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Dicranarus Monstrosus fossil, is it real?
Fossil Maniac posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
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A very nice WE first day The Cap Blanc Nez
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Any idea? Found in the North Saskatchewan River (Alberta)
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Found in the North Saskatchewan River (Alberta). I've received some guesses that it could be equine or bovine, do you agree? It's also definitely fossilized so cant be too modern.
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Some Messel Pit specimens: real or not?
Kim sung hyun posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Here are some messel fit specimens I recently got and saw. These are from German collector, old collection. I guess that bird and fish(amia) specimens is real, but not sure about the others. Is there anyone who can identify it?
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Hi everyone. I'm Jeffrey. I'm from Ontario, Canada. And I joined this forum because I love collecting fossils and I'd love to have them identified. I'm super eager to share my finds with everyone as well as meet new people here who share my interest in fossils as well as chatting and making new friends. Thank you for reading this and can't wait to meet you all!
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Was hoping someone could tell me what the fossils I found are from and about how old they might be but any information is useful thanks
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Hello from someone who keeps having to buy more jars :)
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Hello, My kid and I had always looked for shark teeth on the beach, only to find few recent teeth and minimal shells. About three years ago we got serious and started researching locations and better hunting options. Now we are both fully hooked. We've hunted in FL, MS, AL, TN, KY with a trip planned to NC and SC this summer. Whether its beach, river or creek, we are likely digging, sifting and exploring, which leads to us having to by more jars to hold our finds. Most near us don't understand why we choose to spend 8 hours of a Saturday waist deep in murky water digging and shifting then show them pictures of teeth and bones. Thanks for having a place where we can see other peoples finds while showing some pictures of our own. Grateful for the help and information found on the fossil forum so far. Best teeth and bone fossils have been from FL and MS. First two pics are finds from the Peace River in FL. Petrified wood weighs 12.5lbs and had 3 shark teeth embedded in grooves. 3rd picture is of our finds around Venice, FL. 6th picture is from near Venice, FL as well 4th & 5th pictures are from MS, with the unidentified bones found in the same area months apart, but seem to fit together like a knee joint. Bones are 7" and 8" inches long.
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Hello, This might be a simple/straightforward question, but I'm still curious to know how you guys deal with all the rubble created from fossil preparation.
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Hi everyone just joined and will upload some of my finds soon. I am looking for some great locations to take my kids and some for my buddies as well who have just gotten the fossil itch. If anyone has some suggestions for NJ and closer PA locations please let me know (directions or addressesare very appreciated and would love to join up on trips as well!). Have an awesome time on your digs everyone!
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Found in Venice Florida beach. Any idea? I’m showing both sides
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Found in Caspersen. Any ideas?
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I decided on a whim to make the trek to the North Sulphur River ONE MORE TIME before they dam it up and the good hunting spots are under 60 feet of water. I wasn't planning on going back, as I have not had much luck on the NSR finding my most desired thing....a Texas Mosasaur Tooth (or Vertebra...I'd settle for that even!) but a friend from North Texas was going to go and he KNOWS that river so I figured I'd tag along and maybe, just maybe, this time, the NSR would give up the goods. So I drove the 5 hours up and met up with my friends and had a nice long 6 hour hunt. (and then a 5 hour drive home....a long day). Alas, my fossil treasures were not to be found. We had a great time and I found some great stuff, but that dang Mosasaur eludes me still. The day was GORGEOUS. Partly cloudy, 77 degrees F, there had been rains recently and we went in at a spot about 3 miles upriver which saved us the 3 mile hike through the mud to get to the "good spot". The water was receding rapidly, so although not as clear as it is sometimes, it was only knee high at the deepest. We hit all the gravel bars on our trek up with some success, but not as much as we'd hoped. I found some bone material, including a large fish possible jaw fragment, and did find one vertebral process and a small rib bone that are nice. My friend had the find of the day, a nice little jaw section with some tooth sockets. He decided to keep that one. But at least I got to take a picture! We found a nice exposure of the red beds and I managed to find a full Trachyscaphites which was my find of the day, plus a couple of partials of a few ammonites I've not found before. I found an almost decent take home of a Glyptoxoceras. It's not the best, but more complete than I've ever found before. My REAL find was a very nice shark vertebra and a fish tooth, possibly Enchodus or Xiphactinus fish tooth. Leaning toward Enchodus. If anyone can confirm, I'd appreciate it! So I never found my Mosasaur Tooth or a vert, but I did have a lovely time wandering along the river, getting my feet wet and the odd patch of poison ivy. It was worth it, but I suspect it's my last trip to the NSR. Some you just leave them where they are: THE find of the day: Mosasaur Jaw fragment. Size 2 inches Rib Bone: 2 inches Large Fish bone, jaw maybe Size 3 inches fish tooth Size 1 inch Shark Vert Size 1 inch My lovely little Trachyscaphites spiniger Size 2 inches Glyptoxoceras Size 3 inches Pachydiscus paulsoni Size 5 inches Mosasaur Vertebra process Size 4 inches Another Mosasaur chunka bone. The Full Hoard
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Hi All, Today I went fossil hunting (Neogene sediments in Belgium). Found some pretty nice shark teeth and 2 Squalodon sp. teeth (one with crown only and one with crown and root). Also some Carcharodon hastalis (Agassiz, 1843) and two tiger shark teeth. For the rest smaller shark teeth, a partial shark vertebrae and Notorynchus sp. teeth. Found 1 special tooth and thought it could be a Parotodus benedeni (Le Hon, 1871). Thick root and crown. Quite big (3.5-3.6 cm). Very curved.
