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I don't have much info on this as I am purchasing it from someone who has no info on it, is this bone? What bone could it be if it is bone? Unknown location and size other than photos. Sorry
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I recently bought a bunch of trilobites from an old collection. The seller didn't have much information on the trilobites besides them originating somewhere in the midwest. (He bought the fossils as part of a collection). I'm wondering if anyone recognized the possible formation they could have originated from and the IDs of the trilobites? Here are the photos:
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Hello, I found this rock in an ephemeral stream bed with what I think is an ammonite and crinoid head in the same rock. I'm somewhat familiar with the local geology and fossils but not 100% sure. It was found in Columbia MO in what should be part of the Osagean series of the Mississippian. Most common rocks in the area are limestone, chert, and dolostone; crinoids are extremely common. I'm a lot less confident on what I think is a mold of a crinoid head (second fossil pictured). I just hope it's not a chert nodule. Anyways I would love to hear other opinions to confirm this. Thanks!!!!
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Hello! I'm very new to fossil hunting, and I would love some help IDing some that I have found! My kids and I have an eye for them, and we've spent many hours collecting anything that vaguely looks like a fossil. If anyone could help us identify them, we would greatly appreciated it!
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Trying to figure out the species of brachiopod but I’m unsure. Founds on Lake Michigan in southern Wisconsin. Measures roughly 2 inches
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Hello! I have found what I believe to be shark tooth (I am unsure if it is) nearby a river in south central Indiana and need help identifying it. This is the first fossil I have ever found so I am pretty new to this. The photos are of the same tooth from different angles.
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How rare are phragmocones from cephlapods? Are they something you need to get into a quarry to find, or can you recover them out of roadcuts? This is for the Midwest, like Illinois, Wisconsin etc.
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This piece was given to me by a farmer that said he found it near a small creek that runs through his property here in Central Illinois in an area of deep Wisconsin Glacial Episode drift. Does not appear to be permineralized, but I am not sure. Does not stick to tongue. Specimen is definitely worn, with burnished rounding at sharp edges, and is very dark, almost looking like iron oxide with magnification. Canal through bone is tapering in diameter, but that could be due to loss of marrow. 3.25 x 2.5 x 1.75 inches in size.
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For those of you that hunt rivers and creeks in the Midwest how often do you find horse remains? These three humeri were all found within a 2-mile stretch of a river within about a two year period - along with many other random tarsals, a femur, multiple tibia, and several teeth...
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I graduated college back in May, and since my graduate program did not start until September, I was fortunate to have quite a bit of time this summer to explore further away from home. I've been slowly prepping and cataloging over the past couple months, and figured I would share some of my favorite finds that I haven't shared yet. First up is dump piles of Silica Shale (Middle Devonian) in Paulding, OH. My university was not far from here, so this is really where I started fossil hunting. I've been here quite a few times, so most of what I found I already had in my collection. A new find for me, and my favorite, is a nice chunk of Protitanichthys placoderm armor. I visited family near Indianapolis in August, and headed out a day early to visit some classic sites. This is the view from a roadcut in Sulphur, IN that exposes the Indian Springs Shale (Mississippian). My first blastoid and first shark tooth of the day. Can you spot them? A small portion of the haul. Lots of blastoids (the main attraction), horn corals, and some brachiopods, plus a crinoid I have yet to identify. Next up was the famous St. Leon roadcut (Upper Ordovician). This was my second visit to this site. You need to get on your hands and knees to spot the tiny Flexicalymene rollers.
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Here are some finds from a late August to early September long loop road trip, fossil hunting through Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana and Kentucky. I'll appreciate detailed specimen identification help. First photo shows brachiopods & a trilobite from the Devonian Silica Shale Formation near Sylvania, northwestern Ohio.
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian most likely Raytown, Wyandotte Limestone Found in limestone that was blasted out by construction workers I have also found prehistoric fish teeth in the area (Mostly apart of Holocephali) along with Brachiopods, Crinoids, Nautiloids, horn corals, and unidentified cartilage from a limestone concretion. I darkened the left image and lightened the right image to try and make it more visible or at least the darker details more visible I did not bring measuring tools, here is the closet replacement for it that I could find.
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Location: Missouri Local geological map dictates that the area is Pennsylvanian Found in a rock pile left by construction workers that blasted out the rock. I posted a few of these teeth onto r/FossilID but I have not gotten any good responses to the ones below! So I made an account to show my as of right now unidentified specimen! I have found a few shark teeth in the area, such as Petalodus , and a few teeth that look to be from Eugeneodontida. These are by far my smallest shark teeth, and I was very fortunate to find any!
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Do you guys mind or idwntify bones on this forum
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Hello everyone, new member here! We recently started boxing up my childhood home to ready it for a sale and I discovered a long forgotten box that had a few fossils that my grandmother obtained during her ongoing 91 years on this earth. Almost all I believe were obtained by digs she went on around North America and chances are she obtained this one in the midwest. Most had tags like fish, mammoth tusk shard, and part of a deer jaw. I couldn't find an ID for this one, and upon asking my grandmother she hasn't the faintest idea because it's been decades and her mental state is slipping. If you need any more pictures of any sides let me know, my hand is only there to hold the two halves together, because unfortunately it hasn't survived in one whole piece. It measures about 160 mm. Another clue, but she did majority of her digs in Nebraska I believe. I'll have to Split up my posts with the pictures, I apologize.
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As much as I've looked through books and the internet, I haven't run across any possible places to find ammonites in the midwest. Any suggestions of locations? I'm in Illinois. My wife's keen to hunt one of these down.
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Hello all! I came upon this site while trying to determine whether a certain fossil I have is a coral or a sponge and was captured by the message boards here! I've been a casual collector since very early youth. I LOVE to dig my own finds but have been known to purchase a few every now and then. Most of my finds are from the West Clermont County area of Ohio (outside of Cincinnati), but I used to wander the Midwest region always with an eye to the ground. Thanks for having this site! I look forward to digging through the posts!
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This big section of antler came out of a river in the midwest. Whitetail, Elk, Stag-moose, and even Caribou material has been found at this location. I hunt deer and it doesn't look like its from a typical whitetail but not sure, and does not appear to be from an elk with those strange 3 wavy tines but I don't know. Wondering if anyone has any opinions on this or any experience with stag moose, elk, caribou or anything else it may be - thanks.
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Hi all, I used to be on the forum a lot a few years ago when I was hitting Florida hard. I unfortunately have been moving around a lot since 2011 and am just now settling down in Wisconsin and figuring out the geology scene of the midwest. It's not as glamorous as the megalodon and mammoth teeth on the east coast but I'm starting to find a few hidden gems (fossil wise). It's good to be hunting again and I hope to be pestering people for identifications real soon. From the glory days Teleocerus proterum tooth fragment.
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Hey, everyone! I am pretty confident this is a type of coral; but does anyone know what specific type it is? Thank you for sharing your expertise with me!
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Hello! I am new to this forum. I enjoy finding fossils, and I can positively identify I have found brachiopods before. In the same location, I often find these volcano-esque sort of fossils; but I have found no literature online or in book form that could delineate what type of fossil this is, etc. Pictured below is a rather extravagant example of the mystery fossil. Thank you, everyone, for looking and extending some help to a beginner!
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Been carrying this around since i was eight years old. Can someone help identify this?
