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Here is a large bone from my small collection. Again, it belonged to a fossil collector here in the UK but I don't know anything other than that. Many thanks!
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Here is a vertebra from my small collection. Again, it belonged to a fossil collector here in the UK but I don't know anything other than that. All I've been told is that it is a C2 vertebra but I'd love to know what it belonged to. Many thanks!
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Hey all! I found this at Caspersen (FL) and have no idea what it is. It’s about an inch and a half. Hoping you all can educate me! Thanks! IMG_4601.MOV
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Hello again! I'm a complete newbie here so any help would be gratefully received. I've recently been given a small collection of bones that belonged to a neighbour of my parents here in the UK. He was a fossil collector who recently passed away. The largest bone has been identified as a woolly rhino femur but I'm struggling with the others. I'm wondering if this is a section of vertebrae but from what I really don't know.! Apologies for the background.
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Hello! I'm a complete newbie here so any help would be gratefully received. I've recently been given a small collection of bones that belonged to a neighbour of my parents here in the UK. He was a fossil collector who recently passed away. The largest bone has been identified as a woolly rhino femur but I'm struggling with the others, especially this strange looking thing! Apologies for the background.
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I don’t think this is quite fossilized yet, and think it’s some type of shell but I don’t know. I find similar shell pieces on the beach but not with this weird bumpy swirl. Anyone know what it is? I can’t remember where I found it but it was definitely Florida. Thanks!
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Hello. Happy to be included in the group. Thank you. I found a rock that appeared to have a fossil inside. Driving back to Toronto last summer we pulled off the highway at a rest stop in the mountains of Pennsylvania. I spotted the interesting piece in relatively new crushed rock that was placed along an embankment. I assume placed to to help with erosion. After a vinegar bath to soften the rock, I have been using my Dremel to carefully expose the seahorse. I presume the fossil must be very old to find it in the Appalachian mountains, but I cant find much information online about the fossil itself. Any info provided would be greatly appreciated. I have attached a few pics of the very slow progress to date. Regards
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Hello all! This is my first post, so forgive me. I found this near a small stream in a hiking spot called LimeKiln in Porter Ranch, California, Los Angeles County. I know nothing about the area, and while I’ve heard that LimeKiln used to be a lime quarry I don’t even know what lime looks like so I’d rather not guess as to what sorts of rocks are nearby. Anyway, is this an actual fossil? It feels heavy like a rock, not light like bone. If so, any ideas as to what it might be? Please forgive my hand holding video with no measurements. I will dig up a ruler tomorrow, but for tonight I’m just so excited about this I’m posting anyway, just in case what I have found is super obvious. Forgive me, I’ll do better next time! I really appreciate you looking at this thing I’ve found. It’s been on my list to find a fossil for a very long time. Hopefully this is it! IMG_1382.MOV
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Found this fossil in a riverbed in Fannin County (North Texas) while hunting for fossils from the cretaceous period. (This is a follow-up from the same trip as my previous post - thank you to those of you who helped ID the mosasaur vertebra! And also thank you for correcting my terminology on mosasaur vs mosasaurus ). I'm not totally sure what this is (at first I thought it was nothing too special - possibly just a very eroded Baculite as we were finding many of those in the area), but on closer inspection, there are fine striations on the fossil that make me think it is bone. My current guess (based on those striations and the longish/slightly curved shape of the fossil) is that it is a fragment of rib, and further, (based on the facts that everything else we were finding was from the cretaceous and that mosasaur are the only large marine vertebrate that I know of being regularly found in the area), that it is a fragment of mosasaur rib. However, I am not sure about this and am hoping for some more help on identifying what I've got here. I hope these photos are good enough to see the details (i've tried to shoot them in half-decent light). If you zoom in, you can see the striations I'm talking about fairly well. (See dime for scale). Here are both sides of the fossil Here are the ends And here is a closer shot of the more intact side So in summary, I'm wondering if I'm right (or even on the right track) that this is a fragment of mosasaur rib? And following that up, whether ribs are identifiable by speciesm (probably not, but worth a shot )? Final sub-question that is probably totally speculative, but I'm curious about: there are a lot of indentations and gouges in the fossil. Is it possible that these are marks from a predator and/or scavenger (e.g. sharks) chewing on the dead creature's carcass? Or is it more likely to just be erosion? Thanks for putting up with so many questions!
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Hello! Help please with identification. I think it is some genus from Rhinobatiformes, but I did not found such teeth before. Size ~ 1 mm. Middle Miocene, Badenian. Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!
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Hello! I've been eyeing this fossil for a little while now, and I'm itching to purchase it. The seller has identified this fossil as a pair of Jianghanichthys, from Liaoning, China. The seller also says that they're from the Eocene. I'm thinking these are misidentified- those spiny fin rays being the most notably "off" feature of this fossil. The one on the right may actually be Jianghanichthys, but really without knowing exactly where these were found and when, I've got no idea! This is a wild guess, but Serranus maybe? Thank you all in advance!
