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My dad found this rock in the Vermillion River in Illinois last weekend during a camping trip. While my dad insists it's a petrified toe or a toe that was possibly covered in mud then compressed (or something of the like???? I'm not quite sure...), I personally think it's just a rock. Can someone please help officially determine what exactly it is? Thank you! -Abby
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Thoughts on this stout metacarpal? Southern Minnesota gravel/river find. I only ask because farmers have run their cattle on the river in this area since I was a young man. This looks like bison to me though based on the proximal end and how stout it is.
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Hello. This is my next mystery. It's been looked at in the precleaned state and dismissed as a cool rock. I beg, to differ and need your thoughts. My reasons for thinking this is a fossil/ fossil impression are as follows: 1) As I cleaned, the left edge (see ladt pick with knife), began to show evidence this is on top of the matrix, not part of it. Likely matrix of shale-chert so please, take that into consideration. Extremely odd charts in my area 2) Looking at the picture with my finger, examine that small white portion. That appears totally different from the rest. 3) I do see a horizontal pattern matching the only other buchia so. I could find online. I've included that picture as well - All copyright remains with the Dr. Richard Paselt per the tag seen in the photo. Thank you for your time. If this is buchia, then it's a glacial find and came to the East Tennessee, Douglas Lake area of the French Broad river, Dandridge Docks, Dandridge, TN by water. That's where I found it. This is supposedly Mid-Ordovician in this area. Tennessee is an extraordinary place and it's State Fossil is a Jurrasic period one.
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Please help, does anyone know what this Fossil may be?
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I found this in Casselman River in Rockwood Pennsylvania a few years back just laying in the middle of the river as I was walking through it trying not to slip on the rocks haha! Always thought it was an intriguing & unique find but still to this day I have no idea what it is. No one whom I've showed it to over the years could identify it either. Needless to say, we're not expirenced in fossils none the less! I just stumbled upon this site and thought to myself how great it would be to have it finally identified after all these years (found it in 2014) so I figured I'd post some photos and anticipate receiving some exciting feedback! Any insight at all would be so very much appreciated, and I thank you for taking the time to give it a look & read my post! Thank you so much and take care!! -
Hi all, First of all, I am not a big fossil hunter, so please forgive me if this is a rookie mistake! This summer I started going for walks along creeks and rivers in central Ohio to get out of the house during all of this COVID-19 craziness! I usually try to look at my feet just in case I’ll stumble on a cool fossil or an arrowhead! So far, I haven’t found much! Tonight though, I noticed something odd in between two large rocks, and when I pulled it out, it was a tooth! The bottom feels and looks exactly like rock, and the top looks like enamel. The tooth is about the size of a dime. I’ve had some people online tell me it’s a modern deer and others say it is an ice age deer (both said Odocoileus virginianus), so I thought I would get additional opinions to try and get to the bottom of things! Thanks so much for your expertise, and apologies if the photos aren’t the best! I can try to take better ones in the morning when it isn’t dark out.
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It’s not very big but there’s a pattern of some sort here. Wondering if it could be a plant fossil or other? It’s near the middle of the rock where I see small horizontal lines running toward the top of the rock. Anything? Thank you for your help!
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I’ve found other fern/plant fossils in this area. Is this one as well? If so, what’s on it? I have others to show as well. Found in Ohio in a river, north central area. Thanks for all information!
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When I picked up this bone and pieces my thought was bison. Reviewing it I’m not so sure, so will I defer to the experts! I was disappointed though to see this had been run over by an ATV on the sand bar... also sad to see really how polluted our water ways are...
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The boney armor plates that I have found have either been giant armadillo or Glyptodont or Alligator. This one I found years ago doesn't look like any of those, but maybe it is just from a different area of the animal? Thoughts? Thanks!
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There is a lot of Dugong fossils where this vertebra was found, but I don't think it is Dugong. Santa Fe River find. Some breakage and lots of erosion. I can send more photos - just ask if it helps. Thanks!
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Hello friends, I'm really curious about this one. Found in Santa Fe River - typically Pleistocene area. It seems to be some sort of vertebra process, but its odd that it is assymetrical. I hope the pictures are sufficient. I can send different aspects if desired. It may not appear so, but as far as I can tell the fossil is mostly intact and the assymetry is by design not due to breakage.
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I have found quite a few of these over the years, but have never ID'd them. Very distinctive features and always the exact same size it seems. Thanks in advance...
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Never seen a horse tooth with the third root like this one has. Usually only two roots. Any explanation would be appreciated...
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This is by far the largest Hemipristis I have ever collected. 2.03 inches long and at 1.81 inches wide, it is wider than the next longest one in my collection.
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