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Hello everyone, this weekend my partner spotted this miniscule fossil in a stone on the banks of the River Thames in London, UK. My basic research suggests it is a Horn Coral however it's hard to find examples as small as this. I have uploaded an image next to a AAA battery for scale. I would love to know if anyone had a different opinion of what it could be and if not, how it ended up in the river here. Thanks in advance!
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I found this heavy triangular piece of what appears to be a bryozoa colony ,but at different angles and lighting I find it to show several other possibilities. This was retrieved from a receding river bed amongst many more corals and lingulla plates I also gathered. If anyone has an input or correction to my guess ,I greatly appreciate it.
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“Tiny Bones Project” So these little perissodactal and artiodactal carpals and tarsals are a tricky bunch to navigate. I'm only dealing with 5-6 species so far and it’s already bonkers. As such making a thread dedicated to the ID’s of some more common fossil finds seemed worth making. Especially since this project involves making a “touch Catalog” and photo library of them for me to use in future ID’s. Why not share the information? Lord knows I’m getting plenty from y’all! When the results of a group are completed, and have been reviewed by the forum, I’ll post the final revised report and photos here. My idea for this thread is to compile the various existing photo examples of these bones from TFF and the new photos of these bones from my collection. Once my stash is exhausted I’ll hunt for others to study and if TFF members have examples I don’t they can post what they want to add and share too. Finding “exploded” joint images to study these bones individually online proved unsuccessful. Most studies are interested in the articulated version of these groups. So searching for individual bone examples leads you right back to our own Harry and his incredible image galleries. Hopefully I can merge new stock photos with Harry’s confirmed gallery images and also include the bone images often presented for ID that Harry’s galleries are used to authenticate. Harry's post show up in Google because his galleries are used to ID so many things. We search specific things so we just end up back at Harry after a few clicks. If TFF is the end location for identification of carpals and tarsals let’s collaborate the efforts into one powerhouse of an ID catalog. This project got its start because I have been looking for random carpal and tarsal fossils for an Equus sp lower limb articulation project. I quickly learned getting positive ID’s when trying to purchase these types of fossil are not common. Most are listed generically or even incorrectly. So I figured I’d document the hunt to look back on later. The Equus project needed a single bone from a large auction lot of mixed fossils. After a good bit of rationalization I realized buying 50 bones to get 1 was a little silly. However, I had roughly ID’d several “shapes” of scaphoid bones which got me interested. Then I realized I had multiple versions of the same bones in various stages of erosion and that’s when the idea light came on. “Buy them all and learn from it!” So the main goal is identifying, labeling and photographing. With attention added to photos that can show multiple erosion level examples together. Gonna take a bit but that’s why I have lots of projects. Little here. Little there. And every now and then I’ll upload a new group for review. Im learning so be patient! If I use a word incorrectly or need revision it’s ok! Just tell me and I will happily increase my brain mass and correct the thread. It does need to be cohesive and I will need assistance with. Keep the faith and try to do good! Jp Disclaimer: Do not watch this video with and kind of beverage in your mouth as my pronunciation of these words is most likely laughable 😊. I also called the camel unciforms, pisiforms and had already cleaned up before I realized it. Pisi about that blunder to say the least. 😉 FullSizeRender.MOV
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Need help identifying this jawbone I found in the banks of St. John’s River, FL near mill cove
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Hi this is my first ever post so apologies for the atrocity that is my attempt at using tags lol, I found this guy on the banks of the St. John’s River FL by mill cove, i know its a jawbone, but to what i have no idea, could be mammal or marine, because there are lots of Osprey Bald Eagles and other birds of prey in the area. Any help is much appreciated! I also think it’s some sort of predator due to the shape of the teeth.
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Found this in a bag of Vigoro River Pebbles from Home Depot in Portland, OR. Wanted to have a big of fossil hunting fun since the road to my usual digging site is frozen for the season. My boyfriend(with no experience) thinks its a phalanges lol. Sticks to my tongue. Any help is appreciated.
