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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? -
Hi any Ideas if this may be a meterite. Sticks to magnets. Metal is very hard seems to be harder than steel. When I do a streak test on the metal it's not what I expected it to look like instead of being a shiny metalic steak it is a very dark Grey Streak. When I put 22K gold testing acid or platinum testing acid on the streak the acid turns bright Yellow. The lower carat acids don't seem to have any type of reaction. I grinded of the end of the stone then used 1200 grit sand paper on my dremal to smooth the metal. So meterite? OR Meterwrong?
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My first thought was proboscidean carpal, but wasn’t sure. Missouri creek find. Thanks!
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Help! What is this? Botryoidal Hematite? A-A Basalt? Or WORSE?
Jellybean07 posted a topic in Rocks & Minerals
I found this in Starkville, MS and assumed it's ah-ah basalt, but was looking up different random minerals and "uraninite" came up. This couldn't possibly be a raw form of that, could it? They all came from the same place, a chalk-based cretaceous seabed. There was also marcasite in the chalk, not pictured. Some have some iridescence on the black glistening places, reminding me of iridescent hematite. I would love to learn what you all think! Thank you for your time
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Hello. I found these on a Croatian island - they don't strike me as one of their regular Jurassic finds, as it appears to be more inside a fault of petrified red soil amidst the abundant limestone. They look kinda "new". Can anyone tell me what they are? I found them on two locations. Not a geologist, so no idea. Whale and other large marine life bones? Polished by the sea? After some seizmic event?
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Hello! Help please with identification. Height - 2,5 mm. Age - Middle Miocene. Location - Western Ukraine. Thanks in advance!
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Hi found this on at Whitby on the North East coast of England. Not sure if its a fossil or just a strange shaped rock !! Its about 6 x 9 inches Any help would be great. Thanks Andy
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Seaview , WA. Found deep in dirt by my dog Cleaned it up and used textured file to get debris from around bone. It’s not an arrowhead. Enjoy Maybe?
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Hello! I found this rock on a beach in County Kerry Ireland. I wonder if it's a fossil. If anyone has any ideas, please share. Hope you're having a lovely day!
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Before I post a trip report, I was hoping to get a few IDs that are giving me some trouble. First up are possible insects. 1. Crane Fly?? 2. positive and negative. Bee?? 3. Has the termite feel!! 4. Another Crane Fly Now what appear to me to be plant oriented material. 5. I am torn between three leaf clover (but how would that end up in a lake), or a flower, or a seed pod cluster. 6. Total unknown 7. Finally this confusing specimen. Great symmetry so must be something!
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A few days were spent in the Green River Formation collecting fossil leaves and insects. Now comes the momentous task of identifying my finds. I have piece mealed together some information that has helped a bit. BUT by no means am I happy with my results. Does anyone know of a great guide or article which would help someone like me make proper IDs. Thanks, Mike
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Hello everyone, happy to have discovered this forum ! I'm french and was in Grand canyon for Holliday's, a week ago and during a hike I found this grey stone among all the red ones. It looks like a tooth by its form and the surface is cracked as old ivory. It is very different from all other stones I saw on the place. Could you help me to identify it with your experienced eyes ? Thank you in advance and have a nice day!
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Aparently I'm the first person to find a petrified egg w/o shell. Found in oregon, Southish westish. I've done some research, enough to know its "not" but ... I did try polishing so I could see thru better, it has little divets around it. Very interesting piece to me. Seems to have embryo, top little flat piece like egg inside. Thank you for any info, before I cut in 2? Lol
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Found on North Florida Beach. 70 x 40 mm
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Found in North Florida on a beach. 40 x 70 mm
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Found on beach in North Florida. About 5x1.5 millimeters. Don’t know what it is yet.
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Picked this up on the foreshore on Mappleton beach (Holderness Coast, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom). I thought it looked like a poo and wondered if it was indeed a coprolite?
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Long story short my grandmother use to order fossils from a website. She would keep some of the authentication certificates because I was so young at the time of receiving these. When she had passed I learned she lost almost all of the paperwork. I've been struggling to identify these with such little information to go off of. Any help is greatly appreciated. First image to last: - Small roughly 1'' tooth - Was thought to be plesiosaur tooth but it looks slightly different then the confirmed plesiosaur tooth I own - unknown -wrist or ankle of some sort, mammoth or mastodon -unknown
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Found this rock/fossil on a beach in Northumberland, England. I did not break it open. This is as found. Although dull I believe the reverse side contains Pyrite. Any help in identifying is appreciated
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Anyone want to weigh in on if this is a fossil or not? The base rock (not the crystals) looks like petrified wood to me, but I don't have much experience IDing petrified wood. It is a strange formation.
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Good Afternoon, This specimen was left to me by my late grandfather. I do not know where it was obtained, though he lived in Minneapolis so it may have been from a nearby state. It appears to be a real fossil (I don't know what anyone would make a fake one that small) but I suppose I really don't know for sure. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks, Connor
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