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Hello everyone I am a new member on the forum and to introduce me : I am a French student in palaeontology and fossil hunter in my spare time. I am mainly interested in vertebrate paleontology, especially chondrichthyans and marine mammals. Most of the time, I dig in the Miocene deposits of South-West France and collect fossils of marine invertebrates and vertebrates. Thank you for the welcome. Damien
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I started a post about my first Pleistocene Texas Coast finds and was going to add to that anything I found over the subsequent week I was at the Texas Coast in Port Aransas, but I decided they needed their OWN post because wow...I had some great finds over the next 5 days of beachcombing! I had heard there could be shark teeth found in this particular spot, so that was really what I was looing for, but quickly realized, the bone material was surprisingly abundant! As I mentioned previously, I have tried finding fossils in various spots on the Texas Coast but had not had any luck but apparently 2022 is my year for Pleistocene finds! Maybe a mammoth or mastodon is in my near future...fingers crossed! I started off finding a couple of nice turtle pieces, then a few other little random bone bits. Happily I found a really nice largish vertebra and my Dad found a really lovely small vertebra - I think I got him hooked on fossil hunting! But on the fourth day I found my "best find" - a bit of skull of either fish or turtle. If anyone can give me a positive ID, I'd greatly appreciate it! I did a major Happy Fossil Dance with this find! 1 inch And on the final day, I FINALLY found the shark tooth I was looking for! Just the one, but it's a nice big one. 1 inch The Big Vertebra - 3/4 inch the little vertebra 1/2 inch The two turtle pieces Both are 1 1/4 inch My mom found this nice little fish spine on the last morning. She loves fossil hunting too and fortunately, she is happy to let me "keep" them in my collection for her! 1 inch A couple of the interesting "boney" bits. I am fairly sure this is turtle also. It looks like maybe the final vertebral plate on the shell? 1 1/4 inch And this really lovely patterned something: 1 inch SO needless to say, it was an AWESOME week of fossil hunting. Oh and we also got to see Dolphins surfing the waves in front of a big tanker coming through the channel, so I got a couple of great dolphin pics too: Zoomed in: Full Picture: And pink waves at sunset our last day: And some beach art I did:
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I am on the Texas Coast for the second time this year!! My husband and I stayed in the Tarpon Inn in Port Aransas for New Years, just for a couple of days and now, this week, my parents rented a house in Port A so I am here for the Second time in 2022....more beach time in the last two weeks than the last two years!! I love the Texas Coast in the winter. Right now it is 74 degrees and I'm hanging out under the tiki cabana writing this. Tomorrow will be cool and possibly rainy, so I am getting my fossil (and shell) hunting in today. So, as for the fossils. They may not seem like much, but I am SUPER excited because they are not only my first beach fossil finds, but also my first Pleistocene finds! (Aside from a vole molar I found in some Post Oak Creek matrix, but that wasn't really IN the field). On New Years Day I was beachcombing hoping to find shark teeth, but found this instead, which actually is even better, in my opinion! A small bit of turtle shell!! 1 inch My first find of the year! So now today, now that I know that fossils can be found here....I'm looking HARD for them! Not finding anything washed up, I scooped up a bucket of shell hash and looked through it when I got back to the "cabana" and was happy to find a little albeit broken vertebra. Yay!! It's not much, but it's at least something! And just because these are awesome, a picture of the crab claws I found. Not fossils, sadly! Big one is the size of my thumb! So I shall continue my beach fossil hunting and hopefully have some more to add in a few days!
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Here is something one doesn't see everyday. I've been lookiing forward to posting this video for some time now. Check it out. You wont be disappointed. https://youtu.be/KwLFEwgHALc
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Hi there, I wanted to join this forum to learn and better understand fossils, where certain types can be found, and just enjoy everyone's finds and hopefully understand my next finds and share them here.
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I've been collecting fossils since 2011 and have since acquired a substantial number of specimens. The focus of my collection is mostly on fossils from the United States, including from my home state of Pennsylvania. To start things off, I'll show the highlights of my collection of fossils from the Kinzers formation, which runs through Lancaster and York counties in Pennsylvania, not far from where I live. It's known for trilobite and echinoderm fossils and dates back to 512ma, older than the Burgess Shale. I remember seeing trilobites from the Kinzers at a local museum when I was younger, which inspired my interest. Olenellus thompsoni is the most common trilobite of the Kinzers. These are from York (top three) and the Fruitville quarry in Lancaster (bottom). Wanneria walcottana is the other common trilobite of the Kinzer's formation. Both pictured were found in Lancaster. From near Millersville (top) and Brubaker's quarry (bottom). Mesonacis is a very rare trilobite in the Kinzers Formation, found only at Brubaker's quarry. Camptostroma roddyi is the echinoderm that the Kinzers is most known for. The lower one is a mortality plate of ten of them, and some have feeding appendages preserved. Both are from York. This is a very rare species from York. I believe it's some sort of Helicoplacoid. Salterella was an enigmatic animal of an extinct phylum that appears in the Kinzers as well. A plant, also from York: Finally, some sponges from the Donnerville quarry in Lancaster. Both sponges are on opposite sides of the same plate.
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I need help identifying these fossils I’m not sure what they are I’ve had these since I was 8 so I never got around to finding out
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Hello, newbie here doing my intro Thanks for having me Cheers
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Hi! I am a fossil enthusiast with no formal education in the field. My day job is a jeweler/metalsmith and most of my work is fossil and mineral related. I've been lurking on the forum for years and I'm excited to finally be a member! Maranda
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