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All I believe I found what woodbine formation animal I found the vertebrae was from in north tx. looking through all fossils from general area I found with little research found that I had croc skutes fossils. Here is pics and any experts please chime in. I tumbled and polished some of the scutes so that’s why one or 2 look like this. My bad thought was some cool metallic iron ore etc Wish I picked up more. I didn’t know what hole rocks were. Construction already destroyed animals fossil which I believe possibly a partial or w
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Pulled this from roughly 3-4 feet deep in my backyard on the far west/nw edge of San Antonio. Found a rock bed as I was digging. Odd because until then the soil was actually soil…it was dark and was easy to shovel. I’ve dug holes all around my property and at many other spots around this area and I’ve always hit a very solid layer of limestone before even getting a foot deep. So 3 feet was noteworthy. And that was about 8 months ago. It took me that amount of time to uncover this one. It’s a hair shy of 2lbs4oz/ just over 1kg. Any thoughts on it?
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I recently acquired a bunch of matrix from the Cloverly Formation of Carbon County, Montana. And came across a few scutes. I’m not fully sure if they are turtle, crocodile, or maybe both, which is why I thought I’d share them here.
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Found in the US on private property. At this time that’s all I can say bcuz of the sensitive nature. This is just the tip of the iceberg with regards to all of the finds I’ve been making since the beginning the year. This is my 1st post so plz forgive if I’ve I did something wrong with tags or titles etc . Thanks
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NEED HELP!!! Is This Just an Iron Concretion or A Preserved Fossil?
Kurufossils posted a topic in Fossil ID
Hello everyone, I am in desperate need of help with a huge debate I have been having with a friend over fossils preserved in ironstone concretions. From some of what I had read to some advice from other members I it possible to find vertebrate bone among shells and other mollusks preserved in an ironstone concretion. Whether it leaves a trace of the organism, morphs the organic material into the structure of the iron concretion through the decomposition with preserving, or whatever else it may be it seems to be possible. So recently I have hunted a place known to have recorded mar -
Hello I present an interesting question that I'm not to confident to answer myself and am seeking help from the more knowledgeable. Since it seems like (from what I had seen) iron concretions can at rare times preserve certain fossils or traces in one way or another such as molluscs, brachopods, and such. Due to this would it be possible for material such as turtle shell scutes or maybe even croc scutes to turn up in such concretions in one way or another? (the pics are just snipets of general info that I came across online)
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Found several, 25-30 of these yesterday. Seem more like spikes to me. Can anyone confirm if they are from an Ankylosaur?
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These are some of the fossils I found a couple of weeks back . Wonder if anyone knows what the last tooth is ?
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So the river flooded last week leaving a treasure on the banks!
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Hello everyone, I would first like to preface my post with thanking three members who replied to many emails with advice and insight into my past week hunting the Peace River in Florida, @shellseeker (jack), @digit (ken), and @Sacha (john). A very big thanks to John for allowing me to join him on 2 separate days and honestly, really show me how to harvest fossils the correct way. I wouldn't have 3/4 of the fossils I collected without his assistance. That being said, I was able to find my first megs, some horse material, Scutes, tons of awesome hemis, and a few other odds and ends.
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Hi Everyone! This is my first post and my first time taking pictures of fossils for help with ID's. I promise I will get better! About these fossils: These bone fragments and scutes were found west of Houston, TX, along the Brazos River (Fort Bend and Waller Counties). All of these specimens were found loose, on several different gravel bars. From the preliminary research I have done already, it looks like they are all Pleistocene in age. Please correct me if I'm wrong. This is what I think so far... Specimens 1 and 2: Alligator scutes from the Pleistoce
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From the album: Eocene vertebrates of Ukraine
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From the album: Weekend at Peace River, Florida and surrounding areas
I am still learning about the various types of Ice Age armored mega fauna represented in Florida's Peace River fossil deposits. I found these 4 scutes this weekend. The scute on the left measures 2" x 1.25" x .5" -
From the album: Weekend at Peace River, Florida and surrounding areas
I was digging in the Peace River area of Florida and found several examples of my favorite turtle scute, the ones that run down the middle of the back. Fourteen scutes was quite a haul for me (the 14th scute was small and I missed it when setting up the photo and though they don't have the dark gloss that comes with many fossils from the Peace River proper, the mix of interesting colors makes up for it. I believe the lower left scute is from the middle front or back of the the top shell. Pleistocene epoch.
