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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Mussel Shells, Perna condensa Middle Miocene Choptank Formation Excavated from matrix submerged in the Chesapeake Bay, about 10 feet off of the beach at St. Leonard, MD, at low tide. Internal molds from a Miocene mussel bed, left in fine clay and stabilized with Paleobond to prevent disintegration© Heather JM Siple 2018
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From the album: Calvert Cliffs
Collected loose on the beach in St. Leonard, Maryland middle Miocene Choptank Formation Drum Cliff Member Chesapectin nefrens is an index fossil for the Drum Cliff Member of the Choptank Formation, meaning that whatever chunk of matrix one may find fallen out of the cliffs, the precise layer is known so that other fossils in the same block can be identified. These are a very common find at St. Leonard and other places, but I particularly liked the coloration on this one!© Heather JM Siple 2018
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Hello! My family and I spent a day hunting around the Summerville, S.C. Area for shark teeth and found some great ones!!! But we need help identifying one fossil we found. It doesn’t appear to be a shark tooth? We’ve never seen anything like it... and ironically our 6-year-old found it!
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Excavated from landslide material approximately 1/2 mile nw of Matoaka beach access. Found 4 that week. Two survived excavation. This is the only one discovered intact.
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Found this next to a pier on the beach side of fort Walton beach Florida. It looks like a tooth fossil of some kind. Can anyone help me discover what this may be?
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I have found a few odd marine fossils I believe?. I unfortunately haven't been able to find a complete skeleton yet, but I believe I have 75% of the biggest one and was hoping someone could possibly give an ID?? These were found in a very old Middle TN creek in a couple different locations. This creek gives up a lot of fossils, but I can't place this one and I would really appreciate any info...
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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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If there's one thing that really makes me gasp, it's cartilage. Especially a whole darn skeleton (a shark, sturgeon, paddlefish, anything with a skeleton composed largely of cartilage.....) I find cartilage to be so amazing because of how difficult it is to be preserved. Plus, I find anything fossilized with cartilage also maintains other minute details (sensory pores, skin pigment, really fine details.) this is is a thread for anybody who wants to share their cartilage! I just realized the irony here, my name is Bone guy.....Anywho here is my contribution. A paddlefish named Protosephurus liui from the Early Cretaceous shale of the Yixian Formation (same place they found the Yutyrannus) in China. These fish are very cool, they do have a good amount of bones in their skeleton but there's also lots of cartilage. Hairs lined along the rostrum can sense the tiniest bit of underwater disturbance. You can see the skin is covered in tiny dimples which are sensory pores. Overall this animal is armed with a high tech radar system, perfect for hunting the smallest of invertebrates.
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I remember reading a fact about heliobatis radians a while ago and I'm annoyed because I can't remember what it was.......it was something like "1 out of every 120/1200/12000 fish recovered from the green river formation is a heliobatis radians." Anybody know what I'm talking about?
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This specimen shows the original sheen and probably original coloration of the shell. It popped out of the matrix as you see it and required almost not cleaning. This specimen was stabilized, but stabilization did not change the appearance at all. Excavated from a chunk of matrix fallen from the cliffs into the Chesapeake Bay. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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I recently found this specimen near a river in SW Montana. It was partially buried in an area that was know to be a popular area for Native Americans to hunt/camp. It looks to be the bulbus end of a bone or epicondyle, but I am no expert. A smooth gray inner layer is surrounded by a brown porous outer layer that is smooth in spots but rough & eroded in others. It could be just a strange rock formation, but it was found in an area that had mostly old river rock and this stood out like a sore thumb. Its location also made it a very odd find. Anyone have any insights? Thanks!
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Hello! My son received this as a gift from his grandfather years ago, and we were told this is a raptor egg. However thats all we were told... And my son and I are wondering if it is in fact a raptor egg and would love to know as much as possible about it. I took a lot of photographs and even through a macro lens. There are lines all over it which I thought were embryo veins...but now I think they might be cracks in what used to be a shell? under the macro lens you can see what I think might be calcite formations in the cracks and possibly crystalized throughout the inside as one of the nodules looks like glassy calcite up close. I would love to get your opinion on this piece, age, quality, type, etc. This is a prize piece in my sons collection and we would really appreciate any information from the experts Thank you!!
