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I came across these in central North Dakota while looking for Teredo wood I assume they are modern buffalo teeth, but when I took a blowtorch to the root, it didn't have much of a burn smell. some of the small bits of root eventually blackened. This isn't so much an identification problem as a question- but confirmation of buffalo is fine, and if I am wrong, correction to the correct animal is welcome. Question: in the process of "fossilization", as collagen or whatever is replaced by minerals, how can you age a specimen, modern vs 'fossil' vs partially 'fossilized'
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Hi everyone, it's been a while since I've posted something to have ID'd so I thought I would take a few pictures of the oddities in my collection and post them on here. I'd like to know people's opinions on this piece of bone I found in the Hell Creek formation of North Dakota which looks like it may have holes in it made by bone boring invertebrates. Here they are!
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I found this theropod premaxillary tooth on my last day in North Dakota this past summer and since then I've wondered about what it is and if it had and diagnostic features of an particular theropod group. It's just over a centimeter long and has no serrations.
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Hi all, these two fossils were found in North Dakota's Hell Creek fm. this past summer. I believe they are vertebrae from ornithomimosaurs but I'm not certain. I'd like the input of my peers on the forum. The first one seems like it would be from a juvenile as it's mostly complete but very small at just under an inch long. The other is missing an end, but is a bit larger at about an inch and a quarter in length. First: Second:
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Hey everyone, I found this little jaw section at a microsite in North Dakota's Hell Creek formation this past summer and I'm finally getting around to posting about it. I believe it's fish, possibly gar, but I'm not sure. I'd like to know people's opinions. It's about 1.3 centimeters long. Thanks, Noel
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Here is another one of my impulse purchases. Loved the look and OK price. But, is it really a Dire Wolf partial skull. Information only said "found in North Dakota by father 15 years ago". Seller didn't have a fossil knowledge. Help!
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Very cool article on a Hell Creek Fm bonebed in Bowman, North Dakota A meteor impact 66 million years ago generated a tsunami-like wave in an inland sea that killed and buried fish, mammals, insects and a dinosaur, the first victims of Earth’s last mass extinction event. The death scene from within an hour of the impact has been excavated at an unprecedented fossil site in North Dakota. (Graphics and photos courtesy of Robert DePalma) https://news.berkeley.edu/2019/03/29/66-million-year-old-deathbed-linked-to-dinosaur-killing-meteor/
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Hi everyone, I missed the updates for the last three days so here they are. I spent the last 3 days of the week fossil hunting the Hell Creek badlands of North Dakota- In those 3 days I found some of the best fossils in my collection so far. Wednesday was somewhat overcast which kept the exposures from being too hot. I spent the morning working a microsite with a few other people. My best finds here included a nice quality croc tooth, a likely bird bone and a bowfin jaw. Unfortunately the finds started to fizzle out after about an hour. The rest of the day was spent prospecting a wide open area which provided very little for fossil finds, the best being a croc vert. Here are the pics from Wednesday- Bowfin jaw section Croc tooth Likely a toe or limb bone A view of the microsite A croc vert A view of the area we prospected A rattlesnake in a burrow which I spotted at just the right time. I was moving closer to look at a large shed snake skin and saw this guy in a hole underneath the grass, he didn't rattle at me either which makes this a lucky encounter. (I didn't this close with my camera, I only zoomed in with it).
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Hello, I just joined and am curious about my petrified wood! I live in North Dakota. I have a lot of it over many acres however mine looks different than a lot I look up. It’s more light gray dark gray black and white. Any info would be appreciated.
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Hi everyone, I came across this object earlier this evening and I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out what it is. It was found embedded in a soft rock (soft enough to scrape away large chunks with a pocket knife) with just a small cross-section exposed. It first grabbed my attention because it appears round and hollow in cross-section, and was a different color and harder than the surrounding material. The rock it was found in was at the top of a hill, and located in western North Dakota, just barely across the border from Montana. My friend and I tried to brainstorm what it could be, but everything we could think of didn't quite seem to fit. If anyone has any ideas, I'd really appreciate it! Also willing to accept that it might just be a weird rock... Thanks! (More photos to come in the comments)
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Jeff J. Person & Becky Barnes, 2018, New Plesiosaur Exhibit at Heritage Center State Museum. Department of Mineral Resources Geo News. 45(2) pp. 1-4. https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/documents/newsletter/2018Summer/New_Plesiosaur_Exhibit_at_Heritage_Center_State_Museum.pdf https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/newsletter/2018Summer.asp Clint A. Boyd, 2018, A Pleasing Discovery from North Dakota’s Ancient Seas. Department of Mineral Resources Geo News. 45(2) pp. 5-10 https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/documents/newsletter/2018Summer/A_Pleasing_Discovery_from_North_Dakotas_Ancient_Seas.pdf https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndgs/newsletter/2018Summer.asp Yours, Paul H.
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Fossil Hunting, North Dakota and Scotland's Isle of Skye
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Isle of Skye, Scotland Fossil hunting on Scotland's Isle of Skye – the "real Jurassic Park" CBS NEWS, June 21, 2018, https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dinosaur-fossil-hunting-in-scotland-real-jurassic-park-isle-of-skye/ Dickinson, North Dakota Public has fun in the dirt at public fossil dig in Dickinson, North Dakota. By: Steve Kirch, My ND Now, Jun 23, 2018 https://www.myndnow.com/news/dickinson-news/public-has-fun-in-the-dirt-at-public-fossil-dig-in-dickinson/1257277888 North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology 2018 Fossil Digs https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/digs/ Fossils in North Dakota (FIND) Newsletter https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/kids/ Yours, Paul H.-
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Hi there, I'm new to the fossil forum, and was hoping I could get help in identifying this jaw. It was found in Marmarth, North Dakota in the Hell Creek Formation. I don't have any more specifics on location besides that. I hope the pictures are detailed enough, but if not, I can post more. I am thinking it has to be some kind of fish, but I am not completely sure. Any direction or help would be wonderful! Thank you so much!
