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Hello! In the past couple months I have been searching out terrestrial arthropod fossils of the carboniferous. In this time I have procured quite a few specimens that I would love to have examined by members of the community, especially those experienced in the identification of carboniferous fauna. I will post the specimens one by one over the next week, if they turn out to be something different than the name they were sold by I will not be disappointed. My experience in Entomology and close disciplines such as Arachnology and Myriapodology has only been with modern species, excluding minor experience with arachnids in amber, so I am so excited to pick your brains! The first fossil was indicated as being from the Carboniferous Zaleskie Beds of Poland, dated at 314 mya. It was sold to me as a "roach" though I know roaches had yet evolve so if so i'm guessing this would be a roachoid. The fossil itself is 3.0 x 2.5 x 1 cm. I will be posting pictures of the specimen below, please let me know if you have any questions or need further information to support a conclusive ID. Thank you all so much for your help! Looking forward to your input.
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I’m new to fossil hunting and just spent Saturday searching for fossils in Rhode Island. I spent about two hours at Cory’s Lane and found two possible fossils. I’m wondering if anyone can help identify these? I had a lot of fun searching there and plan on going back. Thanks so much for any help.
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I’m still fairly new to shark teeth hunting/ID (started a couple of years ago). I think this is a shark tooth, but I’m not 100% because it’s hollow/missing root. However, I’ve read a few other threads on here about hollow shark teeth, so I understand it is possible. Assuming this is one, I’m curious if anyone can help me ID it? (And of course, if you think it’s not, please let me know too) I found it today near Swansboro, NC. My identification book makes me think maybe Mako, but it also says those are pretty rare in NC. Thoughts? ps- I’m new here, so please be kind, but let me know if I’ve made any mistakes with forum rules/etiquette. Thanks so much!
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Dear FossilForum members, I'm an aspirant fossil hunter and thought I'd reach out to you to possibly help identify this recent find (7 images attached, approx. 21cm x 7,5cm x 2cm), found in an Eocene layer (UK, Hampshire Coast)...flat, curved and ‘channels' running down the center of (concave) back (image 02)...could it be a rib? Any (comparative) insight you may provide would be much appreciated. Regards & thanks
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Found these two bones from Big Brook in NJ. Seems like the one on the right is just a limb bone from a deer, but left one seems too large to be from a deer. Possibly a femur from a cow? Bear? Any other ideas?
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Found on the beach in the Netherlands. Slightly heavy. Could this be a bone of some sort? Or any ideas at all? Thank you.
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Hello would anybody be able to assist me with identifying the genus or species of these? Or if they’re event porpoise teeth? There is also an additional tooth that I am not sure on, definitely herbivore but that’s all I know . 3 teeth that I believe are porpoise but would love a species from. Horse or bison? Apologies for bad pic of chewing surface it was oddly difficult to photograph.
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Fossil id I find these in central pa They look like crinoids but sometimes they don't
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I thought this was petrified wood but it has features of a clam or oyster
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Hi, found this fossil at work the other day (sometimes as archaeologists we are on sites and that have fossils lying around in the geology, I always like those ones). It was found in north-east Leicestershire (UK). The geological maps say the bedrock geology there is 'blue lias formation', but the 'superficial geology' is something called the 'Oadby Member' (BGS Lexicon of Named Rock Units - Result Details) (which I suspect this might be from I think) formed in the quaternary but has Jurassic and cretaceous fossils churned up in it. From colleagues I have heard suggestions it might be a tree branch or coral, personally it looks to me a little more like coral. It's pretty big and potentially quite a diagnostic piece so perhaps this could even be narrowed down further? I don't know though I am certainly no expert. The sort of 'pockmarked' features on the narrow sides (I figure the wider sides have just had these eroded away?) are what makes me think this is a fossil at all, it also curiously seems to have a hole going through the middle of it, I do not know if this actually goes all the way through as it is packed with mud and I do not have a good implement to get it out, but I suspect so.
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Just got back from another trip to Big Brook in Colts Neck. Wanted to get some thoughts on the pieces I have collected there over the years. Most are probably funny rocks, but some good finds might be mixed in. Let me know if more photos would be helpful on any numbered piece. Thanks in advance. I found this piece and thought it resembled vertebrae body piece from a plesiosaur or mosasaur. Similar looking pieces have been discovered at Big Brook (pic below) See the pics of my piece below. It's a bit hard to see in the photos but the piece is a cylinder about 1.5 inches in length and diameter. It has two flat sides with a generally cylindrical mid-section. It also has two symmetrical nodules on it's lateral sides. Let me know if any other pictures/angles would be helpful. Here is an assortment of other pieces I have found that look like bone fragments and shrimp tunnels to me. Let me know if I've got anything cool or if any individuals pictures would be helpful. Thanks!
