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Found this in a stream bed in upstate NY near Ravena, NY. It’s roughly 12x6in. To me it looks like the flower of a crinoid but I am no expert so I’m curious to hear some opinion from this forum. Thanks!
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I picked this up thinking it was a fossil but now I’m starting to think it’s not and just some rock? Yorkshire coast
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I found this in Runswick Bay North Yorkshire there’s a piece still in the matrix but the rest has broken out, what could it be? The bit in the rock does look like a belemite but it’s not it’s whatever this weird thing is? thanks lewis
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Does anyone know what this could be? Robin hoods bay North Yorkshire
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Could this be some sort of bone or something? Found on the Yorkshire coast inside shale rock
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I'm going through cataloging some old miscellaneous stuff in my collection, and came across this. It was purchased at a show c. 2003 and labeled "Shrimp" on a sticker by the dealer, with no other information. Anyone have any thoughts on what it is, where it's from, and how old it is?
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German Ammonite. Unknown Origin formation. Any ideas of species name or gender?
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Hello! I am a newbie fossil hunter, and I am asking for some ID help. My son and I visited the Kinzers Formation near Lancaster, PA , to look for fossils in the Cambrian shale. We didn't find much, which seems consistent with peoples' experiences recently, but did find traces of something that we haven't been able to positively identify. The attached photos of the specimen come from a piece of shale the we split. There's a radial pattern of darker flecks on the left side of the rock, each about 1 cm long. The tape measure is next to a longer, darker shape about 1 cm wide and about 6.5 cm long (although broken off on the right). Hopefully these pictures are helpful, but I can get out my SLR if more detailed pix would be helpful. Thanks for your thoughts!! Kerry
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Hey hey everybody, I found this odd stone in the same location that I've found petrified wood and a couple fossilized shells. It doesn't look like bone to me, maybe its a different plant species than the one im use to? If someone could get an ID on this that would be greatly appreciated! For all I know, it's just an odd stone.
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Hello, I have this collection of fossils I had gotten a few years back. I’m trying to create a display for fossils, if anybody from this forum could help me identify some of these that would be great. I really appreciate the support and thank you.
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I have several items that I could use help identifying. They were collected in the Platte River of central Nebraska.
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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
Jdust posted a topic in Fossil ID
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I thought this was petrified wood but it has features of a clam or oyster
Jdust posted a topic in Fossil ID
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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... -
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.
