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I live in Oklahoma and stumbled upon this. We weren't sure what sort of fossil this could be. I found it in an old dried up creek on our property. I have also found other fossils similar to this that are even larger and longer that are still half way embedded in the bed rock.
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Buyer Beware on Dinosaur Holiday Purchases
Troodon posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
Posted are a few concerns I found wandering through the internet. These are but a few examples of the type of issues you may encounter. I send this out as a reminder if you're shopping for fossil presents of any kind. Sellers mis-identify material simply through lack of knowledge but it's up to the buyer to know what they are looking at. Don't hesitate to post interests BEFORE you buy. BUYER BEWARE when it comes to fossils of any kind. Seller wants huge money for this Saurolophus osborni lower arm from the Two Medicine Formation. Looks like a nice arm but some of his facts are incorrect. This species is not found in the Campanian of the Two Medicine Formation but the early Maastrichtian age of the Horseshoe Canyon Formation. Another key point is that it's very difficult to determine taxons from post cranial bones of Hadrosaurs especially in an fauna where multiple species exist. Nice lower arm from somewhere and from some unknown Hadrosaur. What's this seller thinking the "2 Medicine Man Formation" really attention to detail not one of his strong points. Someone tell him its the Two Medicine Formation. Maybe he watches lots of Westerns Seller describes this as Pachycephalosaurus in my opinion it's Thescelosaurus Seller is properly describing this beautiful jaw as Ornithischian but in detail description adds that it was discovered where many Pachycephalosaurus fossils were found giving one the impression it's Pachy. In my opinion it's Thescelosaurus. Teeth of these two species look similar inquire before you buy. I see a lot of these being offered or sale, nice Christmas gift. For those of you that are new to collecting the only thing real here are the crowns. Nice gift Seller is offering this Claw and Identifying it as Velociraptor from the Hell Creek Formation. It's a very worn Anzu wyliei hand claw.
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Hi folks! Thought I might try leaning on the expertise of the forum gurus - I've owned this tooth for a few years and would like to hear any opinions of what the specimen should be classed as. It was sold as Daspletosaurus Torosus, but I'm aware of how hard it can be to label Tyrannosaur teeth (or just leave them as 'indet'). The tooth originated from Alberta, Canada. As it isn't the clearest to see, the denticles (which are very fine and equal in size on both sides) on the anterior edge curve off to the right (viewing the tooth face on), whilst the posterior serrated line is straight. PS: Apologies for the quality of photos too...my phone doesn't enjoy photographing anything magnified.
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All, I have a lot of different items in my collection but I am not a trilobite expert by any means. That's why I'm looking for help with ID here. If anyone knows more about Trilobites than I do that is. Photos 2,3 and 4 are Moroccan I believe. Specimens I have picked up over the years. Photos 1 and 5 were part of an old collection from a UK locality (Pembrokeshire, Wales?). Any help appreciated.
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Hello, I found these fossilized 'eggs' taped together at a pawn shop in Kalispell, Montana. I know nothing about them but they are really cool! Does anyone know what they are? The more oval one is about 2" long by 1.5" wide. The more round one is about 1-9/16" x 1-13/16". They were sliced in half when I found them. The one that looks slightly developed ha some missing 'yoke' around the center small circle but is close to fully intact. They are fascinating but I don't know much. I'm a newbie. Thank you for any help.
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I thought this was a wonderful resource on ID for rocks and minerals and is illustrated with wonderful photographs and examples. https://geologictimepics.com/ The author of this website has also apparently written guides to roadside geology in Oregon and Washington. the wider website is also full of neat geological images. enjoy!
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Hello everyone. I began working in my backyard and discovered numerous interesting rocks and shell fossils. As a kid I collected rocks, but as I grew up my interests changed and I ended up an ESL teacher I don't know much about fossils and so I decided to join this forum with the hope of learning more. My house was built in the mid 20's and was previously grazing land near a creek (that at the turn of the century was dug into a man made lake). Please forgive me in advance for my lack of knowledge in this subject area. The photo I attached in something I dug up today. Those curved lines in the center are interesting, but I'm not sure what could have created such an impression. I'm just hoping to learn more and keep my inner child happy. Planting and looking at rocks also affords me the chance to spend more time under the Texas blue sky I love.
