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Here's a tooth that I found in a nice slab that had plenty of other easy to ID species - I'm having a hard time with this one though. I'm afraid to prep it further for now - the matrix is very hard, making my hand picks barely usable, while the tooth itself is very delicate. I see no carinae, but the tooth seems a bit long for a mosasaur. I also see no strong striations in the enamel that would indicate pliosaur. My best guess at the moment is Xiphactinus? What do ya'll think? Found in the Eagle Ford formation in central texas. I suspect on the Bouldin Flags member (at least I hope so! I've been trying to find the Bouldin Flags forever!) Scale is inches (the ruler is covered in marks so I shifted it to a clearer portion)
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Hello, I found this tooth or rock in the bank of a lake where I was collecting and sifting in a concentrated gravel spot. 1 oyster, 1 coral piece, and 2 snails are the only fossils I found. After searching a little more, I found this rock which I'm assuming is a tooth. The gravel where I found this possible tooth is also in the Eagle Ford of the Cretaceous of Texas. I'm thinking either shark or fish tooth. It's slightly curved and there isn't any enamel or serrations (that I can see), so I might be wrong. Can anyone identify the species of animal the tooth may have belonged to? Or if it's just a rock? Any help is appreciated Thanks
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Hi, I inherited some fossils from my father, and I am trying to identify them. Can someone tell me what kind of fossil is in the attached photo? Also, during shipping, the crack in the plate occurred. Does that affect the value of the overal plate significantly? Thanks in advance for assistance! SVG
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I know the pics aren't great, but I'm hoping someone can tell me what this is. It is from Florida. It is pretty tiny, but I thought maybe the design of it could help someone identify it.
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Got this off online, because I thought it was pretty cool looking. Seller didn't know what it was and described it as a reptile. I don't think it's an alligator. I am fairly certain it is some sort of fish, and that the bottom of the fish is exposed. There was no locale given, I only know it shipped from Minnesota.
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Hello all i am posting new photos (albeit not too good) of this 1/2 inch vertebrae which I assumed was fish but the hollow/open centrum is unlike what I’ve found before and online search didn’t help. Any help would be appreciated thank you
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Gods afternoon all this little baby is 1/2 inch long apologies for a lousy iPhone 5 and a lousy photographer I’m usually wrong but I’ll say that it doesn’t look like the shark or fish vertebrae I’ve found. What strikes me is the open centrum. About the only thing I know for sure is that it’s not a concretion. In order the photos back, top, bottom, front and side
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Hi, I found this tooth in the Navesink Formation, and, I was wondering what it is, it is exactly one inch long.
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Found the below specimen in the Peace River recently. I have spent several hours looking at images of small fossil jaws, fossil fish jaws, etc. I haven't found anything that I could see as a match. I am now hoping someone may recognize this. The holes appear to have an interior channel running in between inside of the specimen. Lighting was a problem as I was taking the photos and these are the best I could do for now. Hope they are sufficient. Any input is appreciated, thanks.
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I’d would love some help identifying what this is - I believe it’s a modern fish jaw of some kind but wouldn’t mind being persuaded that it’s a fossil! (Tooth Tap Test was inconclusive- sometimes glass, sometimes plastic) Since it’s likely modern, does anyone know what kind? 4 inches long exactly, about 1/4 inch at the widest point. Smooth on one flat side, a deep groove on the other. Wickedly sharp curvy teeth are part of the bone. Found at Purse on Sunday. -Our Fossil Group has conflicting ideas on this piece; catfish spine, gar jaw, snake mandible, bird spine... -It seems modern but it isn’t definite; there are certain parts that sound very fossilized where some sound very modern when tapped against a tooth. Thanks, FA
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Or something else? I know that I've seen this kind of tooth before, but for the life of me I just don't seem to be able to remember where. I found it at my shark tooth spot in the Miocene Burdigalian. It measures 16mm. from the bottom of the root to the tip.
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Please tell me those are fish!!! (One of my dream find fossils)Found this near downtown Lockhart believe it or not, I’m a little protective over the spot cuz I COULD get super specific on this one and it’s not very off the beaten path ...lol
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Can anyone ID? It has the lines on the side that look like they could be from a fin or plant maybe, idk, and there's the column.
