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Could anyone help with identifying these fossils found at Turimetta Beach NSW?
ParasauroLoafers posted a topic in Fossil ID
My partner randomly suggested we go fossil hunting at Turimetta. I've never been fossil hunting and I was surprised by how much we actually found. I haven't uploaded pictures of everything we found bc it's mostly just plant matter that I've managed to find similar pictures of in other forums. I'm curious to know if the rusty-orange coloured ones are anything. Was really exciting to find them when carefully splitting rocks in half! There's also a tiny ball shape I found when I split open a rock and it almost looked like a tiny soccer ball or pine cone because of the lines in it. It didn't show up quite as clearly on camera sadly. And there's another rock with a cylindrical shape in the side of it. I thought that was very interesting so I took lots of angles. Thanks in advance for your help!
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Hi, I found this fossil in our basement and I remember that we were told as kids that it’s a mammoth tooth but now I don’t think so. It was found in Belgium I believe.
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Hello, Newbie to this site. I appreciate in advance any help in identifying the species this belongs to. I believe it to be a Mossasaur jawbone. This was found in a bank in the North Sulphur River in Fannin County, Texas. The overall length is around 34 inches. It's not the hardest thing as you can see from areas it has crumbled. Any advice on best practices/methods to reconstruct it and make it more stable are appreciated. My plan so far is to use E 6000 clear to match and attach pieces as best I can. This was left to me by an old best friend who passed recently. We hunted this area for years finding well over a hundred mostly intact Mossasaur vertebrae, and lots of fish bones, teeth etc. This is by far the most interesting piece. Most Mossasaur jawbones that I can locate online do not have the serrated teeth on the back of the jaw. All I see are teeth that look similar to the teeth in Pic 4. pic 3 shows the transition between the serrated (Grinding?) teeth and the incisor style carnivore teeth. Maybe this species evolved to better crush Ammonites? I'm hoping someone with knowledge here can confirm it's a mossasaur, and hopefully a species ID. Is there a way to estimate the overall size of this creature, knowing the jawbone is 3 feet long? All help, comments, or suggestions are very much appreciated.
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The unknown fossil is found together with shark teeth in a river. Both are from North Florida. Anyone has any idea about ID? Thanks!
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Got this at a estate sale in a box of gemstones and fossils. It's the only one I haven't ID'd. Any help would be great thanks
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Real Nannotyrannus tooth?
ruminate posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello everyone! Saw this nannotyrannus tooth for sale,is it really from nannotyrannus? Could it be something else? Any help would be apperciated IMG_8742.MOV dn02-2c.avif dn02-4c.avif dn02-3c.avif
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I am learning how to spot steinkerns, and I believe that all of these are examples. The first set of three would be gastropods, I think, and the set of two smaller ones are possibly phosphatic steinkerns of coral. I am not certain. [These come from an estate collection I acquired last year, all unidentified but labeled as coming from Edisto Beach, SC on dates ranging from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.]
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These all appear the same to me, and I think that makes all of them stingray tail spines? [It comes from an estate collection I acquired last year, all unidentified but labeled as coming from Edisto Beach, SC on dates ranging from the late 1970s through the early 1990s. ]
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Please be patient as I learn how to do this. Here is the fossil that should have gone with that info: I believe this is a mammal tooth (maybe Raccoon?) but it appears broken so that may impact identification. [It comes from an estate collection I acquired last year, all unidentified but labeled as coming from Edisto Beach, SC on dates ranging from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.]
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I am new to Fossil Forum, and want to test a few initial ID posts to see if I am including the right info and capturing sufficiently-clear photos. Here are two fossils, both of which I think may be (toothed whale?) vertebra. They come from an estate collection I acquired last year, all contents of which were unidentified but labeled as coming from Edisto Beach, SC on dates ranging from the late 1970s through the early 1990s.
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I don’t need anything specific, just the category it falls under. Is it coral, bone, etc. It is very small, about 1/2 x 2/3 x 1/4 (inches).
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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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Hello everyone! I went to the beach yesterday, and came back with my first mammal fossil...maybe? It certainly feels like one, but I'm very new to this and am not sure what exactly it could be. The waves were just bringing it in when I spotted it. It was found in Northeast Florida. My understanding is that fossilized horse teeth are pretty common, so that would be my best guess. But when I look up images of fossilized horse teeth, most of them have a very rectangular shape, some with a slight curve to them. Could it be a tooth from a different mammal, or maybe even something completely different? I'm looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts. Thanks!
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I received this Brachiopod from my parents a while back after they took a trip up to Boston (this was before I started fossil hunting) and as I noticed it in the forgotten back corner of my display case yesterday I realized I could probably get an ID on it. Unfortunately as it was bought from a gift shop I have no locality of where it's from, or the age, but hopefully we can make due and get as close as possible, thanks! (3.1 cm corner to corner)
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Hi everybody, Today I bring you pictures of what is allegedly a Pachy tail vertebrae with intact processes. I studied what has been found from Pachycephalosaurus and I'm struggling to place this bone along the tail, which is what the seller is claiming. I don't see where the processes are swept back like this one is. Could this be a different dinosaur? The same seller also has a Pachycephalosaurus rib which I'm also trying to figure out how to ID. Any help is appreciated.
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(First of all, I have almost no information about the location in which this specimen was found. Sorry in advance) I've had this for years, a family member found it on a trip, and gave it to me when I was about 9-10, but it was so long ago that I cannot remember where they found it, all I remember is that it was in some gravel on the side of a river. And I know it was found in either Zimbabwe or Botswana. Not much to go on I'm afraid. Could it be a fossilized bone? P.S. Please excuse the quality of the pics, I'm still learning how to take good ones.
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Hi all - found this at a site in Central Texas that I believe is part of the Ozan formation. I’ve found a couple of similarly poorly preserved fossils that I’ve been told were likely marine reptiles of some sort. Anyone have an idea of what this gnarly thing might be? Looked like a jaw bone at first glance, but I have no real idea. I gently scrubbed it to clean it a little but the gravel is cemented on there pretty strongly. Thanks!
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Greetings everybody. I came across this Asaphus that is for sale. Seller states its Knyrkoi, I belive that its Plautini, am I right?
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Hi all, I recently returned from spending a few days searching the beach of Tybee Island, Georgia, and found something I am unsure as to what it is. From reading online it looks like the age could be anywhere from Miocene to present. My initial gut is some sort of vertebra. Please let me know if any other photos or information would be helpful. Thank you!
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Found this specimen when hunting just outside Danville, PA in a roadcut near the Susquehanna river. This is from the same visit as my previous post. The location is Trimmers Rock formation. My best guess is Leiorhynchus but I'm pretty stumped on this one.
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Found these specimens when hunting just outside Danville, PA in a roadcut near the Susquehanna river. The location is Trimmers Rock formation. I'm fairly certain that these are brachiopods but I haven't been able to ID them with any certainty. Mainly at that site we find beautiful Mucrospirifer specimens. However, these specimens appear larger and don't, to me, seem to be Mucrospifier. Most of the research I've done has yielded IDs that seem to be typically smaller than what I found. The first image shows the two parts together, the second shows them side by side with the top piece flipped over, the third shows the bottom piece and the fourth shows the top piece. My best guess is Leiorhynchus.
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Hi all - having some trouble telling whether this is hadrosaurid or ceratopsian, perhaps due to the condition. All seller knows is Hell Creek Montana - no county. I'm not sure if that is so important here though as not looking for a precise ID. About 6.5 inches top to bottom. Appreciate any opinions on what it might be and any tips for telling the difference on future IDs. Thanks!
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