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Was digging/sorting through my fossils this morning - had a couple that I hadn’t yet gotten ID’d and wanted to ask about! So first is this tooth I originally thought was Carcharhinus of some kind, but on a close look it’s got no serrations at all, which is making me wonder if it’s a C. Hastalis? Second up is… whatever this is. Fish mouth plate of some kind? One side of it the “bubbles” pop out, the other side they’re craters. And finally, what I originally thought was gator tooth, then thought may have been antler, and I’m now back to thinking tooth but not sure what: Thanks in advance!
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Picked up this tooth today in the Peace River and I'm really not sure what herbivore it's from, I'm thinking possibly camel? Any help would be appreciated! Top: Bottom: Sides:
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So being a new member here, I’ve had a few teeth and other fossils I’m not sure what they’re from - so I figured it was time to post and ask for ID’s! They’re all from the peace River. First up is this, not sure if it’s an antler piece, a gator tooth, or something else: Next are these fish teeth - I know they’re fish teeth but not sure what from: Other fish teeth: These… they might be rocks honestly but I’m not sure: This is another tooth, my initial thought is Hemipristis but I’m not sure: This looks maybe like it’s a meg fragment but I’m not sure: One more fish tooth: And finally, what I think are vertebrae: Thanks in advance!
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Got some weird stuff from the Cliffs, been meaning to get them checked out. first one up i think is a bone fragment of some kind. it passes the tongue test. but someone on the FB group suggested it might be a fragment of a Gomp tooth perhaps? this is a bone fragment, but the porous nature of the middle has me thinking bird perhaps? also, the top edge is rounded and smooth so it looks to be a small diameter long bone. lastly is this piece, Im sure its probably a beaten up snaggletooth, but the cross section has me thinking mammal possibly?
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So I took my folks out to West VA to see the Lost river site, had a splendid time of it just picking through the shale, but I found some absolutely mysterious specimens that I could use some help in identifying. This one I had thought was a colonial organism, but it doesnt match the bryzoan or corals ive seen in the area This one I believe is a brachiopod of some sort, any idea the Genus? I picked up this rock and noticed that there was a glabella furrow of a trilobite species in it. I dont know what species it is, all I know is that its Not an Eldredgeops. lastly a gentleman said that this looked like a sand dollar, however I am not certain its not just a formation. oh and theres this thing, I think its the tippy tip of a cephalopod. but a crinoid stem is just as likely. let me know if theres anything to look out for.
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I got this baculite in a fossil show. From the Pierre shale of South Dakota. He gave me a handwritten label that I can't tell what it says 100% Regards - Adriano
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Hey y’all! Can anyone help me ID this print? I’m a marine reptile researcher so I’m at the end of my understanding of prints for this. It was found in Bell County, Texas. Thanks so much!
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Just noticed these red markings on one of my ammonite partials. What could it be?
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Hi all, it's me again! for my first expedition of the year, I decided to go to big brook to try my hand collecting there. had quite the adventure, found some neat things. but there are a handful of oddity's that I am unsure. in my research that ive done over the day I have a couple ideas, but any confirmation from experts is always appreciated. first one up is this weird thing. I'm not sure what this is although it's no concretion these ones are also strange, but I have some ideas on a few of them. top two are probably vertebrae fragments, but I have no clue what they are from. bottom left is a total mystery, but I think that the shark tooth in the right is possibly a Hybodont tooth. I say this because of all the research I've done both on this forum and the Big brook website. it is the only one that matches the profile. more views below @The Jersey Devil @Rockwood any ideas?
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I’m not exactly sure where it comes from but I found it in paved gravel in association with chert that likely came from the Knox Group in Northeast Alabama.
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Hi! I got this type of jaw from the Kem Kem Beds of Morocco. I was thinking some type of fish? Hope somebody has an idea of what it can be. Regards
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Hi! I have had these shark teeth from Ouled Abdoun Basin for awhile. Not sure of species or exact age. But age is Cretaceous-Eocene Regards Adriano
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Hi all, went on a fossil hunting trip recently and I found some things I'm unsure of. these were found off of Route 60 in the Reedsville formation. My best guess ( assuming this isn't concretion of course) was this may be some sort of horn coral. there was another splinter of rock that looks like it could be a cluster of brachiopods but what kind I have no idea.
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Hello, I found this fossil (at least I think that's what it is) in Ruwais, Abu Dhabi, UAE (United Arab Emirates). It is Miocene in age. I showed it to Dr. Mark Beech, the head of archaeology of the region, and he wasn't quite sure, but he told me he doesn't think it's coprolite. Hope you can make sense of this for me!
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Manhatango formation VA fossil expedition 10/2021
Rexofspades posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
Hi all, me again. Went on an expedition with my dad to show him what I do on my free time . Did some research into nearby formations and saw a promising one was in Gore VA. After casing the place in google maps dad and I arrived there at highway 50 we started on the road cut across from the meeting place. The formation seemed promising from the road, but after finding only the same old brachiopod molds and crinoid stems I saw it as a bust. Not deterred, I set on doing a little more follow up research and found that the Legendary store was nearby. After relocating we started to look and our luck turned around for the better. I bagged two of the biggest and best preserved Trilobites so far. And Dad found some weird things splitting shale that I had no idea what they could be.. Pictures below, any comments, corrections or ID's would be appreciated. This trilobite has a funny story attached to it. I spotted it laying fossil side up in the scree a foot away from my bag after slipping. After laughing at the sheer coincidence of it all I said that this is a lesson to check every rock you can when fossil hunting. on the cliff itself I found this one after splitting open the rock a bit revealing the tail of a trilobite. after careful Extraction, I wrapped the piece in tinfoil and cleaned it up at home. after some light prep work I was giddy to find out that this was a mostly intact enrolled trilobite. while the Cephalon was missing, the thorax and tail were present and folded onto each other. this is easily one of the better pieces I have found. next come the mysteries I have no solid idea if these are anything good or not but I figured I would ask you folks.
