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Last weekend I headed out to Princeton, BC (Canada) in search of fossils for the very first time. I focused on breaking open shale or similar rocks and was lucky enough to find my very first fossils! I'm trying to learn more about geology, fossils and the likes in my spare time so I would love if someone would be able to help me identify some of my finds. I know that all of the rocks in the Princeton area are Eocene Era, so ~56 to 34 MYA. Here are the fossils, and also a purple rock that I'm stumped on. I suspect the leaves are 'metasequoia' but I'd love more opinions. Thank you and I hope you find these rocks as interesting as I do! Purple rock 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.
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A heavy bone found on Danube river bank. The drought exposed more of the river bank. Heavy bone, dense. Dark brown color. Obvious bony texture. 10 centimeter across, aprox. No experience in the field, always love to travel in time looking for fossils. From time to time a regular curious for fossilid newer findings. First bone found. Tried to see it as part of a turtle vertebrae but for sure is just my imagination. Thank you in advance.
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Found this in a dry riverbed downstream from a waterfall and next to an active stream. Near Mt. Baker in Whatcom County, Washington. Other plant fossils were in the area. Think it might be a partial fossil of a large palm frond or leaf, but I have no idea. If anyone can help identify I would appreciate it; it's really stumping me. Let me know if any additional information or pictures are needed. Thanks.
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I'm interested in a few of these turtle fossils supposedly found in the Neuse river in North Carolina. They are also labeled as Cretaceous. Do you think this is accurate or could they be from another age and or locality?
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I found these in the river behind my house. The river dried up more then it had in a least 22 years. The bottom was quite exposed. Does anyone know what these are? I do know, they are not rocks. Thanks for any help you can give me.
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I want to thank all of you for your time and knowledge. This is a great site. I have these other items I found at the river. Any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated.
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Hi - I am not sure what I am looking at or if I should bother with these types of finds. Could anyone shed some light and provide direction? I am finding a lot of "large rocks" like this in small dried-up basins between hills. The area is close to the Harpeth River in Nashville, TN. Thanks for any advice in advance. My daughter and I like to go exploring and want to guide her in what we are finding.
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Hello! I'm pretty new to fossil hunting and I've been able to ID a few specimens but I'm having trouble with these. The ones here are from a couple trips to Big Brook in NJ. I tried my best to take good photos (when will smartphones come with a macro lens??). 1 looks like it could be a tooth or just a rock 2 seems to be porus (I did the tounge test) 3 looks like a jaw or just a rock 4 seems like it could maybe part of a turtle shell? 5 is definitely a vertebra, but I'm not sure from what 7 seem to be teeth or claws 8 is definitely a tooth but im not sure from what 11, 12, 16 are definitely teeth Thanks for any help
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Hi everyone, I am going to go with a sure thing as I need I pick me up. I found this at Shark River NJ. I can’t find anything the resembles it in any of the Fossil Sheets available from the area on the web. It has tiny serrations Thanks as always for your help
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Hello, any ideas what this may be? I know the odds from what I have researched but there are way too many variables for a Newbie. It was collected at Colts Neck, NJ from a riverbed. I have read the site produces late cretaceous fossils. upon close inspection it does seem to have pores and texture on the outer layer but does not match any of ID pictures I could find as far as pattern goes.
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I am a complete novice but have always had an interest in what I can find along creeks such as arrowheads. I saw this and thought it looked like a petrified vertebrae. It is about 1.25 in. thick and about 2X3 inches across. Am I right? How old might this be? Thanks very much for allowing me to post here.
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Was hoping someone could tell me what this is. I found it near a landslide at my local river Manchester UK, it really looks like some kind of petrified wasp nest to me, it's rock hard and maybe it could be some kind of shell? Any help appreciated thanks.
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Today I was walking up a small stream in western Minnesota and I grabbed a large rock to toss and under it was this thing that kinda looked like a tooth. I emailed it to my paleontologist friend and while he couldn’t identify it (he specializes is Texas fauna and actually identified a Patelodus tooth for me last month) he found it interesting. I found this forum and knew it was the next best place to try. I have no expectations and I appreciate any and all thoughts. I’ve followed the topic and I’m happy to answer any questions. Thanks -Jeff IMG_0718.MOV
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Hello! So I found these three fossils and was curious to know about them... one i think is to be a bryozoan branch the tooth i believe to be a cow tooth not sure how old it may be and the last one is a type of small brachiopod its super tiny but again I don't know much about fossils yet but I am ready to learn more ! So if any one knows anything about these fossils that'd be a great help! First 6 pictures are from the riverbed and the last two are from the beach in Lübeck,Germany Thanks!- 3 replies
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Hi everyone! Would anyone be able to identify this pattern? To me it looks almost fleshy, and I cannot find any similar images online. Place found: Austrian Alpine region; riverbed Any clues would be greatly appreciated!! Thanks everyone! The bottle cap is a standard bottle cap:)
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I have this big and heavy chunk of rock, found lying on the riverbed of lots of loose rocks, with almost every rock having some sort of fossil in them. My rock stands out from the general rock population. It has lots of quartz, some kind of shells, yellow sand in holes and crevises, and some articulated small bone looking things. At close look you see interesting textures. At first I imagined I was seeing some starfish and coral, but I can't make it out. I am a total amateur with just a pile of books and the internet. Anyone?
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These were all found in the same river, over time. It is a river in SE Texas known for fossil finds from large mammals in the Pleistocene. I think due to their river tumbling they are not identifiable, but I just wanted to see if it is possible they could be some type on mineral rather than bones? Pics are front back. We find a lot of petrified wood in the area too, but it normally looks distinct from this. The two on the left almost look like they are variations of the same thing, and the one second from left has some kind of almost enamelish looking stuff in threads on the surface. None are metallic, a magnet does not stick and my metal detector does not beep going over them. The one in center with all the layers I would normally ID as some kind of tooth, as I have seen that before. Any thoughts would be appreicated.
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I know there are tons of 'not an egg' look alike rocks but as they don't seem to resemble this one I will venture to ask...my daughter found this in a shallow riverbed on our camping trip last week to central Connecticut. The brown shell like pieces are thick and uniform. There are some in the opposite side as well, will upload more pictures. This pic was taken the day of the find. Any insight would be welcome. My daughter is 4 and pulled it out because we were discussing all the different colors of the river rocks. This one looked nothing like the others. A man we had chatted with the day prior lives close to the riverbed and had spent the summer doing a lot of rock stacking and moving lots of the river stones around to build these rock nests in the water for his toddler to play in. A lot of the areas we were wading in were spots he'd been uncovering and relocating rocks. ANYWAY - any comments are welcome. Thanks in advance.
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hi everyone, I found this fossil embedded on honeydew sized rock on a riverbed the the western alpine region of Austria, (Hinterhornbach). I am sorry for not having included a ruler as i was on a hike and did not want to take the rather large stone away from the area at the moment. I am curious to know if this is in fact a fossil of some sort, as I am by no means an expert when it comes to fossils. At the imprints widest point i would say is 10cm. The detailed texture which is printed resembles leather or elephant skin, as there are small wrinkles that run across the shape while the complete shape looks like that of a giant clam.Please let me know if you have more questions of if I left out some info! I am completely new to this forum, here with an abundance of curiosity. Thanks! *edit: it helps to look at the photo upsidedown, sorry for the orientation, I took the image with my phone and have limited equipment while staying in a remote location!