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Could anyone help with identifying these fossils found at Turimetta Beach NSW?
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My partner randomly suggested we go fossil hunting at Turimetta. I've never been fossil hunting and I was surprised by how much we actually found. I haven't uploaded pictures of everything we found bc it's mostly just plant matter that I've managed to find similar pictures of in other forums. I'm curious to know if the rusty-orange coloured ones are anything. Was really exciting to find them when carefully splitting rocks in half! There's also a tiny ball shape I found when I split open a rock and it almost looked like a tiny soccer ball or pine cone because of the lines in it. It didn't show up quite as clearly on camera sadly. And there's another rock with a cylindrical shape in the side of it. I thought that was very interesting so I took lots of angles. Thanks in advance for your help! -
Hi, Another carboon plant , from the Piesberg Some suggestions in the forum Could it be a part of the calamites? foto 1,2 are from the same matrix foto 3,4,5 are from another matrix But all are Piesberg samples Vincent
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Hi, Another ID help question, I wasn't sure if these might be fish scales or plant fossils or something else. These are from Missouri, not sure of the age or more precise location unfortunately.
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Cladophlebis texensis, Lewisville Formation
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Cladophlebis texensis, North TX Cenomanian, Cretaceous July, 2022 These tiny ferns lived on the deltaic plain amongst Protohadros and other dinosaurs. Eventually they were swept away and carefully preserved in these mudstones. Truly a unique Cretaceous find for TX. Sometime soon, I want to revisit this site and search for other unusual fossils perhaps of insects or even feathers. A dino tooth wouldn't be so bad either.-
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Cladophlebis texensis, Lewisville Formation
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Cladophlebis texensis, North TX Cenomanian, Cretaceous July, 2022 These tiny ferns lived on the deltaic plain amongst Protohadros and other dinosaurs. Eventually they were swept away and carefully preserved in these mudstones. Truly a unique Cretaceous find for TX. Sometime soon, I want to revisit this site and search for other unusual fossils perhaps of insects or even feathers. A dino tooth wouldn't be so bad either.-
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February 2024 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends March 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Eomonorachus intermedius trilobite (ventral view) - Ordovician, Decorah Formation - Missouri 2. Orthoconic nautiloid - . Carboniferous, Malahide Formation - Dublin, Ireland 3. Lioplacodes tenuicarinata gastropod - Late Cretaceous, Maastrichtian, Hell Creek Formation - Garfield County, Montana 4. Triarthrus eatoni (trilobite), Sanctacarididae indet. (raptoral appendage), graptolite - Ordovician, Beecher's Trilobite Bed - Rome, New York 5. Tropaeum bowerbanki heteromorph ammonite - Cretaceous, Lower Crioceras Beds - Whale chine, Isle of Wight, UK 6. Placenticeras pseudoplacenta ammonite - Upper Cretaceous (Turonian), Carlile Shale - New Mexico -
Was wondering if it would be possible to ID this plant, seems to have roots attached. Muddy creek formation Montana usa
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Hi, I´m living in Germany and I love fossils since I´m a little boy. Me and my brother grew up in an old coal mining area in West Germany and would found fossilized plants and ferns behind our garden.
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My wife and I went on a fossil hunting trip yesterday to check out a Triassic spot, New Oxford formation, in northeastern York county, Pennsylvania. It took us a bit to find the spot but once we did, we made a couple nice finds. The first rock is about 30 cm long, about 23 cm wide, and about 15 cm thick. It weighs almost 13 kilograms (about 28 pounds). While I'm not absolutely certain, I think this piece has several tree branches running through it. Branch #1, about 23 cm long and about 3 cm wide Branch #2, about 24 cm long and about 2 cm wide Underneath of branch #2, were several black pieces. I'm guessing they're carbonized pieces of the wood? Branch #3 about 12 cm long and about 3-4 cm wide. Branch #4 (ok maybe this one is more like a twig!) 6 cm long and about 1 cm wide The second rock is about 23 cm long, about 13 cm wide, and about 7 cm thick. It weighs almost 3 kilograms (about 6 pounds). This rock only has one plant fossil that I could see. It is about 8.5 cm long and 1.5 cm across. You can see what appears to be a cast of the branch with an imprint on the side going up from the cast. These last two pieces I'm unsure of whether they are plant fossils or just some interesting geologic somethings. This is mystery piece #1 This is mystery piece #2 This was our first Triassic spot! We were excited to make these finds. After hitting our fair share of Devonian and some Carboniferous spots it was nice to find a different time period and new, to us, fossils! Hopefully, I've correctly identified these finds as plant fossils! If anyone could recommend a resource to help us identify Triassic plants that would be very helpful!
