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Hi There, Another fossil find needing some help with its ID please. This was found at Llanymynech Quarry in Shropshire/Wales which the cliffs are Carboniferous limestone. I think it could be a coral of some type or at a push a section of a Crinoidea. Many thanks in advance. N
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Can someone please help me identify this. I don't know how old it is. I found this in Rockford Illinois, I found this in a roadcut. A fossil I found near it lived in the Ordovician period.
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Today I was on a trip in Mississippi and found these suspicious looking objects, the area has generally more mountainous rocks, but these stuck out to me. The first one might be limestone, the second I think is either a rock or a bone, and same with the third, I do not have the one I believe is limestone anymore, but I was just curious if it was limestone.
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I'm prepping fossils in Oolitic limestone, which is new for me. This fossil is small and delicate, and appears to be a tooth. Should I use hand tools, or what I was thinking was cotton bud, vinegar and a lot of patience? I'm concerned the vinegar would attack the tooth. The white patches are where I scraped the matrix with hand tools, but I wasn't confident this was the best method.
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i found this in the creek that my yard goes into(dallas, TX. Prairie Creek) and been cleaning this for 2+ years with plastic bristle brushes because it looks familiar and the colors and textures keep coming also some black hairlike protrusions hear and there. This picture needs to be left side down... i will try for a better photo. the picture.
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I don't recall when I found this but would like to put a name to my find many years ago. Any idea as to what plant species this may be?
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The two sides of a single small chunk of limestone show two very different fossils. One side may be a Receptaculites, and the other I don't recognize. The rock was found on the surface in an area of mixed cobble, formerly an ancient riverbed, so the origin is uncertain. Most of the old limestones in the area are Devonian or Carboniferous. The stone's about 4 cm long. The area it was found was also inhabited by the Sinagua people, who abandoned the site about 700 years ago. They could have transported the stone from somewhere or traded for it? Any ideas what these fossils are?
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Hello all. Quite a time back I found this shiny black thing in a piece of Brush Creek limestone. I had tentatively identified it as a trilobite free cheek part. However, a trip to the museum has the invertebrate paleontology department telling me that it's not for two reasons. While similar looking as a free cheek, the top portion doesn't match It's way too big to be a trilobite from this time period. I do agree with both assessments. It's twice the size of a typical Kasimovian (Late Pennsylvanian) trilobite from here. So, any fish part or tooth experts here? Perhaps this matches something that someone has seen. The connection at the junction where it turns into a point is interesting to me. Much more detail:
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I’m not exactly sure where it comes from but I found it in paved gravel in association with chert that likely came from the Knox Group in Northeast Alabama.
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just dug this up, tried to buff it with some wool and oxide polish but it just scuffed it up instead. I guess there was limestone in the fossil and now it looks chalky. any way to make it look good again or is it ruined.
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These are two specimens I have found that I can’t confidently identify. I don’t know exactly where they are from but the sedimentary rock they are preserved in is likely from the Mississippian. I live in Northeast Alabama where there are quarries that extract shale and limestone from the Mississippian. Since I don’t know the exact locality they came from I cannot provide an exact time period. One is a white, wedge shaped fossil that I speculate might be a leaf. The other I am unsure of if it is even a fossil but it appears to be a fish, but it could just be crystals that formed in the shale.
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Hello, I was gifted this fossil. All I know is that it was found in Tennessee. I believe it is a coral fossil but because of the 'stems' I can't find anything that matches it online. I know fossils cant be valued for price on here but if this is rare and I should contact someone about having it I would like to know. It is in limestone with quartz sparkles in the 'coral' pieces. Thanks so much!
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Hi everyone, I need some help regarding my first preperation work. It's a Cuban Meg tooth in limestone. What is the best way to get the limestone off?
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Crinoid columnals from Devonian Keyser Formation in Pennsylvania
traveltip1 posted a topic in Fossil Hunting Trips
I collected some crinoid columnals and a horn coral....weathered from the Devonian Keyser Formation limestone in Pennsylvania. As usual, preservation is not very good.
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I was recently going through my "raw" fossils I took home from beach in Gdynia Orłowo and I found what reminds me of a jawin limestone. What really is it?
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Hello FossilForum, any help in identifying these pieces I have included would be greatly appreciated! I believe these are various types of teeth and jaw pieces and some entire skulls included. I have numerous crocodile skulls I believe. Thanks for looking and any info or help! TURTLE SHELL? This is what I think is a chunk of a Turtle Shell. SKULLS? Front Back Skull #2 TEETH:
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I have found them within Miocene reefal limestones, can you give me any information about their species ? Thank you.
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I have found it within Miocene reefal limestones, can you give me any information about its species ? Thank you.
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Found this piece totally encrusted in limestone, tumbled with a #1 grit and this is what came out. Not sure what it is…didn’t polish up very well…
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Hello, this is my first post as I stumbled upon this forum attempting to research a fossil my Great Grandmother gave me some years ago. When I was younger, I thought they were teeth of some sort, but after some digging (no pun intended), I am thinking it may be horn coral!? Also, in the second picture I labeled part of the rock #4; it appears to be different from the rest of the rock. Some of it is like a milky matte material and beside it (hard to see in still picture) is a section that glimmers in the light. I wondered if it was some sort of crystal or just another form of a fossil/the limestone. I apologize for any errors that I have made in this description or in the pictures. I would appreciate and corrections, tips or recommendations I could use for potential future posts. If anyone could give me some more information on what I have here, I’d greatly appreciate it. Thank you and have a great day!
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The weather is turning here in Ontario Canada, leaves are raked, stuff is stored safely away, waiting for the lake effect snow. Went for a walk along the lake and well couldn’t resist this rock. Here is my question: In geological time, what do you all think is the top and what is the bottom? Is the limestone newer or older than the layered what I believe is silicate. Every rock tells me a story, I see the impact of multi cell animals, and what I believe is the heavy tidal action of the Silurian sea because of heavy gravity interaction of earth and moon, cephalopods, bivalves, …….!!
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I found this in a creek...near Cayuga Lake, Middle Devonian, Hamilton Group, Limestone. It really doesn't look like a Coral...so, am not sure. It seems like I've seen this on one of the other forums. Each are "ringed" and those rings follow down through the rock...you can see this in the large one. Any help as always is greatly appreciated. Thanks Greg
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A fossil buddy sent me these photos. His thought was trace fossils, but looking more closely, it seems to me these might be graptolites. I confess I've mostly hunted in beds well past the geological peak of graptolites and are not as familiar as I might like.
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Hello, I found this fossil near Trogir Croatia, Oct.2021. It was in layered limestones, from cretaceous period. Could it be determined to some degree? Thank you,
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