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Hi all. These are eight bone fragments that I found a couple of years ago on the beach near the Zandmotor, the Netherlands. I realize that most (if not all) of these fragments probably are impossible to id, but any information would be great. Some additional pictures of fragment 1: Number two has a tiny whole (foramen) in it. Here is an extra photo of the top of the fragment: And some more pictures of fragment three: Number 6 at first sight appears to be part of some kind of disk (2 cm high). One side is very smooth/shiny. Thanks! Any information is appreciated! If you need additional pictures from other angles, let me know.
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Found washed out from a river bank in Northern Alberta. I was thinking camel to be the best match but looking for a second opinion.
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Possible jaw I’d help? and is this a mammal foot or leg bone or just a whale rib bone piece?
AshHendrick posted a topic in Fossil ID
Found these in eastern NC river this weekend and could use some help identifying. It was in an area most likely Yorktown , found among great white teeth, a horse tooth, tilly bones, whale bone and some shell fragments. Lot of reworked material in the gravel. This item looks like the bones of the front of a lower jaw to me but these holes off to the sides confuse me - they are rounded inside like a tooth or tusk might have sat in them but the angles are odd - I could be wishful thinking here - just seemed out of the ordinary to me. Then the other is a bone it’s much lighter and the pores are much larger than the whale bone typical in the area and I can’t get the best photo of contours but it really looks similar to a foot or leg bone of a mammal I just don’t know what - but I’ll accept it could just be a worn whale rib bone - just gotta be sure, ya know? I don’t ever come across much mammal stuff so I’m struggling to say for sure and any help is appreciated! @bbostick your the main man I know can say if whale or not if you don’t mind sharing input!
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Hello everyone. I'm sure this is easy for the more experienced, but I need help with this tooth from a Florida Riverbed in the USA. Thank you! Probably a mammal from the Pleistocene, is that correct? Thanks again.
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Any ideas on identification on this rather massive vertebrae? This was roughly three miles up river from FM 60 on the Brazos. No useful context. It was just sitting on a sandbar.
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Hi Everyone, We came across another mammal molar in our sifter this weekend. This one is pretty interesting looking and we’re looking for some more help on an ID. Thanks, John
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I thought this might have a good chance of getting identified because of the unusual shape of the tooth sockets. parts of the teeth still remain in the sockets. Found in north of Central Nebraska. Miocene. @Harry Pristis
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Fossilized or recent bone (?) found on French coast, Normandy
Suchomimus posted a topic in Fossil ID
G'day, I found the following specimen among the stones while walking on the beach of Mesnil-Val (Criel-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France) at low tide, below the cliff. Although I do not know much about the geology of this location, I have heard that you can find fossils here. Nonetheless, this piece was more likely left by the sea, I think. Neither do I know what it is, nor how old it is. Due to the inner structure I am thinking of a partial mammal bone, but it might be the wrong direction. Not sure how exactly a washed up recent bone looks like. This specimen is worn on the outer surface, but apart from a wave-like structure on the inner surface, there are some very fine, spongy structures preserved, too (that is why I think it is a bone, one that is not too old). Even though it is hollow, the specimen is relatively solid. Maybe someone has found something similar or recognizes something. I am thankful for any input! The ruler is in centimetres.
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Hi all! It has been a long time since i have made a post here, as i have not been out and about fossil hunting too much. Any ideas on this Fossil bone? Not looking for a specific species, genus would be great though. Miocene to early pliocene. Thanks
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Hi Everyone, looking for some ID help on this tooth. Unfortunately there is no root. It came from a lag layer that contains mostly Miocene and some Eocene materials. Thanks, John
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So I recently was struggling to determine the differences between various small mammal teeth (Opossum, raccoon, otter, skunk, etc.) and reached out to Richard Hulbert who pointed me towards a great resource: https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/mam1ic?page=index This database has lots of pictures of mammal skulls, albeit only modern ones. To use, you just need to click the "Only include records with digital media" and then plug the scientific name (Procyon lotor instead of Raccoon, for example) into the search bar, and if there's pics in the database, they will show up! Hopefully this helps people when trying to ID some mammal teeth!
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Hi all Found on beach in Caspersen while snorkeling. Looks to be a broken mammal tooth-perhaps a tapir? It’s a bit less than 1/2” long and looks to be broken in half. Any ideas?
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Hi Everyone, Had this tooth pop up in my screen while creek hunting sharks teeth in eastern NC. The area does produce ice age materials. It’s not all cleaned up yet but here are some shots. Tanks, John
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Hi every! I got this one from an old Chinese medicine store, the owner said they came from Gansu province, China. After I prepared, it turn to be a mammal vertebrae bone but I don’t know exactly the species or at least the family or order. Could anyone help me to have a look about this one? Thank you guys!
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Saw this listing for sale and considering buying it, looks like a partial cave bear skull, could anyone verify? Also there are strange marks on it, which the seller believes to be scavenger marks, want other opinions on those. It was found in a Hungarian Cave deposit.