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Fossil ID / Field Guide reference books - Southeast US?
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Could anyone refer a good fossil ID text book or field guide? Preferably US fossils but doesn't have to be that specific. I need something that is more advanced than a basic introductory/children's book. Been looking for awhile for a general fossil ID book with straightforward pictures + descriptions, but no luck so far. I'm a member of a local rock club. The fossil hunts are my favorite and I've gotten some interesting pieces (horn coral, blastoids, archimedes, crinoids, seed fern impressions, sigillaria etc) and received help ID'ing stuff from our more knowledgeable members but even some things they have not been able to positively identify or I've gotten home, cleaned things up and realized I might have something different. Plus I want to get more familiar with what other fossils may look like, pretty sure I have passed over fossils that I didn't realize were fossils...- 3 replies
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I found this fossil in Alberta on the Wapiti river near Grande Prairie. I have seen quite a few over the years and decided to grab one that was laying on the shore near a bank that erodes more and more with each passing year. I was hoping someone may have be able to tell me something about this.
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Hi all! I was recently visiting with another naturalist, helping them to identify some of the donated rocks and fossils in their collection. There were a few that stumped us both, and unfortunately they couldn't tell me where any of the specimens were originally found, or the period anything was from with any certainty. I'll make separate posts for the different pieces. But here's part one to start with. A partial jaw with large molars, certainly from a large herbivore. The other naturalist suggested perhaps from a moose, and I also found similarities in the shape to other cervids, so I think this is the right track, but I'm far from an expert, especially on teeth. the jaw measures 8" long, and 3-4" wide. I didn't think to measure individual teeth, but each is over an inch wide.
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Hi I was on a friends property near Boulder and golden Colorado and found ripples from water. When I looked closer it looked like there were scratch marks possibly from a dinosaur. When I looked on a geologic map it said the age was creatacous. I’m just wondering if it could possibly be scratch marks from the beasts the used to wander the earth. I think the formation is the Dakota formation. Any help would be appreciated.
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It’s been a while, but now I’ve got something worth posting about that I’d like identified. :) Took a trip to Lake Texoma yesterday and my husband found this. My guess is some kind of bivalve, but I’m hoping that someone here has a little more knowledge.
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Woo-hoo! Here goes my first one! I never knew taking photos of tiny, inanimate objects would be so hard!! These are awful and I'm not pleased. I will get better ones if I need to, but I'm curious to see if this is an easy one and no further photos are needed. Ok so these were found roughly a year apart (early 2000s) in the same creek in north-central Tennessee. Not a clue as to the layers or geology. They feel sand-stony, the larger one is rougher. The larger one also has a glob of matrix on (what I'm calling) the bottom with tiny crinoid segments stuck in it. I've been searching online for over a month to find something similar, initially thought crinoid parts, because of the crinoid-looking center in the small one, but I don't find any tri-radial crinoids, only 5-radial (however you say that, haha). The closest I can find to its shape is a pollen spore... oh my, imagine the size of the bees!
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I found this oddity amongst a heap of large concretions I've hoarded over the last few years. I haven't explored other areas much, due to the productivity (and concentration) of fossil bearing coleraine formation In the location I hunt. So, I believe this piece came from that same area. After the dried mud was washed off and I saw the banding and what looks like grain, I can't help but think that this is wood. It's also UV florescent, glowing a dull orange when exposed to a UV light. I have a tendency to get quite excited about nodules though, so I would appreciate any and all feedback/suggestions. Thanks for your time!
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Hi, I am new to fossil hunting. I found this today on uk beach where the rocks are from the triassic/jurassic period. It is quite large and is corrugated, similar to corrugated iorn. does any body know what it is? Many thanks
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Fossil ID allosaurus or camptosaurus
t rexboy posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi everyone, I own this wonderful toe bone from the Morrison formation stated to be allosaurus but I have a feeling it came from its contemporary rival camptosaurus anyone know if this is really a camptosaurus.- 16 replies
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