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Hello together, for now something different: i bought the round objects pictured below cheaply on ebay. The only information the seller gives is that he found them on his attic with a note saying "eggs" No location, age or species mentioned. If they really are fossil eggs I´d tend to say turtle, because of their shape. So, can anyone tell me if these can be real eggs? Thanks, Jan
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This was found near some fossils, but I'm not sure its related to the fossils I found.
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I found this tooth on an auction site. Seller labeled it "Nanosaurus," saying it's a raptor tooth from the hell creek. I'm pretty confident his ID is incorrect, and this is Infact a Nanotyrannus tooth but I'm not sure. Tyrannosaurus is also a possibility. @Troodon any thoughts?
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Recently I finished sifting through 6 pounds of Lee Creek matrix. There's some stuff I found that I can't quite identify. Anybody that can help me would be greatly appreciated
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Hello--I have no experience hunting or identifying fossils; these four pieces came off the same hill near Lake Sharpe (Missouri River, central South Dakota). I guess glaciers were not supposed to have come through this area--it is much more rugged than east of the River. I am no expert but it is pretty clear all four are fossils, I would think bone of some sort. They are rock hard (and heavy), and one in particular shows quartz or some sort of crystal in the cross section on the end that appears to be a break (not seen in the photo below). I think they actually represent three pieces--the two thinner ones (below the ruler) were found a couple inches from one another and seem to nest on top of each other, in which case the stack of the two thinner is analogous to the other two thicker fossils. A picture is doubtless better than words! All the fossils are partially encased in dark sedimentary rock, seen best in the top right. It honestly looks like dry mud, but it has the hardness and density of rock. I have some other photos, but the one seemed to be the size limit for uploading. Any help in identification is much appreciated; let me know if you have any other questions! Thanks.
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I found this halisaurus premax on the favorite auction site. It's pretty cool, one associated tooth is still in place in the front. But just underneath the premax the matrix is filled with shark verts. Does this association mean anything? I find it odd that a mosasaur jaw ended up on top of a bunch of shark verts.....is there a chance the two animals died combating each other?
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My brother and I decided to do fossil hunting trip in Southeast Minnesota so we pay a visit to Beverly to get a copy of map for 5 dollars. We first hit Masonic park then few more sites before we call it a day. Our goal is to find a trilobite but it is not end of the world if we can't find one. Here's the pics of fossils. Any ID will be helpful. Pic #1 and 2
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Any idea what this could be from? Thanks
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Hi! My name is Alexandra. I live in St. Petersburg, looking for and preparing trilobites. As you know, we have near St. Petersburg very good places to search for fossils known all over the world. If someone from trilobite lovers wants to come and find good specimens here or if you are traveling through Russia and you will be interested to come in search of trilobites, then I can easily show you the best places to search near St. Petersburg without problems. You do not need anything for this-it will be absolutely free for you. I can explain it by the fact that I am the same person as you, and I have the same disease that can be called "paleontology" Is this interesting for you, write to this topic or search for me in Skype: Alexandra Kalinina (with bird on skateboard on avatar :-) ) and ask any questions. P.S. sorry for my English
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I’m hoping someone will tell me which type of fossil I have? I think it is interesting because such a narrow piece is intact. It is from my yard in middle Tennessee.
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This specimen was made incredibly soft by the surrounding matrix. The thin veneer of glossy coloration has worn away, but can be seen on this specimen, which came from the same 2 ft x 1ft x 1ft block of matrix that fell out of the cliff into the bay. Half a dozen of these were collected from that and one other small, adjacent block that day, along with more than two dozen other species. Layer originally designated Shattuck Zone 18. Donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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I found them close to fossilized in a mountain In the middle of the desert. I think trees and shells. l broke one of them
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Sometimes you just get lucky. This geoduck (pronounced gooey-duck) was sitting with its mate in living state, filled with matrix, under a pile of landslide rubble at the water's edge. The exteriors of both shells were almost completely clean of matrix. Most other specimens were badly cracked in the matrix and would never have survived the fall. This shell was donated to the Delaware Museum of Natural History.
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