek in the township I grew up in that contains concreti
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Hi Everyone, I've been working through quite a bit of shale from the Stark member and have a specimen I would like your thoughts on. My brain sees a crustacean claw due to the shape, but I think its more likely that it's a fin. What do ya'll think I have here? Dimensions are 1 cm by 1 cm. My "holding the phone camera to my microscope lens" method isn't working so well, so here's a rough outline of the shape: And the counterpart from the split Thanks,
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So when I found the encrusted bivalve, I found this in the same roadcut in what I believe is Bethany falls limestone in Kansas City. It has define spikes/spines/other with softer margins and I simply don't know. there are no other complete fossils near it but there is this imprint-whatever that is ?? Any help or thoughts, as always, appreciated! Thanks! Bone
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I found this fossil in Devonian rock in Johnson County, Iowa. I think it is a fossil of a placoderm fish, and I think it has a "fin" next to the quarter in the photo. The fin would be coming out of the placoderm plate at a perpendicular angle, which would make sense, but I have never found a fin before. I will attach a close-up photo of the "fin" below. Am I on the right track or is this something else? Thank you! Ben
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Need help identifying potential tail fin. Found on beach in Haida Gwaii.
HaidaGwaiiBeachFinds posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi All! This peculiar find reminds me of a type of marine mammal fin upon first sight. Haven’t come across anything remotely like it before. -20cm long, 15cm wide -found on a beach in Haida Gwaii (close to Alaska) Thank you! -
Article on new structural findings of Tiktaalik and other fish/tetrapod fins/feet https://m.phys.org/news/2019-12-fish-fins-evolved-transition.html
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Hi, this is a impression fossil my son found. We are trying to ID it. Looks like it was found in sedimentary rock. Looks like it has either modified scales made of chitin or body segments and it has a fin. We can’t seem to ID this fossil! Help!
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Here is another very recent discovery in the dry creek bed. It appears to be some sort of fish fin to my very amateur eyes. Can someone please confirm this or tell me what it is if I am wrong? Although it is not clear in the images, the markings go all the way to almost the 12:00 position. It is not a stain and does not wash off. There is a crystal vein right above it that runs completely through the rock. Thank you for your time. This was found outside of Willow Springs, Howell County, Missouri, USA
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Hello, I am new the this site and a part time collector. I own items that I have found in different areas of the state and others I have purchased from other areas. My collector has natural objects ( Animal Parts) and man made ( Points). I know some, but I am not familar with the different classifications of fossils. I am not sure if this piece is a agatized fossil or some type of concretion. All comments are appreciated. I have some property in eastern Newberry county. I saw this rock in the creek and brought it home with me. After I cleaned the dirt off, I noticed it does have form and textu
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From the album: North Sulphur River Texas
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I went out to Ram brook in New Jersey yesterday and came acrossed this little fossil. But not sure what it is.
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From the album: Sharks and fish
Small section of a fin ray from a Leedsychthys Problematicus tail. About 2" Lower Ox. Clay, Callovian middle Jurassic. 160 mya Hampton Lakes Peterborough, Cambs, UK -
Hello i was offer this Plesiosaur bone and was said to be a fin just wondering could it be from one ? Its size is 30 cm
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I'm pretty sure its a caudal fin of some prehistoric fish, but I'm not sure. Anybody know?
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Ok, so this is supposed to be a spinosaurus vert, one with part of the sail. At first glance it seems perfect, but upon further study, while trying to place it on spinosaurus skeletons, it doesn't seem to match any exactly. For one thing, spinosaurus sails, at least in the relatively insignificant amount of individuals on display, sail bones that don't go any higher than this one(it appears this is a fully intact sail vert), don't seem to get as wide. And the ones that do, then continue up and get thinner. There ARE similar shaped "sail" bones, at the transition to the neck, and tail, but thos
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Hi there, I'm new to fossil hunting and came across this today in the newly surfaced coast land mass at Kaikoura, New Zealand. It's quite large; at least a foot long. Move read about the fossils of ancient dolphins being found in the area and was wondering if there was any possibility of this being linked to those finds? any help in identifying it would be greatly appreciated!
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I found this yesterday and wasn't sure if it was possibly a fish fin. You'll see there is some glacial grinding on the face of the rock but the lines are parallel. Down in the deep groove, the more distinct lines are very small and close together on the left, then fan out and get larger to the right. Any comments would be appreciated. Thanks!
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Hi. Stopped for road break and saw this in the May river flat not far from derby. Has a definite fin structure. Keen to find an expert and have it assessed properly. Wondering if it is a pectoral fin and plate from an armoured fish g Mac
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My granddaughter is in 4-H Geology and has found these two items and no one has been able to ID either one. She found both items at a local sand pit. The first one was in one piece until she accidently dropped it. When it landed it broke open and the white areas were inside. One side feels kind of chalky and the other is feels pretty smooth but has ridges. Any help would be greatly appreciated as she is trying to get her exhibit box ready for the Fair. Thank you, Mari