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Two more items from the Peace River yesterday that I hope may be able to be identified -
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Hello! I'm new to the forum and have a fossil I need some help with. I am very familiar with crinoids, as I grew up in north-central Alabama and they're everywhere. However, I'm not sure what this one is. It was found in Blount County, AL in a creek. Here are photos of the entire piece with two areas circled, and a couple of closer-ups. The bit in the upper left of the first photo looks like plant material to me, but I'm not sure about the rest. I'm happy to provide more photos or info if it would help. Thanks for your help!
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Found this skull bone piece in a sand dune by the beach, I think it might be some sort of fish or hopefully a reptile. Found in southern Africa.
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I came across this little oddity while searching through some matrix for some micro specimens. As per the tags it is from the cretaceous and the environment is marine. I assume from the texture it is fish but what? It appears to be complete except for the rest of the animal it was attached to. Views are top bottom and side of the same piece. At 3 mm long it is quite small. At first sight I thought tooth but if that the root is very flat and square. Mike
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I was sent a chunk of material from the aust bone bed of the U.K. by @JohnBrewer (thank you very much!) to practice some prep on, mostly for the large bone and coprolites. I was also told to soak the material in vinegar to get all the little microfossils. I've gotten started by breaking off some chunks (I haven't gotten the acetone for my consolidant yet so I'm not touching the bone just yet) and soaking them in concentrated vinegar (30% acetic acid I believe, strong stuff). After an initial soak I saw this little guy poking out the surface. I saw the opportunity to prep and got right to work (being the forgetful procrastinator I am, I haven't bought a new scribe yet so for the first half I used a blunt dental instrument, the next fourth using a sowing needle, and the last with the needle duct taped to a piece of metal). Here are some pictures of the prepping process. I at first got excited thinking it was a plesiosaur, but I doubt that because of its size (6mm). It's hollow, and has striations similar to the carinae of a crocodile (don't think they have those there). Severnicthys is one possibility I stumbled upon. Opinions are welcomed and encouraged!
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My son and I went with the Dallas Paleontology Society to Post Oak Creek Saturday looking for sharks teeth and whatever else. I had my 10X loupe with me. A few times I just picked up a hand full of gravel and just looked at it with the loupe. 1 time I did that, I noticed this in it. Everyone who looked agreed it was a vertebrae, but what kind is it? a few of us are thinking fish, but I'm not sure. So, ant identification on type of animal and age (being from Post Oak Creek, however, found in the gravel bar) would be appreciated. The scale is millimeters. Thanks
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Hello everybody I have some indeterminated Kem Kem fossils. The first one is a piece of a jaw. I think it's reptile, but I don't know for sure. Anyone suggestions? (first 2 pics) The second is also a jaw and I think this one might be a fish. (last 3 pics) Thanks already
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The jaw section and teeth are throwing me for a loop. This matrix chunk is from Morocco and I was wanting to id the jaw section and nothing I am looking through has comparable teeth. Please help.
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Hey all. I've been practicing a lot with my aro on brachiopods and think I'm ready to tackle some of the more interesting pieces I've been saving. This one is from a stream in White Sulphur Springs, WV. I don't know the formation, but I believe that the brachiopods I am finding in this location are Devonian. I think this might possibly be fish? The matrix is a very hard sandstone. My plan is to cut lines with a masonry blade on my angle grinder, pop the pieces off with a chisel, then get to work with my aro. Any advice before I get started would be appreciated. I'm excited to see what's in there .
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This is something new. The photos were very hard to capture the specimen. It appears to by pyritized, but the camera would not capture the shine.
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I find these on occasion..Tiny little guys...I really like the color..They come from Neogene, North East Simi Valley. I've been picking them up for awhile but just noticed the other day one was a jaw. They are in the same area more or less where I find the bird bones. Any thoughts? Totally new to me.
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Fossil With Trail.....of A? I Think It Has Eyes. (Have No Idea, Im A Rookie)
Jay01 posted a topic in Fossil ID
I went fossil hunting in Cincinnati, Ohio. I found some neat stuff but I am not sure what this is. I think I found it in the Bellevue Formation, inside a slab of shale. I had a small wedge and slow pride the slab in two, when i pulled the two apart, I found this. It looks like it has two eyes (I guess) and a body with plant sprouts, legs or fins...there are about 5, but its hard to see them as some of it is still covered with thin layers of shale and dirt. I am not sure how to go about cleaning it. Also, its not an impression - whatever it is, is actually there. Thank you -Jonathan
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