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I found this broken end of a long bone several months ago near Houston in the late Pleistocene gravel deposits of the Beaumont and Lissie Formations. Here are some pictures (with each grid on the graphing paper being 1/4 of an inch): I know that it's the end of a tibia because the grooves on the end are shaped to match an astragalus (ankle bone), and that their slanted angle indicates a perissodactyl like a horse, tapir, or rhino rather than an artiodactyl like a bison, pig, deer, or camel. Based on the size of the bone, I think I can pretty easily rule out rhino, which leaves only horse or tapir as a possibility. Now, I've never found a single tapir bone in all the time I've spent hunting in this area, whereas it seems like there's such an overabundance of horse material that I'm literally tripping over their teeth and bones any time I take a step (that and turtle shell fragments)! Needless to say the odds are definitely in favor of horse. What's stumped me is that it seems just too small to be a horse bone - at the very least, not one from an adult anyway. I know that three-toed horses were often smaller than their one-toed cousins, and I've found their teeth before as it's not too uncommon for them to wash down from the older formations north of where I'm hunting, so that's also a possibility. My main problem is that I can't find any reliable measurements online for the distal end of a tapir tibia to compare mine to. So if anyone has any old literature with some helpful information or (even better) pictures, I'd love to see them. Any help is appreciated! @Shellseeker @Harry Pristis @garyc
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Hey everybody! I've got two bones that I'm looking to ID, and unfortunately neither of them are complete. However, the good news is that they both have enough diagnostic features that I'm optimistic an ID can be made. Here's the first: This first one is a partial limb bone that I found in a river southwest of Houston. The sediments that make up the river bed are from the Beaumont and Lissie Formations and are predominantly Pleistocene in age (although there is the occasional Pliocene/Miocene material that washes down from further upriver). What stands out to me the most on this bone is the giant foramen that seems to connect to a large hollow cavity near the surface that was broken open when the bone was damaged at some point in the past. I can't tell if this is natural or some sort of drainage port that developed because of a pathology like an abscess. @Harry Pristis has several photos of a pathological alligator metapodial that gave me the idea: Half of an articular facet from one end of the bone is fragmented, but still present. It reminds me of the curvature found on the distal end of horse tibias. Unfortunately, it's a little bit difficult to capture it on camera. The only other distinguishing feature of the bone is its flaky surface. It could just be due to the particular way it was preserved, but I don't think I've ever come across another fossil with a similar texture. Here's the second bone: This second bone seems like it should be much easier to identify as it has two very distinctive articular facets preserved. Three foramina are also present, and enough of the long portion of the bone seems remain that it's general shape can be inferred. When I look at it I'm reminded of a calcaneum but after comparing it to horse calcanea (of which I have two), I can't see a match. The same goes for bison and other artiodactyls, even giant armadillos. I'm not sure what else it could be. As always, any help would be much appreciated! I know there are many people on the forum who are much more knowledgeable when it comes to Pleistocene fossils than me, so I'm once again going to ask for their opinions as well. @Shellseeker @garyc @Lorne Ledger @Harry Pristis
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I recently found a few fossil mammal bone fragments near Cape Town along the beach, and then I came across this strange object. I thought it resembles a large mammal tooth but I’m not sure if it is a fossil or not, if so what is it?
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Unidentified Miocene Bones from Tonopah, NV. Possibly a Artiodactyl?
ConnorR posted a topic in Fossil ID
So I bought a completely unidentified fossil the other week because it looked cool. All I know about it is that the seller said that it's from Tonopah, Nevada, and the matrix appears to be a tuffaceous sandstone. According to my research, this points to the fossil being from the Siebert Formation, around the middle Miocene. I'm leaning toward some kind of artiodactyl, assuming that the bones on the right are metatarsals or metacarpals.
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I found this mammal tooth in France, Chalons-Sur-Marne, while searching for shark teeth. I should be (late) paleocene. Does anyone have an idea which animal?
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I found this strange tooth that reminds me of some small rhino teeth I have seen on the forum, but I'm not sure, it seems too small, any help? Thanks!
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Found in north central Nebraska. Most of the area is Miocene. Closest thing I could find similar is Peccary but would like to hear from the experts. Thanks. @Harry Pristis L=20 W=16
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I found what are claimed to be Basilosaurus jaws online, and I can't decide whether they're authentic. They definitely have real material, but I have a suspicion that they might be composites. I should also note that they are suspiciously cheap [price redacted]. First one is 15.7 inches: Second one is 24.4 inches:
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I went on a fossil hunting trip a few weeks ago but have not had the time to post it until now. It was a very successful trip, I got my first complete tapir teeth some nice deer teeth,and a few other strange fossils. Any ID help is appreciated. sorry about the picture quality, my camera is not the best.1. bobcat, maybe raccoon tooth, it looks predatory, but it's pretty small.2. other strange tooth and fragment that appears to be from a similar animal.3. predator, maybe worn Coyote, not much of an enamel pattern. 4. Rodent, any chance of a specific species?5. Weird thing that appears to have enamel.6. claw core, maybe tortoise.7. vertabre, gator maybe?
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