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I found this fossil gastropod on an auction site and I really liked it. But the information is a bit confusing. On the title it states that it is Cretaceous but in the description of the seller it says "Cretaceous-Oxfordian-160 MYA". Oxfordian is a period from the Jurassic, not the Cretaceous. The locality & species (theres 2 species) Location: Kostroma Region Russia Species: Pictavia laevigata & Exelissa quinariia .
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I bought these ammonites some years ago. The only information I got was that the ammonites were from France. Does anyone know the possible species & locality of them?
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I bought these fossil wood years ago. I think these may be from Madagascar not sure of age though. Does anyone know?
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I found this bone in Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden Paleocene in age (Danian) Does anyone possibly know what animal it belonged to? Now I'm not good with bones but I'm thinking bird? Crocodiles, Birds, Fish has been found at this locality. + another bone?
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I have discovered these in Coldwater, MS in a nearby gully I frequently go to for these amazing finds. If Anyone has some great insight into what they are for sure, I would greatly appreciate knowing how much or if they are worth anything ?
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Fossil ID: Needmore formation Devonian fossils ( Lost River)
Rexofspades posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello, As a follow up to my previous post, I wanted to see if anyone can help me Identify some of the things I found or confirm my suspicions. all material was found in Wardensville, part of the needmore formation in the Lost River quarry. #1 lets start with the biggest stumper, I have absolutely no Idea what this thing is or even if it is a fossil. my best guess is a possible trilobite feeler, but even then I am not familiar enough with their anatomy to make that call. failing that, some sort of soft bodied invertebrate perhaps? #2 I believe this to be a small branch of Trachypora coral. the fossil was longer than is pictured, but it unfortunately broke off as I extracted it. I have heard that you can restore this coral to its truer color by using a very weak acid, is that true? #3 some crinoid stems with what I believe to be a fossil of something on the top right rock. the formation was littered with these rust colored veins of sorts, I dont know if it is simply a concretion, or a type of life. nothing on the ID pages I used seem to reference this. #4 I'm reasonably confident now that this is in fact a trilobite head sticking out of the matrix, if anybody has worked in or knows any resources on preparing fossils from this WVA formation please let me know.
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Hello! I have some fossils that need to be id Most invertebrates I find I can id them myself. But these are some that I cant id or that Im not sure if the id is correct. There is also one Vertebrate? That I have prepped a bit that hopefully someone can id picture n1: information: It was found in Limhamn, Malmö, Sweden. Age is Danian period part Paleocene. Fossil fish, Crocodiles, Birds have been found in this locality. As i think its some kind of bone Picture n2: Information this shell has also been found in Limhamn, Malmö Sweden Danian period part of the paleocenePicture n3: information this shell was also found in limhamn Malmö, Sweden Danian period part of the paleocene period I was thinking about this shell being a Spondylus?Picture n4: This shell was also found in Limhamn Sweden Malmö Danian period part of the paleocenePicture n5: This shell was found in Ignaberga Quarry in Sweden its upper Cretaceous in age I have found many of these but never figured out the species
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Hi, i've found this in a rock, i don't know if its a fossil or not, i think it might be? Guidance would be appreciated please Thank you
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I bought this fossil Fish a few years ago. But does anyone know species or locality of the fossil? I can only think about Green River Formation, Lebanon, Solnhofen. Any thoughts?
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I am sorry for the length of this txt. I am looking for help verifying the ID of a fossil I've been finding for close to 20 years now. It is a very dificult to see poorly fossilized shrimp or trilobite like creature that everyone I've spoken to tells me can not exist. I am having a dificult time getting pictures that people on other sites will take seriously as the lines defining the structure of the creature are nearly undistinguishable from the stone itself. Everyone wants to call it pareidolia and say there is nothing there. Four or five individuals I've spoken to, whom have taken the time to actually look at it have seen it after I've pointed it out several times and sketched over a picture. They eventually get the typically *holy snarge I can see it look and then go on to profess they have no idea what it could be. So it seems that some people are capable of seeing the same things I do. But honestly I'm tired of people proclaiming to have degrees treating me like I'm some spoiled child when they can't see it so I am flat out refusing to posting pictures and an explination of it unless I one; can get an explination as to why it's a natural formation and why rocks with natural formations have markings that exactly resemble the cells of chitin found on modern crayfish and lobster, or I get someone with true knowledge who can explain something about what I'm looking at. I started recognizing this in local stone almost 20 years ago. No one I have showed it to in all that time has so much as come up with a guess as to what it might be. Most can't see it at all, though it takes no special ability to do so. It just requires a maticulous attention to detail. And a willingness to believe that there are things in the world that have not been discovered yet. This is a thing that has been discovered, and is actually fairly well known. But noone believes it can fossilize in this format. And their is no mention of it ever being found in this location before. I'm not willing to argue with anyone about it's validity as a fossil. It is organic and it is a fossil unless you can explain as I've mentioned above. I will not accept any other answer period! That may make me sound uncooperative and hostile I apologize if that's what you see or think. I'll do everything in my power to explain what I'm seeing and get you to see it as well. But I'm done making enemies by refusing to accept that this is not a fossil. Either work with me and help me prove it. Or don't. But if you act like the teenagers on other sites I've made the mistake of looking for answers on I don't need your input. That said I've seen nothing but courtesy and respect from the people here so far so I'm going to try this one last time. Please respond if you are interested and I will post pictures and explinations as I have them as a new topic under this one