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Hello everyone, and hope you're all going well. I recently purchased this gastropod fossil and would like it identified for my display cabinet. Does anyone know exactly what it is? Unfortunately, I have no location data; it was labelled as Borthiembryon but it clearly isn't that genus. I would like as specific an identification as possible, but I understand if a species level ID is impossible. Also I bought this gastropod a while ago. I posted it for ID on the forum a while ago but never got a response, and I'd especially like this specimen's ID. The seller told me it was Jurassic in age, but gave no further detail. If no-one knows the IDs of these fossils, then I will contact the supplier of them which gave them to the store I bought them from. I apologise for the low quality of the images; my phone's camera is not great. Thank you all for any help with ID'ing these specimens.
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Location: Hell Creek formation, Carter county Very small tooth so it was pretty hard to get good and clear photos. I’ll try to add some better ones later today. I have two confirmed Nano teeth I used as a comparison, they both look more slender than this one, but I’m not sure.
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Florida keys finds - Big Pine Key found by the old bridge , huge fossil bed / area for coral
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Hi, I thought some of you might be able to take some guesses as to what I’ve got here. They’re all found in this giant muddy pit of goo that is exposed by the old bridge at low tide. I definitely washed them all off and used safety masks / respirator before working with removing debris. The only thing I’ve removed from these is the muddy debris and several rinses with water and dawn with an old toothbrush. The first six are the same weird one. The rest is just showing you a bunch of coral and shells let me know if anything stands out. What is the shiny pink one? IMG_1380.mov
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Hello everyone, and I hope you've had a good weekend. I have purchased this brittle star found in the Solnhofen Limestone. Here are the two images they have provided - in any case, they're probably higher quality than my phone would be able to take. They have labelled it as an unidentified species, and that it is known to have grown to a maximum of 3 centimeters across. The slab my specimen is on is 3 cm itself. What should I label it as in my display cabinet? Thanks for the help, it has been much appreciated over the last few weeks.
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Psittacosaur9's Cabinet Renovation Fossil Identification - Mesozoic and Cenozoic Animals Thread
Psittacosaur9 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, and I hope you've all had a good day. I started to put my display cabinet together today, and after an exhausting day of work, I'm only half done and I haven't even started on the bookshelf! Yay! Sarcasm aside, I've got some more fossils I would like identified, as I am creating labels for my displays. Just as before, I would prefer the most specific identification possible - species would be preferable, but I would rather a genus or clade name over an invalid species name. Location would be helpful too. Again, if any of you want them, I can take more photos tomorrow. Specimen 1: Actinopterygii This specimen I purchased at a museum, which simply labelled it as 'fish fossil'. While I do not know the location, I suspected it was from the Green River Formation in Wyoming, as many commercially available Actinopterygii fossils come from that site. At first, I thought the specimen was Knightia, as that fish seems to be one of the more common from the Green River Formation, and the only common one of the same size and rough shape. However, after recently observing a slab of Knightia at a museum, I began to doubt my initial identification, as the Knightia in the museum looked more bloated than my specimen. Is it a Knightia, or something else? Specimen 2: Ammonite I apologise for the rather shoddy attempt at editing out the supplier's logo. As you can see, I purchased this ammonite in a small plastic case at a museum, and cannot take a photograph of it from all angles. However, the back of the box (or at least what survives of it) says that the ammonite is Jurassic of age and comes from Madagascar (thinking about it, the supplier probably had to stick the ammonite to the case in order to get it through customs). Therefore, after comparing it to other ammonites from the same location, I believe it is most likely a Phylloceras specimen, as those ammonites lived in the correct place at the correct time, and had the same shaped, relatively smooth shell. Do you all agree with this conclusion? Specimen 3: Gastropod Another specimen I purchased from a museum with no knowledge of its original location or age. Unfortunately, I know very little about Gastropods, so I do not know how to identify it. Do any of you recognise at least what group it came from, or even tell its species, time period or location? Specimen 4: Ray tooth I received this tooth as a gift in a set of various teeth from Chondrichthyes. The gift set identified the ray tooth as Jurassic in age, however gave no further information on the specimen. To add to the confusion, all of the fossil ray teeth I have found available to purchase online come from Myliobatis, a genus which only evolved in the Cenozoic. While I am pretty sure it is Myliobatis and the gift set's information was simply inaccurate, I would like confirmation that this conclusion is accurate. Also, I do know that there is only half of a tooth; it broke a while ago and I no longer have the second half. Thank you for all of your help! Next up will be a couple of Triassic plant fossils, and following that will be some fossils I am concerned are fake. Hope you all have a good night!