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Hello! I am Davidm from Johnstown, Pennsylvania (a good fossil area for marine & plant fossils). When I was a boy, I hunted and collected fossils. Now that I am retired, I am back to it! However, I am a bit "rusty" - I have bought some fossils from some very nice dealers... and found some as well. One of my marine fossil sites is now OFF LIMITS - SO I need to find a new exposed site. My question concerns a fossil GIFT. One of the dealers has gifted me with the attached fossil trilobite... but no identification for it. It is from the McKay Group Formation in the Bull River Valley, British Columbia. I have tried to identify it, and suspect it is Labiostria westropi. Can anyone confirm or help here? I have not done this sort of thing for 50 years. I know my LOCAL fossils pretty well... but I like to be sure of my specimens! Many thanks in advance! I am sure I will have other questions.... I feel like I'm 15 again! Dpaul7
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So I bought one of those small abelisaur teeth that came from kem kem that everyone keeps falsely calling raptor teeth. Does anyone know any more information on it? Abelisaurs have small teeth compared to their heads so the creature probably wasn't too tiny. It's about 1.5 - 2cm with even serrations. As i understand it not much is known of this animal but anything you guys know would be appreciated! -Tom
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I need help identifying this. It was in my childhood rock collection. It looks a LOT like some of the corpolite pictures I see online. Does it look like that to you all? It probably came from central North Dakota since that was where I lived, but even that I'm not sure about because we did go on family trips to Montana, and sometimes South Dakota. So it could possibly have come from those states as well. Anybody have any ideas what it is?
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I found this digging in Gainesville and I have no idea what it is
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I found these fossils in Gainesville. Could anyone tell me what they are?
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Hello everyone! I found many fossils in my last trip to a mountain in Valencia, Spain (as far as I know the strata in that mountain are Jurassic/Cretaceous) but I can't identify these 4 fossils displayed in the pictures below. I would appreciate any help, thanks!.
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I was out in my backyard digging a hole to fill in some loway spots, and out of the corner of my eye I saw a tooth that I had dug up. I picked it up, and went inside to wash it off. I looked on many websites but no luck. please help
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This is something I picked up walking in a park about three years ago, and I felt it was Something, but Just Do Not Know What. Any guesses? Any stab at it would be a help!
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Hello, we spent the day yesterday at the North Sulphur River. We needed help identifying some of our finds. I also wanted to ask if anyone has ever encountered the mineral Pyrite while exploring NSR. I tried to include pic also
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Can someone please help me identify this vertebra. It was found in north Mississippi in a creek with shark teeth, coral, shells and other items. It is 9" tall, 5" front to back and 4" wide. I'm not having great success finding someone that can identify this. Or much success uploading the pics so I might have to do it in separate posts. Thank you for any help received.
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Greetings. I have a few trilobite fossils that I do not know the scientific names or proper identification for. I could google image search but that might take forever :). If anyone can help with any of them, i'd appreciate it. Thanks!
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Hi y'all. I'm new here, so I hope I'm doing this right. I have a bunch of found artifacts that interest me. Most were found near Myrtle Beach or Edisto Beach, SC. Help identify? Mike
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I was wondering if anyone could help me ID what my father found on Tuesday in the Speeton clay (Reighton Gap), Yorkshire. It seems to be a jumbled mess of all sorts... scales, teeth, jaw/pincers, and at least one small vertebra. Ive only just started cleaning it up so theres probably lots more to uncover yet. Not sure which bed it came from but my guess is it was from the upper half of the cliffs; the recent wet weather has caused much of the upper cliffs to sludge down to the bottom which is where it was found, lying on top. The block itself is around 12-13cm in length and is mostly being held together by hard clay. At first, i got excited and thought it could be part of an ichthyosaur but after cleaning and closer inspection, it looks more to me like a fish, crab or lobster. I imagine its a bit too large to be a shrimp? I really hope someone can help identify what it is as my father has never found anything like this from Speeton before, in all his 55 years collecting from there! Attached a few photos but i have more if required. Thanks all!
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Hi, found this site while trying to identify a fossil I found and was intrigued enough to join. I'm a strictly amateur geologist, my degree was in geology but my career was unrelated. Now retired and spending a bit more time on leisurely interests. I live in Northumberland UK. Steve
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Wondering if this shape is specific enough to identify who might have lived in this. Ideas? ~caroline
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Greetings once more, This is my second posting and has a direct correlation to my opening post. As previously stated the fossil/geode, displayed in the photos, has been in my possession since my father's passing in 2004. I have no idea as to where or how he obtained but will say that he was a traveler and collector of various items from around the world. The identity of this item has been the topic of many discussions between my wife and kids (now grown). They both still ask me as to "What is it?". So I humbly call upon the members today; What is it? FYI, I will be posting several high resolution pics (11) for your review Regards Mark
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