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I need help identifying this. It was in my childhood rock collection. It looks a LOT like some of the corpolite pictures I see online. Does it look like that to you all? It probably came from central North Dakota since that was where I lived, but even that I'm not sure about because we did go on family trips to Montana, and sometimes South Dakota. So it could possibly have come from those states as well. Anybody have any ideas what it is?
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Hi all, I just got back from a fantastic dig near Marmarth, ND. I was in coprolite heaven! I am wondering if anyone has any clues about the round inclusion in the first photo. It is phosphatic. I thought it was particularly interesting because I rarely see inclusions in this type of coprolite. I am also including photos of some of the more interesting coprolites I found along with a really cool ichnofossil found by another member of our group. What is interesting about this one is that it is furrowed on both the rounded and concave ends.
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T. rex teeth found near Bismarck set state record Amy Dalrymple Bismarck Tribune Aug 22, 2017 http://bismarcktribune.com/t-rex-teeth-found-near-bismarck-set-state-record/article_7209322c-1a5e-58c1-98c4-fdcd482eefd6.html North Dakota Geological Survey makes history in 2017 with T-Rex teeth discoveries, Oil and Gas 360 https://www.oilandgas360.com/finding-more-than-oil-in-north-dakota/ https://medium.com/@oilandgas360/finding-more-than-oil-in-north-dakota-d9e4cfb50289 North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology 2018 Fossil Digs https://www.dmr.nd.gov/ndfossil/digs/ Yours, Paul H.
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A gorgeous tooth, but.......
Susan from PA posted a topic in Is It Real? How to Recognize Fossil Fabrications
On a popular internet site is this absolutely gorgeous tooth out of the Hell Creek Formation in North Dakota. The tooth is perfect and the colors are stunning! The problem is that it is being sold as a juvenile T.rex tooth, and it is clearly a Nanotyrannus tooth. If it were priced at $300, I'd snatch it up in a heartbeat. Description says that it is too robust to be a Nano tooth. . Notice no picture of the base of the tooth is shown in the listing, so it's difficult for one to be 100% certain. Size is only 1.26 inches.
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Another piece from Burleigh county. There is a large hill of ice thrust Fox Hills formation at this site, parked on top of Cannonball formation and Bullion Creek and covered with glacial debris. Fox Hills is a near shore marine formation. The others are terrestrial. The surface texture looks like some of the bones I have seen here, but the inside of the rock seems wrong for bone. It is 31 mm long. 20 mm high, and 22 mm wide. Photos are top, bottom, and side view respectively.
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I'm pretty sure that this is the lower left 1st molar of a Short Faced Bear, but an expert opinion would be appreciated. Thanks in advance!
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Grama's Fossil Collection From Western North Dakota Shells And Bug
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Hello, Thanks for looking at this post. I have my Grama's Fossil Collection. She lived in Western North Dakota/Eastern Montana. She found this around the farmland. Hopefully someone can give me a little more information on them. The general area is inbetween Beach North Dakota and Wiboux. I'm not really a collector so I don't really know what is important. I can re-photograph any of these with different light or angles or closer if need be. I really appreciate your help. I would love to display some my Grama's collection but would like to be able answer questions if anyone asks. I couple of the photos are of the same fossil from different angles. I'm not sure the Scoria (redish one) is even a fossil but it was in Grama's Collection Box so I thought I would post it. Thanks again, Steve
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My husband found this at q job site in North Dakota. Is it a dinosaur egg?
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Over the next few days I'll be moving from Tulsa, OK to Williston, ND for my job. My approximate route will be taking me through Oakley, KS; Rapid City, SD; and finally Williston, ND. On my way, I was hoping to make a stop in the Niobrara chalk near Oakley and then make a visit to Mount Rushmore in Rapid city, but other than that, I haven't thought of any other good stops. So, if anyone has any good suggestions for stops ( for fossiling or otherwise) or advice on hunting the chalk, your input is greatly appreciated. I'll be trying to post the pictures from my trip on here as I go, but they will get on here eventually. Thanks again everyone, -Peter
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Pembina Gorge, North Dakota, Fossil Dig Is Underway Until July 15Th
Oxytropidoceras posted a topic in Fossil News
Pembina Gorge Fossil Dig is underway by Stacie Van, WDAY, July 7, 2012 http://www.wday.com/...ticle/id/66009/ Paleontology tourists dig up ancient sea floor in Pembina Gorge, Grand Forks Herald, July 8, 2012 http://www.grandforksherald.com/event/article/id/240314/group/homepage/ Fossil dig set at Pembina River Gorge in ND Jamestown Sun, July 7, 2012 http://www.jamestown...group/homepage/ Details in "NDGS Public Fossil Dig Schedule" PDF at: https://www.dmr.nd.g...ig Schedule.pdf and North Dakota Geological Survey Paleontology Fossil Digs Program at https://www.dmr.nd.g...l/digs/digs.asp There are two other fossil digs at Medora (July 23-29, 2012) and Whiskey Creek (August 6-15, 2012). Best wishes, Paul H.
