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Hello, I am new to this community and fossils/bone identification in general. Hope you can help me with identifying a part of the skull I recently found (or at least I think it is a part of the skull). I found the bone recently (May 2022) close to a beach in Malmö, Sweden while cleaning up the beach with my colleagues. I would like to make a nice display stand for it, and I'd like to have something other than "Unknown Species" on a tag. I suspect what I see here are the eyeholes and the nose on a skull bone. First I thought it was a bird of some kind, or some other reptile. But looking at skull pictures online, I cannot recognize anything. Maybe a fish, since it was found close to the beach? I suspect it's impossible to find out the exact species, but at least the genus or the family would be nice. Cheers, Nikola
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Found in North Eastern Pennsylvania.
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I was at Penn Dixie a few weeks ago and had trouble figuring out what a couple of my finds could be. My first thought for this one was a piece of a trilobite, but I’m not 100% sure on that. I don’t know where to start with this one. Any help is greatly appreciated!
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Found this bone in Edisto Island, South Carolina on the beach. 7/2/2022 Do you think it’s a fossilized bone? I have never found something like this before
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Found these on a beach in the Hastings area, southern England, UK. They were all quite localised and a few metres away couldn't find any more. When smashed they seem like some sort of ore. Wondering what they are and how formed. Many thanks
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Found what I suspect is a worn piece of ceraptopsid tooth in the Grayson formation in Denton County Texas about a month ago, What do yo think?
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Are these fossils? And if so, what of? Found under Seacliff Bridge in New South Wales
spagbutcher posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi everyone! I'm new to fossil hunting and I found a few interesting rocks underneath Sea Cliff Bridge near Wollongong in Australia. There was a lot of coal in the area for context. I will attach some photos of the rocks I found, I'm particularly interested in the small white (quartz??) lines intersecting the black part of the stone. Any help would be hugely appreciated! Thanks
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Hello all, Looking to see if anyone recognizes what this might be? Found in the Newport Area of the Central Oregon Coast under the bay bridge during low tide. It even has some unrelated barnacles growing on it! I have absolutely no idea what to make of this. Any help would be appreciated! Thank you.
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Hi all! Found this fossil in my garden, in northern Illinois. I was also wondering how old it is too. Thanks a ton :)
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So this was one of my first fossil finds from last winter on the Oregon Coast and I still need help identifying it further. It was tossed up on the rocky shoreline one day after a winter storm in the Stonefield Beach State Rec area (Central Oregon Coast). I've sent photos to the Burke Museum's ID dept along with a few other museums that's offer opinions on fossils based on photo's and they've all said its definitely a rib, and but the debate is now between a Baleen/Whalebone or the Steller's Sea Cow. I've gotten mixed opinions from several museum experts but I would like to know or see if anyone else has come across ones like this on here and maybe has a more definitive answer. Thank you for taking a look! Specs: Weight: 3.7lbs Length: 15" Width: 3.5" Depth: 2"
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I'm not sure if this is a fossilized tooth or not and would like to ask for help identifying it if it is.
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I purchased this with the misidentification of an unknown coral with no listed location. I've received an identification from a local museum of a fish dental plate from the Kem Kem beds in Morocco and was wondering if anyone here knew of a way to identify the genus of the fish.
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Hello! I received this fish as a gift for my birthday, but I'm not sure about species: perhaps Lycoptera genus? Also, I'm afraid it is partly painted.
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Can anyone help me ID these two shark teeth, they are from Texas so that might help limit options.
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Hi there everyone! I recently came across a listing for what is described as a partial Edmontosaurus toe bone and I thought it would be a unique addition to my collection. The specimen’s description says it was found in the Hell Creek Formation of Montana which is pretty commonplace with this seller, but I attempted to get in contact with the seller to try and get more information about the fossil (exact locality, how they IDd the specimen, etc.) and they unfortunately never responded. I was wondering if any of y’all would give it a look and give some of your own opinions. I’d love to see what y’all think about it! Also once again, thank you all for all of the help, you guys are awesome!
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Hi. I found this in a river in N. Wales, UK. Could it be related to a moumouth tooth? Or is it just a nice looking rock or tile of some sort. The top layer is 6 - 10mm thick with a lighter shade. Has anyone found anything like this? I'm curious as to what it is and how it has formed. Has it naturally erided into this?
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Hello, First I would like to say thank you for providing a place for me to attempt to get an answer. I know your time is valuable, so I appreciate anyone who takes a moment to look. I live in South West, Florida and my daughter and I were at a flea market when she found and purchased this fossil. At first glance I thought it might be an aligator scute, but after looking more closely I know it is not. I doubt that I know enough to even be called a novice, but I spent a few hours online last night trying to find anything that it resembles. Even looking for larger examples that looked like something that this could have been broken off of. I couldn’t find any other type of scute or fossil that it matches. The person she bought it from said it was found in Florida. (Along with one other that she purchased at the same time that I was able to identify as a deer astragalus.) unfortunately, that is all the information that I have. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
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This rock/fossil looks like it has a skin on it. The outer layer of it is a deep maroon/purplish color. The shapes on the outer layer are all similar but no 2 seem to be identical. It was found about half way down the side of a mountain in Monroe County WV. The side that the outer layer/skin is chipped off there is visible evidence of the pattern in the underlying material. Its about 9 inches long on one side an 6 1/2 on the other. The underside has several rectangular shapes that look like something. I've tried to look it up but can't find anything similar other than the dried and cracked mud pics. I'm pretty sure this isn't a layer of mud on the outside. The last 4 pictures are the top( 4th from last with measuring tape) and the bottom(last 3 pictures)
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Hi, we are currently on holiday on the Isle of Wight, and found this on Compton Beach. Any help with what we have found (something or nothing?) would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance
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We've been finding all kinds of fossils like these. I would love to hear what everyone thinks it is. I have no clue but its pretty cool!
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I'm at a loss. Coral? Bone?
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I was given this fossil from a friend who said it was located from Pennsylvania
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Purchase this raptor egg from a gem and mineral show. Was wondering if anybody can identify the species. and if it’s authentic
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Is this a cow, horse, or bison scapula? I live in an area where bison used to roam and know that on the same property, bison skulls and bones have been found. Please let me know your thoughts and reasoning on how it was identified. Thank you!
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I bought this Keichousaur fossil online recently, before discovering this forum and finding out that fake fossils are common, and Keichousaur are commonly faked or embellished. I did have concerns that this may have been fake, though I think I've managed to work that out myself now thanks to a handily available xray machine. Still, confirmation would be nice and I thought this may be of interest. It is claimed to have come from Fuyuan County, Pengjiang, Yunnan, China
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