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Help please to identify this fossil. Age: Middle Miocene. Size - 3,5 mm. Location: Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!
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Hello! Help please to identify it. Age: I dont know know age... There are deposits of Middle Miocene and some redeposits from Cretaceus-Paleogene. Size of stone - 9 mm. Size of object ~ 0,6 mm. Location: Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!
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Hello all. A decade ago, before I started keeping proper track of the specimens I own, I purchased a partial femur specimen (for context, it was fairly cheap, less than $150 I think). Anyway, I 'think' that it was from a Hadrosaur, but I don't think the seller knew for sure -- and I know for sure that I don't know for sure! Anyway, I don't recall the formation (I'm going to guess Judith River, but that's based on very little). Any, if anyone is able to readily identify/confirm that the partial femur is from a hadrosaur, or from something else, I'd deeply appreciate it. The specimen is highly mineralized and heavy; please see photos. Thanks!
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i found this cool fossil while deer hunting... i stepped on it and it made a funny 'tint' sound. like tile on concrete and got my attention, if anyone know what it is, please help thanks its about 10 inches long and pieces together
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Found in Southwest Missouri. I was guessing Gastropod?
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Still learning my formations. Found these close to the bottom of the Dakota Sandstone formation in Kansas.
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Dinosaur Egg - Is It Real?
tdbrown75 posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hello crew. I was wondering if you all might help with identification of this egg. It was given to me as a gift, about 20 years ago. It's from Hong Kong (which makes me immediately suspicious). I checked out the thread on how to identify a fake, but not being an expert, I really can't tell one way or another. Now if it were a 60s Mustang, or a vintage computer, I could for sure tell you all about it! Hoping you brave souls might take a crack (haha) at verifying whether not it's real, and what species it might be if it were. It looks great on my hutch behind my desk regardless, so no need to be gentle. Thank you for your time!
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I am excited to learn / find more information on what kind of fossils I have been collecting. I am in Southwest Missouri, in the country where there are lots, and lots of rocks. To give y'all an idea of my rock/fossil obsession, I currently have two rooms with at least a hundred rocks/fossils in each. Attached are a few I have cleaned and have been trying to identify.
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Hello, This is the proximal head of a fossilized femur that I bought a few months back at a rock shop. The only collection info I know is that it’s from Florida, and by the looks of it it’s probably from the Peace River. After doing some amateur study I’m pretty sure this is the end of a horse femur, though of course I have been very wrong before and so would like some more thoughts/opinions. Unfortunately the place where the third trochanter would be is broken off which makes identification more difficult. Many thanks!
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Hello, I found this at Charmouth and am wondering if it was a bone and if so what sort of bone?
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Hi everyone, A friend found this bone with what looks like a shark tooth embedded into it while he was hunting in Bakersfield near Shark Tooth Hill. Does it look like an embedded shark tooth? and what type of shark do you think it could be from? He found several Hastalis and Planus teeth in the same layer. I really appreciate all the help the community has provided me. I learn something new every time. Thanks!
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Is this a real gastrolite? Urgent!
ssimo posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi, i have found this really nice specimen in a shop i have trust in. The seller managed to keep prices very low because he buy directly from Who finds the fossils and i already bought some really nice fossils from his shop. I don't have any gastrolite and this seems legit to me. The seller says it has been found in an area rich of dinosaur fossils and that the stone is very different from other rocks in that area as far as surface polishing. I know the only method to be almost sure a Stone is a gastrolite is to find it in proximity of dinosaur bones. So i know you can't confirm if this is a gastrolite, i Just want to know if there is any sign It is not a gastrolite. Thanks everyone in advance.
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Hi everybody! Today i want to kindly ask you help for the correct ID of this trilobite. My choice is Morocops ovatus but obviously i prefer to listen the ideas of experts (@piranha @Kane @Tidgy's Dad and more). I'm thankful to everyone who want to participate at the topic Here are the info: Origin: Jbel Zguilma (Foum Zguid), near Alnif, Morocco Age: Emsian, Devonian Lenght: 5.5 cm / 2.16 inches The trilobite is not in my hands, the photos are from the seller. Thanks and have a wonderful weekend!
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What to look for in an Arthropleura fossil?