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Hello, Can someone help me identify these two Didymoceras pieces to the species-level? They are from Montana and both were repaired from a few fragments, though neither is said to be composite. From what I can tell they are in the 10-15cm range in terms of size. 1. This one seems to be part of the inner whorl, and based on how close the coil is I think D. cheyennense might be excluded, which leaves either D. stevensoni or D. nebrascense? Also in the 3rd photo there is a strange mismatch between the fragments...a poor fit or composite perhaps? 2. This looks like a section of the inner whorl lower closer to the living chamber. Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
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Would love to know what species I have here. The trilobites are in a fine grained sandstone or siltstone, approx. 1 to 1.5cm. The plant fossil is in flaky but rigid shale, It did break coming out and you can see my snarge repair job with some black glue. The largest fern frond itself is about 6 to 7 cm but similar smaller impressions are all over the piece, inside in different "layers" of the shale and on the reverse side as well. Trilobites found at Swatera Gap roadcut on I-81 in PA, the fern is found in the Glenshaw Glass RR cut off of Rt. 8 in Etna, PA. (just 7 miles north of Pittsburgh)
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Hi, new here and looking for some help please. This was found at Aust Cliff bone beds, sorry no scale but its close to 40mm wide at the base. Can anyone help identify what it is please? Thanks, Chris
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Found in West Texas (Rocksprings, Texas.. Sutton county). Found this while walking a ranch. Pretty sure it's a bobcat mandible, but wanted confirmation since I'm new at this. Anything helps!
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Wanting to confirm if this piece found in the Jurassic Coast is a fossil.
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Hello, this slab is from the Kope Formation, particularly Upper Alexandria sub-member within Delhi Township, Ohio. I am unsure if these rounded "structures" are bryozoans, echinoderms, or brachiopods, but i'm leaning more toward bryozoans. Fauna on the slab include: -Cincinnaticrinus, Ectenocrinus -Retrosirostra OR Dalmanella (hard to distinguish) -Bythopora -Isotelus, Flexicalymene -Ambonychia If anyone has an idea as to what the round objects are, please comment! Thank you! EDIT: I now believe these are individual cephalopod chambers that were filled with hash. I credit a fellow UC student!!! Now I wonder if anyone else thinks similarly.
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Hi Forum, last week me and my little brother (9 years old) went to the Omhden (DE) quarry for our very first fossil catch! I'm new to the 'dig&find' activity and to the fossil identification i found some good ammonites, apticus, belemnites and some shells. I have a doubt about this specimen. I can't tell if it is a bad preserved terminal part of a little belemnite or a tooth. The vertical fractures that i can't find in other belemnites create me confusion... to increase my doubt, i found a beautiful Micropassaloteuthis Fistulata at the Holzmaden museum that looks pretty similar, but again without stripes. Total length 8mm Thanks a lot Paolo
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Hi All, I have a bunch of brachiopods that got separated from their data and was hoping someone here might be able to restore some of it. They are apparently Paleozoic and likely from the US midwest. I see probable productids and maybe rhynconellids in there, but my knowledge of brachiopods is pretty limited. I strongly suspect they are all from one locality. Any help with locality, age, or taxa would be greatly appreciated! Best, Carl
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Bone fragment found in water of Post Oak Creek, Sherman, Texas. One end is rounded, where as the other forms an approx. 90 degree angle.
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This was found in north Dakota This site has just been exposed there's been a 2 year drought and a lot of high winds , we also found Folsom points ,ultra thin halfted knifes , all made with knife river flint ,a lot of large preforms with Paleo flaking, points were sent to Jackson galleries and were authenticated as Folsom, This skull looks like it's from a very young bison , the way the horns seem to be bending is different from a bison antiquus , They look to be bending downward, Tip to tip it's 24 inches,
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Hi, my family stumbled across these (and hundreds of others like them) along a creek bank. Would love and appreciate some help identifying them.
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I was on the Oregon coast near Newport and found this really odd looking rock. I've scoured the internet and have seen nothing like it. Even the Google image search feature came up with nothing. Help!!!
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Differentiating Centrosaurine from Chasmosaurine tooth crowns?
Opabinia Blues posted a topic in General Fossil Discussion
I recall reading on the boards somewhere before that hadrosaur tooth crowns can sometimes be assigned to either the Lambeosaurinae or the Saurolophinae if enough of the crown is present. I was wondering if the same can be said for ceratopsid teeth? Can ceratopsid teeth from localities in which members of both subfamilies are known ever be identified down to subfamily? This question was prompted by both general curiosity and by the fact that I occasionally see isolated ceratopsid teeth sold down to the generic level (ie, one seller who has listings for Avaceratops, Judiceratops, and Medusaceratops spitters), and although I am almost certain you cannot make a generic-level identification of isolated teeth it does make me wonder whether or not these "identifications" could be based on subfamily designation? And if so, what's the diagnostic character/s for each? -
My first thought was proboscidean carpal, but wasn’t sure. Missouri creek find. Thanks!
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