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This was found in southwest Wisconsin. All the other creatures I'm finding are sea creatures. I know nothing about fossils but something tells me this isn't a mushroom lol.

I found this doing what I always do, picking up interesting rocks. This one I noticed was some form of layered rock with fractures, so I assisted them and this was on the inside. Looked for quite a few hours and couldn't find another picture that resembled this. I have more pics, the underside looks like it has fossilized vegetation and there are multiple layers of these creatures throughout this fossilized rock.

These are my weekend finds I think I found my first Squalicorax pristodontus, and maybe even a Squalicorax kaupi, a couple vertebrae (??), and a couple brachiopods and snails (??). I'm curious about the snails so any more details would be great. Also, the lone tooth tip at the bottom of the picture. It has a wider angle from the point than all but maybe the Squalicorax pristodontus but it is also much thicker from front to back. It leads me to believe it would have been a relatively large, full tooth. Any ideas what it was? Lastly, It looks like I found at least one shark vertebra (on the left), but I was wondering what the other 3 items came from. Obviously the one on the right is very unique. It is deeply dished on both ends and has some structure between the ends. Thanks for looking!! Andy

I have a secret place in Texas in which I've found many excellent fossils of sea creatures, such as clams or mollusks and other shellfish. I may also have found bones of some kind, and saw impressions that may have been dinosaur tracks. I am no paleontologist and would not know what made the impressions, but I know that dinosaur tracks were found in other nearby areas. In particular, I found large, intact, fossilized shells there that match some of the photos of "bivalves" I've seen online. I found many smaller cone shaped shell fossils, and oddly shaped rocks that may have been bones. Plus other things, such as rocks that seemed to contain tiny plant or animal fossils. The fossils were plentiful and easy to find, with little or no digging needed, so I may be the only one who knew of this place, which is in a washed out gulley in a remote part of a public city or county park (NOT a state park). My question -- can people legally gather fossils from such a place? Would paleontologists be interested in knowing about such a place? I no longer live near there and worry that one of Texas' new toll roads may have destroyed the site by now. Should I have said something, to prevent that? Unless somebody else has discovered the place, there are probably still some fossils around the site, even if a toll road was put in, but they may no longer lay atop the ground like they once did. I accidentally forgot to pack my fossil collection when moved, so I have no samples or photos to show anybody.

Hi all, Found this 2 days ago on the Zandmotor (Netherlands). I have no clue what it is... Anyone know what it could be from? Thanks in advance, Max

Hi All, I'm very pleased to join the site and look forward to contributing. I'm an Australian currently living in Jakarta with a long-held interest in ancient creatures which I've used as inspiration for many of my short stories and comics (previews can be seen at knbrandt.wordpress.com for those who are interested). But fiction aside, I enjoy looking for fossils when I have the chance and recently came across what I believe to be quite a large collection of sea creature fossils (perhaps turtle and whale) while walking along a coast in Manado, North Sulawesi, which I look forward to posting on this site. I'm quite new to fossil identification but am keen to learn what I can!