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Composite Onchopristis barb?
Psittacosaur9 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone! I'm going to start posting fossils individually, to gain more traction on the forum. I'll post a few fossils I am worried are fake or composite today, then repost any fossils I have yet to receive identification for with higher-quality images in about a week. Here is an Onchopristis I purchased from a museum. After inspection and contrast with other barbs other collectors own, I have come to the conclusion that the barb is likely composite. In the images below, I have highlighted what I believe to be the original fossil in red. Do other people on the forum support this conclusion? Also, why does it seem to have a blood groove? Thanks for the help, and hope you have a good day.
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Good afternoon All. I have another mystery from Alberta. They are just little fragments, (3) but they were all found in the same spot, so may be associated. They have a blue surface, but no other colours. My first thought was ammolite, but there is absolutely no green or red. I did google blue fossils, but came up empty. Does anyone know if blue can happen to any fossil, or is it a trademark of one particular group? I apologize for the low quality photo, I even took them out into the natural light, but this phone camera is the worse. thank you!
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Hello everyone, and hope you've all had a good day so far. I am currently having a break after putting most of my bookcase together. Here are some fossil plants found in the Triassic layers of the Sydney Basin I would like identified if possible. As before, I would like the most specific identification possible, but don't mind genus or clade names if they'd be more accurate. I know the general location for these, so don't worry about that. If you need more photographs for a proper identification, I can take more in a couple of hours or tomorrow. Specimen 1: Shale plant fossil This fossil was found by a friend in the shale rock layer in the Northern Beaches region. This makes it Triassic in age. I read this document (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Gregory-Retallack/publication/241677571_Geological_excursion_guide_to_the_sea_cliffs_north_of_Sydney/links/55d2119008ae0b8f3ef776a9/Geological-excursion-guide-to-the-sea-cliffs-north-of-Sydney.pdf) and after comparing the plant to various images on the document, I came to the conclusion that the plant was a specimen of the seed fern Dicroidium. Is this an accurate identification? Specimen 2: Plant Assortment This assortment of various plant fossils was found by another person I used to know in the Sydney Basin. I assume it is Triassic, as the vast majority of exposed sedimentary rocks in Sydney are of that age, although it might be Permian. I do not know the exact region. There seem to be multiple different plants on the slab, and they seem to be more poorly preserved than the shale layer plant. Does anyone know what they are? Also, do any of you have any tips for getting better images? If I take any more, I'll probably use my SLR camera, as my phone's camera is terrible. Thanks for the help! Edit: Changed the title to make it more obvious this is a new thread.
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Edmontosaurus tooth? (and question about replica Tarbosaurus claw)
Psittacosaur9 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone! I'm going to start posting fossils individually, to gain more traction on the forum. I'll post a few fossils I am worried are fake or composite today, then repost any fossils I have yet to receive identification for with higher-quality images in about a week. I bought this Edmontosaurus tooth fossil from a somewhat unreliable website online. Is it real? If any of you need more high quality photographs, please tell me. Also, as I don't know where else to post this, I purchased this Tarbosaurus claw replica a while ago. Do any of you know which digit it comes from? Thank you and hope you have a good day!
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Zarafasaura oceanis (=Plesiosaurus mauritanicus) vertebra?
Psittacosaur9 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone! Final thread for today. I'm going to start posting fossils individually, to gain more traction on the forum. I'll post a few fossils I am worried are fake or composite today, then repost any fossils I have yet to receive identification for with higher-quality images in about a week. Anyways, I purchased this Zarafasaura oceanis verterbra, which was labelled as 'Plesiosaurus mauritanicus', from a museum reasonably cheaply. It looks and feels real to me, but I feel a bit paranoid and would like a second opinion. Do others on the forum think that the verterbra is real? Thanks for all the help!
