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From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
From the album: 1925 Body & Trace Fossil Collection - Ocean
A few of these fossils not only have the remains of shells but very rare fossilized worms -
I found this shell along with several others on some property we just purchased in central, east Louisiana. I also discovered a large porous white rock with large marks in it that seem to be coral maybe? I'm completely new to this and I honestly have no idea what I have, but I think its beautiful! Any ideas as to would it could possibly be are greatly appreciated
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We found this while cutting trails in our forest, on the banks of our spring fed natural pond. We live in southeast Oklahoma, in the Ouachita National Forest, in the Kiamichi River Valley. All of which used to be underwater eons ago. Every single person who has seen it in person, has said it looks like a petrified turtle. It’s heavy like stone & the top is darker with a slight greenish tint & is very smooth & not rough like the bottom or like a rock. The outdoor lighter is 12 inches long. Thank you so much in advance, for your help & insights into what it could possibly be!
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Three photos of this strange find. My son and I found this as is on a mountain trail on Fossil Ridge Mountain. I have no idea what this is, I would guess it is some sort of shelled sea creature, a little smaller than a baseball. If someone could enlighten me, my so and I would be grateful. Thanks for looking!
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A few months ago I won an auction presented by @RJB. In it was a sand dollar that was encrusted by some coquina, so I worked on getting most of it off. When poking around in the stuff earlier this morning, I found a tiny little shell, just barely over 1/2 mm in size & very fragile. I got a couple pics of it with my dino lite, but to see detail I had to get creative. Had the onboard LEDs turned way down, but it was still washing it out, so I took 1 pic & shut them off. I then used a small LED flashlight with weak batteries & got a couple decent enough pics with some side lighting. Hopefully this will be enough for an ID. I really have no way to take an edge on view at this point with it being so fragile. The 1st pic shows some nice ribbing detail. Unfortunately, I have no idea where it's from & I don't think he knew either.
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Sorry I don't know where this comes from exactly. It was found at an estate sale in Texas. Was told it was a part of a collectors pieces from Southwest U.S. and was presented as Native American. So far Native American people think it is a fossil so here I am asking your opinion. It's heavy, fits in the palm of your hand, has a noticeable single ridge on the humped side, has a hole in the top and a hole in the flatter side; is black in color with many grey channels or etchings on the humped side. In your opinion is this a fossil and if so any idea what it is of? If it helps, it feels kind of cool to touch. Thank you for your interest and time.
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Is this a theropod eggshell from the Allen formation Argentina?
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Today I found a few interesting things on the beach while on a holiday on the north-west coast of Spain. Below is an oyster shell with an oily silver colour. As well as that I also found bit of bone that could be interesting or just tourist chicken bone.
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Hello everyone and thanks in advance for any help or ideas. Earlier this summer my friend moved to South Dakota and purchased a home. A few days ago he was cleaning out a shed on the property and found a cardboard box filled with the fossils seen below. It is unknown if the prior owner had found these on the property or if they had been purchased elsewhere. So unfortunately he has no idea where or when these were originally found. Neither of us have much experience in this but obviously fossils such as these catch your attention! If anyone wants or needs additional pictures let me know and I will see if he can send more. I have included mostly pictures of the skull and teeth as I figured they would likely be most helpful for identification. It is assumed all these pieces belong together but it is possible it is just a random collection. The pictures in order are: skull facing front, skull bottom, skull side (close up), three different angles of the jaw/teeth, and then one pic of all the pieces together with a ruler to get a ballpark idea of sizing. Hope you guys enjoy the pics and hopefully someone out there has some guesses. Thanks!
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Here's another find I came across a while ago which looks to me like an intact oyster that has fossilized but I'm not sure on this. It almost looks like granite, but the shape is exactly the size of a small oyster - it seems to have some flakiness to it as well on the sides. Any thoughts on this? I tried to photograph all sides. If this was fossilized, any idea how old this would be?
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Came across this some time back out in the washes of Imperial Valley. Lots of small shells , oysters of various sizes out there's and an occasional coral piece, found by others. How old is this? Is it really a fossil? Seems like a strange kind of thing to just discard out there. I have found fossilized tube worm holes, even parts of calcified shells still inside. So, opinions? Thank you.
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I’ve browsed a few topics here and the work some of you guys do for fossil prep is very impressing. Its encouraged me to try my hand at some very basic matrix removal off a shell from the McKinney Falls area (very common). Im only about 5 hours in but I have to say I have a whole new level of respect for you guys. This takes so much more patience than I realized.
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Here’s one a friend and I have been trying to settle for a little while. One end of the argument is that this is an unusual rock carried off the mountains by glaciers. the other end is that this is a heavily eroded bivalve.
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We were looking for Herkimer diamonds on Mount Tzouhalem on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada again today. The area we were in had been blasted to make a golf course which never happened, about 10 years ago. It exposed basalt reportedly from the Devonian period, and there's lots of shale exposed. We were digging in the shale and dug out this piece of rock with a possible shell fossil in it. Any further info or identification of what it might be would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Hi! I'm mostly here just because I'm interested in fossils haha, but I was wondering what this fossil might be? It's approx. 3-4 cm (pretty small!), and I also found it on the beach in Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic). This is more for curiosities sake, and just because I find them cool.
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Howdy everyone! First time poster, long time lurker and I finally decided to start sharing some of my finds with you guys and hopefully gain a little more knowledge in this little hobby of mine. I found this while hiking a river close to McKinney Falls and Austin. Fossil was found laying directly in the water, close to shore and slightly obscured by mud. I tried to take some clear pictures and would like to know if anyone can help in identifying it. Thanks you guys!
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