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Hello again Fossil friends! I have another fossil I need help with. Found with other shell and coral fossils in a river shore in north eastern Kansas, most likely Pennsylvanian. It looks to be maybe a sponge with exterior and interior... structure? Couldn't figure this one out. Maybe someone with more knowledge can ID it for sure.
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I thought this looked like a coprolite or possible ammonite concretion on top of a clump of fossilized unknown. What do you think? Found within an hour of Albuquerque along the Rio Puerco or cliffs* over the Rio Grande. Either Rio Rancho or Los Lunas. * By cliffs, I mean sandy hills full of rocks. On their way to being washed into the river. *****I was told the photos did not show. I have tried to edit to add them. Weird glitch in this program since I see them all when I log on, even if I get off the site then back on. Thank you for letting me know they were invisible
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Could this be a sponge? Note the radial structure and the occasional branching rods. Collected in Missouri, but location and age are unknown. Also, the specimen is sawn to 3/4" thick and the fossil doesn't extend into the sawn area! There is a lot of tiny crinoidal hash in the matrix rock. The light blue grid is one inch.
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Hello everyone! These fossils were found in the Southern Gulf Islands of Western Canada. I am currently working a museum that has been mostly volunteer-run since the 1970s, so a lot of our records have gaps. These two fossils are a part of our collection, but we don't have much information on them. Do you recognize either of these two fossils? Thank you so much! Justine
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ID request-probable Late Cretaceous, shallow seabed marine fossils
Shelley Rogers posted a topic in Fossil ID
I am new to fossil hunting, but I’ve always been a beachcomber and rock hound. I recently visited Sunset Cliffs in Point Loma, in San Diego, California. https://goo.gl/maps/csoVaYRvBr9556AJ7 As my husband surfed below, I remained atop the bluffs, where these sun-bleached relics kept demanding notice. Along with easily identifiable shells were a few items that I’d love to know more about. -
Plesiosaur/Elasmosaurid tooth? Found in North Sulphur River, TX
bluefish1766 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hi all My son and I were looking through some teeth from the NSR and want to get your opinions on this one. We first thought that this was a mosasaur tooth; however, someone suggested that it may be a plesiosaur/elasmosaurid tooth. We wanted to gather some more opinions since we have no idea what it is. The tooth measures 16 x 6 x 6 mm. Thanks and Happy New Year! -
Looking for help identifying a possible fossil from Oregon coast
Foxforce5 posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello! So I found this little specimen at the oregon coast. Specifically the beaches between Neskowin and Lincoln city. Its about an inch long and it is incredibly smooth. Is this a plant fossil? or animal? .... Just a shell fragment? Lol Any ideas or information would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! -
The guess I did was following @shamalama lead on another fossil. I looked at pics and I think this one qualifies as chaetetid sponge (?). heavier than what might be expected from its mass- (12kilo+) big limestone rock with coral trace showing on the sponge. Depth is about 18-20cm - beautiful reddish ambery color.
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I had no idea if it was a fossil at first (still might not be). The weight is not as you might expect from a rock (lighter) and the tail felt different from the rest. I found a prepared version and I thought they look very similar. Is that a crinoid fossil? I put upper cretaceous as a keyword but not sure, I just found it where I found other upper cretaceous marine fossils.
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I am not sure what this is. Could it be coral or tenticle?
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Is this a fossil. Looks like a long shell.
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Hello, I found what I believe are marine fossils, but I have not been able to identify them thus far. I'm hoping I might find some help here. The photo lighting isnt the best, but I hope there is enough info here to help. These were all picked up in October 2018, on Vancouver Island in BC, Canada. The area is the Comox valley, and found in shale. The fossils found in this region are marine species from the Cretaceous period. Fossil 1: This was picked up along the Trent River, above the Trent Falls (about 150 yards following the river back up stre
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This fossil was collected in Ordovician limestone in southeast Minnesota, USA. Any possible ID suggestions would be appreciated.
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Hi! Amateur hour here! I know nothing, but I love attempting to locate and identify marine fossils, especially in places far away from any body of salt water. I made a trip to New Mexico this past week and found some awesome fossils! Driving east on I-40 from Santa Fe, I stopped in Santa Rosa. Southeast of the city, there is Highway 156, and there are some great pull-offs a couple miles from the Interstate. I attached a picture of the fossil site guide I was using and a couple pictures of the fossils I was hoping to identify. The fossils were on the ground, no digging was done. No
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Happy New Year everyone! I found this awesome little star-like fossil on a Tampa Bay beach in Florida. It's about an inch wide and has crystals in the center. It has a volcano look with grooves and appears to be a mold of something, but what? Thanks in advance.
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I found what appears to be a small sandstone on a Tampa Bay beach in Florida. It's about 1 inch by 1 1/4 inch. After looking at it under magnification I saw unusual vein-like strands on these raised tanner bumps on both sides. What is it? Is it a fossil? Thanks Guys! Front view angles
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I found this odd pattern on what Im guessing is a fossil...
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I found this tumbled rock or bone on Englewood Beach, Florida. It looked different than most of the oval pieces of whale bone I've found. It is very smooth on the darker side and rougher crystalline on the flip side. It measures about 1" at it's widest points. Any Ideas? Thanks for all replies!
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I found this grayish sedimentary rock on the shore in Dunedin Florida, USA. It has a white grooved oval imprint on it like some critter fossilized on it. Could it be a Chiton? (Ruler is in inches) Thanks All.
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Found in sw fl, I believe plio pleistocene, most of what I find is. I'm just not sure how to ID this, it's such a different look than anything else I find in the area. Its quite hefty too, for only being a couple of inches. Really would like to know what I'm looking at here, so I can put it into context with its neighbors. Or is it just an interesting conglomerate... I can't figure out how to resize pics, so I'll include more in an additional post.
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Hello Everyone, I recently moved to western Kentucky and have been finding a ton of fossils here. I think a lot of what I've been finding are corals, crinoids, and brachiopods. I found a few fossils that I can't find online. I have no idea what they are. They washed out of a hillside on Kentucky lake in western Kentucky. The specific geology where I found them had a lot of strangely welded rock seams, geodes and a looked like the material may not have originated there (maybe moved through some geologic process). The rocks where I am are mostly limestone.
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Hello fellow hunters Many thanks to the responses for my last post which allowed me to ID a fossil rock as Stramatolite and not tule root. I found this marine looking fossil about one month ago in the Golden Shores area of Mohave Valley AZ where marine fossils are abundant. This rock is 6 inches by 4 inches and 1-2 inches thick. It weighs about 1-2 pounds. I cannot find any images online to help ID it? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Not sure what this is but we ha e lots of them on our property.
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Help ID a few other possible fossils found in San Pedro last week
ADURAN posted a topic in Fossil ID
We found a few more fossils in the San Pedro California area this week and was in hopes of getting some help with ID's as I'm all new to this and have no idea. The first one looks possibly like some sort of bones? The second one may be nothing and was about 20 inches long, I wasn't sure if this was a fossil as the rock it is in looks almost man-made? not sure? Like I said I'm no expert at all.. The Third is some super tiny little what looks to me to be some sort of fish? Thank you in advance for your help! -A