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Hello fellow fossil people! I have this plant that is very unique compared to any others I have found at this site. It is from the Rhode Island formation in North Attleboro. It is about a centimeter long. Some of the pictures are taken at 20x magnification. Any ideas?
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January 2024 Invertebrate / Plant Fossil Of The Month Poll
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Check the entries below carefully and cast your vote! PM me if you notice any errors with the entries. The poll ends February 9th. Be sure to vote in our other FOTM poll, HERE 1. Hoploparia sp. lobster - Upper Cretaceous/Middle Turonian, Semilla Sandstone member of the Mancos Shale - New Mexico 2. Tragodesmoceras carlilense ammonite - Upper Cretaceous (Turonian), Carlile Shale - Sandoval County, New Mexico 3. Spirifreid brachiopod exposed brachia - Lower Carboniferous - Malahide Formation - Dublin, Ireland -
Hello all! I was scrolling through my home state’s fossil page when I came across this post from someone claiming they had a “special spot“ in western Kentucky where they found all of these fossils. Someone in the comments inquired about the ID, and he told them they are fossilized jellyfish. Obviously, these are not fossilized jellyfish. My first thought was geodized crinoid calyces, but then I looked closer and counted the plates- six rather than five, which is not what I’m used to for a typical calyx. Any thoughts?
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From the album: Carrière Les Tuilières (Lodève, France)
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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Hi everyone, I'd like to know your opinion on an item I found during a trip to a former (since turned into a museum) coal mine in Belgium, near the Liège (Luik) area. The coal that was mined there was created during the Westphalian. Massive amounts of waste from the mine were dumped out near it and fossils can be found there. Among this rubble I found an item that I suspect to be an imprint from a plant or tree but it could also be a pseudofossil as I have no idea how to properly id it. Any help on getting an id would be greatly appreciated! To be clear: the units on the ruler are millimeters and not centimeters. For this next image I held the item at an angle to get better lightning so the grooves are more clearly visible: Finally, the last image is the underside of the item, which is how must of the usual rubble at the mine looks: Thanks in advance!
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Polypterocarpus cf. ornatus (Arber) Seward 1917
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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Samaropsis cf. emarginata (Göppert et Berger) Kidston 1911
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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Inspired to act by Jamie‘s @JamieLynn and their “fossil a day” thread. I been thinking about creating a digital visual catalogue of my collection for a long time now . Been very dyslexic this is a difficult task to undertake. After seeing Jamie’s thread I thought one fossil a day will just take a sort time to photograph, collate and post, making this more achievable task . I will also keep a digital copies for my records. Posting on the forum means that other members can see my small collection and help me if needed with incorrect IDs or names that have changed . The forum has been really helpful in organising my collection . I really can’t gain information from books or scientific papers, the level of concentration I need to comprehend large passages of text is beyond me. This meanings that most of my information is from TFF. For that I thank you all greatly.
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Winner of the December 2023 Invertebrate/Plant Fossil of the Month
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The winner of the December 2023 IPFOTM goes to... Asterophyllites sp. horsetail ally - Carboniferous - Vigo County, Indiana Congratulations to @stats !!! -
Hello everyone! A couple of weeks ago, I traveled to Turimetta Beach, a Triassic fossil locality in the Sydney Basin. I found several plant fossils. Some were too fragmentary for ID, but if possible I would like to know people's opinions on the ID of these three. I've read through previous forum posts and am aware these might not be able to be ID'ed. Fossil plate which I found as a rockfall near Turimetta Headland. A relatively large stem which was found in the same rockfall. A small leaf I found at an outcrop on the beach itself. Thanks for any possible help!
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Karinopteris cf. soubeiranii (Zeiller) Boersma 1972
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From the album: Steinbruch Piesberg (Osnabrück, Germany)
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