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On our field trip with PSoA this month, my husband found this bone fragment. It seems thick for a turtle to me, but I am more familiar with Cretaceous turtles. The Brazos river was very low during our trip and the fragment was found in the river bed, not the wall. Any guidance on what it may be or information supporting turtle or not is greatly appreciated!
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My first thought was that this was another piece of turtle which is common in the area, but when I looked at it again it is seems to be curved in to many ways. The "coral" growing on one edge is also unusual for the area-- i dont know what that reflects either. I will much appreciate help in understanding what I am looking at.
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Found these in a creek in Maryland. I’m most interested in identifying items 1-4 but let me know if you have any ideas for the rest too. I think 8 might be the edge of a turtle shell because it’s wedge shaped. Item 7 looks like a rib to me.
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Picked this bone up in the Peace River, FL last week. I have been trying to find a match since getting it home but have not been successful. I first thought it could be turtle or alligator. I had no luck matching it up there and went to land mammal possibilities but again came up empty on a possible match. So, I am turning to the forum for help with an ID. Any input would be appreciated. The bone is 7 cm long x 3.5 cm wide x 3 cm tall/thick. Thanks for looking!
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When looking on a muddy day in the maryland late cretaceous marine site. Found a small 2 inches 5-6 cm long bone. all help will be appreciated. I am not sure what bone it is, let alone what species. Like most bone from this site the surface texture is in general rough.
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I found this odd vertebra in Wyoming's Lance fm. over the summer. I was told by a guide that it may be a turtle cervical vertebra, but I wanted to see what other forum members thought. It's about 1.5 cm long and around 1.3 cm in width.
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My sister found this on the beach in South Carolina, and I was hoping to get some help in identifying it!
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Good evening folks, I'm new here but was hoping someone could help me identify my find. Firstly I'll be honest and say I'm not even sure this is a fossil. I found it this evening on a beach walk. So it was found on Skegness beach, this is on the east coast of England at the northern end of the Wash, a bay on the North Sea. Skegness beach is mostly sand with a few pebbles and rocks. There are usually very few fossils on the beach and it's not an area known for it's fossils. Over the opposite side of the wash is the Norfolk coastline, this is mostly made up of cliffs with chalk, sandstone and flint I think, but there are more fossils in this area and some small material from the Norfolk coast does make it's way over the 15 to 20 miles and wash up on Skegness beach. This find (if it is a find) is unlike anything I've seen on Skegness beach before and is nothing like any other rocks, stones and pebbles in the area. My first thought was it way be a horseshoe crab fossil, but a quick check on here has me thinking this is not the case. My partner has suggested a small tortoise or turtle and it certainly has that type of shape to it, I'm not sure that the photo (I only seem to be able to add one photo) truly shows the shape but it's the best I can get. The photo is of what I would describe as the underside. Any help with identification is greatly appreciated, or advice on how to add further photos (sorry I'm really not a tech wizard) Thank you in advance for any help.
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Good day on the Peace River yesterday. Found horse, mammoth, mastodon teeth along with several varieties of shark teeth. Also pulled up the below specimen. It came up in one piece and I placed it in the shade on the bank. After about 30 minutes I picked it up to move it to my kayak. That is when the piece in my hand broke off. Retrieved as much of it as possible. Got it home in a plastic bag and submerged it in fresh water as soon as I could. Only took it out to take the photos. Small pieces continued to flake off the underside whenever it was touched. I tried to position it as it was found before the break when taking the photos. Any help in identifying what it is would be greatly appreciated.
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Have four small items First Item..... very small i see either an eggshell?...or a small turtle fragment? but then there is also the possibility of it being petrified wood found in gravel load from Brazos river West of Houston
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Hi all! Some time ago a friend of mine found what seems to be a turtle bone at Yaverland (Isle of Wight - UK) along with some eroded fish and crocodile remains. Honestly, we have no idea about this small isolated bone. We'd be very grateful if you could help us. Thanks in advance.
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Tried a different beach on the Rapp. Not many shell fragments, lots of gravel and small rusted metal pieces. Found three tiger shark teeth, but no others (odd, don't usually find those). Looking for an ID on the 3" bone in the photos below. When in doubt I guess turtle, but my nephew who was really into fossil hunting 30 years ago, guesses dolphin neck or tail?
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Hi guys and girls, after finding another small claw last month while sieving its prompted me to try and get them identified, I have tried the natural history museum (London) web site for an id but no reply to that. tried at local museum but the right people where not around at the time although the chap did say the smallest one could be bird and we looked at an image in the book.. London clay fossils of kent and Essex. these fossils are around 30 myo the area was ponds and swamps with areas of land I guess much like where the croc and turtle fossils are found in Florida today. do you think these can be identified or would it just be guesses seems a shame if they cant. cheers in advance
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