Noah Loiselle posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Afternoon all. I am relatively new to fossil collecting and identification (having collected only a small amount over the years on Manitoulin Island not far from where I am currently live in northern Ontario. I am writing this posts as the title suggests to inquire about Arthropleura fossils and how to properly identify one/what they even look like? I known that trace fossils created by this species exist, but is it possible to also find fossilized body segments, such as plates? I thought I seen one that had indentations of sorts (almost like little holes but not quite) on it but am not sure if that is what you would expect from a fossilized plate of this species. I was browsing around the web hoping to purchase a specimen for my growing collection but would love to know a little more about what I should be looking for. Any help would be greatly appreciated, and if this is not the area for this post, my apologies and I will gladly move it to the appropriate forum. Cheers! -
Hi all, I've been working on the pit 11 concretions I collected this summer and some difficult identifications have piled up. These might not be preserved enough to be identifiable but they seem preserved decently enough that some people might have a better idea for identification. Any help is appreciated. Measurements are the lengths of the fossil and not the concretion. The first fossil measures 30 mm across. This seems like it's probably just a weird shrimp molt? Fossil #2 measures 15 mm across. I don't hold out much hope for this one as it's rather broken up and lacks detail but it superficially resembles a Dithyrocaris sp. carapace. Fossil #3 is quite possibly not a fossil at all but the texture and color difference in the concretion is distinct enough to consider the possibility. It is 20 mm tall and 15 mm wide at widest point.
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found in kansas, any info appreciated. Lighter for scale
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I live in Central Wisconsin and have been finding several interesting looking rocks in scattered among landscaping in a parking lot. Here's one of the stranger ones. Total length is about 7 cm. Detail shot is of bottom of specimen. I've also made a 3d scan and uploaded to Sketchfab. I can provide more pictures by request. Thank you for your time!
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Below are five shark teeth I am trying to make sure I have identified correctly. Teeth 1-4 were found in North Myrtle Beach, though I do not know where tooth 5 is from. I believe that #2, #3, and #4 are C. Appendiculata, but am not confident in that. I wonder if #1 is as well, the shape seems a bit different in my opinion. Thanks!
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So I this rock out in the woods on the mesabi iron range in northern minnesota. It struck my eye when I saw a part of it sticking out of the ground, it's partially translucent olive green with lighter green bands going horizontally. The bottom side is a rough red and brown, very much like the outer crust of a raw lake superior agate. I don't know what it is, but it's pretty heavy for it's size (it's about 8.5" from end to end). My guess is that it's some kind of chalcedony like chert or possibly (hopefully!) an agate (though agates this size are rare, and green ones are rare in general) given how it's partially translucent, banded, high weight-to-size, and with a somewhat greasy luster. What do you guys think.
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Help identifying rock found in old iron mine waste rock.
Irongiant97 posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
So I don't know what this is and would like to see if anyone here can help identify it or give me some idea of what it is. The picture isn't the best, nor could I fit a second picture into the main post so I'll add more in the comments, and I'll also try to describe it. It's made up of swirling, mixed, and radiating colors, red, yellow, orange, white, gray, and green (the flash from my phone has effected the colors in the picture a bit). It seems to be somewhat translucent, and has a sort of dry luster to it, not rough like most rocks, but not quite oily smooth like an agate. It's fairly heavy for it's size (from top to bottom it's about 4.5" long). I haven't tested how hard it is, and I don't know how to identify cleavage. I found it in the waste rock pile (mine dump) of a local iron mine on the Mesabi iron range in minnesota. Hopefully my description is helpful, I really want to know what this is because I think it's just so cool, and know where to find more.
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Is this a genuine trilobite? What might this particular species belong to? Thanks for the feedbacks!
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Are these real mosasaur teeth?
Getthesalt posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Hi everyone! I saw these few mosasaur teeth online for pretty cheap and I'm wondering if they are real?
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Differentiating between Oreodont and camel jaws/teeth
Opabinia Blues posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
Hello! Does anyone know of any good references for differentiating between Oreodont and camel dentition, particularly in regards to the little jaw sections that are frequently found in White River deposits? I’ve been unable to find any good literature on the topic and am having some difficulty with differentiating between the two. -
Can anyone please help identify this fish fossil? Thanks!
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I also need help identifying this Shark I bought it a couple years back?
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