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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian most likely Raytown, Wyandotte Limestone Formation At this pile I hunt at there are many concretions, but none exude the blue coloring as they are mostly black and much smaller. I am not 100% sure these are fossils but these are the only weirdly hued fossils I have found there. I have found a few teeth from Eugeneodontida, Horn corals, Crinoids, Brachiopods, Nautiloids and petrified wood from the area. I do not have any measuring tools that are not wood when I took these pictures. I apologize and hope this could be a decent size reference.
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian most likely Raytown, Wyandotte Limestone I have found a few Prehistoric fish teeth in the area such as Orodus, Acrodus, Petalodus and some of their fragments. I believe the right sided one could be a Petalodus but I was not sure since I have not found a black tooth in the area besides this fragment. As for the left, I have no idea but I did note it had beautiful dimples along its surface. While they may be broken I hope that they can provide enough detail for identification! front side backside, left image has my camera flash on
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Location is in Missouri The area is dated to the Pennsylvanian most likely Raytown, Wyandotte Limestone Hi I was wondering if anyone was able to identify these teeth I found together at the rock pile I hunted at, the right I believe could be a poorly preserved Petalodus tooth with its root and as for the left I have no idea and could be from a Petalodus if not the same one? I am not sure as I am not an expert at identify odd looking teeth yet. If possible I would also like to know the tooth placement if it is able to be determined. Thank you for taking your time to read this! I have found shards from Petalodus teeth in the area and 1 almost complete specimen, but none look like the two teeth I found below Backside of the right specimen Close up picture of the specimen on the left backside of the specimen on the left I held them on their side so the tip would be more visible and you could see more details
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Difficult to describe fossil in Limestone Concretion From Missouri
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Location Missouri Found in limestone that was blasted out by construction workers The area is Pennsylvanian on the geological map I have also found prehistoric fish teeth in the area along with Brachiopods, Crinoids, and horn corals.
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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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Is this a Pennsylvanian shark crusher plate? Is it worth mining out of the limestone?
Samurai posted a topic in Fossil ID
Location Missouri Found in limestone that was blasted out by construction workers The area is Pennsylvanian on the geological map I have also found prehistoric fish teeth in the area along with Brachiopods, Crinoids, nautiloids and horn corals. I was not a 100% if this was a fossil or just a natural formation in limestone. I only say it could be a Pennsylvanian shark crusher plate but I am not 100% sure Sorry for not having a good size reference, I have very little measuring tools, and did not bring it to the site I found it in, there will be a ruler measurement of the hammer below I was not sure if it was biological in origin but the ridge makes me question, and those could be possible pores at the bottom? In all honesty I do not want to make assumptions XD
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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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Location: Missouri Geological map states that the area is Pennsylvanian Found in a rock pile left by construction workers that blasted out the rock. I have found a few teeth in the area such as Petlodus, Orodus, and a few others. Previously posted on r/FossilID they gave some good insight, but I am curious to what other enthusiast think. I know its some sort of Holocephalan but I was told it could be something from Eugeneodontida I have also found another fossil near it, but i did not want to assume they were from the same shark, or if it was from a wild more modern animal Size reference, with right side having flash on while the left does not.
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Hey there, I recently found this in a dried up creek bed in Benton County, Missouri. The creeks dried up only for a good few months, so I'm not familiar with it at all. It was about half way buried in some creek sediment, but it caught my eye because of the dimples I saw on both sides so I brought it back home with me. I'm not certain its a fossil, but it looks some similar to Stigmaria fossils I've seen before. I know most of them are sediment-filled casts of the root mold. Any idea if this is one? Wishful thinking? Thanks in advance.
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Hi all. I’m new to the forum and I have a number of items that I’m hoping you all can help me ID. This one is from the banks of the Meramec River in st. Louis county, missouri. I’d say it’s about 7 cm wide, 7 cm long, and 5 cm tall. It looks somewhat similar to pics I’ve seen of various vertebrae, but I’m not sure. I’ve included pics of it from several angles. Any thoughts?? Thanks!
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Hi this is another one that my granddaughter and I found along the creek bed in house springs, mo. I can tell that it is a bone. I did the tongue test thing and my tongue did stick to it. ( Gross just thinking about it) I'm assuming it's some sort of bone of a deer however we have so many wild and domestic animals around here it could be anything. The granola bar in the last pic of the bone is there to hold it on its size. It's about 5-6" long. Any help would be greatly appreciated. What animal and what bone would be fantastic. Then the last pics were also found around in the same location. I know there are spiral (screw like) fossils in this as well just can't remember what they are called. I'm interested in the fan shaped thing. Thanks everyone!!!!