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Psittacosaur9's Cabinet Renovation Fossil Identification - Palaeozoic Thread
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Hello everyone! Hope you have all had a good day. I have just finished a long day of work; clearing out my old display case and bookcase, photographing my specimens, carrying my new cabinet and bookcase up from the garage. Now, I am going to post some photographs of Palaeozoic fossils I would like identification of. I will send the other fossil photos later. For any of these I would like the most specific identification possible, as I am creating labels for my fossil display. Sorry if the lighting is poor. If any of you want them, I can take more photos tomorrow. Specimen 1: Calymenid I obtained this Calymenid Trilobite from a museum. I do not know the location, although due to the large volume of commercially available fossils from the country I would suspect Morocco. I initially believed it to be a specimen of Calymene celebra, due to the shape of the cephalon and the bulging eyes, but found out that in Morocco the closely related Felxicalymene is more common. Are there any noticeable distinguishing features between different types of Calymenids one of you or I could identify on the fossil specimen? If anyone has a guide, it would be very helpful. Specimen 2: Goniatite I obtained this Goniatite from a museum. Seeing as the museum described it as coming from the Jurassic, I wanted to double check their identification, as Gonitaites were only present in the Palaeozoic, and after cross-referencing the specimen with online images, I am pretty sure it is a Goniatite. The museum's labels stated the specimen came from Madagascar, but the fossil seems to be most similar to Goniatites from Morocco. What are all of your opinions on the fossil's identity? Specimen 3: Orthocone I do not remember where I obtained this Orthocone from, but I do know it came from Morocco and that I bought it as 'Orthoceras. However, the exact taxonomy of Moroccan Orthocones seem to be in a bit of a mess, as Orthoceras was a wastebasket taxon, and is now considered to only be found in Europe. Different sources have identified Moroccan Orthocones such as this one as 'Arionoceras' or 'Orthocycloceras' (the latter name in particular was used in the 2021 DK Fossil Handbook). Which one would be the more appropriate name? Or is another name more valid? Thank you all for your support! Tomorrow, when I find the time, I will post some Mesozoic and Cenozoic animal fossils, Triassic plant fossils and some fossils I am concerned might be fake.
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I gathered these fern fossils from Cory’s lane in Rhode Island recently. Need some help with their identification. My guess is they look like Pecopteris but any more specific identification would definitely help.
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Found about 20 miles away from Moran, WY. Any idea what these are?
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Hello! Me and my partner found this fossil cluster on a beach along the west coast of Denmark, We would like to know more about it if you guys know :) some questions we had are is the big shiny shell something more modern that had the smaller fossils stuck to it somehow? Or is it also a fossil? It seems out of place and in good condition compared to the rock and small ones surrounding it. Also why would the rock with the small shells be so porous and the underside be so curved like it is? Any help is appreciated thank you :)
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I visited a creek that connects to Lake Ontario, and I found this rock. The black area looks like some kind of imprint to me, and more specifically a flower or leaf - but I really have no idea. Maybe coral? I did find a beautiful rock with crystallized favosites coral there too. Does this look familiar to anyone?
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Too good to be true? possible Mosasaur fake
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Hey everyone, I've been looking at this Mosasaur for sale online and it looks alright. the skull is a bit flattened and the detailing is not great however it also has a very good price. Does this look genuine to you all? The seller claims its 100% complete with 70% the same skeleton and the rest from various other finds all from Morocco. Thank you for all your input! photos here:.thumb.png.11a1962c77993510fd37dd8cb199496c.png)
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Hello! I’m wondering what is happening with this rock. It looks like a shell or crinoid to me - but what is that “flat” smooth area to the left? Is it also part of a shell or coral?
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Hi Everyone! I’m new to searching for fossils, and I’ve been enjoying myself so far. I wanted to see if anyone could identify any of the things I found. I am familiar with what crinoids looks like, but I’m not so sure about others. All of these were found off Lake Ontario. #1 #2 #3 #4 one side #4 the other side #5 - and, my favourite
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These fossils come from Botna Bend in IA, in the Nishnabotna River and are late Pleistocene age, can you all tell me what you think these peices are? From my tell its some kinda herbivore jaw chunk, maybe a horse hoof and this flat peice I have no idea.
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Hi! I found this by the potomac river, maryland! Was wondering if this could be a fragment of something or just a cool rock with some layers! Thank you.
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