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Hi my granddaughter and I found this along the creek bed in house springs, mo. I think that it is a bone of some sort and there are shinies in all the dark spots. Especially the top where the hole is. The hole is very porius I'm assuming because of the marrow. So I'm assuming it's old but just an amateur hunter here and never found any type of bone before I have more photos but these give the best description. 1st photo is standing up. The rings shine. 2 photo is of the side. Dark spots glitter. 3 is on the side but slightly turned. 4th is the bottom. 5 is front facing again bottom brown ring glitters. 6th Ariel view not very good.. 7th is of the dimensions of the hole. The whole piece is about 1 1/2" wide by 2" long. The hole is about 1" wide by 3/4" deep. Like I said the rings and dark spots are shiny like it has quartz in it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would like to know if it is for sure a bone, what kind of bone it is, and also If you know what animal it could be from, if it is a bone. Thanks everyone!!!!
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Found this guy whilst walking to the mailbox. Probably the most exciting random and unexpected find I've had to date. I turned over a flake of limestone that had separated from a larger section lining my driveway and there it was. It's roughly 1 cm by 1 cm. Here it is after some light roughing out. #1 #2 I am very happy the right side cusplet survived! #3 Interesting - unsure what this is and if I should spend the time trying to expose it further. #4 Specimen as it is now. Still needs a lot more work. I'm hesitant to progress further until I decide how I want to display it. I can't decide if I'll leave the other fossils around it or not, but I am leaning on doing so. What do you think?
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Found in Jackson County Missouri (I didn't find it myself, but I can most likely get more info on location it was found.) I do believe it was found in a dirt road alley. Long dark grey and brown striations, that cannot be scratched with my nail. Then on one side in a few large chunks, an orange/brown (rust colored) residue, that can be scratched off. I thought my pictures were going to look much better than this. So I can get better pictures ASAP if need be. Let me know any other information I need to provide. Thank you for looking! Hope everyone is safe and healthy out there!
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So for some time, I've had an interesting idea of displaying multiple types of fossils from the same area together in the same display case. I ended coming up with this quick and easy idea, though it was many months in the making. I found the box itself on Amazon. LINK It's nice because it has a soft velvet lining with the grid itself being removable and customizable, so you can display things how you want. A lot of my finds here in Missouri are smaller marine invertebrates, so this box worked well. I'm rather proud of myself on how this turned out. Brachiopods, bryozoans, blastoids, gastropods, corals, and crinoids all made it in this display, and were all found at the same location. All of these fossils came from a little town called Tightwad, Missouri. Missouri has a variety of Carboniferous fossils here, and almost nobody collects them around here from what I see. (I often get weird looks from people when they see me with my pick and my eyes fixed to the ground.) But alas, fossil hunting is a great addiction to have in my eyes because every day is a treasure hunt.
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Found this fossil in Warrenton, Missouri in a creek. Would like to know what it is.
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Hi thanks for taking the time to look at my post. Just for verification, I'm wondering if this is a group of crinoids in one rock? I found this near the Mississippi River in a Creek bed in Northeast Missouri. Thanks
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These washed out after a rain from a line along a hillside in southeast Missouri.
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Does anyone know what this might be? The surface of the rock is flat.
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I am from Missouri and I have always since i was little looked for arrow heads and stuff like that and picked up rocks that I would think was interesting. My boyfriend thinks it's weird lol. My friend came over and saw some I had in my "rock garden" and she thinks some are fossils. I have extra time on my hands with stay at home restrictions and started walking my creek bed looking for possible fossils instead of indian stuff. I have a few oddities that I wanted to share and try to find out if it's something. I've been reading through some forums for the last week or so and decided to join.
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Hello everyone, to get straight to it...I’ve recently moved to southeast Missouri where I’ve rebuilt a home near Kimmswick Bone Bed, and what seems to be a fossil rich, clay and stone formation. I have found numerous sea fossils washed out from the hills after rains. One of my most interesting unconfirmed conclusions is that the Native Americans who once inhabited the area had also enjoyed these imprints and fossils and had incorporated them into their stone tools. I look forward to seeing and hearing from everyone and I’m eager to get some outside opinions.
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Hi. My name is Jackie. I found this in my friend's yard yesterday, in Southwest, Missouri and close to where the White River use to flow and I am curious of what you all have to say.
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Hi everyone I am very new to the fossils world. I have always loved history and the idea of fossils, but until the quarentine of the world I hadn't really looked for some. My 2 yr old granddaughter loves to throw rocks into the creek while we were there I found a Braciopod fossil and since I have been down at the creek looking for other fossils.
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Hi all, I found this in a stream in Eureka, MO, USA. If anyone can help me with identifying, please do!
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Found in stream in Eureka, MO. I always find alot of these. Just want to know its name so I can find a picture of it. Thank you!
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